Sentences with phrase «as issues relating to children»

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The days and weeks of commemoration organized at the secular level by bodies such as the United Nations Organization and its related agencies can help orient the eucharistic communities also to issues such as children's rights, women's emancipation, the aged, foreign debt, peace, environment, food, employment, AIDS, drugs, crime, cancer... etc..

In The Lunch Tray's Guide to Getting Junk Food Out of Your Child's Classroom, I address a wide variety of topics including: how wellness policies and the new federal «Smart Snacks» rules relate to classroom junk food; the tricky problem of birthday treats and how to respond to your opponents on that issue; the use of junk food as a classroom reward; the use of candy as a teaching «manipulative;» kids and sugar consumption; and much more.

My guide, What to Expect From Your Adopted Tween, helps parents assist their children in understanding, examining and resolving adoption - related issues as they happen, and to empower their children to feel self - confident.

In addition to his clinical and educational work, Dr. Schultz serves as an international consultant on issues related to the neuropsychology and appropriate education of children and young adults with special needs.

It talks about traditional foods as the tools with which to bring our children back from a life slated toward disease and illness and into robust health where they can be free of weight issues, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, dental problems, mental and emotional disorders like depression, ADD, ADHD, and other related (even autism).

For one thing, unless a parenting handbook is written specifically for parents of gifted kids, it won't cover issues that relate specifically to such children, such as asynchronous development and intense emotional sensitivity.

My internationally known parent guide, What To Expect From Your Adopted Tween, helps parents assist their children in understanding, examining and resolving adoption - related issues before and as they happen, and to empower their children to feel self - confidenTo Expect From Your Adopted Tween, helps parents assist their children in understanding, examining and resolving adoption - related issues before and as they happen, and to empower their children to feel self - confidento empower their children to feel self - confidento feel self - confident.

HFA is designed for parents facing challenges such as single parenthood; low income; childhood history of abuse and other adverse child experiences; and current or previous issues related to substance abuse, mental health issues, and / or domestic violence.

This letter is submitted in my personal capacity, as a parent of two children in Houston public schools and as the writer of The Lunch Tray, a blog focusing on food policy issues relating to children.

She has created curricula for agencies and professionals on a wide variety of topics — such as preparing for birthcountry visits, an overview of clinical issues in adoption — as they relate to helping families and children around adoption issues.

During that time Joy worked as a counselor for children and parents, presented at workshops related to issues around being adopted, facilitated Spence - Chapin's Kids Groups, ran Teen Forums and helped to create a youth Mentorship program for domestic and international adoptees.

As the number of family - related court filings has risen over the years, families have increasingly relied on the courts to resolve divorce issues and problems including child custody, visitation, child support, paternity, emergency protective orders, and restraining orders.

As of this spring, I'll have spent seven years exclusively writing about and advocating for issues relating to child nutrition.

Should we continue to watch our children having lifestyle related health issues such as Type 2 diabetes and not do something?

But, unlike divorcing couples, unmarried parents will not need to resolve any potentially complicated (and contentious) divorce - related issues such as division of property and payment of spousal support, so the decision - making process is focused almost exclusively on child custody.

A legal advocate can help you complete an international adoption with a previously - known child or work with you to find an agency that meets your needs as well as to tie up any remaining legal issues related to your growing family.

Not all of the information provided is directly linked to addressing issues related to children's exposure to violence, but provides information on supportive services that the child or family may require as a result.

The battle for New York City mayor turned especially ugly and deeply personal on Wednesday when Christine Quinn lambasted what she considered to be an attack from rival Bill de Blasio's wife on her ability to understand issues related to families as a woman without children.

But is it not funny to note that, all parents want their wards to become prominent people in the future but majority do not do anything to support their children as far as learning is concerned especially issues relating to reading?

«With the dynamic of the unfreeze being an issue of what we do overall, I think what we want to make sure is that whatever the deal is, as it relates to education, it's fair to all children,» he said.

The no - fault measure makes New York the final state to adopt the process, which streamlines the dissolution of a marriage as long as all related issues — including separation of property, child support and custody issues — are resolved.

With two vacancies on the state's highest court, Glick said an LGBT person would bring life experiences that would provide greater diversity in decisions related to such issues as adoption, child custody and divorce.

Queens residents will be able to meet one - on - one with MOIA representatives between 10:00 AM — 6:00 PM on those days and confidentially discuss their immigration - related issues, including possible enforcement actions and the planned termination of DACA, a federal initiative that has protected 800,000 undocumented immigrants nationwide from deportation who were brought to the United States as children.

Two years later, the diocese was hit with a bombshell report from a Suffolk County grand jury that found «the history of the Diocese of Rockville Centre demonstrates that as an institution they are incapable of properly handling issues relating to the sexual abuse of children by priests.»

As the committee explains, «If effective, MRT could satisfy the desire of women seeking to have a genetically related child with a significantly reduced risk of passing on mtDNA disease, yet the techniques raise ethical, social, and policy issues» [1].

School finance topped the poll of key fiscal issues as well, and at - risk youths were also named the first priority among issues related to «children, youth, and families.»

I am also a TODAY show contributor reporting late - breaking educational and child related issues (as well as to Education Nation and Dateline) and serve as Goodwill Ambassador for One Laptop per Child (OLPC) whose goal is to bridge the education divide in third world countries so all children have a chance to receive an educachild related issues (as well as to Education Nation and Dateline) and serve as Goodwill Ambassador for One Laptop per Child (OLPC) whose goal is to bridge the education divide in third world countries so all children have a chance to receive an educaChild (OLPC) whose goal is to bridge the education divide in third world countries so all children have a chance to receive an education.

Kris Nordstrom, a consultant for the progressive N.C. Justice Center (the parent nonprofit for N.C. Policy Watch) and a former fiscal analyst for the legislature, warned legislators that their efforts would be better spent on proven methods, such as increasing access to pre-K programs, expanding instructional time, recruiting and retaining high - quality teachers, and addressing poverty - related issues such as mental health and child nutrition.

A replacement for the much criticized No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, the reauthorization gained support from groups as diverse as The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, the National Education Association, the National Parent Teacher Association, The National School Boards Association, the National Governors Association and Fairtest, an organization that addresses issues related to fairness and accuracy in testing.

Dr. Cawthon is a national expert on issues related to standardized assessment and students who are deaf or hard of hearing, particularly in the context of accountability reforms such as No Child Left Behind.

Due process hearing — An informal administrative process before a special education hearing officer to resolve disagreements over such issues as a child's eligibility for special education and related services, evaluation of a child with a disability, appropriateness of a child's services and / or placement, or any other matter under free, appropriate public education, including disciplinary matters.

MTI methodologies take into consideration the child's cognitive development, issues of number, meanings of operations and how they relate to one another, and computation within the number system as a foundation for algebra, number systems, ways of representing numbers, meanings of operations and how they relate to one another, working with qualitative and quantitative change and the need to describe and predict variation.

Nearly every day, teachers must deal with diverse laws related to issues such as child abuse, student discipline, negligence, defamation, student records and copyright infringement.

Mark also serves as a director on several organizations including the board of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc. (COPAA) and is a frequent speaker on issues related to the education of children with disabilities.

Parents are cognizant that we, as a society, are beginning a debate about whether parents should be able to maintain their right to keep their children from being vaccinated and whether a parent's right outweighs the related issues associated with public health and safety.

On behalf of parents of public school students across Connecticut, I am writing to request that you add an agenda item to the April 6, 2015 State Board of Education Committee meeting to review and address the actions taken by your Interim Commissioner of Education and other State Department of Education staff as they relate to the issue of a parent's fundamental and inalienable right to opt their children out of the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing program and how local school districts should deal with children whose parents have opted them out of the SBAC testing.

And as someone who also read to their children on a daily basis from their earliest days, I can certainly attest to the notion that the developmental issues related to become readers is highly variable.

As lawmakers take up issues related to school safety and children's mental health, NAESP will continue to engage in discussions to support nonpartisan policies consistent with the values of the majority of principals we represent.

I basically do lot of community service / activism relating to different issues in Pakistan such as child Rights, youth empowerment, animal Protection and of course climate change.

Often justified largely on the basis of junk science they have come up with such wonderful policy prescriptions as using only unreliable sources of energy because they are «sustainable,» keeping natural resources in the ground rather than using them to meet human needs, having government tell manufacturers what requirements their products must meet to use less energy rather than encouraging manufacturers to meet the needs of their customers, all in the name of «energy efficiency,» substituting government dictates for market solutions on any issue related to energy use, and teaching school children junk science that happens to meet «environmentalists» ideological beliefs in hopes of perpetuating these beliefs to future generations even though they do not conform to the scientific method, the basis of science.

From the initial stages of marital separation, to longer - term disputes related to issues such as child custody or support payments, we answer the most frequently asked questions («FAQs») that we hear about marital disputes in Ontario, Canada.»

We can advise on all aspects of the law relating to divorce and dissolution as well as children and financial issues.

Every family is unique and is deserving of caring, respectful representation when it comes to issues such as Divorce, Child Custody Disputes, Paternity Actions, Child Support, Guardianship, Prenuptial Agreements and related matters.

I also regularly work with clients to resolve issues relating to the care of their children and have handled complex disputes such as where families with children are moving to other countries.

«Focuses on topics of concern to family lawyers and also members of the public dealing with family law issues such as adoption, divorce, separate maintenance, child custody, support, cohabitation, parentage issues, parental abduction, relocation, post-judgment modification issues, neglect / abuse proceedings and social issues related to families.»

Phoenix family lawyers are meant to act as a legal advisor of family - related issues such as divorce, legal separation, guardianship, spousal support, and child custody.

This article does not deal with financial issues except as they may relate to children issues.

CAMPBELL: There is another area related to this that you won't have seen on the e-discovery issue but I have and others in the judiciary have and that's, I think, there is getting to be a growing recognition of the transparency of borders for certain purposes, but a recognition, as Kelly pointed out, that where information initiates locally, that place should be the best determiner of what happens, and it is coming because of things like child porn.

Our family law solicitors have considerable expertise across the full range of family law matters, including issues such as taxation and the most effective way to resolve your financial or child - related claims.

Licensed and / or registered psychologists and social workers with training in child - development issues as well as having expertise related to the concerns of children of divorce