Sentences with phrase «impacts outcomes for children»

Strong early childhood leadership positively impacts outcomes for children and families.

«Financial barriers to outpatient care and self - management, such as transportation, medication and nutrition needs, may have impacted the outcome for these children.»

As a trained Social worker, there was a lot of emphasis on childhood attachment and how that impacted outcomes for children later in their lives.

Family Group Conferencing and Child Protection Mediation: Essential Tools for Prioritizing Family Engagement in Child Welfare Cases Olson (2009) Family Court Review, 47 (1) Describes how family group conferencing and child protection mediation actively encourage family engagement and positively impact outcomes for children.

Communities are implementing one of three models proven to impact outcomes for children and their families: Nurse - Family Partnership, Healthy Families Florida and Parents as Teachers.

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The groundbreaking work that Daniel Patrick Moynihan did in 1965, on the black family, is an example — along with the critical research of psychologist Judith Wallerstein over several decades on the impact of divorce on children; Barbara Dafoe Whitehead's well - known work on the outcomes of single parenthood for children; Sara McLanahan and Gary Sandefur's seminal book, Growing Up with a Single Parent; and David Blankenhorn's Fatherless America, another lengthy summarization of the bad empirical news about family breakup.

A review by Goldman (2005) of five studies using multivariate analyses which isolate the independent impact of fathers» involvement in children's learning on educational outcomes, clearly shows that fathers» involvement (both in terms of level and frequency) in their children's schools is a key factor that correlates with better educational outcomes for children.

This set of 5 posters promote the positive impact of father involvement on outcomes for children in schools and learning.

So detecting some of these challenges early on can really make an impact for the child's future outcome if early intervention is started.

Regarding child development and school readiness outcomes, more recent studies show promise in impacting these outcomes indirectly through promoting positive parenting practices and home supports for early learning.

Participating children had higher rates of high - school completion, lower rates of grade retention and special education placement, and a lower rate of juvenile arrests.32 Another example showing more intensive programming has larger impacts is the Healthy Steps evaluation showing significantly better child language outcomes when the program was initiated prenatally through 24 months.33 These studies suggest that a more intensive intervention involving the child directly may be required for larger effects to be seen.

There is a need for theoretically - driven studies examining how maternal depression impacts mother and child outcomes in home visiting programs.

As we learn more about the mechanisms for these impacts, both direct and indirect, research will demonstrate the most effective approach to link home visiting services and early childhood education and child care programs to more fully realize positive outcomes.

Fathers have an array of impacts on children's socioemotional outcomes.2, 26 Studies testing for these potential types of influences have considered both dichotomized father absence / presence and more continuous assessments of paternal care.

And, how does a healthy school breakfast impact key measures for children, including weight status and academic outcomes?

Increasing awareness about SM and educating those who have an impact on the child's life is paramount to improving the odds of a successful outcome for children and their families.

Not being breastfed has an adverse impact on intelligence quotient (IQ), and educational and behavioural outcomes for the child (Heikkilä 2014; Heikkilä 2011; Horta 2015b; Quigley 2012).

Although the largest effect sizes were observed for cognitive outcomes, a preschool education was also found to impact children's social skills and school progress.

Using data from a sample of 2,615 active duty military families, living at designated military installations with a child ages 3 - 17, a group of researchers led by Dr. Patricia Lester, of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, examined the impact of FOCUS on behavioral health outcomes, including depression, anxiety, and child pro-social behavior over two follow up assessments.

Disparities in «enrichment expenditures» for high and low income children were found to be quite significant, with a corresponding impact on schooling outcomes.

Add to this the impact, such as that exemplified in research undertaken by Becta which demonstrated that where parental engagement with a child's learning during primary years takes place, it can improve outcomes by as much as 50 %, and therein lies a recipe for success.

A research assistant will be supervised by Dr. Kim and will be responsible for organizing a student - level data set that will be used for the impact analyses, cleaning the data set at each wave of data collection, monitoring and reporting attrition across waves, and conducting descriptive analyses to check for baseline equivalence, attrition across waves, and posttest differences on the child - level outcomes.

The overarching goal of this effort is to leverage new knowledge in the service of generating and testing innovative intervention models to produce substantially greater impacts on learning, behavior, and health outcomes than existing programs and policies, particularly for the most disadvantaged children and families.

The Scope of this project is to: - Provide seed funding and support pilot implementation of ideas resulting from the June 2014 design workshop on improving outcomes for babies in foster care; - Launch pilots of co-designed strategies for working collaboratively with parents in creating daily, regularized family routines in four sites and evaluate executive function skills, child development, child literacy and parental stress levels of participants pre -, during, and post-intervention; - Build a core group of leaders to help set the strategic direction for Frontiers of Innovation (FOI) and take on leadership for parts of the portfolio; - With Phil Fisher at the University of Oregon and Holly Schindler at the University of Washington develop a measurement and data collection framework and infrastructure in order to collect data from FOI - sponsored pilots and increase cross-site and cross-strategy learning; Organize Building Adult Capabilities Working Group to identify, measure and develop strategies related to executive function and emotional regulation for adults facing high levels of adversity and produce summary report in the fall of 2014 that reviews the knowledge base in this area and implications for intervention, including approaches that impact two generations.

«Starting preschool at age three and attending for two years appears to have the greatest impact on child outcomes.

«For his tireless efforts to strengthen families and to improve outcomes for thousands of children as President and CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone, we are thrilled to award the second Harvard Graduate School of Education Medal for Education Impact to Geoffrey Canada,» Dean Kathleen McCartney saFor his tireless efforts to strengthen families and to improve outcomes for thousands of children as President and CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone, we are thrilled to award the second Harvard Graduate School of Education Medal for Education Impact to Geoffrey Canada,» Dean Kathleen McCartney safor thousands of children as President and CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone, we are thrilled to award the second Harvard Graduate School of Education Medal for Education Impact to Geoffrey Canada,» Dean Kathleen McCartnchildren as President and CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone, we are thrilled to award the second Harvard Graduate School of Education Medal for Education Impact to Geoffrey Canada,» Dean Kathleen McCartnChildren's Zone, we are thrilled to award the second Harvard Graduate School of Education Medal for Education Impact to Geoffrey Canada,» Dean Kathleen McCartney safor Education Impact to Geoffrey Canada,» Dean Kathleen McCartney said.

It is currently developing a meaningful way to collate evidence of the positive impact of play spaces installed by API members and will be submitting evidence to the new All - Party Commission on Physical Activity to highlight the role for play in tackling the physical inactivity epidemic and improving child health outcomes.

The pupil premium research carried out by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has shown how, as part of a whole ‑ school approach, low - cost, high - impact strategies can impacting positively on outcomes for children and young people with SEN and help in narrowing the gap in attainment for our most vulnerable students (http://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk).

Madison Parish Early Reading First Grant Evaluation: Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, this 3 - year project evaluated the implementation and impact of the Bright Futures Early Reading First project on outcomes for children, teachers, classrooms, and families in Madison Parish, Louisiana.

Chelsea shares her leadership talents to support other HOPE schools and impact educational outcomes for more children through her role as a Principal Coach.

«Subtle» aspects of family involvement — parenting style and parental expectations, for example — may have a greater impact on student achievement than more «concrete» forms such as attendance at school conferences or enforcing rules at home regarding homework.144 Some researchers, policy makers, and practitioners argue that these subtle forms of family involvement are not easily influenced by schools.145 In contrast, we argue that the value of creating participatory structures in schools lies in its potential for increasing family and community members «sense of engagement in children «s education, and, as a consequence, augment and reinforce the subtle behaviors responsible for improved outcomes.146

Both highlight the significant impact that black and Latino teachers and leaders have on outcomes for black and Latino children.

Research shows that more daily instructional time can yield bigger benefits for children.Barbara Wasik and Emily Snell, Synthesis of Preschool Dosage: Unpacking How Quantity, Quality and Content Impacts Child Outcomes (white paper, Temple University, 2015), 4 — 5.

Today there is strong evidence that teacher residency programs are having an impact on student achievement and teacher retention, improving outcomes for high - need children.

The city could have made a strong statement about the value of high - quality educators, but instead chose to keep in place a «step and lane» system that awards salary increases for years spent on the job and graduate degrees earned, even though research clearly shows that degrees have no impact on outcomes for children.

Quantifying the link between research engagement and school outcomes is extremely difficult, because there are so many steps between teachers «engaging» with research, or undertaking their own enquiry, and the eventual outcomes for children (although evaluating the impact of specific initiatives on children's outcomes is somewhat easier).

«Jim Williamson serves as an inspiring example of how philanthropy, especially a local community foundation can have an enduring impact on improving outcomes for children.»

The consolidation of data from disparate systems and the sharing of data across agencies and organizations that serve MNPS students and families are key strategies that Hansen champions in her efforts to improve outcomes for Nashville's children and youth through a collective impact approach.

At the community level in the United States, numerous municipalities are now pursuing so - called «collective impact» reform initiatives that apply a systems perspective to achieve better educational and life outcomes for children and youth.

Public Impact: Public Impact is an education policy and consulting firm whose mission is to dramatically improve learning outcomes for all children in the U.S..

Norrie added he was pleased to see recognition of changes «beginning to have some early impact in improving outcomes for children and young people», but said some recent developments had yet made improvements as new structures were only implemented in September.

CEC is a member of the Partnership for Resilience, an organization that aims to transform and integrate education, healthcare, and community organizations to create a trauma - informed, family - focused system that measurably improves academic, health, and social outcomes for children impacted by ACEs.

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

But for the children growing up in environments where these challenges impact their daily lives, the learning outcomes typically create another vicious cycle of divesting — through suspensions, expulsions and negative classroom experiences.

In addition to these four state - based studies of voucher program impacts on test scores, some recent studies do show positive effects on graduation rates, parent satisfaction, community college enrollment, and other nonachievement - based outcomes, but it is unclear if these outcomes are lasting and valid.23 For example, research shows that nationally, graduation rates for students in public schools and peers participating in voucher programs equalize after adjusting for extended graduation rates.24 Some critics suggest that private schools may graduate students who have not successfully completed the full program.25 Also, in regard to parent satisfaction, while some studies do show greater satisfaction among parents whose children participate in voucher programs, the most recent evaluation of the D.C. voucher program shows that any increase in parent or student school satisfaction is not statistically significantFor example, research shows that nationally, graduation rates for students in public schools and peers participating in voucher programs equalize after adjusting for extended graduation rates.24 Some critics suggest that private schools may graduate students who have not successfully completed the full program.25 Also, in regard to parent satisfaction, while some studies do show greater satisfaction among parents whose children participate in voucher programs, the most recent evaluation of the D.C. voucher program shows that any increase in parent or student school satisfaction is not statistically significantfor students in public schools and peers participating in voucher programs equalize after adjusting for extended graduation rates.24 Some critics suggest that private schools may graduate students who have not successfully completed the full program.25 Also, in regard to parent satisfaction, while some studies do show greater satisfaction among parents whose children participate in voucher programs, the most recent evaluation of the D.C. voucher program shows that any increase in parent or student school satisfaction is not statistically significantfor extended graduation rates.24 Some critics suggest that private schools may graduate students who have not successfully completed the full program.25 Also, in regard to parent satisfaction, while some studies do show greater satisfaction among parents whose children participate in voucher programs, the most recent evaluation of the D.C. voucher program shows that any increase in parent or student school satisfaction is not statistically significant.26

SRI understands that as long as race, class, sexual orientation, immigration status, gender, gender identity, ability, religion, and ethnicity continue to predict the future life chances of children in our nation, we must work with schools and school systems to identify related barriers and obstacles to opportunity and development, disrupt their negative impact, eliminate the persistent disparities, and implement new policies and practices that support significant learning outcomes for each and every student.

Tenure not only empowers teachers to advocate for children and public education, but also prevents educators from becoming «at will» employees and therefore positively impacts retention of experienced educators, which research shows is a significant factor for improving student achievement and adult outcomes.

There is a wealth of empirical evidence — both qualitative and quantitative — that supports the claim that alternative schools for pregnant teens can have a positive impact on not only the educational outcomes of teen parents, but also the health outcomes of both parents and children.

The role became statutory in 2014 and since then we have started to see some consistency emerging across LAs, and real impact in terms of outcomes for looked - after children.

«While many studies have focused on the impact of dogs on children with ASD, this study aims to determine the beneficial impacts of a pet cat on children with autism and their families, as the temperament and the ease of care for cats compared to other animals may increase the likelihood of a positive outcome for the children, the cats and the family as a whole.»