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Vogel Alcove

For 36 years, Vogel has provided free, quality therapeutic early childhood education services for Dallas’ youngest victims of poverty: homeless children ages six weeks to 14 years old. Vogel is the only free comprehensive early childhood education program in the city of Dallas whose primary focus is to provide comprehensive childcare, family support, mental health, and case management for children and their families residing at 21 local emergency shelters, domestic violence shelters, and housing programs.

Vogel Alcove

Education & EdTech

Empowering Through Connection: Vogel’s Pyramid Model Approach

July 19, 2024
safe childhoods
social-emotional support for children
Vogel Alcove
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  • Mission and Impact: Vogel Alcove, a nonprofit in Dallas, helps homeless children and families through various programs and services.
  • Pyramid Model Framework: Vogel uses the Pyramid Model, an evidence-based framework for promoting young children’s social-emotional development with universal supports, targeted supports, and intensive interventions.
  • Nurturing Relationships and Supportive Environments: Vogel focuses on building nurturing relationships with children, creating high-quality supportive environments, and providing intentional social-emotional instruction, particularly for children who have experienced trauma.
  • Trauma-Informed Success Stories: Specific examples and success stories illustrate how Vogel’s trauma-informed, relationship-based approach has helped individual children regulate their emotions and behaviors.

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