Sentences with phrase «informing policy for children»

Soon after the Civil Eats piece came out, four Nutrition Services employees devoted what must have been considerable time and effort (not to mention the taxpayer dollars that directly pay their salaries) to write a scholarly article for the Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk entitled «Sugar In School Breakfasts: A School District» s Perspective.»

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We urge all those who are interested in achieving the best possible policy statement that fully informs parents and care givers and promotes and protects breastfeeding as the norm for infant and young child feeding to submit your comment to Health Canada.

«Reclaiming Childhood: Freedom and Play in an Age of Fear is not only an important book, it is groundbreaking... This entire straight - talking book is worthwhile and a must read for anyone concerned with child development and social policy... We should be grateful that there are still psychologists around like Helene Guldberg who have not confused political laws with the laws of nature and can inform us what kids truly need for healthy psychological development.

Jacobowitz, who wrote the resolution, said «this is not a matter of politics or even a policy debate; rather, this is a matter of basic government function, an informed decision - making process for our communities, and the right of our children to a sound basic education.»

«If we want to inform nutrition policies and dietary interventions for schools, we have to look not only at foods consumed at school, but also examine the contribution of these foods to a child's daily dietary intake.

The center is the nation's leader in brokering the science of early childhood development to influence and inform policies and public opinion in ways that make a critical difference for young children and their families — particularly those facing adversity.

Although parents can't control those factors directly, we can help by staying informed and involved in the systems that influence our children's school experiences, from voting for local school councils to being aware of national education policy.

The project, run by the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, at Stanford University, works with local communities to collect data from multiple child - serving agencies to inform policy and program decisions.

NCPI is committed to building a unified science of child development to explain the early roots of lifelong health, learning, and behavior in Brazil; translating and communicating science effectively to inform the public discourse around issues that affect children and families; and preparing leaders to leverage the science of healthy development in the design and implementation of innovative policies and programs that reduce preventable disparities and promote well - being for all Brazilian children.

However, the amendments will continue to allow parents a right to withdraw children from sex education and schools will be required to publish a clear statement of their policy and what will be taught in order for parents to make informed decisions.

«The scope of the study — following children over time and across their many contexts — is unprecedented and will address many of today's most pressing questions, therefore informing targeted and innovative policy solutions for impact.»

This work is in line with the mission of the NICHD Center for Research for Mothers and Children, will be instrumental in informing policies designed to improve the early environments of young children from low - SES families, and may potentially help prevent the SES achievement gap from substanChildren, will be instrumental in informing policies designed to improve the early environments of young children from low - SES families, and may potentially help prevent the SES achievement gap from substanchildren from low - SES families, and may potentially help prevent the SES achievement gap from substantiating.

«That was the easy part,» wrote Rob Manwaring, a senior policy adviser for the nonprofit Children Now, whose extensive analysis of the staff proposal informed the Equity Coalition.

The 2018 Legislative Agenda calls on ASCD's 115,000 members, and all educational professionals to become more engaged with leaders at every level to better - inform policies that support a whole child education for every student.

The mission of the Council is to synthesize and communicate science to help inform policies that promote successful learning, adaptive behavior, and sound physical and mental health for all young children.

But it is the involvement of education professionals in the decision making at each of these levels that matters most so that their leadership and expertise inform the policies that support a whole child education for every student.

It informs decision makers as to what practices are most effective to ensure that children and adolescents reach their potential and plays a critically important role in informing policy by identifying cost beneficial, effective policies that support nurturing environments for families and communities.

The Center on the Developing Child works to achieve breakthrough outcomes for children around the world in partnership with organizations committed to using the science to inform policy and practice and to drive innovation.

We continuously look for ways to support, expand, and applaud law and policy that prioritize evidence - informed prevention strategies to ensure our children are kept safe, and we've been working on key recent and ongoing actions.

Tony Evers has been a strong and consistent advocate for higher standards, better data to inform policy decisions, and cooperation across partisan lines in the best interests of children.

The policy brief urges policymakers to support programs for the parents of English language learners, implement nontraditional programs that offer reciprocal involvement by schools and parents, sponsor targeted teacher professional development, and provide community - based education to inform parents about school values and expectations and help parents become advocates for their children.

The School Readiness Indicators Initiative Works with 17 states to develop a comprehensive set of school readiness indicators to inform public policy for young children and their families.

The 2018 Legislative Agenda calls on ASCD's 115,000 members, and all educational professionals, to become more engaged with leaders at every level to better inform policies that support a whole child education for every student.

Partnership for Children & Youth (PCY) is a California - based non-profit organization that finds funding, partners, and solutions to help schools better serve students; and informs state and national public policy on education issues.

In Roadmap for Early Childhood and K — 12 Data Linkages, DQC and the Early Childhood Data Collaborative (ECDC) recommend focusing on seven key areas to inform policy discussions and decisions; chart the progress of children, programs, and the state; strengthen and support the early childhood workforce; pinpoint best practices and areas of need; allocate scarce resources; and make other important education decisions every day.

David is currently a researcher for Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago where his work focuses on the use of organizational assessment to apply principles from safety science to inform and design child welfare policy and practice improvement initiatives.

Measuring Child Outcomes in the Early Years provides information to inform decision - making regarding the assessment of young children's learning, development, and wellbeing (LDWB) for state and national assessments designed to influence early childhood education (ECE) policy and practice.

He also touched on the ways that the policies that have been informing school discipline, such as suspending children for truancy, are nonsensical, and that the policies are often more about slogans that poll well (such as zero tolerance) than what makes the most sense for our schools.

As we demonstrated in our 2015 analysis of the Common Core debate on Twitter, the dispute about the standards was largely a proxy war over other politically - charged issues, including opposition to a federal role in education, which many believe should be the domain of state and local education policy; a fear that the Common Core could become a gateway for access to data on children that might be used for exploitive purposes rather than to inform educational improvement; a source for the proliferation of testing which has come to oppressively dominate education; a way for business interests to exploit public education for private gain; or a belief that an emphasis on standards reform distracts from the deeper underlying causes of low educational performance, which include poverty and social inequity.

Previously, she was a program assistant at The Finance Project, where she conducted research and produced reports and tools for policy makers, and an intern at The Children's Defense Fund, where she supported research to inform policy on full - day kindergarten.

Since 1983, the Committee has worked to study priority issues, inform the public and policy makers about best practices and engage business leaders, families, students, and other citizens to demand educational excellence and equity for all children, from their earliest years through postsecondary education.

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We make this information available to child advocates, policy makers and Montana citizens to encourage informed and responsible decision - making, as good data make for better policies.

In response to growing policy concerns regarding online safety for children as well as a lack of reliable evidence in Europe, researchers have sought to develop better knowledge of European children's experiences and practices regarding risky and safer use of the Internet and new online technologies, and thereby to inform the promotion of a safer online environment for children.

Launched in 2011 to be a resource for local, state, and national decision makers aiming to strengthen families and improve child wellbeing, CFRP has succeeded in providing rigorous research and evaluation to inform policy decisions.

More research on the effects of welfare policies on children across their developmental stages would help inform policy - makers as they grapple with how to balance budgets and provide a cohesive and comprehensive social safety net for low - income families.

This policy statement from the AAP advocates a public health response to the opioid epidemic and substance use during pregnancy, and recommends: a focus on preventing unintended pregnancies and improving access to contraception; universal screening for alcohol and other drug use in women of childbearing age; knowledge and informed consent of maternal drug testing and reporting practices; improved access to prenatal care, including opioid replacement therapy; gender - specific substance use treatment programs; and improved funding for social services and child welfare systems.

Going Beyond Trauma - informed Care (TIC) Training for Child Welfare Supervisors and Frontline Workers: The Need for System - wide Policy Changes Implementing TIC Practices in All Child Welfare Agencies (PDF - 179 KB) Heffernan & Viggiani (2015) The Advanced Generalist, 1 (3/4) Reviews current efforts to train child welfare workers in trauma - informed practices and argues that trauma - informed care adaptation and training must transcend case workers and supervisors in order for true systemic change to oChild Welfare Supervisors and Frontline Workers: The Need for System - wide Policy Changes Implementing TIC Practices in All Child Welfare Agencies (PDF - 179 KB) Heffernan & Viggiani (2015) The Advanced Generalist, 1 (3/4) Reviews current efforts to train child welfare workers in trauma - informed practices and argues that trauma - informed care adaptation and training must transcend case workers and supervisors in order for true systemic change to oChild Welfare Agencies (PDF - 179 KB) Heffernan & Viggiani (2015) The Advanced Generalist, 1 (3/4) Reviews current efforts to train child welfare workers in trauma - informed practices and argues that trauma - informed care adaptation and training must transcend case workers and supervisors in order for true systemic change to ochild welfare workers in trauma - informed practices and argues that trauma - informed care adaptation and training must transcend case workers and supervisors in order for true systemic change to occur.

Collecting and analyzing data to measure and verify the effectiveness of services helps organizations make informed policy and practice decisions toward improving outcomes for children and families.

These core competencies describe changes needed in organizations and systems policies and protocols to create and sustain trauma informed and developmentally sensitive service systems for young children and their families

State Strategies for Care Coordination, Case Management, and Linkages for Young Children: A Scan of State Medicaid, Title V, and Part C Agencies (PDF - 394 KB) National Academy for State Health Policy (2009) Describes State models to inform policymakers of resources and tools available to promote healthy development for young children and provide States with strategies to coordinate resources more effectively and achieve better outcomes for cChildren: A Scan of State Medicaid, Title V, and Part C Agencies (PDF - 394 KB) National Academy for State Health Policy (2009) Describes State models to inform policymakers of resources and tools available to promote healthy development for young children and provide States with strategies to coordinate resources more effectively and achieve better outcomes for cchildren and provide States with strategies to coordinate resources more effectively and achieve better outcomes for childrenchildren.

Knowing that gaps begin before children enter kindergarten, understanding what children experience as they enter their formal education is vital in order to inform policies that can improve alignment across the early learning and K - 12 education systems and ultimately support better outcomes for all children.

You will get to talk about policy issues that matter to you and help inform Illinois Action for Children's policy agenda for FY2019.

We continuously look for ways to support, expand, and applaud law and policy that prioritize evidence - informed prevention strategies to ensure our children are kept safe, and we've been working on key recent and ongoing actions.

«We believe that the best outcomes for children and young people with special educational and additional needs are secured by working together in partnership with schools, settings and colleges to influence government policy to inform and provide effective practice.»

Through well - developed mechanisms for stakeholder engagement and transfer to policy and practice, we will work in partnership with communities, Aboriginal organisations and policymakers to inform the development, targeting and evaluation of programmes and services that will work to «seed success» and maximise Aboriginal children's health, well - being and potential.

PRI staff have been joined by other Canadian colleagues in an interdisciplinary dialogue among researchers, practitioners and policy makers to deepen the conceptual framework that informs our assessment, intervention and evaluation of adolescents struggling with mental health and addictions (Pine River Institute and The Hospital for Sick Children 2010).

The mission of the Children's Gloabl Issues Community is to provide information and dialogue that will inform child advocates related to Children's Rights, Early Education (Childcare and Family Day Care) in other nations, US education policy related to international practices, and strategies for contacting early childhood educators in other countries.

For thirty years and counting, Voices for Children has used data and research to help policy makers and communities make informed decisions on issues impacting our next generation in the areas of health, child welfare, economic stability, and juvenile justiFor thirty years and counting, Voices for Children has used data and research to help policy makers and communities make informed decisions on issues impacting our next generation in the areas of health, child welfare, economic stability, and juvenile justifor Children has used data and research to help policy makers and communities make informed decisions on issues impacting our next generation in the areas of health, child welfare, economic stability, and juvenile justice.

The learning from the PEII about designing, delivering, implementing and evaluating services / programmes is already being used to inform important developments in relation to child and family policies and services in Ireland such as the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People, Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures, the Area Based Childhood (ABC) Programme and the Katharine Howard Foundation Parenting Support Initiative.