Sentences with phrase «behaviour change programmes»

Our pivotal role is to lead a multidisciplinary consortium to provide schools and communities with technical expertise in: school improvement; teacher training and behaviour change programmes at a national scale; girls» education, protection and rights; community mobilisation and cash transfers; primary health care, school health and non-state slum education; and monitoring, research and evaluation in education.

I am sure all of us would like to create a better society without draining the public purse and I am convinced that effective behaviour change programmes can help deliver this aspiration.

We know, however, from the field of public health, that sustainability of any behaviour change programme requires continued activity, research and engagement.

The benefits of embedding an environmental behaviour change programme into an empowering project for school children are ample and through GAP's experience, we've seen the most successful outcomes delivered where students are encouraged to own the process from beginning to end and develop the necessary tools to reach their goals.

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Dedicated to addressing the policy framework and industry responsibility towards tackling obesity, this seminar programme combines speakers from policy and industry to review progress, discuss new initiatives, share reformulation case studies and explore new approaches to changing dietary behaviour.

A variety of parent support programmes are available across Ireland such as the Incredible Years (IY) and Triple P which have been proven to be very effective in teaching parents behaviour - management strategies to affect change in the home.

The HDHK programme gives dads the knowledge and skills for long - term behaviour change, teaching them about the importance of engaging with their children and using healthy eating and physical activity as media to engage fathers with their children.

has found that: these benefits increase with increased exclusiveness of breastfeeding during the first six months of life, and thereafter with increased duration of breastfeeding with complementary foods, and programme intervention can result in positive changes in breastfeeding behaviour

Mr Arbuthnot said: «Whilst we recognise that the MoD's equipment requirements need to reflect changing threats, that is no excuse for the MoD's behaviour in the FRES programme; they have wasted their and industry's time and money.

The PACE trial, published in The Lancet in 2011 [2], examined the effects of three different treatments for people with CFS, compared with usual specialist medical care (SMC): cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT, where a health professional helps the patient to understand and change the way they think about and respond to their symptoms), graded exercise therapy (GET, a personalised and gradually increasing exercise programme delivered by a physiotherapist), and adaptive pacing therapy (APT, where patients adapt activity levels to the amount of energy they have).

Forest Schools programmes, for example, have been shown to change the pro-social behaviour of whole year groups in lower KS2 leading to increased engagement and less disruptive behaviour in class.

Getting students and staff involved in saving energy and sharing advice between schools not only cuts energy costs but inspires positive behaviour change and is key to the success of the Ashden's LESS CO2 programme.

If awareness and action at home is set to increase, there is a real opportunity for schools to introduce programmes that are really fit for the future of recycling, reflecting the changes in attitudes and behaviour and influencing the critical formation of new recycling habits right across the school community.

Key life skills The direct link to developing a wider set of skills is a further benefit to those participants in an environmental behaviour change schools programme.

David Armstrong continued: «Identifying two indicators - emotional intelligence and social skills - and mapping these to the Achieving Schools Theory of Change, is an important first step in measuring the longer term outcomes of the programme, such as reduced risk of antisocial behaviour and spending time in prison and reduced risk of mental ill - health and long - term illness.

All of these programmes valued the unique contribution provided by school children in owning their behaviour change from strategy to implementation.

One of the main drivers behind any training programme is creating a real change in learner behaviour.

Our X-Elle programme brought together 300 girls from 18 state and independent schools to work with Olympians on succeeding in sport, building their own confidence, and leading a wider change in attitudes and behaviours within their own schools.

And as we've seen before, without engagement learners simply won't be able to increase their knowledge and change their behaviours in the ways we're hoping they will in order for our training programmes to be a success.

The programme is changing attitudes and behaviours, promoting humane treatment of animals and reducing preventable problems and the need for veterinary services.

- 2 x Rest and exploring days - Full readings for weight body measurement - 1 x Body fat / water / BMI / muscle mass reading - 1 x Full body massage (60 min)- 1 x Mini manicure - Yoga classes - Daily fitness programme - Circuits, aerobics, dance, swiss balls, boxing, running, team games - Body sculpt - Sea swimming and beach games - Rebounding sessions - Mixed weight sessions - Deep stretching - Silent short walks - Specialist cookery workshop - Eating for optimum health classes - Design a dish workshop - Health made easy demos - Lifestyle coaching sessions - Goal setting and visualisation - Mindful coaching - Habits and behaviour changing classes - Educational films and documentaries

However, Government programmes to change behaviour go much wider than personal health alone.

My risk management consulting services are unique in that the proactive risk management programmes that I develop focus on long - term sustainable change that is predicated upon changing employee behaviour and the department's culture.

Evidence that group parenting programmes can change parenting practices and are cost - effective in treating conduct disorder and child behaviour problems is strong.

Evidence that group parenting programmes can change parenting practices and is cost - effective in treating conduct disorder and child behaviour problems is strong.17, 18 There is also good evidence that they are effective in preventing behavioural problems in high - risk groups identified by socioeconomic deprivation, ethnic group and experience of life events.19 — 22 Although many parenting programmes have been developed and evaluated, 23, 24 most of this evidence is related to two programmes: the Incredible Years Programme25, 26 and Triple P. 27, 28

This finding is consistent with the results of other studies, 34 and many service providers are trying to find ways to encourage fathers to attend parenting programmes.35 Reports of difficulty sustaining behaviour change over time and the desire for further support have also been reported previously.9, 33 Continuing support to the group from both volunteers and professionals has been proposed as well as flexible, open access, non-structured sources of support.37 Previous studies have also suggested that 30 — 50 % of families who take part in parenting programmes are likely to show no benefit because of other events in their lives, and may therefore need more than a single intervention.36

Group based parenting programmes, run both by professionals and by parents, are becoming increasingly popular in the UK and a range of different programmes are available.10 Four recent systematic reviews, one focusing entirely on group based programmes, 11 and three covering these programmes within wider reviews of mental health promotion and behaviour problem prevention12 — 14 have provided evidence that group based parenting programmes are an effective and cost effective way to improve parenting, and that such changes have a beneficial effect on children's mental health and behaviour.

The programme has impacted on some 11,000 children and the research results showed a proven capacity to bring about positive change in the behaviour of young children.

It will provide initial evidence of effectiveness for the newly developed IY - ASLD parenting programme for parents of children with ASD in terms of changes in child behaviour, parental mental health, parenting skill, family outcomes and change in ASD symptoms.

A variety of parent support programmes are available across Ireland such as the Incredible Years (IY) and Triple P which have been proven to be very effective in teaching parents behaviour - management strategies to affect change in the home.

Other factors for poor response to treatment identified in the literature [12, 15, 28, 31] and those observed from personal experience of delivering the programme (Unpublished) include lack of partner support, resistance to change in the home, parents» unrealistic and developmentally inappropriate expectations for children, adverse child rearing practices, and negative cognitions and perceptions of child behaviour.

Our Programmes: • Mentoring: Building the resilience and character of young people • Anti-Bullying: Engaging young people to change the attitudes, behaviours and culture of bullying • The Award: Awarding young role models for selflessly creating and sustaining positive change Peer - led approaches to tackling bullying

«The Incredible Years programme has a proven capacity to bring about positive change in the behaviour of children experiencing these difficulties and as such can lead to the prevention, interruption or elimination of this negative life cycle.»

The programme aims to empower students and staff through a holistic and peer - led approach by engaging them to change the attitudes, behaviours, and culture of bullying by building skills and confidence to address different situations, both online and offline.

Parents should be taught the skills to change their own behaviour and become independent problem solvers in a broader social environment that supports parenting and family relationships.40 A small increase in parental exposure to an evidence - based programme can produce meaningful change at a whole population level rather than individual improvement at an individual case level.3, 9

Change may have occurred simply because the programme fit best for highly stressed families with less capacity to parent children with impulsive behaviours.