Sentences with phrase «children in the program showed»

As part of the long - running study on the Abecedarian Project, an intervention program for poor children in North Carolina, researchers have found that children in the program showed fewer symptoms of depression than those who were randomly assigned to a control group.

A third - grade follow - up of children in the program showed significantly higher math achievement when compared to low - income Latino third graders in the same school district.

Not exact matches

For parents who want to encourage entrepreneurial thinking in their children, exposing them to programming showing them how businesses start and how people take action in starting a business is important.

While research shows that children who participate in a full - day kindergarten program transition better into the first grade and have better social skills, the downside of noisy, crowded classrooms and stressed - out children make me question if the program was rolled out too hastily.

I would like to see educational programs which immerse children into the history of hope in Israel and in the church, showing how visions of a good future grew in every age out of the memories of God's past disclosures to provide anticipations of a coming kingdom.

An innovative school program carried out at a mental health center in New York uses parent - tutors to assist in remedial reading, which often is needed by children showing maladaptive behavior.

In this program, James Lehman uses parent / child demonstrations to show you the step - by - step, word - for - word way to get kids to look at their abusive language, identify what triggers it, and make better choices next time.

I coordinated «Art from the Heart,» a traveling art show of the select works completed by children in the program, including their powerful artist's statements about their work.

That means that the popular reality show, with its supersized personalities and offbeat kitchen challenges, will be in Washington at the same time as Congress is considering the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act, which provides funding and guidelines for the national school lunch program.

For instance, in the Total Focus Program, the parents and the child are shown ways of working together on relaxation exercises that improve concentration and reduce frustration.

So instead of worrying about DeVos, we really should be focusing on: (1) Congressional Republicans, who've already shown great enthusiasm for weakening the nutrition standards for school meals and limiting their accessibility to low - income kids (see my Civil Eats piece, «3 Things You Need to Know About the House School Food Bill «-RRB-; (2) the as - yet - unscheduled confirmation hearing for Agriculture Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue, during which we're likely to get more information on how he views the NSLP; and (3) whoever eventually is appointed Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, the USDA official directly in charge of child nutrition programs.

Other PMT - derived programs — for example, Project SafeCare in Oklahoma — have also shown significant promise for reducing child maltreatment in randomized clinical trials at the state and local level.

With states and counties showing increased interest in adopting evidence - based methods for preventing or reducing child maltreatment and for parent training of families involved with child welfare services, it is now time to test this array of science - informed and promising parent training programs and program components on a national scale.

Such programs - with at least 16 under way in Illinois and others planned - provide children with creative and fun ways to spend their time, while giving schools a means to deal with students who show up early each day or stay long after classes are over.

Even just a cursory Internet search shows that breastfeeding promotion materials framed in terms of «the risks of formula feeding» are currently being used by some state breastfeeding coalitions, two hospitals, two private corporations, the Departments of Public Health in California and New York, the City of New York, as well as The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) programs in at least five states... The United States Department of Health and Human Services» Office on Women's Health publishes a 50 - page guide to breastfeeding that points out that «among formula - fed babies, ear infections and diarrhea are more common».

Many children who had been showing up in the summer for subsidized day programs, and it was determined that the children were not getting breakfast, said Mike Mulqueen, executive director of the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

Statistics released Thursday by the coalition and the Food Research and Action Center, a Washington advocacy group, show that enrollment of Illinois children in the Summer Food Service Program declined from 106,102 to 84,529 from 2000 to 2001.

Helping Children Succeed is full of the science of how kids learn, tips for educators and parents, and information about innovative programs that have shown promising results in turning around the lives of at - risk students.

And the same thing with NYSCA; we require coaches to go through that program as well and it just helps show them that it's not just about teaching the sports skills — that's part of it — but also having some understanding of the importance of their role in helping develop that child and encouraging that child in youth sports.»

The property taxes they pay help fund important educational programs for our children, and there is a lot of information available on the YourNeighborhoodToyStore.org website showing how local businesses create jobs and keep more money in the community vs shopping at a big box retailer or online retailer.

Children who participate in high - quality early childhood programs show remarkable improvement in school performance, social skills, and other factors critical to future success.

The district also was awarded «Best of Show» in the Single Brochure Cover category, winning for its summer program guide cover that depicted two laughing children in bathing suits.

Studies of the Nurse Family Partnership model followed children to 6 years and found significant program effects on language and cognitive functioning as well as fewer behaviour problems in a randomized controlled trial study.24 In addition, more recent evaluations of Healthy Families America have shown small, but favourable effects on young children's development.25, in a randomized controlled trial study.24 In addition, more recent evaluations of Healthy Families America have shown small, but favourable effects on young children's development.25, In addition, more recent evaluations of Healthy Families America have shown small, but favourable effects on young children's development.25, 26

In addition, when compared to control groups, children of teen mothers who participated in a home visiting program showed gains in cognitive developmenIn addition, when compared to control groups, children of teen mothers who participated in a home visiting program showed gains in cognitive developmenin a home visiting program showed gains in cognitive developmenin cognitive development.

One 7 - year followup study showed that children enrolled in a high - quality home visiting program were more likely to participate in a gifted program and less likely to receive special education services or report skipping school than were children in the control group.

In other words, even when home visitation programs succeed in their goal of changing parent behaviour, these changes do not appear to produce significantly better child outcomes.21, 22 One recent exception, however, was a study of the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) model with low - income Latino families showing changes in home parenting and better third - grade math achievement.23 Earlier evaluations of HIPPY found mixed results regarding program effectivenesIn other words, even when home visitation programs succeed in their goal of changing parent behaviour, these changes do not appear to produce significantly better child outcomes.21, 22 One recent exception, however, was a study of the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) model with low - income Latino families showing changes in home parenting and better third - grade math achievement.23 Earlier evaluations of HIPPY found mixed results regarding program effectivenesin their goal of changing parent behaviour, these changes do not appear to produce significantly better child outcomes.21, 22 One recent exception, however, was a study of the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) model with low - income Latino families showing changes in home parenting and better third - grade math achievement.23 Earlier evaluations of HIPPY found mixed results regarding program effectiProgram for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) model with low - income Latino families showing changes in home parenting and better third - grade math achievement.23 Earlier evaluations of HIPPY found mixed results regarding program effectivenesin home parenting and better third - grade math achievement.23 Earlier evaluations of HIPPY found mixed results regarding program effectiprogram effectiveness.

By being involved in issues — whether it's overcrowding, the lunch program, or the need for more recess time — you'll show your child your interest in the school.

2016 FRAC releases first - ever report analyzing breakfast participation in the Summer Nutrition Programs, showing that only 1.7 million low - income children received summer breakfast on an average weekday in July 2015 — barely half as many who ate summer lunch.

Since that time, over 1,000 children have participated in the STAR Center's updated and enhanced intensive program and we have impressive preliminary findings that suggest children show significant changes in self - regulation, social participation, self - confidence and self - esteem and school performance.

Medication is definitely needed in children with severe symptoms, but children with mild to moderate symptoms can often show significant improvement with a comprehensive psychological and behavioral program.

At Shipley, which has teamed up with Nowinski's Concussion Legacy Foundation, the University of Delaware and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to institute the impact monitoring program, the sensors showed some immediate benefit in their first year.

Besides, the results of Gijsbers et al. showed that the educational program based on written advice in booklets as well as data delivered orally about all the aspects of breastfeeding and milk storage and expression proved effective in improving EB rates up to 6 months for pregnant women of a child with an asthma predisposition, visited twice before the birth of their babies and once afterwards [20].

There are a number of parent support interventions that have been shown to improve behaviours in preschool - age children, including Helping the Noncompliant Child, the Incredible Years, Parent - Child Interaction Therapy, Triple P (Positive Parenting Program).

Several examples of the work of IBFAN groups were mentioned: the collaboration in Argentina of the Buenos Aires provincial breastfeeding program; in Albania the Group for the Protection and Promotion of Breastfeeding serves as a centre for child feeding expertise; in Brazil, Canada, Guatemala, Mauritius, Pakistan and Uruguay the groups place particular emphasis on Code implementation, related marketing research and public information activities; national surveys in Benin, Burkina Faso, Gabon and Senegal to monitor International Code implementation show numerous violations even where national measures are adopted.

Within 60 months of the program start, the program's primary aim is for participating communities to show a 25 % increase in age - appropriate developmental skills among their communities» three (3) year old children.

It's only after they are around other children who have already latched onto this notion that kids don't like vegetables and after they start watching television where cartoons, commercials, and other television shows perpetuate the «kids don't like vegetables» notion (if you watch kid's programming, you'd be surprised at the number of times that either kid characters in shows or television commercials portray vegetables as yucky) that they are exposed to the much - accepted norm that kids don't like vegetables — and so they decide that vegetables are yucky.

These results show that Legacy had a positive impact on child behavior when mothers participated in the program.

Meta - analyses of studies evaluating these programs show positive effects on the competence, efficacy and psychological health of the parents, as well as on the behaviour of the children.49, 50 A recent implementation study of a strategy for parenting and family support showed that families in the treatment group had far fewer cases of substantiated child maltreatment, abuse injuries and out - of - home placements.51

Show your child that you are genuinely interested in their things, such as toys and good television programs.

Recent studies have shown that children are not only more obese than they should be, but even in elementary school the cholesterol counts of many are greater than 180, well above the 170 - or-less guidelines established by the National Cholesterol Education Program, a countrywide consortium of physicians and scientists.

A small number of secondary prevention programs for fathers of young children have been conducted and evaluated.18 For example, Parent — Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), a short - term, evidence - based, training intervention for parents dealing with preschool children who display behavioural problems was evaluated in the Netherlands using a quasi-experimental design.19 The results showed a large effect on fathers» reports of child behaviour problems at the completion of the intervenChild Interaction Therapy (PCIT), a short - term, evidence - based, training intervention for parents dealing with preschool children who display behavioural problems was evaluated in the Netherlands using a quasi-experimental design.19 The results showed a large effect on fathers» reports of child behaviour problems at the completion of the intervenchild behaviour problems at the completion of the intervention.

Fathers in the intervention group showed significantly greater gains in direct interaction and support for learning activities with children at home than the comparison group of fathers, but only if the fathers were at least moderately involved in the program.

A randomized controlled trial of HFNY initiated in 2000 showed that the program improves outcomes for children and families.

Program impact pathway analysis of a social franchise model shows potential to improve infant and young child feeding practices in Vietnam

Around the State Capitol there is a widely shared belief that Governor Andrew Cuomo's Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker was the real life inspiration for the fictional early 90s television program, «Doogie Howser MD.» For those who don't remember the show, which ran for four seasons on ABC beginning in 1989, Actor Neil Patrick Harris portrayed the child prodigy who graduated from medical school at age 14.

Percoco, 48, of South Salem in Westchester County, and Kelly, 54, of Connecticut, are accused of a bribery scheme to pay $ 287,000 over three years to Lisa Percoco for a «low show» job designing an energy education program for children in return for official help on power plant issues.

And the data showing the increased number of children in low - income households pushed NYC schools over the threshold so that every student could receive free lunches under the federal program.

A budget tug of war between Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz and the County Legislature is leaving a program to combat lead poisoning in limbo, for now, even as federal data shows young children in Western New York suffer from lead poisoning rates three times higher than those in Flint, Mich..

Participants who participated in the theatre program also showed more group play with children outside the treatment setting, as well as improvement in social communication at home and in the community that was maintained for at least two months.

Children with autism who participated in a 10 - week, 40 - hour, theatre - based program showed significant differences in social ability compared to a group of children with autism who did not participate, according to a Vanderbilt study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental DiChildren with autism who participated in a 10 - week, 40 - hour, theatre - based program showed significant differences in social ability compared to a group of children with autism who did not participate, according to a Vanderbilt study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Dichildren with autism who did not participate, according to a Vanderbilt study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.