Sentences with phrase «development of disadvantaged children»

Professor Heckman has proven that investing in the early childhood development of disadvantaged children will produce great returns to individuals and society in better education, health, economic and social outcomes — not only saving taxpayers money but increasing our nation's economic productivity.

Not exact matches

«Instead of helping some of the most disadvantaged children in our communities, Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberals spent $ 182 million on a computer mess,» said Michelle Mungall, New Democrat spokesperson for social development.

The Nielsen - Massey Foundation was founded in 2009 with a mission to assist disadvantaged children and adults with education and leadership development, especially in the field of culinary arts.

Which leads to a new and pressing question: Exactly what is it in the daily life of a disadvantaged child that most acutely hampers the development of the skills he needs to succeed?

The building - blocks model is, at present, mostly a theoretical framework, but it gives educators and anyone else concerned with child development a different and valuable lens through which to consider the problems of disadvantaged kids in the classroom.

The children of young parents — who tend to be amongst the most disadvantaged — may benefit particularly from a positive relationship with their father: «When young men do not take on the responsibilities of fatherhood, it has serious consequences for the child's development, the mother's resources and consequent social costs» (ESRC 2002).

He wisely observes «The United States does not do a particularly good job of reflecting [this] growing scientific understanding of early childhood, and especially early brain development, in its policies towards disadvantaged children.»

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Policy - makers and planners can greatly assist the improved nutritional health of women and children by supporting the development of evidence - based dietary guidelines and effective prevention and intervention services, especially for socio - economically disadvantaged families.

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: «Since 2010, the UK Government has made «boosting economic development» its number one priority for international aid and development, in spite of evidence which indicates that this might further disadvantage the world's poorest children.

Proponents of greater public funding for early childhood education (ECE) argue that too many children, often those from challenged communities and homes, arrive for kindergarten with insurmountable development gaps and that low - income and disadvantaged children who are exposed to high - quality pre-K programs gain lifelong benefits.

In the late fall of 1964, Shriver asked Dr. Robert Cooke, a pediatrician at Johns Hopkins and the chairman of the Kennedy Foundation's scientific advisory committee, to head a committee whose task would be to make recommendations for a preschool program that would promote the development and school readiness of disadvantaged children.

That's one of the takeaways of a new report issued by the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, which seeks to unite the science of early childhood development with the policies we devise to support disadvantaged kids.

The «threshold» hypothesis states that there is a threshold level of linguistic competence in the native language that all children must attain in order to avoid cognitive disadvantages, while the «developmental interdependence» hypothesis holds that the development of skills in a second language is facilitated by skills already developed in learning the first language.

Central to the concentration is research on the factors that put children or youth at a disadvantage, and those assets — family, community, or cultural — that support high levels of academic, social, and moral development; healthy individuals; and effective schools.

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

We have yet to take sufficient note of a historic development in public education: A critical mass of schools is establishing, with more assurance than ever, that children can achieve at high standards regardless of race or economic disadvantage.

The figures show only 54 per cent of children from disadvantaged families reach a good level of development, compared with 72 per cent of the age group overall.

Once established, that has the potential to have a dramatic impact by challenging the long dominant skills - and - strategies approach to reading instruction in favor of one that sees knowledge development in children — particularly disadvantaged children — as the indispensible Job One of reading instruction in American classrooms.

In addition, ED shall annually award competitive grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible entities for the purposes of enriching students» academic experience by promoting: (1) arts education for disadvantaged and disabled students, (2) school readiness through the development and dissemination of accessible instructional programing for preschool and elementary school children and their families, and (3) support for high - ability learners and high - ability learning through the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program.

The Pupil Development Grant (PDG) helps schools tackle the effects of poverty and disadvantage on attainment and is targeted at learners who are eligible for Free School Meals or are Looked After Children.

A draft of a report by Maris A. Vinovskis, a professor of history at the University of Michigan, cites several exemplary studies by the institutions, including an analysis of youth - training programs, the development of the «Success for All» program for disadvantaged students, and «pioneering» work in understanding how children learn mathematics.

Child care and the development of behavior problems among economically disadvantaged children in middle childhood.

Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992 — 2002, we assess whether family disadvantage disproportionately impedes the pre-market development of boys.

The Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Program prepares disadvantaged children in low - income areas by working to sharpen the skills of teachers in their communities.

Nearly 7 of 10 economically - disadvantaged young children in our community are not on track in their cognitive development when they start kindergarten.

Phonics can be an important component in the development of early reading skills, particularly for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Under her guidance, the foundation launched and refined new strategic priorities, focusing its $ 115 million grant budget on improvements in urban education for economically disadvantaged children, protection of the water resources serving 15 million people across four states, development of world - class urban parks and trails in underserved communities and cultivation of a vibrant cultural sector.

In my experience, many of those who are charged with over-discipline of their children did not have a great example of parenting themselves, had not received current important information about child development / rearing and mainly, come from disadvantaged single parent families.

The programme aims to expose young children to an educational programme which would enhance their overall development and prevent school failure and to offset the effects of social disadvantage.

These new findings on health intensify the already high value of quality early childhood development for disadvantaged children — and should be put to use to shape more effective state and national policies.

In studies of sequencing per se, declines in income have been found to be associated with poorer developmental outcomes.6 13 27 Furthermore, economic fluctuations seem especially consequential for children living in poverty, 6 22 and it has been suggested that economic fluctuations may pose even greater risks to development compared with disadvantaged, but stable, economic circumstances.28

The primary goal of this study is to integrate measures of childhood family disadvantage — socioeconomic deprivation, family disruption, housing tenure and parental interest in education — and measures of child development — birth weight, health, cognition and behaviour — such that the relative indications of each net of the others may be explored.

The Australian Early Development Index, now called Census, has revealed the extent of the disadvantage that Aboriginal children have in the language and cognitive domains as well as the emotional domain when they first enter school.

Within the education community, Parents as Teachers (PAT) has gained prominence as a program for promoting child development and school readiness after achieving promising results in Missouri.12 In New Zealand, Scotland, and other countries, recent development of home - visiting efforts have replicated American models, thus indicating that the promise seen in this country with home visiting is envisioned beyond our shores.13, 14 Lisbeth Schorr, in her 1988 book Within Our Reach: Breaking the Cycle of the Disadvantaged, stated: «[Home - visiting] programs that succeed in helping the children and families who live in the shadows are intensive and comprehensive, flexible, and staffed by professionals with the time and skills to establish solid relationships with their clients.

Peacock et al 30 examined the effects of home visits for disadvantaged families with children aged 0 — 6 years and found improved child development outcomes when the intervention was implemented early.

Parenting skills and a variety of family risk factors are influenced by the effects of disadvantage, meaning that Indigenous children are more likely to miss out on the crucial early childhood development opportunities that are required for positive social, educational, health and employment outcomes later in life.

Critically, however, those children who were the most disadvantaged failed to demonstrate gains, indicating that intervention occurring at this stage of child development may already be too late for these children.

Communities for Children (CfC) is a large - scale area - based initiative designed to enhance the development of children in 45 disadvantaged community sites around AuChildren (CfC) is a large - scale area - based initiative designed to enhance the development of children in 45 disadvantaged community sites around Auchildren in 45 disadvantaged community sites around Australia.

As research across neuroscience, developmental psychology, and economics demonstrates, early social - emotional, physical, and cognitive skills beget later skill acquisition, setting the groundwork for success in school and the workplace.15 However, an analysis of nationally representative data shows that 65 percent of child care centers do not serve children age 1 or younger and that 44 percent do not serve children under age 3 at all.16 Consequently, child care centers only have the capacity to serve 10 percent of all children under age 1 and 25 percent of all children under age 3.17 High - quality child care during this critical period can support children's physical, cognitive, and social - emotional development.18 Attending a high - quality early childhood program such as preschool or Head Start is particularly important for children in poverty or from other disadvantaged backgrounds and can help reduce the large income - based disparities in achievement and development.19

These developments accentuate the need to monitor the well - being of the most disadvantaged children, but income inequality also has far - reaching consequences for society, harming educational attainment, key health outcomes and even economic growth.

Office of Head Start Administration for Children and Families Funds agencies that offer Head Start and Early Head Start programs, which provide comprehensive child development services to economically disadvantaged children and families, with a focus on school readiness and parent invoChildren and Families Funds agencies that offer Head Start and Early Head Start programs, which provide comprehensive child development services to economically disadvantaged children and families, with a focus on school readiness and parent invochildren and families, with a focus on school readiness and parent involvement.

«Four Big Benefits of Investing in Early Childhood Development,» a statement released by Professor Heckman, summarizes the benefits of investing in quality early childhood education for disadvantaged children.

The federal government recently prioritized evidence - based policymaking in early childhood development with the launch of MIECHV and provided funding over five years for disadvantaged communities to operate early childhood home visiting services that have shown benefits for families and children.

Professor Heckman's value analysis of these programs reveals that investing in early childhood development for disadvantaged children provides a high return on investment to society through increased personal achievement and social productivity.

Economists estimate that when we invest in quality early development for disadvantaged children, the rate of return is between 7 and 10 percent a year.

WAVE Trust has been working in partnership with the Department of Health (DH) in order to identify the conditions required for successful implementation of a preventive and integrated approach to early child development and disadvantage.

These include preventive interventions, innovative ways of integrated working, creative approaches to budgets or other preventive and / or integrated approaches to early child development and disadvantage.

Children's health is the foundation of their overall development, and ensuring that they are born healthy is the first step toward increasing the life chances of disadvantaged cChildren's health is the foundation of their overall development, and ensuring that they are born healthy is the first step toward increasing the life chances of disadvantaged childrenchildren.

We looked at five indicators of child disadvantage, including being overweight, concerns over language development, and social, emotional and behavioural problems - and explored whether persistently poor children were at greater risk.