Sentences with phrase «focuses on children who»

The matching method used by Figlio also results in a limited number of voucher participants whose test scores could be analyzed; the study focuses on children who would have attended relatively high - performing program - eligible public schools.

Sadly, much of the work focuses on children who have been exposed to neglect where high levels of stress hormones coupled with minimum adult interaction has resulted in permanent changes in their brain structure leading to impaired emotional wellbeing and difficulty in adjusting to stress and anxiety in adulthood (Rutter 1989 et al).

That focuses on children who seem to be in a temper all the time.

This study focused on the children who got their five - shot series during that transitional period between vaccines.

With limited time and money, she decided to focus on children who might not have anyone else to teach them.

Just as with the C / D borderline at GCSE, there was an incentive for primary schools to focus on children who were just in reach of the level 4 threshold and a risk that pupils already meeting the standard were neglected.

Starting in 2013, RAND conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in five districts — Boston; Dallas; Duval County, Florida; Pittsburgh; and Rochester — to evaluate educational outcomes, focusing on children who were in 3rd grade in spring of that year.

The Summer Matters campaign aims to expand and improve summer learning programs for young people in California, with a focus on children who are most in need.

The Child Witness to Violence Project Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center Provides counseling, advocacy, training, and outreach focusing on children who are bystanders to community and domestic violence.

While system responses are primarily targeted towards adult victims of abuse, increasing attention is now focused on the children who witness domestic violence.

Since 1998 Heart of the Matter Seminars has been providing engaging, informative and empowering educational experiences with a focus on children who are at - risk.

In recent years, increased attention has been focused on children who witness violence between family members at home.

Not exact matches

Blackburn conducted research focused on mothers caring for children with autism and other chronic conditions, and found that moms who were more resilient to stress — perceiving their situation as a challenge, rather than something hopeless or overwhelming — kept their telomeres longer.

He said that for the retrial, the defense focused less on mental health records and experts and more on getting jurors to see into the mind of the woman who Parnham said drowned her children because she thought that if she didn't they would be taken by Satan.

Meanwhile, groups including the National Right to Life Committee, Focus on the Family and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops mobilized to restore an existing tax credit that's worth up to $ 13,570 for families who adopt children.

And in some instances, it has been Scalia and Thomas who have done so more than those who may think of themselves less as originalists (in one recent case in particular Scalia and Thomas dissented from the majority which held that convicted child molesters could be indefinitely imprisoned despite having fully served their sentences based on subtle shifts of language and the over-application of prior case law — no one wants a child molester free and about, but such results focused outcomes are always dangerous).

Dr Billings, who was deputy leader of Sheffield City Council in the 1980s, said: «My first priority will be to keep the police focussed on doing everything to ensure that all instances of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham are fully investigated with perpetrators brought to justice, officials held to account and victims fully supported.

Their focus remains on who gets what, be it income, property or children.

A discipline - focus for spiritual formation can lead to legalism — as evidenced by the Christians who congratulate themselves on their daily Bible reading, church attendance, or the superior vocations of their children.

What they do, how they live, who they love, who they worship or don't, what they teach their children is none of your business unless you are paying their way and given that you're not, you might wish to learn to focus on your own life and not that of others.

I would add also that I wish people who are focused on confronting gay people regarding their lifestyle - I wish they'd turn their attention to people who abuse and neglect their children.

But focus on what Jesus Christ has done, who He is, the forgiveness of our sins against God, the new life He gives us, the victory over Satan we have, and the plethora of benefits of being a child of God... and then your perspective will shift from depressiveness to optimistic hope in God no matter your circumstances or conditions.

A study by JAMA Pediatrics, which focused on children in Denmark and Sweden, found that those who'd experienced the death of a sibling before age 18 were more than 70 percent more likely to die during the course of the nearly four decade study than those who had not lost a sibling.

Forget the e-mail, folks, and focus on the other VERY disturbing attributes and practices of this profoundly bizarre woman, but who DOES love her children and is a good Mom to them, as much as I can tell.

We are currently shaped by trends toward child - centered vacations, marketing, music and media, all focused on creating wonder in sophisticated youth who are increasingly less capable of feeling it.

What The New York Times calls the «blame Woodstock» explanation for the rise of clerical sex abuse cases in the Seventies, despite the paper's evident scepticism, can not be entirely discounted, since as the researchers of the John Jay College (hereafter JJC) pointed out in their latest report, «the sexual abuse of minors is a pervasive problem in society and in organisations that involve close relationships between youth and adults... No exact measure exists for the number of youths who have contact with priests in the Catholic Church in a year... [but] despite the media focus on child sexual abuse by Catholic priests, it is clear that these abuse acts are a small percentage of all child sexual abuse incidents in the United States.»

At a nearby hotel, we met Lilian Pizzi, a psychotherapist who works inside the center for Terre des Hommes, an international humanitarian relief organization focusing on the rights of children.

Kathy Alexander, chair of Administrators of the City of Greater Geelong and former CEO of the Royal Children's and Royal Women's Hospitals Melbourne from 2000 to 2004, says women (or men) who take time out to raise children should focus on the positives of that experience and how it might actually make them a better leader — rather than expect negative conseChildren's and Royal Women's Hospitals Melbourne from 2000 to 2004, says women (or men) who take time out to raise children should focus on the positives of that experience and how it might actually make them a better leader — rather than expect negative consechildren should focus on the positives of that experience and how it might actually make them a better leader — rather than expect negative consequences.

The specific focus of the postdoctoral research training program is to educate the next generation of researchers on rehabilitation strategies for children with MS. Fellows who complete the training will be uniquely equipped to conduct rehabilitation - oriented research focusing on improving quality of life and outcomes for children who have MS.

While I decided to focus primarily on older children in this post, many women on Twitter chimed in that they are nursing their kids to age two as well, including: Reiza at Stepping Off the Spaceship, Summer at Wired for Noise, Mom Most Traveled, Annie at PhD in Parenting, Sherri at Recovering Sociopath, and Sara (who was breast - fed herself until age 4 1/2) at Custom - Made Milk, among others.

And yet neuroscientists, psychologists, and other researchers have begun to focus on a new and different set of causes for the problems of children who grow up in adversity, and their research is recalibrating how we think about disadvantage and opportunity.

The daily news can make issues like poverty and the environment seem overwhelming, yet by focusing on issues in ways that make sense to children, parents can raise socially conscious kids who care about the world beyond themselves.

Events are open to all fathers / male carers of pre-school children, but with a particular focus on dads who are the main carer, dads who don't use the children's centres, and dads who are regularly away from their children.

That's not to say that there weren't some women who were perfectly content to surrender their sexual identity to focus on raising their children or -LSB-...]

Bottom's analysis of the few studies from 1990 to 2011 that focused just on divorced father's well - being indicate that divorced fathers who were more involved in their children's lives and saw them more frequently, or who had sole custody were less depressed and had higher self esteem.

• Try to find a faculty member at the school with whom your child can build a benevolent relationship - someone who's not solely focused on your child's curriculum but also the social and emotional issues he / she may be facing.

As I've written before, there's been some research on divorced men, but they tend to focus on men who have children and what happens to their relationship with their kids post-divorce, but mostly on how it the loss of contact negatively impacts the children.

Dixie did not divorce, but it took having a supportive husband and a lot of self - awareness on her part; it's easy to put all your focus on your child — who legitimately needs so much more — instead of your relationship, which was a familiar theme I came across in «parents of special needs kids» chat rooms while researching for the HuffPo article.

Another benefit for those who have previously given birth is that the course provides a way for a couple to spend time together as a couple learning something new, and focusing on the birth of their next child.

This episode focuses on how parenting changes for moms and dads who have lost a child.

I think there needs to be more focus on such things as this and not on attacking ONE woman, who IS educated in natural child birthing methods and blaming her for infant deaths.

Help your child focus on the fun he had playing the game, not who won or lost.

Many families who co-sleep start the co-sleeping practice during a child's infant years, so there has been a lot of focus on the safety of co-sleeping during a baby's infancy.

We focus on treating children and youth, especially those who struggle with behavioral and emotional problems related to attachment and trauma in early childhood — experiences which are now recognized as Developmental Trauma and Reactive Attachment Disorder.

I am hoping to have a progressive home and raise my daughter to be open and aware, but I do not think I will allow someone elses child into my home to possibly infect or abuse my daughter... He could certainly be a great guy, or he could not be... He could be a bad guy who could change my daughter by hurting her in many different ways... Sex is sex, but another human being being raised by some one you do not know could potentially be harmful... Even if I know the other childs mother or father... the other child could be not so good at heart... I will just raise my child to focus on herself and her future and her education and wants, needs, likes, and dislikes before jumping in the bed with some body who could hit her, impregnat her, or give her an STD: S

Yes, according to Merle Weiner, a law professor at the University of Oregon, who proposes that rather than focus on marriage, the state should create a parent - partner status that would legally bind parents — married, cohabiting, living apart, romantic partners or not — with certain mandatory obligations in order to give their children what they need to thrive.

So if you have that child who is doing very well, really focus on the enjoyment piece, focus on the fact that they are engaging with the sport and they are playing the sport not working the sport because when they play, they'll play better and they're gonna stick with it longer.

The research focused on the level and type of involvement fathers / male carers of children who attended Thornbury Primary School had in the day to day care of their children.

Much of the concern about cellphones and instant messaging and Twitter has been focused on how children who incessantly use the technology are affected by it.

This year World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) focuses on the progress that has been made on the implementation of the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding (GSIYCF) which was adopted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF ten years ago.