Sentences with phrase «affects children and young people»

Marie McInerney reports on a recent symposium investigating how racism affects children and young people:

A recent symposium investigating how racism affects children and young people has issued a closing statement highlighting urgent priorities to address health and wellbeing.

Austerity measures are negatively affecting children and young people, according to a report out today.

The project resulted in the production of Children's and Young People's Manifestos, the staging of several stakeholder events, a six - minute film, Ten Tips for the Insurance Sector on how to better support flood - affected children and young people, and the development of a flood suitcase «toolkit» for use in schools and youth centres.

According to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), gender stereotyping is affecting children and young people.

However, there will some commonality as schools will be required to demonstrate both a general understanding of the risks affecting children and young people, and «a specific understanding of how to identify individual children who may be at risk of radicalisation and what to do to support them.»

A 10 minute video about visual acuity and visual field and how visual impairments can affect children and young people.

We know that tooth decay is an extremely common oral disease affecting children and young people in the UK, so we were keen to come up with an activity that teaches them the importance of oral hygiene, whilst giving them the opportunity to come up with something that makes brush time more fun for all.

Washington — The House of Representatives last week voted to create a new Congressional committee to oversee federal programs that affect children and young people.

The authors were «consistently concerned» by «how the conflict that flows from this is affecting children and young people».

It included wide changes to special educational needs and has affected all children and young people with special educational needs under the age of 25.

communities have a better understanding of, and response to, mental health issues that affect children and young people.

Children, Youth and Women's Health Service provides information on a broad range of physical and learning disabilities that can affect children and young people.

The Kids Helpline website also offers fun games, activities and information on topics affecting children and young people.

Its website has an education and children's services section that aims to provide information and strategies that will help teachers to respond more effectively to mental health issues affecting the children and young people they teach.

- establishment of Critical Incident Protocols to enable co-ordinated responses to serious incidents affecting children and young people.

Not exact matches

The number of people below the poverty line, measured in terms of minimum necessary nutritional standards, is said to be going down and yet malnutrition as well as severe physical debilities and destitution are on the increase, especially these affecting women and children, the simple physical capacity of the youngest generation to withstand the strains of living becoming ever more unstable and fragile.»

The Ormiston Children & Families Trust works to support children and young people affected by impriChildren & Families Trust works to support children and young people affected by imprichildren and young people affected by imprisonment.

To find out more about the «You and Your Child» parenting programme contact Bev Alden, Programme Manager, Children and Young People Affected by Imprisonment, Ormiston Children & Families Trust.

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Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) can affect a child or young person's ability to learn.

«Yet the Government continues to adversely affect the life chances of millions of children and young people with potential cuts to tax credits and a failure to tackle poverty.

Ms Naughton's research investigated how children's exposure to domestic violence and abuse between their parents affects them as young people.

Professor Maggie Mort said: «Flooding is recognised as a major and chronic national hazard and it is time to recognise that children and young people are severely affected, yet still have no voice in policy that affects them.

Even toddlers and young children can develop rheumatoid arthritis (also known as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis when it affects people under 16).

The association's website reads: «Our thoughts are with everyone affected in any way by yesterday's tragic incident and thank you for the work you continue to do to support children and young people in difficult times.»

Characteristics The Rose Review (2009), commissioned by the government in England, «Identifying and Teaching Children and Young People with Dyslexia and Literacy Difficulties», provided the following working definition of dyslexia and its characteristics: «A learning difficulty that primarily affects the skill involved in accurate and fluent word reading and spelling».

We explore the variety of content available to young people and their families; document the developing child's patterns of use and understanding of media; examine theories and methods for assessing media effects; review research on the role of media in shaping individual identity, social relationships, and responses to challenging issues; and analyze public policies that affect media creators, consumers, and citizens.

The rules read: «Poverty has the potential to affect all parts of the school day and that costs can put up barriers to children and young people enjoying and taking part at school.

Discussing friendships should also include the opportunity to discuss how age differences can affect power and control, and how a young person — whether child or teenager — can learn to assert him or herself in friendships without fear of hurting someone's feelings.

«It is an extremely fitting start to the Year of Young People that children will now be more involved in the decisions that affect their education and be given a stronger voice on issues which affect their lives.»

The new Bill affects nearly every education setting in Wales and focusses on the needs of children and young people aged 0 to 25.

The Forum declared that Education for All must take account of the needs of the poor and the disadvantaged, including working children, remote rural dwellers and nomads, ethnic and linguistic minorities, children, young people and adults affected by HIV and AIDS, hunger and poor health, and those with disabilities or special needs.

They will affect 1.7 million children and young people across England and will give parents more control over their child's education.

To help children and young people to have a greater say over matters that affect their school and wider lives.

2005 National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Community Service Award... presented to an individual or group that has made a contribution that benefits the development of gifts and talents in young people; the nature of the work generally characterizes the goals and values of the NAGC and education in a democracy, and affects the larger community, state, or nation.

Children and young people make progress at different rates and parents, teachers, family doctors or social workers often refer young people because of difficulties affecting their learning, their ability to demonstrate their true ability, their participation in school, college or university activities and by extension, their confidence, their social interactions, their future choices (for employment) and their lives in general.

New data in the report, A life sentence for young people, shows that hundreds of thousands of people are being affected every year, and often many decades later, because of mistakes they made when they were children or young adults.

When adults are making decisions that affect young people, the children have the right to say what they think should happen and to have those opinions considered in coming to a final decision.

The issues identified by Thorpe LJ — the disturbed child, the child whose views are influenced or manipulated by family members, and cases in which there is «litigation disturbance» — are a reminder that there are factors that may affect a young person's understanding.

Their services include regional child and family support co-ordinators, providing children, young people and families with the support that they need in order to live their lives to the full, within their local community; a helpline providing support for anyone affected by childhood acquired brain injury; legal support services, including assistance in pursuing a claim for welfare benefits; and information on grants and financial assistance.

Since 2006, award - winning charity BulliesOut has helped make a positive difference to the lives of thousands of children and young people affected by bullying with its comprehensive programme of workshops and training programmes for schools in the UK.

This has been identified to be a problem that disproportionately affects Indigenous young people who have very high levels of mobility, including across state borders, often due to cultural reasons.6 Of the 917 children who were completely excluded from the analysis, based on an attendance rate of less than 30 %, 81 % were Indigenous and 45 % had a mother with a maternal alcohol use diagnosis.

They tend to remember emotions experienced by people better than those experienced by Muppets or animated characters, and they do not necessarily focus on emotions of the characters when retelling the narrative of a television program.5 By the time they reach age eight, however, children, especially girls, are more likely to mention characters» affective states when retelling a televised story.6 Older children also begin to understand television characters» more complex emotions, such as jealousy.7 Like their younger counterparts, older children's recall of affect is higher if they perceive the program as realistic.8

Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) can affect a child or young person's ability to learn.

Patterns of emotion or behaviour that are particularly intense, go on for more than a few weeks and affect a child or young person's ability to cope with everyday life at home, school or kinder may be a sign of a social or emotional issue.

Family Mental Health Support Services (FMHSS) provide early intervention support to assist vulnerable families with children and young people up to age 18 years who are at risk of, or affected by, mental illness.

FMHSS provides flexible, responsive options for children and young people up to the age of 18 who are affected by, or at risk of mental illness, and their families.

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FMHSS provides early intervention support to assist vulnerable families with children and young people who are at risk of, or affected by, mental illness.