Local Early Childhood Expert to Create a Ripple Effect of Learning in South Carolina

One in seven children in the state of South Carolina is not ready for first grade. S.C. First Steps to School Readiness, created in 1999 by the General Assembly, aims to help change that. Locally based early childhood expert, Jessica Shields Flowers of Ripple Effect, has been awarded a contract by S.C. First Steps to be the Lead Coach/Trainer for their Foundations for Learning Project, which aims to improve social and emotional development outcomes in high-risk children from 0-5 years in three Lowcountry counties. 
Ripple Effect founder Jessica Shields Flowers
As the Lead Coach/Trainer, Flowers will implement a curriculum set up by The Center for the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL).  With this position, Flowers will direct the professional development and mental health consultation for this project in the participating counties of Charleston, Horry and Georgetown. The Center for the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) is a public foundation that supports the learning of children, birth through age five that supports high-quality early learning.  
“This contract is quite an honor and shows the commitment of our educators to help make a difference in our community, a difference that will ultimately build strong families which in turn, creates stronger communities. ” said Jessica Shields Flowers, the only Certified Conscious Discipline Instructor® in the state.

Early childhood expert Jessica Shields Flowers, CCDI, founded Ripple in 2008 with the mission to improve the opportunities children have to learn, develop and flourish in a safe and healthy environment guided by a strong team of parents and educators. As the only Certified Conscious Discipline Instructor®in the state of South Carolina Ripple founder Jessica Shields Flowers works one-on-one with parents across the nation. Conscious Discipline® empowers adults to consciously respond to daily conflict, transforming it into an opportunity to teach critical life skills to children. For more visit www.rippleeffect.us or visit facebook.com/RippleEffectUS and twitter.com/ripple_effectsc.

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