Sentences with phrase «development as an intervention»

Most researchers seek to study professional development as an intervention or treatment imposed on an organization.

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Wild swings in the market, just like the authorities» intervention to prop it up, could well delay the development of fully functioning capital markets as an alternative to bank loans.

Even though he says that the ancients held together the spiritual and the material better than we do, he insists that «cosmology can not become ontology» and that the «latest developments in speculative cosmology» are «quite simply irrelevant» as «interventions in philosophical debates.»

Half a century after Independence, as of now, we have the largest population of poor people in the world, one third of our rural population is below the poverty line and despite the UN agencies» massive aid projects, the development assistance of the World Bank, bilateral aid, the Center and State governments» intervention, the gap between the rich and the poor has doubled in the last three decades - fifteen years ago the lowest 20 per cent of global population received 2.5 per cent of global wealth whereas at present, the share has been reduced to less than 1.3 per cent.

The English vicar and novelist Charles Kingsley wrote to Darwin, «I have learnt to see that it is just as noble a conception of Deity, to believe that He created primal forms capable of self - development into all forms needful... as to believe that He required a fresh act of intervention to supply the lacunas which He himself made» (F. Darwin, 288).

She is a licensed clinical psychologist and serves as the director of training and intervention development for the Nathanson Family Resilience Center and as the co-director of the Child and Family Trauma Service.

Articles explore: the idea that violence should be thought of as a public health problem analogous to infectious disease; examine from a scientific perspective the impacts on children's social, emotional, and cognitive development of growing up in a violent community; share first - hand insights from children and caregivers; and explore various interventions, from the favelas of Recife, Brazil, to the inner cities of Chicago, Illinois, United States (US), and Glasgow, Scotland, which are offering a tangible sense of hope.

Therapeutic interventions are child - led and child - oriented in nature as well as take account of a child's holistic development and well - being.

«Understanding this while individuals are young is crucial as it could lead to early interventions that would effectively interrupt a development trajectory early in its course, before anxiety becomes chronic.»

However, to date there has been no research reported that examines the use of infant crying in this context as an intervention to promote improved social and emotional development.

For children with special needs, intervention in early childhood development means finding specific ways to help a child become as functional as possible.

They promote positive child development through effective parenting, early intervention and outreach activities, and support and preserve the family unit as the children's foundation for success.

You've heard how important it is to monitor your young child's development to be sure it's on track and to get intervention as soon as possible if there are signs of possible problems.

Legacy was developed by CDC in collaboration with the University of Miami, UCLA, and RTI International, and designed as a randomized controlled trial to test the idea that the Legacy intervention during early childhood might improve children's development.

Such interventions have the potential to substantially enhance child development, as well as the general health of women and children.

The effects of breastfeeding on children's development have important implications for both public - health policies and for the design of targeted early intervention strategies to improve the developmental outcomes of children at risk as a result of biological (e.g., prematurity) or social adversity (e.g., poverty).

Despite their intervention in Bahrain, that the Saudis are becoming much more nervous about the US and the west as fairweather friends - for not saving Mubarak and advising him to suppress the protests - is a welcome development, isn't it?

The Council of State has impressed upon President John Dramani Mahama to fasten the process of change initiated into troubled government intervention initiatives such as the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) and Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA).

Wakawa described cannabis cultivation as a major threat to food security, peace and development in the state, and appealed for the urgent intervention of leaders at all levels.

The government has announced a special initiative called the «Akufo - Addo Program for Economic Transformation (AAPET)», as a major intervention for job creation, infrastructure development and accelerated investment in Agriculture.

Upper East Regional Director of Food and Agriculture Francis Ennor, said the exercise will provide data on community facilities such as roads, hospitals and schools, among other things for proper policy interventions to propel the development of farmers in the rural areas.

NDDC Seeks EFCC's Collaboration The acting managing director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari has called for the support and collaboration of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in helping the agency fulfill its mandate as an intervention agency.

«Spontaneous development has been recorded since the intervention of this technological initiative of our administration as our students results have improved through the academic tools being given to them, while their performance has been on the increase.

They add, «A long - term goal includes the development of interventions to aid physicians and patients with opioid cessation following surgical interventions» such as hip and knee replacement.

«This study gives us an estimate of a causal relationship that could serve as a guidepost for the development of interventions in the future.»

Steverink won a grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development to develop and implement successful aging interventions as a follow - up to the longitudinal aging study she contributed to as a Ph.D. student.

This includes interventions such as providing adequate nutrition for optimal cognitive development and detecting and managing postpartum depression and other maternal mental health issues.

And one day the data might lead to the development of genetic tests to predict whether a person can expect to live into old age as well as guide intervention efforts to prevent age - related illness.

Yonju Ha, a lead author of this article, said that further studies on this receptor and its role in white blood cell recruitment following tissue injury may aid in the development of new interventions for diseases associated with nerve injury, such as TON, stroke, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma.

«The fact that parents» education predicts working memory suggests that parenting practices and home environments may be important for this aspect of cognitive development and as a fruitful area for intervention and prevention.»

Large - scale interventions to water resources, such as irrigation, dams and reservoirs, and water withdrawals, have been essential to human development.

Dr Kollmannsberger said: «The quantification we developed could be useful in assessing bone quality during physiological development or pathological conditions of age, disease and pharmaceutical intervention, complementary to existing measures such as bone mineral density.

Provide both general and targeted interventions as needed to support child health, development and positive family adaption

New research published today in Disease Models & Mechanisms indicates that early intervention should be a key target in the development of new therapeutics for Friedreich's ataxia, as current treatments may be administered too late to target the disease effectively.

Rigorous evidence of «what works» to improve health care is in demand, but methods for the development of interventions have not been scrutinized in the same ways as methods for evaluation.

As an example of the NIMH approach to intervention development research, the Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE) initiative utilized coordinated specialty care (CSC), a team - based intervention designed to improve outcomes for individuals experiencing first episode psychosis.

Previous analyses of the study data indicated that lifestyle intervention as well as medication is able to reduce the development of diabetes from pre-diabetes.

Practitioners of functional medicine can help you with implementing lifestyle interventions, as well as with finding hidden triggers that may be contributing to the development of your condition.

Perry Renshaw, MD, PhD, director of the Brain Imaging Center at McLean Hospital and senior author stated, «The development of an inexpensive, widely available intervention such as yoga that has no side effects but is effective in alleviating the symptoms of disorders associated with low GABA levels has clear public health advantage.

After nearly ten years as a classroom teacher, a tutor, and a mathematics coach in the Boston area, my work now centers around intervention and teacher support and development.

The benchmark is used to inform policy development, resource allocation, curriculum planning and intervention by governments, as well as being measured by education authorities, schools and the community.

As a developmental psychologist trained in child development, prevention science, and social policy, Jones» research focuses on social and emotional learning (SEL) in childhood and adolescence and on creating and testing innovative intervention models and strategies designed to foster competencies that help children become successful.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

Lecturer Rick Weissbourd, Ed.D.» 87, director of the Human Development and Psychology Program, founded Lee Academy, as well as two interventions for at - risk students in Boston: ReadBoston and WriteBoston.

As importantly, it appears that existing survey - based measures of non-cognitive skills, although perhaps useful for making comparisons among students within the same educational environment, are inadequate to gauge the effectiveness of schools, teachers, or interventions in cultivating the development of those skills.

Jones» work with kernels of practice began with Brain Games, an intervention focused on one area of SEL development, executive function and self - regulation, that has served as a prototype for the kernels idea.

Dr. Lombardi's strengths as principal at Garza ECHS include the development of a positive, collaborative school culture focused on college success, the academic empowerment of students, the implementation of a common instructional framework, and the enactment of systems - thinking for discipline, grading, scheduling and interventions.

This commission reviewed research on topics related to the development of reading and reading outcomes, such as normal reading development and instruction, factors identifying groups and individuals at risk for reading difficulties, and prevention, intervention, and instructional approaches related to positive reading outcomes.

«It will have implications for how systemic interventions as well as leadership development programs are designed and implemented in other parts of South Africa.»

This training can be used in a focused faculty meeting, a professional development session, or in a smaller professional learning community as a specific focus group strengthens their process in Response to Intervention!