Sentences with phrase «child on a trajectory»

The One Day House by Julia Durango, illustrated by Bianca Diaz, is a wonderful launching pad to start children on a trajectory of altruism.

The social and behavioral sciences have tackled the problem of youth violence with a vengeance, and this work has yielded a vast amount of descriptive information about the manifestations of antisocial behavior, its prevalence and incidence, and the pattern of risk factors that place some children on trajectories that end in the adult criminal system.

Not exact matches

I hope that the adults in their lives are not so harried and stressed; that they have time to build significant relationships with the children and that children are given time to grow and develop based on their own trajectory and not some artificial standardized test score.

Our children look to us for guidance and how we raise them, how we treat others, and how we go about our lives are what will change this downward spiraling trajectory that we are on.

Check out the list on AP Month's «Children Flourishing» post, but here's one that I think sums it up nicely: «Living on a trajectory of decreasing fear and increasing love in self and others.»

That mother - baby bond — whether secure, shaky or absent — has a significant impact on the trajectory of that child's life... not only through childhood and in school, but who that child will grow up to be, what socioeconomic status he or she will have, and how he or she will be as a parent, employee and fellow member of society.

She tracks your child's weight and height percentiles to make sure he stays on a healthy trajectory.

A child on the autism spectrum may need a more explicit kind of instruction in social interaction, translation of what may be understood by others, a different kind of coaching to get him on the best possible trajectory.

Our essayists, many of them up - and - coming scientists just like you, will discuss the pros and the cons; the impact, if any, of their decisions on their career trajectories; and the impact of their careers on their children and on family life.

The paper is part of a larger project looking at the trajectory of media viewing in the first two years of life and examining the content of what is being watched and its effects on young children.

«When households vaccinate, it increases their wealth and income and sets them on a trajectory to provide education for their children,» said lead author Tom Marsh, professor in WSU's School of Economic Sciences and the Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health.

«Maternal smoking in pregnancy may set children with asthma on a trajectory of poor lung function in later childhood, and other studies suggest this effect may be lifelong,» Whittaker Brown said in a journal news release.

By Bob Bloom Over the past few decades, a fair share of movies has followed the trajectory of an older woman who, in her younger years, was either a success or on - track to a prominent career, only to be sidetracked by falling in love, marriage and children.

We think that this represents gross neglect, and we compliment those states and policymakers who are trying to collect longitudinal data and base educational policy on a more careful assessment of the trajectories of children's intellectual progress over their school careers.

Meeting this fifth challenge depends on better ways of: identifying children at risk of being locked into trajectories of low achievement at the earliest possible ages; enhancing levels of school readiness; diagnosing learning difficulties upon entry to school; and intervening intensively during the early years of school to address individual learning needs to give as many students as possible the chance of successful ongoing learning.

Children who lag behind their age group on entry to school often become locked into trajectories of long - term low achievement.

Frankly, we lied to the parents of too many children who were well below average and not at all on a trajectory for success in college or a well - paying career.

Some of you will fly when you work, one on one, with a child and change her life trajectory; maybe you'll help her fly.

Early reading success or failure is highly predictive of a child's academic trajectory: one out of six kids who are not reading proficiently by third grade will not graduate from high school on time.

Children's formal learning opportunities between preschool and third grade have a strong influence on the building of knowledge and skills critical to students» academic trajectories throughout their schooling years.

Thus, by 14 months of age, children are already socialized to gesture more or less during parent - child interactions and this early nonverbal communication sets them on a higher or lower trajectory in their vocabulary growth across early childhood (Rowe, Raudenbush & Goldin - Meadow, 2012).

First, they tell us that programs that begin in infancy, include parents, and are high quality will yield lasting advantages for young children and will help set them on positive lifelong trajectories.

KIPP was founded on the idea that great leaders create great schools, and that a great school can change the trajectory of a child's life.

The magazine notes, «Ana represents the growing number of extraordinary school leaders working to provide a transformational education that puts children in low - income communities on a different life trajectory than their socioeconomic background would predict.»

There can be no question, however, about the effects of the third pre-school initiative, the Chicago Child - Parent Centers, on the life trajectories of black males.

Preschool is regarded by many as the best opportunity for an early course correction, allowing all children to be launched on a successful academic — and life — trajectory no matter what is happening at home.

Scores of researchers agree: high - quality early - childhood programs have a positive impact on the academic trajectory of young children.

The good news is that, at each critical juncture in young children's development, smart policies and well - designed interventions can transform the trajectory of failure and put children on the path to reading success.

6,000 additional city children are enrolled in high performing charter schools on a new trajectory in life.

Mathematics Learned by Young Children in an Intervention Based on Learning Trajectories: A Large - Scale Cluster Randomized Trial

Puzzling it Out: The Current State of Scientific Knowledge on Pre-Kindergarten Effects: A Consensus Statement lists six consensus statements on what we know about the effects of pre-k and highlights the importance of gathering further evidence to answer three important questions: What features of pre-k programs, specifically, put children on a positive developmental trajectory?

«We are at the dawn of a digital revolution as a new generation of children is engaging with the myths, legends and great stories on their digital devices,» said Jim Bryant Trajectory's CEO.

This article will draw on our previous work and add new documentation of the trajectory of industry attempts to keep out of the public view the tremendous threat of lead poisoning to children.

And yet, 400 years later, here we are: watching a public official tasked with guiding the educational trajectories of his community's children rail against the accepted science on climate change — because its conclusions threaten to undermine the local political culture.

We convened experts to give advice on how to make sure your child's trajectory is one moving towards success.

The teratogenic effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on the developing brain can lead to neurodevelopmental deficits in the child.10 At high levels of exposure, and during vulnerable time points during pregnancy, prenatal alcohol exposure has cognitive and behavioural impacts that may affect a child's academic performance and behaviour.11 12 In addition to in utero effects of alcohol, children exposed to heavy parental alcohol use postnatally have been identified as having abnormal developmental and social trajectories.

Relative to children with no ACEs, children who experienced ACEs had increased odds of having below - average academic skills including poor literacy skills, as well as attention problems, social problems, and aggression, placing them at significant risk for poor school achievement, which is associated with poor health.23 Our study adds to the growing literature on adverse outcomes associated with ACEs3 — 9,24 — 28 by pointing to ACEs during early childhood as a risk factor for child academic and behavioral problems that have implications for education and health trajectories, as well as achievement gaps and health disparities.

Previous delinquency, substance abuse, and teen pregnancy prevention programs have been provided in the late elementary or middle school grades, just prior to the ages when delinquent behavior, substance use, and sexual activity increase in prevalence.6, 7,31,32 Yet the social development model that guides the present intervention suggests that early and sustained intervention through the elementary grades should put children on a different developmental trajectory leading to positive outcomes over the long term.

Victoria's Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People Andrew Jackomos has expressed similar concerns on child protection rates and trajectories.

While early parenthood can pose many challenges for anyone, it is particularly problematic for early and chronic female offenders, who face increased risks of pregnancy complications, socioeconomic disadvantage, relationship violence, and compromised parenting skills.41 Several studies have linked a history of maternal conduct disorder with unresponsive parenting.42 Particularly troubling are data suggesting that mothers with a history of aggression or conduct disorder, or both, pass on at least three risk factors to their offspring: antisocial biological fathers (because of assortative mating), prenatal exposure to nicotine, and coercive (hostile) parenting style.43 The most common trajectories followed by female offenders tend to increase the odds that their children will follow in their footsteps.

For evidence from FFCWS, see Sara McLanahan, Jean Knab, and Sara Meadows, «Economic Trajectories in Non-Traditional Families with Children,» Working Paper 09 -10-FF (Princeton: Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, September 2009).

Families set a different life trajectory with fewer closely spaced children, less reliance on public assistance, and greater health and well - being among the children.12 We know little about how programs work to produce their long - term impact.

Families set a different life trajectory, with fewer closely spaced children, less reliance on public assistance, and greater health and well - being among the children.

He discovered that children who had «Emotion Coaches» for parents were on an entirely different, more positive developmental trajectory than the children of other parents.

A prospective study of the impact of child maltreatment and friend support on psychological distress trajectory: From adolescence to emerging adulthood.

However, interventional studies like the Perry Preschool Project, 11 the Abecedarian Project, 12,13 the Chicago Longitudinal Study, 14 the Nurse Family Partnership, 15,16 and others17 have demonstrated that alterations in a child's developmental milieu have profound and enduring effects on behavior and health decades later, suggesting that early childhood experiences do alter life trajectories in a meaningful way.

In general, these findings are consistent with program effects on early - onset antisocial behavior rather than on the more common and less serious antisocial behavior that emerges with puberty.3 The mere presence of arrests, convictions, and probation violations by the time the children were 15 years old suggests that these children started offending early and that they may be on life - course trajectories that portend recurrent and more serious offenses in the future.

ECD programmes can take many forms, including promotion of good health and nutrition, support for safe and stimulating environments, protection from risks such as violence or abandonment, parenting support and early learning experiences, media, preschools and community groups.4 Poverty is the key underlying cause of poor child development; children living in poverty are exposed to many negative influences, including poor physical environments, inadequate nutrition, parental stress and insufficient cognitive stimulation.5 Undernutrition can influence brain development directly by affecting brain structure and function, or indirectly via poor physical or motor development, in addition to other pathways.6 — 8 Exposure to multiple co-occurring risks most likely contributes to greater disparities in developmental trajectories among children with differential exposure.9 — 12 This paper focuses on associations between specific aspects of children's physical environments — access to improved water and sanitation (W&S)-- and childhood development as measured by performance on a test of receptive language.

Early development consists of critical periods during which children are vulnerable to exposures.34 Delays in children's development occur cumulatively and start as early as conception, which supports arguments for early investments.35 The impact of different nutrients on children's development depends on timing, dose and duration of deficiencies.8, 36 Parenting practices and home environments also influence child development and may either accentuate or attenuate the effects of poverty, which directly affects child outcomes.37 Thus, potential intervention effects can vary according to timing, exposures and environmental conditions.38 For these reasons, it is important to consider trajectories of child development across a spectrum of ages, not just any one age.39

In a parallel fashion, longitudinal studies that document the long - term consequences of childhood adversity indicate that alterations in a child's ecology can have measurable effects on his or her developmental trajectory, with lifelong consequences for educational achievement, economic productivity, health status, and longevity.23 — 27