Sentences with phrase «for cognitive gains»

Yes, we can blame elementary schools for failing to capture those gains, but as Russ Whitehurst of the Brookings Institution points out, the main culprit is Head Start itself, which doesn't try very hard for cognitive gains and which has defenders who stoutly resist even viewing it as an education program.

The fade - out effect for cognitive gains raises the important question of continuity in educational experience.

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These programs are designed to provide a free and appropriate education for students who have behavioral, physical, mental or cognitive needs that prevent a child from gaining any benefit from a regular public education classroom.

Extensive research on the relationship between cognitive achievement (IQ scores, grades in school) and breastfeeding has shown the greatest gains for those children breastfed the longest.

The Effect of Skin - to - Skin Contact (Kangaroo Care) Shortly After Birth on the Neurobehavioral Responses of the Term Newborn: A Randomized, Controlled Trial Sari Goldstein Ferber and Imad R. Makhoul Pediatrics 2004; 113; 858 - 865 - DOI: 10.1542 / peds.113.4.858 This information is current as of March 25, 2007 The original version of this article, along with updated information and services, is located at: http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/113/4/858 Background: The method of skin - to - skin contact (kangaroo care [KC]-RRB- has shown physiologic, cognitive, and emotional gains for preterm infants; however, KC has not been studied adequately in term newborns.

The medications excel at quelling hallucinations and delusions, yet largely fail to address schizophrenia's debilitating cognitive and social impairments, while increasing risk for movement disorders, weight gain, and other metabolic and cardiovascular side effects.

Bumps and drops in testosterone levels in response to competition in a variety of species can help both winners and losers, explains researcher Steven Stanton of the Duke Center for Cognitive Neuroscience — victors may get motivated to pursue further gains, whereas also - rans are encouraged to back down so as not to press onward and potentially get injured.

We're taking them on a neuroanatomical detour that seems to go with real gains in reading ability,» says Gabrieli, the Grover M. Hermann Professor in Health Sciences and Technology, a professor of brain and cognitive sciences, a member of MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research, and the senior author of the study.

What makes this study unique is that it's the first to incorporate a «train for transfer» approach — essentially a training intervention designed to have participants practice performing real - world prospective memory tasks in simulated everyday settings and assess whether the cognitive gains transfer to successful performance at home.

Understand the physical, social - emotional and cognitive developmental issues specific to students in grades preK through 5, gain experience in creating age - appropriate yoga exercises that meet children's diverse needs, and design and develop lesson plans appropriate for this age group.

Magnesium threonate is gaining attention for its brain protective properties, especially against cognitive decline from aging.

They might not gain the tools to develop executive function skills, such as planning and ability to pay attention, and they could be at risk for other weakened cognitive skills, too.

While these schools succeed in generating test - score gains for students of all cognitive abilities, it is still the case that students with strong fluid cognitive skills learn more.

In fact, it may be accurate to say that schools like the most effective schools in our study may be the first to produce students for whom these two types of cognitive ability are consistently decoupled, providing an opportunity to study just which kinds of outcomes are enabled by gains in crystallized knowledge alone.

Through the intentional teaching of moral and performance character linked with the Common Core, students will gain the cognitive and pro-social skills that will enable them to master the complex challenges of 21st century skills thereby preparing them for college and careers.

Although there is considerable support in cognitive science for personalizing along certain dimensions, there is also evidence that personalizing along others doesn't produce the gains educators think it might.

• We believe that it is crucial for all children to have the opportunity to gain fluency in more than one language and culture and that dual - language learning supports academic achievement and enhanced cognitive skills.

All students also will need to gain the cognitive and social skills that enable them to deal with the complex problems of our age» (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2007).

Compounding this problem, children from low - income families, on average, begin kindergarten approximately a year behind their peers in preliteracy and language skills.106 This fluency gap widens as students continue in school and has a significant impact on economic success later in life.107 As a result, gains from high - quality preschool programs — including improved health, better social - emotional skills, and better cognitive outcomes — are particularly beneficial for children from low - income families.108

Research has previously shown that differences in cultural and social capital can have repercussions in areas as diverse as use of language by the time children enter school, preferential access to grammar and faith schools, the type of characteristics parents value when choosing schools, the kind of studies children undertake and their access to more prestigious universities, or even the adoption of cultural practices linked to substantial cognitive gains like reading for pleasure.

Given her history of somatisation, her underperformance on cognitive tests and over-reported symptoms were highly likely to be the result of somatisation rather than malingering or factitious disorder; however, intent can not be excluded due to the presence of secondary gains, both in terms of financial rewards but also care (eg her partner had applied for Carer's Allowance and there was a clinical negligence claim).

Individuals seek my help for a variety of reasons: in order to resolve emotional unrest due to relationship issues, to gain insight into themselves and develop more adaptive ways of coping with psychological conflicts and life challenges, and to learn cognitive / behavioral strategies for pain and stress management.

From there, Beck and his colleagues were confident that CBT had potential as a treatment for depression, so they published a cognitive therapy treatment manual and (what would come to be known as) CBT started gaining acceptance beyond the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in the greater field of psychology.

Taking a cognitive - behavioural perspective, the Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained (NVNG) on - line intervention consists of two parallel programs, one for the adolescent and one for their parent.

Results of individual studies have suggested that some children who enter into intensive autism - specialized intervention services at young ages may show larger gains in terms of cognitive and adaptive functioning and early educational attainment than children who do not receive such services.2, — , 6 This research led to a reconceptualization of ASDs as a group of disorders marked by plasticity and heterogeneity and for which there was hope for better outcomes for some children who receive appropriate intervention.

Many studies show that cognitive gains for children who attended high - quality preschool last into early elementary school and adolescence, while others have identified a convergence of achievement scores between children who attended high - quality pre-K and those who did not by third grade.

New multifaceted interventions designed to address a broad array of early parenting and home environment factors, while also providing enhanced preschool instruction, have shown impressive gains in cognitive skills for children from disadvantaged families.39

A study of individual cognitive therapy for bipolar disorder showed positive outcomes at 1 - year follow - up, but the benefits were reduced over time, suggesting the need for booster sessions to sustain the gains.19 As with many forms of therapy, CBT has been found to be more successful in reducing relapse in the depressive pole compared with the manic pole.30 A large randomised trial of CBT showed no difference between CBT and treatment as usual, when all participants were included in the analyses.31 However, results of a post-hoc analysis suggested that CBT was effective for participants who reported fewer than 12 prior episodes of illness and were not acutely unwell when therapy began; numbers of episodes of mania rather than depression seemed to predict treatment response.32 Such data can help guide the clinical application of CBT for bipolar patients.

Grounded in the Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework that aims to reduce the potential for child abuse, MPAP helps parents gain the tools to manage their own life challenges while developing skills to nurture the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development of their children.

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Maternal depression and treatment gains following a cognitive behavioral intervention for posttraumatic stress in preschool children.

Gain strategies to support development and learning, and promote positive outcomes, as well as explore ways to use the Daily Resources to support cognitive, social — emotional, language and physical development for all students.

In addition, she conducts psychological evaluations for those seeking to gain further insight into how they can utilize and manage their cognitive strengths and challenges to achieve success in school or work.

For example, Cognitive - behavioral therapy (CBT) has been successfully used in a brief and intensive manner (90 min sessions held 5 days per week for 3 weeks) to treat pediatric OCD with similar gains compared to CBT delivered once a week for the same time interval (Storch et al. 2007For example, Cognitive - behavioral therapy (CBT) has been successfully used in a brief and intensive manner (90 min sessions held 5 days per week for 3 weeks) to treat pediatric OCD with similar gains compared to CBT delivered once a week for the same time interval (Storch et al. 2007for 3 weeks) to treat pediatric OCD with similar gains compared to CBT delivered once a week for the same time interval (Storch et al. 2007for the same time interval (Storch et al. 2007a).