Sentences with phrase «focused upon children»

As such, our main vision is to support charitable organizations and specifically, those focused upon children.

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Shari Guess is the author of Once Upon A Baby, A Tale of Adoption, a new children's book released through Higher Ground Press, LLC, with a focus on Latter - Day - Saint adoption.

Waldorf schooling also focuses upon nurturing the child's self - confidence and self - reliance, while fostering his or her personal integrity and sense of social and environmental responsibility.

Recently, GFI translated their material to secular publications (e.g., Babywise) This presentation focuses upon four of the teaching modules: Preparation for Parenting, newborns to age four months (PFP); Preparation for the Toddler Years, from five to fifteen months (PFTY); Growing Kids God's Way, for toddlers through elementary school age (GKGW); and Reflections of Moral Innocence, the GFI sex education curriculum for all ages of children.

Attaching and bonding clearly needs to be the focus for any adoptive parent upon a child's homecoming.

«This new study was unusual in focusing upon the sexual and dating behavior of single parents rather than partnered parents of young children.»

Our groundbreaking Pediatric Mi - Oncoseq Program is an internationally known precision oncology program focusing on the genetic analysis of pediatric cancer patients including in children with malignant brain tumors, and determines whether targeted treatments may be available based upon their personalized tumor genomic sequencing profiles.

Discover the Many Benefits Under the guidance of a certified instructor, yoga classes for kids focus on building upon each child's strengths while helping them ease stress and bolster self - esteem, cooperation, self - trust, and reverence for one's inner world.

Kids And Yoga: Discover the Many Benefits Under the guidance of a certified instructor, yoga classes for kids focus on building upon each child's strengths while helping them ease stress and bolster self - esteem, cooperation, self - trust, and reverence for one's inner world.

About Blog The focus is upon the educational development of individual children, their skills and abilities, and the social and emotional factors which affect their learning process in the classroom.

Although the traditional focus has been on ensuring that all children are ready for school, equally important is ensuring that schools are ready and able to respond to the very different stages that children have reached upon entry to school.

The Decade's mandate stresses the principles of non-violence espoused so strongly during the International Year for the Culture of Peace's (IYCP - 2000) but focuses increasingly upon the plight of millions of children worldwide, and the need to create and implement non-violent strategies to alleviate to that plight.

This can be edited and will help many teachers out with what activities / teaching / assessment bands to focus upon this term (this was written in April so the children are achieving ELG's by this point).

This 15 minute programme features Jacky Wood, a teacher at Lexden Springs Special School in Essex and focuses upon her personalised curriculum for children with severe and profound learning difficulties.

Effective schools are characterized by explicit, agreed - upon academic goals for all children; a strong focus on academics; order and discipline in the classroom; maximum time on learning tasks; and frequent evaluations of student performance — all principles repudiated by the Disney school and also by many «new» education reforms.

Each box focuses upon a different priority area and contains all the resources and guidance needed for a parent and child to learn together.

Through focused tasks, we designed opportunities for them to learn in just the ways they will be called upon to teach children (Clifford, Friesen, & Jacobsen 1998).

In addition, it focuses upon what Indigenous Knowledges are shared, how they are taught and learned, and why children and their mothers feel it necessary to engage in such learning.

The papers draw upon different geographic and topical areas of focus — India and the making of a moral panic of child criminality and discourses of girl empowerment, Iran and the making of entrepreneurial subjectivities, and Kenya and the making of the impoverished target of low - fee schooling — in order to challenge traditional constructions of their «fields.»

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

To further the organization's mission in her capacity she draws upon a wide depth and breadth of practical and theoretical knowledge and experience gained from: ten years serving the SC Department of Education Title I, Part C Education of Migratory Children / Youth program, five years as the state coordinator and five years as a state recruiter / outreach worker; working as an Spanish / English interpreter / translator for the University of SC's Center for Child and Family Studies HABLA project and an undergraduate professor in Political Philosophy and Ideology and World Politics; serving in the United State Peace Corps for three years in Mali, West Africa to improve women's financial sustainability and promotion of girls education; employment at the UN headquarters; living / studying / working / conducting research in the Philippines, Syria, Mali, France, and Spain; obtainment of a PhD in International Relations from the University of South Carolina in 2012; a MS in International Business, and a MA in Diplomacy and International Relations from Seton Hall University in 2001; and a BA in International Studies with a focus in Management, French, and Spanish from the College of Saint Elizabeth in 1999.

An all - of - the - above strategy focused on student success, and less on the vehicle that delivers upon that success, will keep our children moving forward and achieving more.»

Upon selling his business interests, he turned his focus to the most pressing problem he saw facing his community: the need to effectively educate the children of Rochester.

Predictable and consistent behavior Prefers human company, especially children Relatively «directable» without training Affectionate Able to be banged around, by kids and clumsy humans Comfortable indoors and outdoors Doesn't require a lot of exercise Calm in the home; not hyperactive High drives and excellent mental focus Athletic, excellent conformation, and excellent endurance Able to take, and learn from, a correction High initiative Low fearfulness Submissive to Dominant: depends upon the nature of the work Low other - dog aggression is preferred, but not always a requirement Quiet: unless barking is needed for the work If used for protection, will follow through and bite with intention, if not used for protection, then little to no aggression in most circumstances Easily Housetrained

Starting life as a Half - life mod and developed by Minh «Gooseman» Le and Jess Cliffe, the highly successful multiplayer game was presented as a battle between terrorists and counter-terrorists, although this scenario only goes about as deep as children playing cowboys and Indians, which is to say, it provides the excuse for fighting with guns rather than offering play focussed upon the events and contents of a fictional world, as with CRPGs.

The focus is on the specific needs of the child and upon the ability of the parents to provide support.

Public and private family proceedings tend to have differing perspectives, but given my expertise I am generally asked to comment upon an individual's capacity for change within the child's timeframe and asked to evaluate single or multiple issues, but I generally focus on those cases that require an assessment of neuro - developmental conditions (e.g. ASD).

Upon separation, please focus on the best interests of your child and not your personal feelings towards your ex-partner.

We strive to help parents agree upon a custody / visitation schedule that works best for their situation, with a primary focus on preserving valuable parent - child relationships.

Our principal lawyer, John D. Smith, has been practicing law since 1980; he draws upon his extensive experience with child custody and other family law matters to help clients keep the focus where it belongs — on the children.

«Harrison Clark Rickerbys... primarily focuses upon high - value matrimonial finance cases, although it also houses expertise in children law matters, as well as a number of collaboratively trained lawyers and mediators.

Thus the focus is upon the sufficiency of the child's understanding in the context of the remaining proceedings.

We focus upon Criminal law, Child Youth and Family Services, Family law, Real Estate, Indian Residential School Claims, Wills and Estates, Personal Injury law and Corporate and Commercial Law.

All our work is based upon promoting practice that is evidence based, focuses upon the welfare of the child and respects and values families.

I draw upon several treatment modalities, including attachment - based theories which focus on strengthening the bond, attachment, and relationship between child and caregivers, trauma - focused cognitive behavioral therapy, and play - therapy.

The Settlement - Focused Parenting Plan Consultation assists parents, and their attorneys, in deciding upon appropriate time - sharing plans for their children.

The present study expanded upon that literature by (1) including a clinical control group to determine the specific impact of externalizing problems, (2) focusing on preschool aged children, and (3) using a new measure to directly ascertain parents» perception of impact.

For the purpose of revising and validating our newly developed survey, four studies were conducted: Study 1: Administration of initial version of the MDI, conducted by trained research assistants, and follow - up focus groups with children upon their completion of the survey.

Moreover, the current focus upon adoption is in danger of distracting attention from addressing the wider crisis affecting the rising number of children in the care system, and many more on the edge of care.

Although researchers have directed their efforts toward a better understanding of the dynamics of dating and partner selection, focusing upon the influence of such elements as the family environment (e.g., parental divorce, parental marital quality, parent - child relationships), peer relationships, and community factors (Bryant and Conger 2002; Cui and Fincham 2010; Yoshida and Busby 2012), the majority of studies focusing upon dating and romantic relationships have utilized samples of Western youth.

The BUILD Initiative (BUILD) and Child and Family Policy Center (CFPC) have worked together since 1992 on early childhood systems building and evaluation, with a particular focus upon developing culturally and linguistically responsive and inclusive early childhood systems.

Making the Link Between Early Childhood Systems Building and Poverty Reduction: This webinar provided a concise overview of welfare policy and young child poverty in the United States, and why poverty scholars are now taking a particular focus upon strengthening families as a long - term necessity to addressing poverty and inequality.

The amendments primarily focus upon: - A duty on local authorities to explore suitable wider family placements prior to a child becoming looked after, including offering families a family group conference; - Extending the provisions to support educational attainment of previously looked after children to all children in kinship care.

I would therefore argue that by focussing on what is essentially a practical impossibility for the previous non-residential or non-custodial parent to prove his increased costs simply upon reaching the 40 per cent threshold (as opposed to recognizing that parent's fixed and discretionary costs of exercising access or joint custody), both the Court and the Guidelines themselves are unfortunately perpetuating what may very well be a most unjust treatment of children in one parent's household.

This presumption is not inherently gender driven and, instead, focuses upon which parent has been most involved in the child rearing responsibilities.

The focus in Tennessee is upon agreed child custody or parenting plan arrangements.

Manny & Mildred both had their respective coaches, and the children had a gifted child developmental specialist whom the team relied upon to keep the parents focused on their children to the greatest extent possible instead of the own individual agendas.

About Blog The focus is upon the educational development of individual children, their skills and abilities, and the social and emotional factors which affect their learning process in the classroom.

In response, the field has adopted a more microscopic approach with greater theoretical specificity that focuses upon particular salient parenting practices that may influence children's acquisition of fear.

During the past 20 years, research in the child development field has increasingly focused upon identifying specific aspects of parenting that are linked to problem outcomes in youth.