Cognitive flexibility and theory of mind outcomes
among foster children: Preschool follow - up results of a randomized clinical trial.
Not exact matches
A performing arts program for teens in
foster care, service dogs for
children with disabilities and a global effort to help
children in extreme poverty are
among the 27 charities that will receive a $ 25,000 grant as winners of the Upstanders Challenge.
Among them are the rights to: bullet joint parenting; bullet joint adoption; bullet joint
foster care, custody, and visitation (including non-biological parents); bullet status as next - of - kin for hospital visits and medical decisions where one partner is too ill to be competent; bullet joint insurance policies for home, auto and health; bullet dissolution and divorce protections such as community property and
child support; bullet immigration and residency for partners from other countries; bullet inheritance automatically in the absence of a will; bullet joint leases with automatic renewal rights in the event one partner dies or leaves the house or apartment; bullet inheritance of jointly - owned real and personal property through the right of survivorship (which avoids the time and expense and taxes in probate); bullet benefits such as annuities, pension plans, Social Security, and Medicare; bullet spousal exemptions to property tax increases upon the death of one partner who is a co-owner of the home; bullet veterans» discounts on medical care, education, and home loans; joint filing of tax returns; bullet joint filing of customs claims when traveling; bullet wrongful death benefits for a surviving partner and
children; bullet bereavement or sick leave to care for a partner or
child; bullet decision - making power with respect to whether a deceased partner will be cremated or not and where to bury him or her; bullet crime victims» recovery benefits; bullet loss of consortium tort benefits; bullet domestic violence protection orders; bullet judicial protections and evidentiary immunity; bullet and more...
«Working alongside pro-choice women on issues of human trafficking, domestic violence, genocide,
foster care, and even special needs adoption has been
among the most meaningful work I've been a part of,» said Kelly Rosati, Focus on the Family's vice president of advocacy for
children and a speaker at the Evangelicals for Life conference this week.
Many of the
children they deal with are
children who typically have attachment problems
among other issues, so they routinely help
foster and adoptive families get the therapies they need.
It offers an active learning program that is anchored on the quality assurance standards of the education industry and provides age - appropriate programs that
foster holistic development
among children.
The school provides activities that
foster holistic development
among children and promotes balanced learning by integrating recreational activities with academics.
It offers a comprehensive early childhood program and provides age - appropriate activities that
foster holistic development
among children.
It offers a safe and nurturing environment and provides appropriate activities that
foster effective learning
among children.
It offers a comprehensive readiness program in a nurturing environment and provides age - appropriate learning activities that
foster holistic development
among children.
In 2010, teen pregnancy and childbirth accounted for at least $ 9.4 billion in costs to U.S. taxpayers for increased health care and
foster care, increased incarceration rates
among children of teen parents, and lost tax revenue because of lower educational attainment and income
among teen mothers.
I can almost guarantee that if you encourage babywearing
among men you will
foster parenting confidence and strong bonds between father and
child, and you may just get to take a break in the process.
SPOON's goal is to close that nutritional gap
among orphans and
fostered children, and also to provide parents of new adoptees with information on feeding strategies to correct any existing deficiencies.
Such factors include the availability of food and beverages that compete with school meals, the frequency of offering fruit and vegetables at lunch, and the amount of time students have to eat lunch.6 - 8 The more an environment consistently promotes healthy behavior, the greater the likelihood that such behavior will occur.9 The goal of the 2010 HHFKA is to
foster a healthy school food environment and promote lifelong healthy eating behaviors
among children.4 Keys to its success include assurance of the provision of healthy food in schools and an environment where healthy food preferences can be learned, expressed, and reassessed.1
Legacy for
Children ™ (Legacy) is CDC's evidence - based public health approach to improve child outcomes by fostering positive parenting among low - income mothers of infants and young c
Children ™ (Legacy) is CDC's evidence - based public health approach to improve
child outcomes by
fostering positive parenting
among low - income mothers of infants and young
childrenchildren.
The Cove School understands the need for
fostering individuality
among children.
Soto hopes her series will
foster more awareness about breastfeeding
among men, while also empowering moms — something she wishes she'd had back when she was nursing her first
child and feeling very lost.
Bearing in mind previous research, the main objective of this study was to identify the factors relating to greater emotional and behavioural problems
among children, in the context of
foster care (behavioural problems, impulsivity and attention deficit).
They took us to the Middle East, where scientists are testing a program designed to
foster resilience
among traumatized
children.
Among children with an ADHD diagnosis, those in
foster care were as likely as others to be treated with ADHD medication but were more likely to have received psychological services; About 3 out of 4 of the
children with ADHD in
foster care received some psychological care in 2011.
Margaret M. Van Bree, president of Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro
Children's Hospital, said, «At the Rhode Island Hospital Center for Cancer Research Development, we created an environment to
foster career development
among promising investigators by equipping them with what's needed for progressive research.
If Dr. Price is indeed right about nutrition being the cause, and there are stories of better nutrition leading to straighter teeth
among children, could we
foster straighter teeth in adults?
In addition, the working conditions in urban schools serving low - income
children are likely to be rigid, rule - bound, and unpleasant, none of which facilitates enthusiasm
among teachers or
fosters academic learning.
Understanding more about preschoolers» early numeracy development is important in informing educational practices, understanding the variation in early numeracy skills
among preschoolers,
fostering early numeracy
among children whose skills are less developed, and understanding why some
children with well - developed early numeracy have difficulties learning mathematics at school.
The program also appeared to
foster more positive behaviors
among parents, who became more likely to read to their
children, support their
children emotionally, and participate in education - and employment - related activities.
Sporting Schools is all about
fostering a lifelong interest in sport
among Australian primary - aged
children.
For
children and youth to feel engaged and excited about the program and activities, staff and volunteers must work together to
foster strong, respectful relationships at every level —
among staff, youth, families, and the community.
Through their fellowships, they have started initiatives that engage and retain great teachers; help low - income students to advance, rather than fall behind, during the summer months; and provide critical support to help
foster children achieve better educational outcomes,
among others.
Furthermore, sharing aggregate - level data (e.g., school mobility rates for all
children in
foster care in a county)
among child welfare and education agencies can improve the work of these agencies through identifying systemic problems, increasing accountability, and helping advocates push for needed policies and interventions.
The participation rate of 90 is also required
among a number of student subgroups, such as minorities, students whose primary language is not English and
children in the
foster care system.
CCSSO supports school improvement in states by
fostering a sense of urgency
among chiefs that the SEA plays a central role in improving persistently low - performing schools, equipping all states with strategies and approaches to meet the needs of all
children, and fast - tracking efforts in states who are willing to take bold, relentless action to address persistent low - performance.
Their new report, Early Lessons in Building Trauma - Sensitive Schools: Creating School - Health - Community Partnerships to Improve the Lives of
Children, describes the launch and early lessons of the Partnership for Resilience and its efforts to foster and build health and resilience among children and teenagers, initially focused on the southern suburbs of
Children, describes the launch and early lessons of the Partnership for Resilience and its efforts to
foster and build health and resilience
among children and teenagers, initially focused on the southern suburbs of
children and teenagers, initially focused on the southern suburbs of Chicago.
The show plays an important role in promoting
children's literature as well as
fostering a reading culture
among young people.
In many cases,
children found living
among the squalor of neglected pets are taken into
foster care.
Alongside our veterinary programme, SPANA Mali delivers a
children's education programme at our centre, designed to
foster empathy for animals
among young people.
Failing the spouse, the insured member's surviving
children including step -
children, adopted or
foster children and
children born less than 300 days from the date of the insured member's death, in equal shares
among them.
Fostering emotional well - being
among children has actually been shown to avoid «mental illness» later in life, along with many other health and social benefits.
More Than Baby Talk Frank Porter Graham
Child Development Institute 10 practices early childhood teachers can use to
foster language and communication skills
among infants and toddlers
Examines characteristics of
children in
foster care who received mental health services and details differences
among children placed in and outside of their county of jurisdiction in California.
Cases were selected from
among children who had been in
foster care at least 3 months but no more than 36 months.
Experts also stressed the significance of respect in parenting rather
fostering fear
among children since it could lead to several negative outcomes and behavioral problems such as rebellion, bullying and depression, Destiny Connect reported.
It is important for
foster parents to find support
among others who understand the ups and downs of caring for
children who are not your own.
This separation commonly occurs when
children are shuffled
among foster homes or relatives.
These findings approximate those of the more recent National Survey of
Child and Adolescent Well - Being (NSCAW) that 20 percent of children in an investigation for abuse and neglect had a mother who, by either the child welfare worker's or mother's account, was involved with drugs or alcohol; that figure rises to 42 percent for children who are placed into foster care.7 These studies have clearly established a positive relationship between a caregiver's substance abuse and child maltreatment among children in out - of - home care and among children in the general popula
Child and Adolescent Well - Being (NSCAW) that 20 percent of
children in an investigation for abuse and neglect had a mother who, by either the
child welfare worker's or mother's account, was involved with drugs or alcohol; that figure rises to 42 percent for children who are placed into foster care.7 These studies have clearly established a positive relationship between a caregiver's substance abuse and child maltreatment among children in out - of - home care and among children in the general popula
child welfare worker's or mother's account, was involved with drugs or alcohol; that figure rises to 42 percent for
children who are placed into
foster care.7 These studies have clearly established a positive relationship between a caregiver's substance abuse and
child maltreatment among children in out - of - home care and among children in the general popula
child maltreatment
among children in out - of - home care and
among children in the general population.
Promising targets for efforts to promote mental health
among urban Aboriginal
children may include the timely provision of medical care for
children and provision of additional support for parents and carers experiencing mental or physical health problems, for adolescent boys and for young people in the
foster care system.
Elevated sympathetic tone (i.e., lower resting PEP) was observed
among children in the care - as - usual group (CAUG) relative to the
foster care group (FCG) and never institutionalized group (NIG)(see Table S1 for all values of ANS measures and Table S2 for all HPA axis measures).
Among children whose abuse was so serious that they entered
foster care, the rate of substance abuse was about three times higher.8 Thus, substance abuse by parents of victims of
child abuse may not be as common in the general
child welfare services - involved population as often believed, but substance abuse appears to be a significant contributor to maltreatment.
Intervention effects were evident for cortisol and parasympathetic nervous system reactivity only
among children placed in
foster care before age 24 and 18 months, respectively, providing experimental evidence of a sensitive period in humans during which the environment is particularly likely to alter stress response system development.
Parental mental illness Relatively little has been written about the effect of serious and persistent parental mental illness on
child abuse, although many studies show that substantial proportions of mentally ill mothers are living away from their
children.14 Much of the discussion about the effect of maternal mental illness on
child abuse focuses on the poverty and homeless - ness of mothers who are mentally ill, as well as on the behavior problems of their
children — all issues that are correlated with involvement with
child welfare services.15 Jennifer Culhane and her colleagues followed a five - year birth cohort
among women who had ever been homeless and found an elevated rate of involvement with
child welfare services and a nearly seven - times - higher rate of having
children placed into
foster care.16 More direct evidence on the relationship between maternal mental illness and
child abuse in the general population, however, is strikingly scarce, especially given the 23 percent rate of self - reported major depression in the previous twelve months
among mothers involved with
child welfare services, as shown in NSCAW.17
Day 2 Day Dads works to improve employment and economic mobility opportunities;
foster healthy relationships and strengthen
child - family engagement
among fathers in Wake, Durham and Edgecombe Counties.