Sentences with phrase «adolescent learning research»

BARBARA K. GIVEN is the Director of the Adolescent Learning Research Center, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Studies, and an Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, where she initiated the Special Education Teacher Preparation Program.

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I meet many faculty people who, despite the enormously sophisticated research they do, are living with an adolescent or childhood notion of God, which is seemingly unable to open any discourse with their learned discipline.

Learning disability research provides the understanding and practical suggestions parents need to help children and adolescents succeed in school and in life.

The Research Institute supports projects dealing with essential contemporary educational issues such as attention - related disorders, trends in adolescent development and innovations in the high school curriculum, learning expectations and assessment, computers in education, the role of art in education, and new ways to identify and address different learning styles.

Adolescents with obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) have widespread learning and memory problems, according to research published today.

Dvorakova and Mark Agrusti, mindfulness and meditation integration specialist, Prevention Research Center, adapted the existing Learning to BREATHE program — originally developed for adolescents by Patricia C. Broderick, research associate, Prevention Research Center — for college students and called it Just Research Center, adapted the existing Learning to BREATHE program — originally developed for adolescents by Patricia C. Broderick, research associate, Prevention Research Center — for college students and called it Just research associate, Prevention Research Center — for college students and called it Just Research Center — for college students and called it Just BREATHE.

Most important for educators, these same findings hold true for research in youth development, adolescent mental health, developmental psychology, and social - emotional learning (SEL).

Graduates of this concentration will be distinguished by their abilities to enhance conditions that support the learning of children, adolescents, and adults in educational organizations through the systematic application of research and theory to practice.

Her research activities focus on understanding the impact of emotions, attention, and behaviour on learning throughout child and adolescent development and developing innovative self - regulatory interventions for children (KooLKIDS) and youth (Mindfields) to bring about positive change in their lives.

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For example, CWAE, the organization that implemented QT at VVMS, is currently deploying QT in 10 other schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, and have a national demonstration project planned over the next five years; Learning to BREATHE is a mindfulness - based curriculum for adolescents, developed by Patricia Broderick, a research associate at the Penn State University Prevention Research Center; Mindful Schools is a program using mindfulness to teach kids how to manage emotion, handle stress and resolve cresearch associate at the Penn State University Prevention Research Center; Mindful Schools is a program using mindfulness to teach kids how to manage emotion, handle stress and resolve cResearch Center; Mindful Schools is a program using mindfulness to teach kids how to manage emotion, handle stress and resolve conflict.

To spend an academic year learning as much as possible about the normative process of adolescent development, the ways in which people were intervening, and the research that was being done in the field.

In 2013, WKCD developed a special website to capture decades of research on adolescent learning, along with the results of our own investigations.

Engaging Schools reviews current research on what shapes adolescents» school engagement and motivation to learn — including new findings on students» sense of belonging — and looks at ways these can be used to reform urban high schools.

Research on Teaching and Learning with the Literacies of Young Adolescents 2015 Kathleen F. Malu, William Paterson University; Mary Beth Schaefer, St. John's University

Our students learn through a combination of sequenced coursework, pertaining to the treatment of children, adolescents, and young adults in areas such as counseling theories and techniques, cross-cultural perspectives, lifespan development, psychopathology, psychological testing, research, positive psychology, and ethics, as well as through ample and diverse hands - on experiences in the field.

You will leave Boston University with broad and comprehensive theoretical and research knowledge and important practical insights about what works for children and adolescents with all types of learning needs in all types of schools.

Research has yielded new insights into how children and adolescents learn and what instructional approaches work best in particular contexts.

Based on research about how students» mindsets, motivation, and persistence affect their ability to be successful, AYD transforms the way adolescents engage in school and helps educators create and manage a powerful learning culture.

First, acknowledging that middle level students (age 10 - 14) learn differently than their elementary and high school friends and siblings, they began by reviewing the developmental research on young adolescents and taking those unique learning needs as a starting point for planning changes in classroom instruction, increasing electives, providing intervention, reviewing their discipline procedures, and attending to the social and emotional needs, a key to success with middle level student success.

The Strategic Instruction Model (SIM) is a research validated adolescent literacy model to promote effective teaching and learning of critical content in schools.

In the last 30 years, a growing body of research has confirmed the importance of the learning climate for children and adolescents.

He currently serves on advisory boards for EL (Expeditionary Learning) Education, the Journal of Adolescent Research, and NPR's Circle Round podcast.

Graham is the author of Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High School, Handbook of Writing Research, Handbook of Learning Disabilities, Writing Better, Making the Writing Process Work, Best Practices in Writing Instruction, and more than 135 articles.

Our program develops content knowledge in history and the social sciences, and understanding of educational research, theory, and practice, while fostering an understanding of how adolescents learn, as well as strategies for supporting learning across abilities and contexts.

The program is a fresh take on social - emotional learning (SEL) for early adolescents and brings together today's technology with the latest research in SEL, the adolescent brain, and social psychology.

The Lowcountry Montessori School Secondary Program (middle and high school) represents and integration of South Carolina core standards and educational requirements, the most current research on the developmental needs of adolescents, the Montessori approach to education, research - based learning theory and teaching methods, and the predictions of the skills needed to lead a productive life of continuous learning and cooperation.

During this session, participants learn about neurobiological findings from adolescent brain research as they apply to cognitive and behavioral changes — risk taking, relationship building and social development.

to learn more about the wide array of research being conducted and proposed regarding mental health issues in children and adolescents

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Dr. Schonert - Reichl is a renowned expert in the area of social and emotional learning (SEL) research with children and adolescents, particularly in relation to the identification of the processes and mechanisms that foster positive human qualities such as empathy, compassion, altruism, and resilience.

The program is a fresh take on social - emotional learning (SEL) for early adolescents and brings together today's technology with the latest research in SEL, the adolescent brain, and social psychology.

Social and emotional learning programmes in schools can deliver a wide range of benefits for adolescents, according to new research.

In the 26 years since then, research on adolescent development, social - emotional learning, and school - based interventions has grown immensely.

In 2013, WKCD developed a special website to capture decades of research on adolescent learning, along with the results of our own investigations.

The importance of the master's degree in counseling can not be overstated: While there's foundational value to what you'll learn as an undergraduate, the master's degree program focuses on applied research and assessment techniques in counseling; mental health counseling strategies; the diagnosis and treatment of child, adolescent, and adult psychopathologies; human growth, development, and sexuality; couples, family, and group counseling; and psychological testing protocols.

Drs. Michael McCart and Ashli Sheidow, Senior Research Scientists at the Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC) will conduct statistical analyses and assist in the preparation of manuscripts using data from a recently completed trial of an adolescent substance abuse intervention.

He also served as co-investigator with OSLC scientist Dr. Charles R. Martinez, Jr. (now director of the Center for Equity Promotion in the College of Education at the University of Oregon) on a variety of projects through the Oregon Social Learning Center Latino Research Team, including the Latino Youth and Family Empowerment Project I and II, which developed and tested a culturally specific parent training intervention for Latino families with youngsters at risk for substance use and related problems; the Adolescent Latino Acculturation Study, which was designed to learn more about how Latino families and their middle school youth who have immigrated to the U.S. adapt to life in this country; and PREVENIR, which developed and refined a culturally specific parent and teacher training program in four countries in Central America.

Research Review: What have we learned about adolescent substance use?.