Extended support groups, both online and off, are sometimes referred to as «mama tribes».
Not exact matches
Adopt a Unit's mission
extends from partnering with veteran service organizations to hosting spouse
support groups like Military Mondays, which provides veterans with pro bono legal assistance related to housing, education, employment, disability claims and healthcare issues.
Particularly important is the cultivation of a supportive circle of friends and / or relatives, to be your «
extended family» — your
support group or spiritual clan.
8) There is a continuing decrease in the nurture and emotional
support available to couples from their
extended family and neighborhoods, and increased searching for substitute
support systems — for example, in communes, family networks, and
group marriages.
Three - quarters of African - Americans said that religious
groups should receive state and federal financial
support to
extend existing social welfare programs or to start new ones.
This unwillingness is strange, for the local church offers many of the pastoral - care facilities lacking in the broadcast organizations: continuity of interpersonal relationship,
group support, the possibility of
extended personal counseling, and the sacramental and interactive aspects of worship.
In addition to this new contract, Arla also said that ASDA is increasing its
support by
extending the ASDA DairyLink
groups, where it has been working directly with Arla farmer owners to improve animal welfare, reducing carbon footprint and increasing farm efficiency.
However with the growing trend for rearward facing seats, the
support of the EU wide «i - Size» regulation and manufacturers such as BRITAX helping to inform parents about
extended rearward facing transport beyond
Group 0 +, the demand in the market will increase and seats will become more readily available.
Don't forget to check out the resources at the end of the book: They include organizations,
support groups for lesbian and gay parents, videotapes, and recommended reading for gay and lesbian parents, their
extended families, and their children, to name a few.
Group members receive personal coaching and problem - solve with each other to create a community of
support that
extends beyond the weekly meetings.
Some families hire help, some rely on volunteered time from
extended family members, neighbors, fellow parishioners, or
support groups for parents of multiples.
The more that I listen to other women and families describe their experiences with breastfeeding, I realize that breastfeeding successfully has much to do with how much
support a new mother is given by her partner, family, friends, and
extended community (like parenting
groups, hospitals, etc.).
Community - based
support groups, organizations, and programs, as well as the efforts of peer counselors, expand on the
support that women obtain in the hospital and provide a continuity of care that can help
extend the duration of breastfeeding.»
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Support Groups can be a wonderful resource for parents who do not have
extended families nearby.
• La Leche League — a mother - to - mother
support group that
supports and encourages breastfeeding, including
extended nursing.
Further research is needed to determine whether
extending groups into the PP period or developing
groups for other family
support members (i.e., Hispanic grandmothers) would have a significant impact on breastfeeding duration or exclusivity.
Other Peers expressing their
support included Lord Harrison and Baroness Meacher, who highlighted how humanist marriage would merely
extend the existing legal provisions awarded to Jewish and Quaker weddings to non-religious
groups like the British Humanist Association, and Lord Garel - Jones who reiterated «that there is now overwhelming evidence that humanist marriages fulfil the Government's new families test and that they
support strong and stable marriages.»
A party of government can not have a «sticking plaster» coalition that makes different arguments to each
group — it must address the issues that can bind this coalition together, notably housing,
support for parents and childcare, and
extending educational opportunity
Among the accomplishments in its fiscal year 2014 - 15, the Buffalo Niagara Partnership formed a leadership council to assist the business startup
group 43North, fostered an outreach to companies that may be interested in providing supplies to Solar City and its forthcoming massive manufacturing plant in Buffalo's RiverBend district,
supported efforts to further grow business interest in RiverBend,
supported the Buffalo Building Reuse Project and
extended the Brownfield Cleanup Project.
In our species, such capacities were probably
extended to
support parochialism,
group cohesion, and our tendency to attach symbolic meanings to social values and religion.»
This influence can also
extend into the laboratory, when patient
groups partner with scientists to provide research samples, financial
support and the motivation to drive discovery.
As California policymakers consider options to
extend the state's landmark climate change laws to 2030 and beyond, 155 businesses and industry
groups sent a letter to California Governor Jerry Brown, Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León, and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon in
support of the California Low Carbon Fuel... Read more →
With
support from the HMS Tools - and - Technologies committee, he is evaluating the SBGrid software
support model to determine if it can be
extended to provide a general model of scientific software
support for all
groups at HMS.
Another is to monitor the effects of transplanting telomerase - deficient but ex vivo telomere -
extended bone marrow into late - generation, TMM - disabled mice, so as to be certain that the niche of such animals (or, by implication, aging humans) will
support the homing, engraftment, and initial development and differentiation of such cells; the necessary research is underway now thanks to a SENS Foundation grant to Dr. Zhenyu Ju of the Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences and Max - Planck - Partner -
Group on Stem Cell Aging in the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and research partner of prominent telomere biologist Dr. K. Lenhard Rudolph.
If you find yourself avoiding sex for an
extended period of time or feel unable to talk with your partner about it, consider seeking help from a friend, doctor, therapist, or
support group.
The focus is the forming of a shaky coalition: A
group of young Londoners called Lesbians and Gays
Support the Miners (LGSM), led by the uncompromising and charismatic Mark Ashton (Ben Schnetzer),
extend a helping hand to the working - class strikers (LGSM views them as kindred spirits, as they too are being bullied and harassed by the heavy - handed police force).
However, your
extended enterprise LMS must
support customizable online learning paths and user
grouping.
So in the spring of 2008, Leyva started a
support group for people on parole on campus as part of the school's statefunded, federally mandated
Extended Opportunity Programs and Services department, which aids the low - income and otherwise disadvantaged students.
Use these as whole class activities, early finisher activities or perhaps to target particular
groups, to
extend and improve sentences, to spark imaginative writing ideas and to
support pupils working out where sentences should begin and end.
Most of the small
groups that develop during the week stay in contact, proving each other peer
support and a professional network that
extends their experience for many years after the program ends.
Support was bipartisan and citywide,
extending to every ethnic, religious, age and income
group, and among supporters of both major party mayoral candidates.
Support is bipartisan and citywide,
extending to every ethnic, religious, age and income
group, and among supporters of both major party mayoral candidates.
Some of the tools used are
extended time on tests, testing modifications, special electronic tools for communication, questions read to students during testing,
group therapy and other
supports.
The model personalizes learning through four
support structures: iCAN Learning Teams, iCAN Academy
groups, iCAN Exploratory Courses, and iCAN
Extended Learning.
Small
group instruction will include pre-teaching skills, re-teaching skills, scaffolding
supports, and
extending learning linked to the core reading instruction and based on student needs.
Professional presenting organizations worked with performing artists and community
groups supporting projects to build audiences, involving
extended residencies by performing arts ensembles and encouraging interaction among presenters, artists and audiences.
PFE's
support for local community shelters and rescue
groups extends to SF ACC, which has benefitted from the Save - a-Kitten, Giving Tree, My Mutt, and Adoption Coupon campaigns to name a few.
Supports / Surfaces, a loose and short - lived
group in France, does not appear in the effort to
extend Minimalism globally of «Other Primary Structures.»
UN Security Council Resolution 1857, passed on 22 December,
extends targeted sanctions to «individuals or entities
supporting the illegal armed
groups in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo through illicit trade of natural resources».
All of those attorneys general are Democrats, and as the
group stood at a podium bearing the words «AGs United for Clean Power» they made clear that their agenda also
extended to
supporting the centerpiece of President Obama's climate policies, the Clean Power Plan.
We have
extended an offer to our internal business
groups to submit proposals for projects that
support carbon reduction and increased efficiency.
In Canada, the range of flexible legal studies generally is limited to a part - time or
extended - time program of study that is only available as a retroactive accommodation to students experiencing barriers to full - time study who may be mature, low - income, sole
support caregivers, or from other under - represented
groups in legal education.
Google's collaboration is also
extending to Vodafone, with the Vodafone
Group RCS service now
supporting Android Messages.
Friends,
extended family, neighbors, colleagues and members of local
support groups may be able to provide comfort and
support.
In addition, children's development is influenced by wider networks of social
support (represented in the diagram's central circles), including
extended family, friends and any community, cultural or religious
groups a child may be part of.
My passion for fostering growth and wellness in new and young families
extends to the community through workshops and
support groups.
Support for this type of «comprehensive sexuality education»
extends to all demographic
groups, including individuals that identify themselves as religious.
The amendments primarily focus upon: - A duty on local authorities to explore suitable wider family placements prior to a child becoming looked after, including offering families a family
group conference; -
Extending the provisions to
support educational attainment of previously looked after children to all children in kinship care.
This program involves the family or other
support systems in the individual's treatment:
Extended family members are invited to participate in the
group sessions when appropriate.
«Although focused primarily on specific attachment therapy techniques, the controversy also
extends to the theories, diagnoses, diagnostic practices, beliefs, and social
group norms
supporting these techniques, and to the patient recruitment and advertising practices used by their proponents.»