Sentences with phrase «child in a major way»

«It's a small organization and every hand that gives impacts these children in a major way,» Brav says.

Sometimes what seems like a small problem - at school or at home - is impacting the child in a major way.

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Hiking child carriers differ from regular baby carriers in several notable ways, and the Clevr Baby Backpack 202 Cross Country Carrier exemplifies all of these major design elements.

The family suffered a major loss this year with the death of their matriarch, Marilyn Thomson, who had been a grounding figure for her three children and, in many ways, inspired their ambition.

Very often, the church is the major culprit in encouraging the proliferation of preschool - age child - care centers through its willingness to have its facilities used in this way.

Trevor: The Golden Child always has a way of moving into the mix in majors and his T3 at the Bridgestone bodes well for his chances at Troon.

A few weeks after my trip to Queens, I visited the Stress Neurobiology and Prevention lab at the University of Oregon in Eugene, where a team of researchers led by Phil Fisher, a psychologist, has developed a series of interventions with parents that in many ways parallel the ABC program, though with one major difference: They use digital video as a teaching tool to help steer parents away from behaviors that cause fear and stress in children and toward patterns that promote attachment and self - regulation.

Our science kits - I majored in physics in university, and the Walter Kraul science kits that we carry from Germany are absolutely inspirational; they are about a hundred times better than any of the «Follow Step 1 -2-3» and discard a hunk - of - junk in - a-flashy-box science kits you'll find out there, as they offer dozens of different ways to explore and think about what you've built or what you're observing, with excellent booklets with probing questions, offering different levels of explanation or exploration, depending on the child.

SSP is a great way to help children and adults move through major transitions (such as starting school, starting a new job, going on vacation) and prepare for participation in other therapeutic interventions.

It probably shouldn't be this way, but the loss of a child often results in a major financial hit to bereaved parents.

Genetics, environmental influences, parenting styles, friends, teachers, schools and the culture at large are just some of the major factors that combine in unique ways to determine how a child develops and the person they will one day become.

Sen. Charles Schumer called for a probe into troubled Coney Island Hospital after an exposé in The Post Sunday detailed major problems with the way the facility cares for children.

«We need to structure career activities like conferences in ways that allow those colleagues who are in the midst of these two major events (having children and starting research careers) to engage as fully as possible.»

Entry charges are not the only obstacle in the way of public access to science, but perhaps the most symbolic for a major cultural institution — particularly where the primary audience is children.

Some of you may not know this, but baseball was a major part of my life from the time I was a child all the way until I was in college.

Along with Finding Nemo, this is one of two major animated features released in 2003 in which a guardian must travel to rescue their child from certain doom, meeting a variety of different eccentric characters, and risking life and limb along the way.

In our recent report, Seizing Opportunity at the Top, we suggest three major ways to generate the significant will needed to put excellent teachers in charge of every child's learninIn our recent report, Seizing Opportunity at the Top, we suggest three major ways to generate the significant will needed to put excellent teachers in charge of every child's learninin charge of every child's learning.

Last week ~ I wrote about gifted children have the tendency to become obsessed with a particular area and topic (http://community.educationworld.comcontent/obsessed) and warned teachers not to discourage this traitwhich can be found in highly successful people ~ whove made major contributions to society — but rather help students find healthy ways to develop it.

The GOP's gains in the Senate and the House of Representatives could pave the way for some sharply contested education proposals, such as an expansion of private school vouchers, and discourage major legislative challenges to the No Child Left Behind Act.

To improve the educational outcomes of America's 6.5 million children and youth with disabilities, the U.S. Department of Education today announced a major shift in the way it oversees the effectiveness of states» special education programs.

The bashing and the budget cuts continue, the new tax bill undercuts public education in a major way, children and teachers in Baltimore City are forced to spend their days in unheated public school buildings, and teaching is — understandably — losing quality women and men.

She firmly declares that the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act earlier this year, the major federal education overhaul, opens the way for her members, in partnership with parents and other groups, to reinvent education for the better — this time, with an eye toward equity and educating the whole child.

«Our state still has a long way to go to ensure that every child receives a high - quality education, regardless of race, wealth or zip code, but this budget is a major step in the right direction.

For good or ill, elementary teachers can have a major effect on individual children, while middle - and high - school teachers see more students less often, affecting four or five times as many students in a less time - intensive, more subject - specific way.

In fact, it has been found that both parents and teachers believe that the way a child feels about their school has a major influence on a how the child transitions into a new school environment.

«On the eve of National Parents Day, it is a pretty profound way to be opening the first school in American history that has been turned around by parents having power over the educational destiny of their own children,» said Austin, whose organization played a major role in the law's passage.

Although poverty impacts children and families in many ways, a major concern is a child's ability to learn when they come to school.

Similarly, in addition to major organizational partners (e.g., the Afterschool Alliance, the School - Based Health Alliance, the National League of Cities, the School Superintendents Association, and United Way Worldwide), the coalition works with broad national initiatives that are related to community schools, including Attendance Works, the Campaign for Grade - Level Reading, the Promise Neighborhoods Institute, Partners for Each and Every Child, and the National Opportunity to Learn Campaign.

There was even a solid middle ground as parents — even those who'd adopted ebooks in a major way for themselves — still wanted their children to experience the love of reading that came from curling up with a good (print) book.

Children's book discovery will be a major focus for Kobo in the coming months as well, as there is a recognition that people do not browse for children's books in the same way that they seek out their own reading maChildren's book discovery will be a major focus for Kobo in the coming months as well, as there is a recognition that people do not browse for children's books in the same way that they seek out their own reading machildren's books in the same way that they seek out their own reading materials.

One of the best ways to build up a sufficient corpus for the education of your girl child is to keep aside a major portion of your savings or invest in equities.

• Introduced the concept of play dates for an introvert child, resulting in a complete personality change and confidence development • Handled the school run for 3 children (both ways) for 5 months, while their mother recovered from a major accident • Cooked food by following designated recipes, in accordance to homeowners» preferences • Performed light housekeeping duties such as dusting and mopping • Washed dishes, and washed and ironed clothes

My goal is to help couples work through major stumbling blocks that often occur in long term relationships, and to help them communicate with each other and parent in the best way possible for the well being of their children.

All in all, the main message that I took away from the talk from Dr Lanky, in relation to child anxiety and separated parents, is the need for more self - compassion and compassion for each other, as parents, so that the children experience their parents working together in a positive, constructive, respectful and peaceful way ensuring that the children feel loved, safe and secure, despite the major changes going on in their lives.

In different ways, the foregoing experience is repeated in child and youth care settings daily, whether in the presence of daily routines like cottage cleanup, recreational activities, or major events like the canoe triIn different ways, the foregoing experience is repeated in child and youth care settings daily, whether in the presence of daily routines like cottage cleanup, recreational activities, or major events like the canoe triin child and youth care settings daily, whether in the presence of daily routines like cottage cleanup, recreational activities, or major events like the canoe triin the presence of daily routines like cottage cleanup, recreational activities, or major events like the canoe trip.

The State Government today announced major reforms to the way services will be provided to Aboriginal communities to ensure better outcomes in health, education and job prospects, particularly for children.

Many of the scales demonstrated weak psychometrics in at least one of the following ways: (a) lack of psychometric data [i.e., reliability and / or validity; e.g., HFQ, MASC, PBS, Social Adjustment Scale - Self - Report (SAS - SR) and all perceived self - esteem and self - concept scales], (b) items that fall on more than one subscale (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version), (c) low alpha coefficients (e.g., below.60) for some subscales, which calls into question the utility of using these subscales in research and clinical work (e.g., HFQ, MMPI - A, CBCL - 1991 version, BASC, PSPCSAYC), (d) high correlations between subscales (e.g., PANAS - C), (e) lack of clarity regarding clinically - relevant cut - off scores, yielding high false positive and false negative rates (e.g., CES - D, CDI) and an inability to distinguish between minor (i.e., subclinical) and major (i.e., clinical) «cases» of a disorder (e.g., depression; CDI, BDI), (f) lack of correspondence between items and DSM criteria (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version, CDI, BDI, CES - D, (g) a factor structure that lacks clarity across studies (e.g., PSPCSAYC, CASI; although the factor structure is often difficult to assess in studies of pediatric populations, given the small sample sizes), (h) low inter-rater reliability for interview and observational methods (e.g., CGAS), (i) low correlations between respondents such as child, parent, teacher [e.g., BASC, PSPCSAYC, CSI, FSSC - R, SCARED, Connors Ratings Scales - Revised (CRS - R)-RSB-, (j) the inclusion of somatic or physical symptom items on mental health subscales (e.g., CBCL), which is a problem when conducting studies of children with pediatric physical conditions because physical symptoms may be a feature of the condition rather than an indicator of a mental health problem, (k) high correlations with measures of social desirability, which is particularly problematic for the self - related rating scales and for child - report scales more generally, and (l) content validity problems (e.g., the RCMAS is a measure of anxiety, but contains items that tap mood, attention, peer interactions, and impulsivity).

Unfortunately, in many child care centers, cultural diversity is primarily taught during holidays or special events, when educators find it easy to incorporate lessons of different cultures» ways of celebrating major occasions like Christmas or Hanukkah.

After a divorce, a major factor in recovery of children is the way the former spouses get along.

There have actually been some quite recent changes to the way that Texas Child Custody Laws have been set down in the statute books, with major changes in September 2007 signalling a whole raft of over 300 different alterations that impacted on everything from child custody arrangements to visitation rights for each of the parents, and exactly how those rights would be enshrined inChild Custody Laws have been set down in the statute books, with major changes in September 2007 signalling a whole raft of over 300 different alterations that impacted on everything from child custody arrangements to visitation rights for each of the parents, and exactly how those rights would be enshrined inchild custody arrangements to visitation rights for each of the parents, and exactly how those rights would be enshrined in law.

A major consequence of this, she said, is that these children often have trouble trusting romantic partners in their adult lives because «trust could leave them feeling duped or foolish, in the same way that one or both parents felt in their own divorce.»

After a divorce, a major factor in recovery of children is the way the former spouse get along.

One study found that the routine physical movements of these children tended to be slightly abnormal in ways that most parents wouldn't suspect were associated with a major mental illness and that the children also tended to show fear and anger to an unusual degree.

Research done by UNICEF has shown that an equity - focused approach, based on removing obstacles to fulfilling every child's rights, is a cost - effective way of closing gaps in the achievement of child development goals, which is our major challenge in Canada (UNICEF 2010a).

«Some are selling houses in major centres and making their way north, south, east, and west for their retirement years but others are keeping their homes and buying vacation properties for themselves, their children, and future generations.»