Sentences with phrase «as the intervention occurred»

As the intervention occurred at the school level, we used school - level averages of all student - level and teacher - level data records.

Not exact matches

Chad's reliance on PE as requiring divine intervention and his willful misrepresentations (e.g. «pure chance can never explain the grand paroxysm of necessarily interrelated mutations that are required to occur to accomplish this rapid change») have been repeatedly refuted.

Every event the world has ever experienced has occured exactly as expected by the laws of nature without godly intervention without exception.

They welcome emergent events, whether predicted or not, as confirmation that God's climactic and decisive intervention in human affairs is about to occur.

As to religion, Judaism and Christianity affirm the occurrence of miracles, but divine interventions occur within a particular religious context.

In this particular instance it is not very difficult to imagine scenarios in the not - too - distant future in which there might occur resurgences of socialist policies and ideals: the failure of neo-capitalist regimes in developing societies and / or the formerly Communist countries in Europe to achieve economic take - off; the insight granted to sundry dictators and despots that, while socialism invariably immiserates the masses, it is a very good recipe for enriching those who claim to hold power as the vanguard of the masses; the «creeping socialism» (still an aptly descriptive term) brought on by massive government intervention in the economy in the name of some societal good, e.g., there could be an environmentalist road to socialism, or a feminist one, or one constructed (perhaps inadvertently) with some other building blocks of politically managed regulations and entitlements; or, last but not least, the actual restoration of socialism, by coup or by voting, in a number of countries, beginning with Russia.

This may be the exception as opposed to the rule but, nonetheless, Rutter (1998), has found that developmental catch up following adoption after severe global privation will, in fact, occur in the younger child as long as families remain involved and provide developmental - psychological interventions.

Rather than a static event involving investigator disclosure of a litany of potential risks and benefits culminating in the subjects» signature on paper, informed consent should be conceived of as an ongoing decision - making process, a conversation between investigator and subject that occurs at each study encounter or intervention.

Hillman also notes that the findings in the monograph come not only from studies looking at variation in physical activity and fitness level as they occur spontaneously among children, but also from studies in which children are randomly assigned to physical activity interventions or to continue their ongoing activity levels.

Improving the effectiveness of this naturally occurring mechanism, by increasing, for example, the rate of vesicle formation, may indeed encourage bile elimination from the blocked duct so as to avoid long - term liver damage and increase the effectiveness of surgical intervention.

Although the court ruled that human genetic material is not patentable — there is «no doubt that naturally occurring DNA and RNA as they exist inside the cells of the human body can not be the subject of a valid patent,» Nicholas wrote in his opinion — it concluded that the process of isolating the BRCA1 gene from the human body required human intervention.

Pillai said the FDA already has approved the use of electron beam technology as a pathogen intervention strategy to control the naturally occurring Vibrio vulnificus bacterial pathogen in shellfish.

Interventions in conventional medicine are usually only undertaken when the inflammation occurs in association with another medical condition (such as arthritis).

As a result, little outside intervention in underperforming schools has occurred.

Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) takes a «systems approach,» targeting a school's overall social culture and providing intensive behavior supports, such as functional behavioral assessments, identifying contexts where behaviors occur, and teaching communication, social, and self - management skills, as needed.

Michigan has already identified some 80 percent of its Title I schools as needing improvement, so widespread interventions should be occurring now, not delayed until 2005.

As in years 1 and 2, the intervention will occur at least 3 days per week.

The settlement implements an intervention program for targeted schools that includes teacher effectiveness provisions, a collaborative effort to fill teacher vacancies as quickly as possible (including those that occur mid-year), retention incentives — including financial bonuses — for teachers who remain at a targeted school beyond a certain number of years, plus further incentives if that school experiences growth as measured by the school's value - added score.

It is important to recognize that the outcomes measurement process that happens during entry into special education occurs at the same time as the outcomes measurements process that happens when a child exits from Early Intervention.

He said: «School provision out of the classroom should be used as part of a planned early intervention strategy and, if possible, before incidents of serious misbehaviour occur.

As you read these different descriptions, please think about (in general) how each disability area impacts (a) a student's learning and learning progress; (b) a teacher's instruction and need to provide accommodations, modifications, and interventions; and (c) the test - taking process, and what needs to occur to ensure that the test results are reliable and valid.

The interventions occur via numerous parameters such as throttle response, load development, switch points, shift speed, chassis, steering, engine sound or instrumentation.

As a good rule of thumb, human intervention should be minimal unless an emergency occurs.

Irwin's subtle interventions will enhance the visual experience and include the use of long transparent scrim walls in black and white, as well as window films that manipulate and frame the changing light conditions that occur throughout the course of the day.

Whereas carbon payments will be achieved and mitigation action will occur, the mitigation action will be as a result of adaptation practice and not exist as a stand - alone intervention.

In this video you will see Sue Johnson conducting a live session with a couple in Stage I. Subtitles appear during the session that comment on interventions made by Sue as they occur, which will deepen our learning and spark greater discussion for participants.

Pediatricians have been called to action to understand the complex and intertwined systems that are disrupted by stress, 3 as well as to recognize that effective health approaches to mitigate the negative effects of toxic stress and trauma may be interventions that occur in the community, not only in medical settings.4

Investing in early intervention and prevention activities, such as community legal education, is more cost effective and prevents offending occurring in the first place.

I believe that growth occurs in a collaborative, therapeutic environment where clients feel safe to work through issues, modify behaviors, and heal trauma.Play Therapy and CBT are my primary interventions as well as parenting skill building.»

As Newman and Blackburn (2002) indicate, interventions that build on naturally occurring resources in the child's network are likely to be more effective and enduring.

Phase II of the COPE intervention, a «booster» intervention that occurred shortly after transfer from the PICU to the general pediatric unit, consisted of 1) audiotaped and written information that reinforced critical content of the initial audiotape and provided additional information on children's responses during and after hospitalization, as well as providing mothers with additional suggestions to enhance coping outcomes for their children, and 2) a parent - child activity workbook.

Although some therapeutic interventions (such as family therapy, play therapy, psychotherapy) may be formally structured to occur at certain times and places and by people with specific skills, working alongside a child or family in the prolonged experience of daily life presents its own opportunities for therapeutic management and communication.

Mindfulness - based interventions, including mindfulness - based stress reduction (MBSR), are deemed to promote a better awareness and acceptance of emotions as they occur and therefore could help develop emotional competencies in professional caregivers.18 However, despite the importance of empathy in healthcare and the suggested capacity of mindfulness practice to increase empathy and its related emotional competencies, these have seldom been selected as primary or secondary outcomes in previous studies.19 20 We conducted two inter-related studies to test for the effect of mindfulness on these outcomes in a population of professionals vulnerable to burnout.

For families where neglect has already occurred, interventions aim to prevent recurrences as well as the harmful outcomes that may follow.

It is conceptualized in such way that relationship malleability could involve induced changes in the relationship as a result of purposive action by the self or the partner in the relationship, whilst natural change is a change that occurs without any deliberate intervention or purposeful effort.

To qualify as potential mediators, risk factors must follow the onset of the intervention and show a significant bivariate association with the outcome variable.9 We also required them to occur in more than 5 % of the participants.

Early development consists of critical periods during which children are vulnerable to exposures.34 Delays in children's development occur cumulatively and start as early as conception, which supports arguments for early investments.35 The impact of different nutrients on children's development depends on timing, dose and duration of deficiencies.8, 36 Parenting practices and home environments also influence child development and may either accentuate or attenuate the effects of poverty, which directly affects child outcomes.37 Thus, potential intervention effects can vary according to timing, exposures and environmental conditions.38 For these reasons, it is important to consider trajectories of child development across a spectrum of ages, not just any one age.39

The approach was to identify variables representing changes that occurred as a result of the intervention and that might help to explain why domestic violence limited the effectiveness of the home - visitation program in preventing maltreatment.

Prevention groups occur as a stand - alone intervention or as a key part of a comprehensive prevention program.

This study examined mother - child shared book reading behaviors before and after participation in a random - assignment responsive parenting intervention called Play and Learning Strategies (PALS) that occurred during infancy [now called Play and Learning Strategies - Infant Program (PALS I)-RSB-, the toddler - preschool [now called Play and Learning Strategies - Toddler / Preschool Program (PALS II)-RSB- period, or both, as compared with a developmental assessment (DAS) intervention (DAS I and / or II).

Method: Consecutive cohort pairs were assigned in a pair-wise random fashion to receive treatment as usual (TAU) or the ACT intervention in place of six hours of treatment that would have occurred at that same time.

Results indicated that a significant reduction in parenting stress occurred for mothers as a result of the intervention and parents reported increased empathy for child problem behaviors.

Home visiting, evidence - based parenting programmes and multicomponent interventions have been shown to be effective in other parts of the world.45 Given the wide number of contexts in which abuse occurs, these services should be integrated with education, family health services such as maternal health, early childhood development, immunisations and adolescent health services as suggested by a recent Child Maltreatment Readiness Assessment in South Africa.46

Type of prevention consisting of activities targeted to families in which abuse has already occurred and include early intervention and targeted services, such as individual, group, and family counseling; parenting education - such as Parent - Child Interactive Therapy (PCIT); community and social services referrals for substance abuse treatment, domestic violence services, psychiatric evaluations, and mental health treatment; infant safe - haven programs; family reunification services (including follow - up care programs for families after a child has been returned); temporary child care; etc..

MST - PSB is delivered in the community, occurs with a high level of intensity and frequency, incorporates treatment interventions from MST, and places a high premium on approaching each client and family as unique entities.

The exception to the rule reads «the provision of early intervention services for any infant or toddler with a disability occurs in a setting other than a natural environment that is most appropriate, as determined by the parent and the individualized family service plan team, only when early intervention can not be achieved satisfactorily for the infant or toddler in a natural environment.»

In their words, this figure «indicates that SEL interventions and skill development should occur within a supportive learning environment -LRB-...) As a result, opportunities for reward are created and SEL competencies are developed and reinforced -LRB-...) The final outcome is improved performance in school and life» (Zins et al., 2004, p. 9).

The effect of the program is defined as the differences between the naturally occurring developmental trajectories observed in the comparison group and the altered developmental trajectories in the intervention group (Hess 2000).

Indeed, as others have noted, the tendency to provide interventions under conditions of «cold cognitions» when in fact many peer difficulties occur under the influence of «hot cognitions» is a serious drawback p60.20 Hence, studies intervening in naturalistic peer settings and conditions are needed.