Sentences with phrase «cases of poorer child»

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Both the defenders and critics of medical transfer payments inevitably focus on poor, unemployed, single mothers or their children when making their cases for reform.

Children's Society Chief Executive, Matthew Reed, explains that economic influencers are hugely complicated, and it's not simply a case of «poorer» children being unChildren's Society Chief Executive, Matthew Reed, explains that economic influencers are hugely complicated, and it's not simply a case of «poorer» children being unchildren being unhappier:

A poor women without a job, without money for a bus fare, without clothes for a job interview, without the possibility of obtaining childcare, without a steady roof over her head, without access to sterilising equipment or even the ability to readily boil water, can still (in the majority of cases) breastfeed her child.

In many countries, particularly those with a generally poor level of health, malnutrition is the major cause of death in children under 5, with 50 % of all those cases being within the first year of life.

Although this might be true in poorer schools among poorer children, this is not the case for the majority of students.

There are 1,400 known cases of Type 2 diabetes in children, all of them directly attributable to poor diet and lack of physical exercise.

Just as lack of Vitamin D and poor calcium absorption can cause malformation of the bones of the legs (as in the case of Rickets), it can cause the jawbone to form poorly, resulting in spacing problems for the teeth and braces for the child.

The most prevalent form of child care in the United States, care that is provided in the homes of care - givers or relatives, is often of poor quality and in some cases may be harming children's development, a study contends.

However, under the UC system — as is the case under the legacy system it replaces — only about half of children in the poorest fifth will be entitled to FSMs.

In a very large majority of cases, the data used to determine which students are from low - income families at this stage are not the same as the Census data used to identify school - age children in poor families for purposes of calculating allocations to states and LEAs.

Now on the 50th Anniversary of «The Negro Family: The Case for National Action,» and in new research for Education Next, Harvard sociologist William Julius Wilson with Harvard colleagues James Quane and Jackelyn Hwang, find poor black children today are increasingly likely to grow up in family units in the inner city whose dire circumstances affect every aspect of their lives.

Counsel for the plaintiffs in the Martinez and Vergara cases took the The Wall Street Journal: Poor Children Need a New Brown v. Board of Education.

At CPAC last month, Jindal described the case as an assault on the American dream — and on the poor children of Louisiana.

«It will be very difficult for Democrats to make the case that they are on the side of civil rights and social justice if they are defending unconstitutional laws that objectively harm poor kids and children of color,» said Austin, who serves on the board of Students Matter, the organization that brought the lawsuit.

I probably cover Lakewood's morally and fiscally bankrupt schools too often, but this Ocean County school district that enrolls almost entirely Latino and Black low - income students pushes all my education reform buttons: tyranny of the majority (in this case the ultra-Orthodox residents who control the municipal government and the school board); lack of accountability; lack of school choice for poor kids of color but anything goes (at public expense) for children of the ruling class; discrimination against minority special education students.

This strategy is a direct result of the Malloy administration threat that any school district that allows more than 5 percent of their parents to opt out, will lose money — in this case — federal funds that are supposed to be used to provide extra support to the poorest child in the local school system.

Making the case that choice allows for all families, poor or middle class, to meet the particular needs of their children can win support, especially from white middle class families who realize that how they are hurt by school zones and other Zip Code Education policies (and are also condescended by teachers and school leaders when they want more for their kids), but don't see any other way to avoid those problems beyond paying for private schools out their own pockets.

At the same time, McDowell's case has also brought up an argument that this is another «predictable» outcry among school choice supporters — who can rally around another case of a poor mother looking to improve education for their kids — who gloss over the more - complex problem of providing education for children of the homeless.

He was particularly interested in the case of Annie Chapman, the poor creature who was found at the back of Dr. Barnardo's children's asylum in Hanbury Street.

My study of dog bite - related fatalities occurring over the past five decades has identified the poor ownership / management practices involved in the overwhelming majority of these incidents: owners obtaining dogs, and maintaining them as resident dogs outside of regular, positive human interaction, often for negative functions (i.e. guarding / protection, fighting, intimidation / status); owners failing to humanely contain, control and maintain their dogs (chained dogs, loose roaming dogs, cases of abuse / neglect); owners failing to knowledgably supervise interaction between children and dogs; and owners failing to spay or neuter dogs not used for competition, show, or in a responsible breeding program.

«10 Delise, based upon her study of fatal attacks over the past five decades, has identified  poor ownership / management practices involved in the overwhelming majority of these incidents: owners obtaining dogs, and maintaining them as resident dogs outside of the household for purposes other than as family pets (i.e. guarding / protection, fighting, intimidation / status); owners failing to humanely contain, control and maintain their dogs (chained dogs, loose roaming dogs, cases of abuse / neglect); owners failing to knowledgably supervise interaction between children and dogs; and owners failing to spay or neuter resident dogs not used for competition, show, or in a responsible breeding program.4

(On the other hand, while lots of folks blamed poor Stella for the suffering she experienced, it's pretty hard to argue that the plaintiffs in the Children's Trust case created the problem.)

If these shrinks want something topical to research they could look back at the Azaria Chamberlain case («Evil Angels» with Meryl Streep) whose parents were recently (finally after 30 odd years) exonerated in Law of her murder and the conclusion that a dingo killed the poor child set in stone.

Yet the label «vulnerable group» somehow sticks throughout the book, although at least an additional characteristic seems necessary to render a member of a group vulnerable, as in the cases of disabled prisoners, poor refugees, orphan children, etc..

The mission of The Children's Law Center is to protect poor children in family court cases and to advocate for systemic changes to the adversarial system and other policies that advance the well - being of children involved in family tranChildren's Law Center is to protect poor children in family court cases and to advocate for systemic changes to the adversarial system and other policies that advance the well - being of children involved in family tranchildren in family court cases and to advocate for systemic changes to the adversarial system and other policies that advance the well - being of children involved in family tranchildren involved in family transitions.

LAWYERS FOR POOR AMERICANS IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE VERY REAL POSSIBILITY THAT COMMISSIONER DAVID J. COWAN OF SANTA MONICA CA COURT HOUSE IS A CLOSET GAY MAN OR FOR THAT MATTER ~ OPEN GAY MAN, THAT HAS SOMEHOW BEEN GIVEN COURT CASES INVOLVING FAMILY CHILD CUSTODY ISSUES AND IS THE NEWEST FACE OF WHAT IS TO COME IN AMERICAN FAMILY COURTS ACROSS AMERICA?????????????????

Good evening, I am inclined to say i am none of the above, just a mother of two beautiful children and in one case my twelve year old her father has been in the Federal penile system for eleven years and my youngest her father was charged with conspiracy to traffic and they offered him aplea of 10 - life but just to give you reconition for help the poor, forgotten, and those who don't have the access to gaining knowledge about the law and the guidelines as well as new laws.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)-- A flood of poor defendants representing themselves — often ineffectively — in dire cases involving eviction, foreclosure, child custody and involuntary commitment has led to a push in legislatures to expand rights to free lawyers in certain civil proceedings.

The case illustrates the valuable role that World Health Organisation guidelines can play in the courts» consideration of public health issues, in addition to evidence of the growing problems of obesity and poor dental health among Australian children.

Appreciating the complexities in accessing health care among urban poor: the case of street children in Kumasi Metropolitan Area, Ghana

[FN29] In type 2 cases (female - initiated violence), fathers should be encouraged to pursue primary custody of their children; [FN30] in type 3 cases (male - controlled interactive violence), both parents are poor role models, but «the parent who can better provide a violence - free environment should be considered as the potential primary caretaker for the child,» [FN31] while in type 4 cases (separation and postdivorce violence), «a range of custody plans, including joint physical custody, are appropriate.»

Compared with control children, they had more difficulties with friendships, 29 poorer theory of mind, 16 difficulties labelling and understanding the causes of common emotions, 16 increased fantasy proneness and difficulty distinguishing fantasy and reality, 31 increased negative attributional style, dysfunctional attitudes, rumination and self - criticism.32 They also experience difficulties in the mother — child relationship, with four studies reporting high levels of disrupted attachment styles, 21, 29, 31, 32 and in role - play scenarios elevated levels of role - reversal with parents, fear of abandonment, and negative expectations of parents.31 These factors are known to put children at risk of poor mental health outcomes, and indeed, this appears to be the case.

Excess iodine intake in the mother may block thyroid function in the fetus, leading to hypothyroidism and goitre, and is associated with poorer mental and psychomotor development or behaviour problems in children.22 56 64 However, the risk for adverse effects of iodine supplementation is higher in cases of preconception ID due to sudden increase of iodine intake, and should therefore not be the case in Sweden where the normal population is iodine sufficient.65

Many trials used volunteers or people selected by referrers as willing to take part in parenting projects, thus excluding many disorganised, unmotivated, or disadvantaged families, who have the most antisocial children.2 A review of meta - analyses of published trials of psychological treatments for childhood disorders found that in university settings the effect size was large, from 0.71 to 0.84 SD.12 In contrast, a review of six studies of outcome in regular service clinics since 1950 showed no significant effects, 12 and a large trial offering unrestricted access to outpatient services found no improvement.13 Reasons suggested for the poor outcome in clinic cases include that they have more severe problems, come from more distressed families, and receive less empirically supported interventions from staff with heavier caseloads.

When the child's expressed attitudes and behavior are severe, such as would appear to be the case if the police need to be called to intervene, then the degree of severely poor parenting reflected in the child's behavior raise child protection concerns.

The Parent Project directly addresses the following Risk Factors of the Youth Level of Service / Case Management Inventory Assessment Tool: General offenses, Restlessness, Risk taking, Aggression, Physical violence, Crimes against person, Antisocial behavior, Substance abuse, Poor parent - child relationships, Harsh or lax discipline, Poor monitoring / supervision, Low parental involvement, Antisocial parents, Abusive parents, Family conflict, Poor school attendance and performance, Antisocial - delinquent peers, and Gang membership.

When child care is of very high quality (as is the case with model early childhood programs), the positive effects can endure into the early adult years, particularly for children from the poorest home environments.

In a recent review, CU traits were associated with poorer outcomes from PMT in 81 % (9 of 11) of the studies.33 However, it is also the case that these children do respond to PMT, but to a lesser degree than other children.