Sentences with phrase «many young adolescents»

Such a decline may be partly attributable to natural intellectual and spiritual development as young adolescents ask questions and struggle with who they are.

A previous major Search Institute study, Young Adolescents and Their Parents, did little to reshape denominations» youth and family programs because denominations did little to act on the information.

Among fathers of young adolescents, negative work - to - family spillover has been found to predict (low) paternal knowledge of their children's daily activities — indirectly, via father - child acceptance and fathers» involvement in joint activities with them (Bumpus et al, 2006).

Linkages between negative work - to - family spillover and mothers» and fathers» knowledge of their young adolescents» daily lives.

As a result, teaching science in Waldorf grade school classes is not always sufficiently strong or rigorous to satisfy the needs of young adolescents.

A shoft - term longitudinal examination of young adolescent functioning following divorce: the role of family factors.

Locations of Physical Activity as Assessed by GPS in Young Adolescents.

This we believe: Successful schools for young adolescents.

The educational practice of teachers and young adolescents remaining together for two or more years, known as looping, provides a stable learning environment that supports students» developmental changes and responds to their individual needs.

Our approach based on the Waldorf curriculum help us to meet the needs of young adolescents.

Younger adolescents were more likely to have a history of a psychotic disorder (8 % versus 2 % in older adolescents) and hallucinations.

When researchers questioned 231 young adolescents about their cultural values and experiences with peers, they found that kids from authoritarian homes were more likely to have experienced bullying — both as victims and perpetrators (Georgiou et al 2013).

Only about one - third of children or young adolescents who died from suicide told anyone that they intended to kill themselves.

Also speaking, the Programme Manager of PATA, Mr. Francis Umoh lamented that much of the social and psychological needs of the young adolescents living with HIV were not met, stressing that they should be embraced and not isolated, and medication made available to them.

«We are particularly concerned that the young adolescents most likely to binge drink are those who have substantial physical health challenges» says lead author Esme Fuller - Thomson, Sandra Rotman Chair at the University of Toronto's Factor Inwentash Faculty of Social Work.

Is it the societal expectations for young adolescent girls or the way in which young girls are socialized that places them at risk for interpersonal stressors?

Young adolescents are especially vulnerable to nicotine addiction, and symptoms of addiction in adolescence predict regular smoking in emerging adulthood.

«Most previous work on children and young adolescents has only looked at the symptoms at one point in time so can not tell which factors precede others.

Dr Evans said: «Future studies we do will investigate if our findings with young adolescents hold true for older adolescents, or whether we detect new risk factors.

The paper notes that preventive reproductive and sexual health services designed to suit the needs of very young adolescents are virtually non-existent in lower - and middle - income countries and that worldwide, family life education, youth centers, and youth - friendly health services with programs specifically targeted to 10 to 14 year olds rarely exist.

In «Investing in Very Young Adolescents» Sexual and Reproductive Health» published online in the peer - reviewed journal Global Public Health, in advance of print publication in issue 9:5 - 6, the Institute for Reproductive Health researchers advocate the investment of resources to lay foundations for future healthy relationships and positive sexual and reproductive health, identifying specific approaches to reach these very young adolescents.

Nevertheless, the opportunity to reach very young adolescents during the very years when sexual and reproductive health behaviors lasting a lifetime are being developed is frequently missed, the Institute for Reproductive Health researchers note.

Children diagnosed with depression as preschoolers are likely to suffer from depression as school - age children and young adolescents, research shows.

People who inherit a deficiency in damage response are predisposed to develop cancer, usually as children or young adolescents.

«The high frequency of brand placements in movies aimed at children and young adolescents raises questions about the adequacy of alcohol marketing self - regulation,» Cukier said.

A near - death experience as a young adolescent guided me from a restrictive teen and curious culinarian to a Nutrition graduate and now a worksite wellness professional, health coach, and blogger.

The kids are supposed to be typical young adolescents, but they're so rebellious, reckless and creative that we sense the screenplay nudging them.

Their journey — physical and metaphorical — takes them to some very dark places, and though the film has elements of gentle humor that leaven the proceedings — and two fine performances from Jay Duplass («Transparent «-RRB- as Nick and Linas Phillips (Young Adolescents) as Conrad — we can never get away from the uncomfortable fact that writer / director Davis (editor on Duplass's documentary Kevin) has made a conscious decision to put a mass murderer at the center of his story.

Jonah disagrees with Gene's wish to finally reveal to younger adolescent brother Conrad (David Druid) the nature of their mother's death, seeing as Conrad has had significant difficulty adjusting to their mother's absence.

It's a high - octane adventure with oodles of action violence that will play well to young adolescents... if their parents are okay with a few senseless killings.

The younger adolescent audience that the film is targeting may get some chills out of the images of old ladies stalking sexually active teenagers — especially if they haven't seen The Shining — but those looking for the next big thing in horror will have to keep on looking because It Follows does as its name suggests — follows, but it never leads.

Appalled by the musical tastes of the young adolescent, Duke decides to give him a good music lesson.

Films like «My Life as a Dog» follow young adolescents as they blossom into a proto - sexual adulthood.

The report, released last month, concludes that the most promising drug - abuse prevention programs for young adolescents share...

Meeting the Needs of Young Adolescents: Advisory Groups, Interdisciplinary Teaching Teams, and School Transition Programs [preview].

An Incomplete Education: Trained for the elementary or high school grades, middle school teachers often lack knowledge about subject matter and young adolescents.

Studies have not focused on young adolescents, the time when students are particularly sensitive to gender differences and when gender gaps in achievement are pronounced.

I am currently teaching young adolescents, many with significant emotional and behavioral challenges.

«We feel this is the way to go, with the emphasis on children's and young adolescents» health and increasing their cardiovascular knowledge,» Green explains.

The study of plant life is a staple in biology curricula — children explore seeds and how plants grow, young adolescents focus on cells, and teenagers continue their studies with more in - depth investigations of botany and plant physiology.

If traditional public schools refuse to provide a safe, orderly, academically enriching environment for young adolescents to prepare for college preparatory high schools or high - quality career and technical options, then we should encourage the development of charter schools, magnet schools, and other choice strategies that do.

States and school districts across the country are reevaluating the practice of educating young adolescents in stand - alone middle schools, which typically span grades 6 through 8 or 5 through 8, rather than keeping them in K — 8 schools.

Tough alludes to the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) studies, which show that a young adolescent's score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) is the best single predictor of later income.

It also shows that when young adolescents witness situations of bullying in their schools and take action to protect the victim by expressing disapproval to the perpetrators, the prevalence of bullying is likely to decrease.

Concern also is rising about the resurgence of gang activity in town, and the influence of gang members on young adolescents with lots of time on their hands during the summer.

The public won't and should not allow another generation of young adolescents to hit the skids after elementary school.

In describing middle schools as ineffective without addressing the variability represented among schools with those two words on the sign out front, the authors use a broad brush — some would argue a bucket of mud — to splatter aspersions on every school that educates young adolescents within a distinct structure.

Advocating for middle - grades education makes me sometimes feel like the young adolescents we serve: excited by the possibilities of growth and maturity, yet perplexed by other people's frequent criticisms and cautions.

Rather, these kinds of structural changes must be accompanied by and support dramatic changes in what and how young adolescents learn.

The articles also do not take up what is happening inside the classrooms and in interactions between and among educators and young adolescents, nor the organizational structure of the schools, nor the policy and community contexts within which those schools reside.