Sentences with phrase «children at risk from»

The Children Act 2001 provided for family welfare conferences for children at risk from their own behaviour and these provisions came into effect in July 2004.

The Shadow Education Secretary, Tristram Hunt, said: «It is utterly incomprehensible that six months after these serious concerns became public, David Cameron's government has still not taken action, putting children at risk from radical, hard - line agendas and damaging school standards.

From 1 May this year, the fee paid by a local authority to go to court to protect a child at risk from abuse rose from # 150 to # 5,225 for a fully contested court case.

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Few are more at risk in that catastrophe than the children of eastern Aleppo; prevented from going to school or even hospital, as both are deemed too unsafe, they live under constant fear of attack.

Each scarf from House of Light Goods is handmade by single Moms and friends of Casa de Luz, with all of the profits going towards supporting single moms and children at risk.

We who sacrifice fabulous resources to fatten the most inhuman form of violence so that it will continue to protect us, and who pass our time in transmitting futile messages from a planet that is risking destruction to planets that are already dead» how can we have the extraordinary hypo crisy to pretend that we do not understand all those people who did such things long before us: those, for example, who made it their practice to throw a single child, or two at the most, into the furnace of a certain Moloch in order to ensure the safety of the others?

If the divine mystery is present in a special way among the poorest and most misused of his or her children, as the biblical images and stories — from the slaves in Egypt to the official lynching of Jesus — constantly remind us, then allegedly religious people who insulate themselves from the city are putting themselves at considerable risk.

The great interest of the study arises from the fact that, as the years went by, the researchers noticed that many of the children they had identified as «at high risk» (i.e., children subject to four or more serious disadvantages) were able to lead satisfying and socially productive lives as adults.

«Amazingly, children - at - risk from different parts of the world [who have] similar problems have more in common with each other than with other types of children within the same culture.

Secular organizations do have much to learn from men like Rivers and Madison about how personal, intense interaction based on core beliefs changes lives, especially the lives of at - risk children.

In fact, most (63 %) said it was «diverting the church from more important things,» and, in a list of church priorities, ranked sexuality issues lower than creating disciples of Christ, spiritual growth, youth involvement, members» spiritual growth, decline in membership, poverty, children at risk, and social injustice.

«Young children are especially at risk from contact with nitrites.»

Cape Classics, which launched the Indaba Education Fund (IEF), is receiving enthusiastic financial support from its business partners and benefactors in America, to provide early childhood teacher training, learning materials and educational infrastructure to uplift young, at - risk children living in the South African Winelands.

JIM MORA COUNT ON ME FAMILY FOUNDATION: The Foundation, created in 2005, is a not - for - profit 501 (c)(3) organization which supports children in need, primarily in three target areas: children from low socioeconomic backgrounds, mentally and physically - challenged children, and children at - risk.

As someone who has been educating sports parents about head trauma in sports for the past seventeen years, and about the very real risk posed by chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) for the last decade, it is not surprising that I receive emails from parents all the time expressing deep concern about stories in the media that have led them - wrongly - to fear that playing contact or collision sports, or suffering a sports - related concussion, especially one slow to heal, makes it inevitable that their child will develop CTE and is at greatly increased risk of committing suicide.

(vi) engage particularly with groups of fathers who previously have been excluded from services and whose children are at risk of poor outcomes — including young fathers and black and minority ethnic fathers;

While I do not have time to get into it in the talk, I am tremendously committed to supporting at - risk families around the world, and to preventing children from being orphaned by poverty.

I've been at births & heard from friends that had children where there was NO high - risk pregancy.

-LSB-...] PBDE, pesticides, BPA, PFOA... it's pretty scary what is in our bodily fluids these days, and children are especially at risk from these toxins.

In 2000, American Academy of Pediatrics issued guidelines that parents should keep all peanut products from children at risk of an allergy.

In the end, it all comes back to education: In the ideal world, a parent's decision about whether to allow a child to start playing or continue playing collision sports before high school under current rules of play (which are evolving in the direction of safety, fortunately, as seen, for instance, in USA Hockey's ban on body checking at the Pee Wee hockey level and below, and limits on full - contact practices instituted at every level of football, from Pop Warner, to high school, college, and the NFL), will be a conscious one; a decision in which the risks of participating in a particular sport - provided it is based on the most up - to - date information about those risks and a consideration of other risk factors that might come into play for their child, such as pre-existing learning disabilities (e.g. ADHD), chronic health conditions (e.g., a history of history of multiple concussions or seizures, history of migraines), or a reckless and overly aggressive style of play - are balanced against the benefits to the child of participating.

Performing a «meta - analysis» of data from 14 studies published between 1999 and 2012, researchers at Cinncinati Children's Hospital found a 72 % risk reduction in female athletes under 18 years old versus a risk reduction of only 16 % for those over age 18.

There are many uses for such a questionnaire, such as: a) helping place at - risk children (e.g., abused, neglected, diagnosed) with safe and nurturing parents, b) potentially reducing the number of failed adoption placements, c) protecting children from at - risk adults, and d) screening foster / adoptive families to reduce the possibility of abuse and / or neglect.

Children of prisoners are at risk from a host of factors.

A study last month from he nation's largest hunger relief organization, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle and Feeding America, showed that in the greater Triangle area nearly one in four children live at risk of hunger.

She has received more than 40 grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Drug Abuse to design prevention programs for children and families at high risk for HIV, mental health problems, suicide, and substance abuse.

The centre, which takes referrals from Social Services, Children's Guardians and the Courts when the children are considered to be at serious risk of harm, sees working with young, vulnerable dads as central to its Children's Guardians and the Courts when the children are considered to be at serious risk of harm, sees working with young, vulnerable dads as central to its children are considered to be at serious risk of harm, sees working with young, vulnerable dads as central to its purpose.

Children under the age of 2 are at high risk for complications from the flu.

A new report from the International Baby Food Action Network proves once again that Nestle continues to market its infant feeding products immorally and is putting children all over the world at risk.

Indeed, while parents worry about «stranger danger», they often fail to realise two things: their children can be more at risk from online grooming and sexting, and that according to one children's charity they are actually 90 per cent more likely to be abducted by someone they know than a stranger.

Ironically, in the view of this clinical child psychologist, part of being at - risk is the result of overprotective parents responding to media sensationalism and wanting to protect their children from dangers such as violent crime.

Now, I'll give the readers here credit for catching the part where they flashed up on the screen a nice graphic stating that you COULD put an extra ice pack or two into the lunch and probably «decrease the risk,» but I think talking about how not even an ice pack, or refrigeration at many day cares, is enough to keep your child from possibly coming down with foodborne illness could be enough to make some less conscious parents throw up their hands in disgust and say «I give up.»

From the file of Rather Obvious News, this study from the University of Michigan Medical School: children who consume foods purchased from school vending machines, school stores, snack bars and other sales that compete with the federal school lunch program are «more likely to develop poor diet quality — and that may be associated with being overweight, obese or at risk for chronic health problems such as diabetes and coronary artery disease.&raFrom the file of Rather Obvious News, this study from the University of Michigan Medical School: children who consume foods purchased from school vending machines, school stores, snack bars and other sales that compete with the federal school lunch program are «more likely to develop poor diet quality — and that may be associated with being overweight, obese or at risk for chronic health problems such as diabetes and coronary artery disease.&rafrom the University of Michigan Medical School: children who consume foods purchased from school vending machines, school stores, snack bars and other sales that compete with the federal school lunch program are «more likely to develop poor diet quality — and that may be associated with being overweight, obese or at risk for chronic health problems such as diabetes and coronary artery disease.&rafrom school vending machines, school stores, snack bars and other sales that compete with the federal school lunch program are «more likely to develop poor diet quality — and that may be associated with being overweight, obese or at risk for chronic health problems such as diabetes and coronary artery disease.»

Children adopted from Russia and other Eastern European countries are especially at risk of having FASD — Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

You don't want something that can trigger an allergic reaction from your child as that will seriously put their health at risk.

Child safety window guards and locks The under - fives are the most at - risk age group from accidental falls through windows and on balconies.

Of course, grandparents who report abuse run the risk of being cut off from grandchildren, especially if the agency decides that the children are not at risk.

THE PRESCHOOL PARTNERS FOUNDATION in Mountain Brk, AL prepares at - risk children ranging from ages 3 to 4.

Most experts believe that children who have a UTI are at risk for having vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), a condition in which urine flows backwards, from the bladder back to the kidneys.

advises that children are at big risk of getting hurt from non-powder guns, like BB guns, pellet guns, air rifles, and paintball guns

All infants receive oral health risk assessments during well - child visits starting at 6 months of age and periodic fluoride varnish application from the time the first tooth erupts through 5 years of age.

The probability of a baby dying from a home birth is approximately twice the probability of a child dying in a car accident at any point from birth to age 25, and ten times as high as the risk of dying in a car accident between birth and age 10.

And in addition to the issue of antibiotic resistance, when bacteria become harder to fight and common antibiotics don't work anymore, and the cost of the antibiotics, taking an antibiotic when it isn't needed puts your child at risk for side effects from the medicine.

ECPC provides parenting education groups and counseling to the residents and training for staff at homeless and domestic violence shelters to counteract serious risk factors including homelessness, poverty, youth or emancipation from the child welfare system.

The 0.5 % death rate of a higher - risk home birth is the same as the probability of a child dying between the ages of 1 and 18 from any cause at all.

Some children suffer from conditions that put them at higher risk for both behavior problems and difficulties forming attachment relationships.

Finally, a child mainly drinking from his bottle throughout the day and / or taking it to bed with additional milk may be at risk for developing obesity due to extra and unnecessary caloric intake.

Don't put your child's life at risk; stay away from cat litter.

However, children at high risk of peanut allergy may benefit from an allergist's evaluation before peanut introduction.

Experts say children who are regularly attending a daycare environment are at a greater risk of exposure to pneumococcal, and often benefit the most from the vaccine.