Sentences with phrase «developed by the adolescent»

Therefore, and focusing on the significant relationships developed by adolescents, this study uses attachment theory as a theoretical framework that help understanding problematic Internet use in adolescents (Jenkins - Guarnieri et al. 2012; Moretti and Peled 2004).

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The main lesson curriculum is designed to respond to the questions that are being asked by the developing adolescent.

These tools were developed by the Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development, in close collaboration with UNICEF - East Asia and Pacific Regional Office.

Importance Childhood cancer is a leading cause of mortality among children and adolescents in the developed world and the incidence increases by 0.9 % each year.

Approximately 175000 cancer cases are diagnosed annually in children younger than age 15 years worldwide, 1 with an annual increase of around 0.9 % in incidence rate in the developed world, only partly explained by improved diagnosis and reporting.1, 2 Childhood cancer is rare and its survival rate has increased significantly over the years owing to advancement in treatment technologies; however, it is still a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in developed countries, ranking second among children aged 1 to 14 years in the United States, surpassed only by accidents.1, 3 Childhood cancer is also emerging as a major cause of death in the last few years in Asia, Central and South America, Northwest Africa, and the Middle East, where death rates from preventable communicable diseases are declining.2

Childhood cancer is a leading cause of mortality among children and adolescents in the developed world and the incidence increases by 0.9 % each year.

Two of the studies we looked at utilized the Breastfeeding Educated and Supported Teen (BEST) Club, developed by Eileen M. Volpe and Mary Bear, where adolescents learned about breastfeeding, nutrition, safety and maternal health in an atmosphere that was interactive, nonintimidating and supportive (Volpe & Bear, 2000; Wambach et al., 2011).

One «senior member of the leadership» quoted in the book, The British General Election of 2010, by Dennis Kavanagh and Professor Philip Cowley, describes the party as «a bit like an adolescent child... its voice had broken and it had developed some muscles, but it still had child - like instincts».

A new study led by researchers at the University of Granada has analysed the link between egg intake in adolescents and the main risk factors for developing cardiovascular diseases, such as lipid profile, excess body fat, insulin resistance and high blood pressure.

Black adolescents express depressive symptoms differently than people from other age and racial groups, requiring that clinicians take this into account when developing treatment plans, according to a new study led by a Rutgers University - Camden researcher.

A new study led by Wayne State University School of Medicine researcher Vaibhav Diwadkar, Ph.D. suggests that the brain network interactions between regions that support attention are dysfunctional in children and adolescents at genetic risk for developing schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Dvorakova and Mark Agrusti, mindfulness and meditation integration specialist, Prevention Research Center, adapted the existing Learning to BREATHE program — originally developed for adolescents by Patricia C. Broderick, research associate, Prevention Research Center — for college students and called it Just BREATHE.

Karwautz is appealing to parents in particular to seek the help of a child and adolescent psychiatrist if they notice significant changes in their child's behaviour: «If you notice a change in behaviour or your child becomes extremely withdrawn or develops tics, you should have them seen by a specialist.

Living in rural households decreases a person's risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), particularly for young children and adolescents, according to a new study by researchers at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), and the Canadian Gastro - Intestinal Epidemiology Consortium (CanGIEC).

The study investigated types of traumatic events experienced by Palestinian adolescents exposed to war in Gaza in relation to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and coping strategies and has found that a substantial number of adolescents in these situations develop a range of long - lasting emotional and behavior problems.

A 2008 study that followed a group of adolescent women with ADHD for five years found that the participants who had been treated with stimulants were nearly 75 % less likely to develop a substance - use disorder than those who were not, while other research has shown that the use of ADHD medication in young men reduces the risk of later substance - use disorders by 85 %.

It is difficult to determine exactly what proportion of those losses are due to maternal malnutrition, but recent research indicates that 60 percent of deaths of children under age 5 are associated with malnutrition — and children's malnutrition is strongly correlated with mothers» poor nutritional status.17 Problems related to anemia, for example, including cognitive impairment in children and low productivity in adults, cost US$ 5 billion a year in South Asia alone.18 Illness associated with nutrient deficiencies have significantly reduced the productivity of women in less developed countries.19 A recent report from Asia shows that malnutrition reduces human productivity by 10 percent to 15 percent and gross domestic product by 5 percent to 10 percent.20 By improving the nutrition of adolescent girls and women, nations can reduce health care costs, increase intellectual capacity, and improve adult productivity.by 10 percent to 15 percent and gross domestic product by 5 percent to 10 percent.20 By improving the nutrition of adolescent girls and women, nations can reduce health care costs, increase intellectual capacity, and improve adult productivity.by 5 percent to 10 percent.20 By improving the nutrition of adolescent girls and women, nations can reduce health care costs, increase intellectual capacity, and improve adult productivity.By improving the nutrition of adolescent girls and women, nations can reduce health care costs, increase intellectual capacity, and improve adult productivity.21

Rendering characters they developed in tandem with their Spanish writer - director, these non-professional but astoundingly gifted performers convey so much of what matters in so many working - class black lives: the solidarity but also the standoff between parent and child; the series of low - ceiling jobs; the alienation from what few social services still exist; the yearning but also the wariness awakened by new romantic prospects; and the suddenness with which poor choices, ambient prejudice, or adolescent disaffection lead to intractable enmeshments in the penal apparatus.

Led by Academic Dean Robert Schwartz and Ferguson, the Pathways to Prosperity project launched in late 2008 to explore promising solutions to these immense challenges, including developing a range of «multiple pathways» to help more adolescents successfully complete the journey to entering the adult workforce.

For example, CWAE, the organization that implemented QT at VVMS, is currently deploying QT in 10 other schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, and have a national demonstration project planned over the next five years; Learning to BREATHE is a mindfulness - based curriculum for adolescents, developed by Patricia Broderick, a research associate at the Penn State University Prevention Research Center; Mindful Schools is a program using mindfulness to teach kids how to manage emotion, handle stress and resolve conflict.

Pediatric health researchers and clinicians could tap this same potential by developing ways to help «healthy adolescents or those with chronic disease develop a growth mindset about health, to improve and motivate adherence to medication or diet or exercise,» says Zuckerman.

She has also developed and evaluated interventions for preventing adolescent alcohol use and her general school - based health promotion approach constituted the frame - work for the national Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) funded by NHLBI in 1986, the largest school - based intervention study to reduce cardiovascular risk through diet, activity and tobacco padolescent alcohol use and her general school - based health promotion approach constituted the frame - work for the national Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) funded by NHLBI in 1986, the largest school - based intervention study to reduce cardiovascular risk through diet, activity and tobacco pAdolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) funded by NHLBI in 1986, the largest school - based intervention study to reduce cardiovascular risk through diet, activity and tobacco prevention.

CCSSO's Adolescent Literacy Toolkit was developed by the Council and multiple partners in response to a state - identified need to develop the skills, knowledge, and resources of content - area high school teachers to implement adolescent literacy best practices and strategies in their cAdolescent Literacy Toolkit was developed by the Council and multiple partners in response to a state - identified need to develop the skills, knowledge, and resources of content - area high school teachers to implement adolescent literacy best practices and strategies in their cadolescent literacy best practices and strategies in their classrooms.

This video, developed by the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts at the University of Texas at Austin as part of the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies, demonstrates use of the Frayer model in an eighth grade math class to increase students» understanding of math concepts.

This video, developed by the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts at The University of Texas at Austin as part of the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies, demonstrates students developing Levels 1, 2 & 3 questions in a middle school class to increase students» understanding of text comprehensions.

Teachers open and close the school instructional time by showing a short and engaging video to help children and adolescents develop emotional management strategies, empathy, resilience, conflict resolution skills and more.

Instruction And Management E506: Alcohol and Other Drug Use by Adolescents With Disabilities (1991) E529: Assistive Technology For Students With Mild Disabilities (1995) E538: Cluster Grouping of Gifted Students: How to Provide Full - time Services on a Part - time Budget (1996) E530: Connecting Performance Assessment to Instruction (1995) E531: Creating Meaningful Performance Assessments (1995) E504: Developing Effective Programs for Special Education Students Who Are Homeless (1991) E507: HIV / AIDS Prevention Education for Exceptional Youth (1991) E521: Including Students with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms (1992) E509: Juvenile Corrections and the Exceptional Student (1991) E464: Meeting the Needs of Able Learners through Flexible Pacing (1989) E532: National and State Perspectives on Performance Assessment (1995) E533: Using Performance Assessment in Outcomes - Based Accountability Systems (1995)

However, progress is still significantly constrained by discriminatory gender norms and the related attitudes and practices which restrict girls» horizons, restrain their ambition and, if unfettered, allow exploitation and abuse.Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries explores the detrimental impact of discriminatory gender norms on adolescent girls» lives across very differentAdolescent Girls in Developing Countries explores the detrimental impact of discriminatory gender norms on adolescent girls» lives across very differentadolescent girls» lives across very different contexts.

This brochure outlines how child - friendly education is a means by which children and adolescents can develop the capacity and skills needed to withstand projected climate shocks and natural disasters.

As the Women's Health Advocate at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), Ms. Cassanego developed client education materials on contraceptive methods, assisted in the implementation of two family planning — related research studies conducted by UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health and Gynuity Health Projects, as well as acted as a support doula to women and adolescents undergoing reproductive health procedures.

Finally, further positive results were obtained by Srikala & Kishore Kumar (2010) about the application of these life skills educational programs in the promotion of adaptation at school, success, and self - esteem: so, adolescents significantly increased their levels of self - esteem, adopted more adequately coping strategies, were engaged more frequently in prosocial behaviors, and developed positive interactions with teachers at school.

Among adolescent women in developing regions who use modern contraceptives, the most common methods are male condoms (38 %) and the pill (27 %), followed by injectables (19 %), implants (8 %) and IUDs (5 %).10 In Africa, condoms account for half of modern contraceptive use reported by adolescent women, likely because of widespread awareness of HIV and other STIs.

Diagnoses of mental health disorders were derived using data from a modified version of CIDI, developed for adolescents and administered by trained lay interviewers.

She is applying for funding by the National Institute of Mental Health to develop an Internet intervention among African - American adolescents.

She is currently funded by the National Institute of Mental Health to develop an intervention to reduce dating violence and sexual risk behaviors among adolescent girls with prior dating violence exposure.

The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) Guidelines for Comprehensive Sexuality Education was developed by a national task force of experts in the field of adolescent development, health care, and education.

This content was developed in collaboration with the ABCD: Parenting young adolescents program developed by Parenting Research Centre.

Research and Practice were published in May 2008 by Routledge in the UK and Think Positively: A Course for Developing Coping Skills in Adolescents, published in UK by Continuum in 2010.

Smiling Mind's free resources are available via web and app - based technology and have been developed by a team of psychologists with expertise in youth and adolescent therapy, Mindfulness Meditation and web - based wellness programs.

Smiling Mind was developed by multiple psychologists with extensive experience in Adolescent Health and online wellbeing expertise.

Exceptions included a 10 - week music therapy course offered to adolescent mothers in Dublin Ireland (Cunningham, 2011); a 10 - week music therapy program offered to disadvantaged parents that included some young mothers in Australia (Nicholson, Berthelsen, Abad, Williams, & Bradley, 2008), a 12 - week program for Icelandic young mothers (Gudmundsdottir & Gudmundsdottir, 2010); and an 8 - week program for 115 adolescent mothers in 11 Canadian communities was developed by McDonald et al. (2009), which included singing amongst other activities.

Adolescents» behaviour may vary from one context to another, or from one interaction partner to another, and informants» reports may be affected by their own perspectives.13 Because there is no gold standard for psychiatric disorders, and reports from different informants tend to correlate only moderately, using information from multiple informants seems the best strategy to chart mental health.14 Among other things, adherence to this first principle is expressed in the use of child (Youth Self - report; YSR), and parent (Child Behavior Checklist; CBCL) questionnaires on child / adolescent mental health, which are part of the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA), 15,16 and the use of a teacher - report (Teacher Checklist of Psychopathology), which was developed for TRAILS on the basis of the Achenbach Teachers Report Form.17 It is also expressed in the use of peer nominations to assess adolescents» social statusAdolescents» behaviour may vary from one context to another, or from one interaction partner to another, and informants» reports may be affected by their own perspectives.13 Because there is no gold standard for psychiatric disorders, and reports from different informants tend to correlate only moderately, using information from multiple informants seems the best strategy to chart mental health.14 Among other things, adherence to this first principle is expressed in the use of child (Youth Self - report; YSR), and parent (Child Behavior Checklist; CBCL) questionnaires on child / adolescent mental health, which are part of the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA), 15,16 and the use of a teacher - report (Teacher Checklist of Psychopathology), which was developed for TRAILS on the basis of the Achenbach Teachers Report Form.17 It is also expressed in the use of peer nominations to assess adolescents» social statusadolescents» social status at school.

Our comprehensive DBT program for adolescents and their families is provided in adherence with the DBT model developed by Drs. Marsha Linehan and Alec Miller.

Informed by these studies, we developed and implemented a pilot parent - child music program in a local alternative school providing daycare and parental support for adolescent parents and their children.

The BEST intervention was originally developed by Toumbourou and Bamberg as a professionally led, multifamily group education program for parents, with content focussed on Alcohol and Drug (AOD) use by adolescents.

This program is supported by research and developed in consultation with families experiencing adolescent violence.

The Attachment Interventions (Child & Adolescent) topic area is relevant to child welfare because so much of child welfare practice has been informed by the principles of Attachment Theory that were first articulated by Dr. John Bowlby and subsequently developed in work by Mary Ainsworth and others.

NoVo Foundation supports initiatives that focus on ending violence against girls and women and promoting gender equity worldwide, empowering adolescent girls in the developing world, and advancing social and emotional learning in the U.S. Established in 2006, NoVo Foundation is led by Jennifer and Peter Buffett.

This article is highly significant in that it is the only randomised controlled trial (RCT) of a psychosocial intervention for adolescents that has been conducted with African adolescents who reside in an impoverished, developing country devastated by war.

The program goals are to change adolescent norms on dating violence and gender - roles, improve conflict resolution skills for dating relationships, promote victims» and perpetrators» beliefs in the need for help and awareness of community resources for dating violence, encourage help - seeking by victims and perpetrators, and develop peer help - giving skills.