Sentences with phrase «early educational prevention»

The BBH program is a research - based, early educational prevention program for parents, designed to help promote the healthy social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development of children.

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Our study, along with prior studies, supports the notion that «cognitive reserve» resulting from early - life and lifelong education and cognitive stimulation may be a potent strategy for the primary prevention of dementia in both high - and low - income countries around the world.21 However, it should be noted that the relationships among education, brain biology, and cognitive function are complex and likely multidirectional; for instance, a number of recent population - based studies have shown genetic links with level of educational attainment, 22,23 and with the risk for cognitive decline in later life.24 Higher levels of educational attainment are also associated with health behaviors (eg, physical activity, diet, and smoking), more cognitively - complex occupations, and better access to health care, all of which may play a role in decreasing lifetime dementia risk.

«The term «prevention science» reflects how educational settings, whether they be early childhood, elementary, or secondary, are increasingly understood as salient contexts and opportunities for promoting well - being across academic, mental health, and social / interpersonal areas,» Savitz - Romer explains.

Early intervention allows ineffective remedial programs to be replaced with effective prevention while providing older students who continue to need services with enhanced instruction so they can return to the educational mainstream.

HDP courses cover subjects as varied as language and literacy development, educational neuroscience, prevention science and practice, early childhood education policy, assessment, gender and relationships, moral and civic development, and development across cultures.

The efforts focus on such important issues as dropout prevention, special needs, diversity, literacy and writing, STEM / STEAM, digital media, arts education, early learning and educational policy.

Roughly 20 percent of the funds supported prevention and early intervention activities, such as the Student Mental Health Initiative (California Department of Mental Health, 2007), which promoted mental health among students and trained educational staff on effective prevention and wellness activities.

Her areas of expertise include prevention programs, early childhood education, child development, educational psychology, and family risk and adversity — with an emphasis on evaluating home visiting programs and interventions for children ages 0 - 5.

When implementing the allocation model to address the needs of students with special educational needs, schools should adopt a whole - school approach to programme planning and to the implementation of early - intervention and prevention programmes.

It is our belief that prevention must begin during early childhood and be integrated into educational settings (see Durvasula, 2014).