Sentences with phrase «designing adaptation strategies»

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Rather CBT is an approach that relies on the use of many different techniques that are designed to deal with each unique situation and individual and focus primarily on the changing of particular behaviours, developing better strategies for managing troublesome situations, and learning how to think about, perceive and interpret circumstances in ways that lead to a healthier adaptation to conditions that are producing the symptoms.»

His special education, ESL, and speech / language services were now delivered primarily in the general education classroom through adaptations, differentiated instruction, and universal design strategies.

The Special Education Teacher will be responsible for the successful completion of the following tasks: + Manage and provide instructional guidance, virtual teaching and general strategies for a caseload of students; + Develop, write and help implement IEPs; + Evaluate tests and assessments, complete report cards and conduct parent conferences; + Communicate regularly with parents / learning coaches of students with special needs to insure that their IEP goals are being met, and that their needs are addressed in a timely and appropriate fashion; + Consult with teachers and coordinate the implementation of specially designed instruction as defined in the IEP regarding students with specific needs and potential learning issues; + Provide direct services to students including services delivered through web - conferencing software, as needed; + Schedule, organize and conduct IEP related meetings in a virtual environment, as needed; + Participate in the school's Student Support Team; help teachers and learning coaches develop and implement program modifications and strategies for all students; + Assist, as needed, with the organization and proper implementation of all paperwork, documentation and procedures for the IEP process; + Assist with locating service providers for students needing related services as mandated by their IEPs; + Assist with negotiating and executing contracts with service providers for students requiring such services; + Maintain accurate and up - to - date data in the school's Learning Management System and special education software; + Assist with administering state testing and coordinate the special adaptations that are required based on the IEP; and + Other duties as assigned.

This STORE strategy of developing a foundational curriculum of six exemplar lessons as a vehicle for building teachers» capacities to then develop or adapt innovative materials themselves resembles a teacher professional development study that looked at student outcomes of a science education innovation in three comparison groups: (a) teachers implementing a predeveloped curriculum with adaptations as needed, (b) teachers being taught how to carry out their own instructional designs then developing their own curricula, and (c) a hybrid condition where they were expected to do both.

It builds on these concepts and strategies to provide recommendations for project design, together with possible solutions promoting both adaptation and mitigation activities in development projects.

«(n) the promotion of sustainable settlement and transportation strategies in urban and rural areas including the promotion of measures to --(i) reduce energy demand in response to the likelihood of increases in energy and other costs due to long - term decline in non-renewable resources, (ii) reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, and (iii) address the necessity of adaptation to climate change; in particular, having regard to location, layout and design of new development.»

In the conclusion to his «Plan B» chapter (p 228), Bob Carter writes: «It is therefore time to move away from stale «he - says - she - says» arguments about whether human carbon dioxide emissions are causing dangerous warming, and on to designing effective policies of hazard management for all climate change, based on adaptation responses that are tailored for individual countries or regions... By their very nature, strategies that can cope with the dangers and vagaries of natural climate change will readily cope with human - caused change too should it ever become manifest.»

A growing literature considers response strategies that aim at preventing damage to particular key elements and processes in geophysical, biological and socio - economic systems that are sensitive to climate change and have limited adaptation potential; policy - makers may want to consider insights from the literature reviewed here in helping them to design policies to prevent DAI.

IIED: Accurate cost benefit analysis of climate change adaptation actions is not only critical in designing effective local - level adaptation strategies, but also for generating information that feeds into national and global climate policy agreements.

Staff of local governments, research organisations and NGOs participating in the UN Habitat Cities and Climate Change Programme and in 2 CDKN - funded projects were trained on the potential impacts of urban agriculture and - forestry on climate change adaptation and mitigation, and on practical methods for monitoring them; climate - smart urban agriculture technologies; and the design and assessment of alternative strategies for the development of urban agriculture as part of city climate change strategies.

Government adaptive strategies are all designed to offset warming, yet that is an easier adaptation for most regions than cooling.

Most organizations are very familiar with uncertainty of many different kinds and even qualitative guidance can have substantial value in the design of robust adaptation strategies which minimize vulnerability to both climate variability and change.