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Spaying / neutering pets will also reduce health risks and physical stress, and improve behaviour in your pet.

«The real way to improve behaviour in schools is to continually raise the standards of teaching,» he said.

From a peer and teacher bonding point of view, students get the opportunity to get to know their teacher on a different level which can improve behaviour in the classroom and give them a new level of respect for their teachers.

There are a number of parent support interventions that have been shown to improve behaviours in preschool - age children, including Helping the Noncompliant Child, the Incredible Years, Parent - Child Interaction Therapy, Triple P (Positive Parenting Program).

Survey results suggest majority of parents see improved behaviour in their children following physical activity

They found that improved engagement led to improved behaviour in the classroom.

Fixing your pet reduces health risks and improves behaviour in both cats and dogs, especially when done early.

The increased attention inherent in animal companionship might explain why children with attention deficits can demonstrate improved behaviours in the presence of animals (Katcher and Teumer 2006).

Massage therapy improves behaviour in neonates born to HIV positive mothers.

Not exact matches

The spending behaviour of firms in regions hit by the oil price shock is also recovering, supported by improving commodity prices and business confidence.

Mr Morrice also said Metcash and its customers needed to improve store formats, boost online sales in grocery, liquor, hardware and automotive products and make use of data from more than 1000 independent retailers to achieve better insights into shopping behaviour.

FRED in the US has been shown to improve children's reading accuracy, comprehension and rate of reading; their writing; and their behaviour.

FRED — a four - week programme you can run with fathers of children in any year group — has been shown to improve children's reading accuracy, comprehension and rate of reading; their writing; and their behaviour.

Baby Milk Action informed the UN Global Compact Office that, while it would continue to copy the Office into its ongoing «dialogue» with Nestlé and encourage the Office to exclude Nestlé, the correspondence with the Office had demonstrated that it was incapable or unwilling to take any action to stop the violations and that far from improving corporate behaviour it was, in this instance at least, complicit in allowing violations to continue by providing legitimacy to misleading reports — which it refused to evaluate — and public relations cover.

But, as University of Chicago professor James Heckman discovered in 2001, going over Perry Pre-School Project (Ypsilanti, Mich.) student success rates, certain character traits and social behaviours were a much better predictor of improved life outcomes.

By helping foster parents become more attentive, ABC has helped children in care to reduce stress levels and improve their behaviour.

The Government has also committed to investing # 150m a year until 2020 to improve the quality of sport provision in every state primary school in England in the form of the PE and sport premium, because high quality provision — resulting from approaches like HDHK — can lead to dramatic improvements in children's health, behaviour and attainment.

Most notable, perhaps, is that the assumed link between parent behaviour change and improved outcomes for children has not received general support in research conducted to date.

In addition, his research has involved the remarkable effects of continuous emotional and social support for the mother by a skilled labor support woman (the doula) on decreasing the complications of labor, changing the psychology of the mother and improving her behaviour with her infant.

Parent support programs have a common goal — to improve the lives of children and their parents — and a shared strategy — to affect children by creating changes in parents» attitudes, knowledge and / or behaviour through a variety of social and practical supports.

The study suggests that interventions aimed at improving parent - child interaction in the early postnatal period may be beneficial to the child's behaviour later in life.

She supports parents in learning to decode their child's behaviour, improve cooperation and communication so families can work together consistently as a team.

Course attendees will learn how to identify their children's emotional needs and respond to their behaviours in ways which result in greater resilience, fewer behavioural difficulties, better relationships with family and friends, improved self esteem and enhanced school readiness.

In terms of early infant behaviour, there is some suggestion that in the first few weeks of life breastfed babies may be characterized by improved alertness28, 29 and other aspects of neurobehavioural functioning.30 For example, Hart et al. 30 found that one - week - old breastfed infants obtained significantly higher scores on the orientation and motor scales on the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioural Assessment ScalIn terms of early infant behaviour, there is some suggestion that in the first few weeks of life breastfed babies may be characterized by improved alertness28, 29 and other aspects of neurobehavioural functioning.30 For example, Hart et al. 30 found that one - week - old breastfed infants obtained significantly higher scores on the orientation and motor scales on the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scalin the first few weeks of life breastfed babies may be characterized by improved alertness28, 29 and other aspects of neurobehavioural functioning.30 For example, Hart et al. 30 found that one - week - old breastfed infants obtained significantly higher scores on the orientation and motor scales on the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale.

«Just as seat belt laws and the smoking ban have helped change behaviour in the past, outlawing smoking in cars with children would send a powerful signal and improve public health.

This latest research was commissioned by ADEPT in 2010 to identify reliable and consistent measurement of behaviours that will improve practitioners» understanding of how drivers and riders respond to the road environment, as well as provide a means of assessing the degree of success of route safety intervention measures.

There is a grimly predictable ritual that takes place in British politics whereby all party leaders declare themselves in favour of improving behaviour at prime minister's questions, while doing everything they can to encourage the opposite.

Ms Blears said: «There isn't a single service or development in Britain which hasn't been improved by actively involving local people who are best placed to spot problems and come up with ideas to solve them, whether it's tackling antsocial behaviour or litter, or providing more services at a time people want them.

This could see councils agreeing to tackle drug dealing, improve bin collection and street cleaning and clear graffiti in return for residents promising to report antisocial behaviour or maintain grass verges.

The conclusions and findings identify that organisational culture can have an extremely positive impact on health and safety, particularly in helping to improve and change attitudes and behaviours.

World experts from the fields of social, biological and medical science will today (Monday 25 June 2012) gather in Edinburgh to discuss how they can cooperate to improve our understanding of the way behaviours and life experiences can influence how our genetic inheritance is expressed (epigenetics).

The Portman Group explains how Local Alcohol Partnership Schemes work to reduce alcohol misuse and anti social behaviour in town centres, improve high streets and grow local economies

While it said there was «unclear» evidence that free school lunches raised attainment, it pointed to its own research on free school breakfasts in disadvantaged schools delivering similar academic benefits to free school lunches, but «significantly improved» behaviour and concentration, and reduced absences.

In South Ayrshire we are working in partnership with local communities and agencies to reduce substance misuse, improve road safety, promote safety in the home, and tackle the effects of antisocial behaviour on the health of local peoplIn South Ayrshire we are working in partnership with local communities and agencies to reduce substance misuse, improve road safety, promote safety in the home, and tackle the effects of antisocial behaviour on the health of local peoplin partnership with local communities and agencies to reduce substance misuse, improve road safety, promote safety in the home, and tackle the effects of antisocial behaviour on the health of local peoplin the home, and tackle the effects of antisocial behaviour on the health of local people.

Toby Jayaratne, a specialist in health behaviour at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, worries that some people will adopt a fatalistic attitude if told that they have a genetic predisposition to a particular disease, and become less likely to act to improve their health.

In a study published in the journal Environment & Behaviour, a team of researchers at the Universities of Plymouth, Exeter and Birmingham worked with Torrington Dental Practice in Devon to find out whether experiences like these could improve the patient's experience during routine dental procedures, such as fillings and tooth extractionIn a study published in the journal Environment & Behaviour, a team of researchers at the Universities of Plymouth, Exeter and Birmingham worked with Torrington Dental Practice in Devon to find out whether experiences like these could improve the patient's experience during routine dental procedures, such as fillings and tooth extractionin the journal Environment & Behaviour, a team of researchers at the Universities of Plymouth, Exeter and Birmingham worked with Torrington Dental Practice in Devon to find out whether experiences like these could improve the patient's experience during routine dental procedures, such as fillings and tooth extractionin Devon to find out whether experiences like these could improve the patient's experience during routine dental procedures, such as fillings and tooth extractions.

In the intervention group, parenting skills as well as the child's disruptive behaviour, ADHD symptoms, anxiety, sleep problems and empathy improved significantly when compared with the control group and the results were permanent throughout the 12 - month follow - up.

In laboratory tests, the scientists found that by activating Nurr1, the rats which had Parkinson's disease appeared to improve in their behaviour and showed no signs of suffering from the diseasIn laboratory tests, the scientists found that by activating Nurr1, the rats which had Parkinson's disease appeared to improve in their behaviour and showed no signs of suffering from the diseasin their behaviour and showed no signs of suffering from the disease.

Zubizarreta says the reason is as follows: «People are somewhat wary of the idea of living in a wooden house: it's an organic material, it's less consistent that concrete or steel and can catch fire, etc.» In this researcher's view, the reason for this wariness is largely a cultural one: «Today, there are excellent treatments to improve the durability of timber; with respect to behaviour in the event of fire, the CTE - M standard specifies how the structure has to be designein a wooden house: it's an organic material, it's less consistent that concrete or steel and can catch fire, etc.» In this researcher's view, the reason for this wariness is largely a cultural one: «Today, there are excellent treatments to improve the durability of timber; with respect to behaviour in the event of fire, the CTE - M standard specifies how the structure has to be designeIn this researcher's view, the reason for this wariness is largely a cultural one: «Today, there are excellent treatments to improve the durability of timber; with respect to behaviour in the event of fire, the CTE - M standard specifies how the structure has to be designein the event of fire, the CTE - M standard specifies how the structure has to be designed.

In collaboration with Zoe Kinias, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD, and Sigal Barsade, the Joseph Frank Bernstein Professor of Management at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Hafenbrack conducted four studies to test the idea that mindfulness meditation could improve decision - making by increasing resistance to the sunk - cost bias.

They separated out the effect of beds from other factors that reduced transmission, such as behaviour change, community engagement, improved case finding and increase in safe burials.

Building on existing research (Kirschner and Tomasello in 20102) which found that making music significantly improves pro-social behaviour in young children) the current study investigated not only the potential effects of music making (singing or playing an instrument) on pro-sociability but also its effects on problem - solving and whether there was a difference between boys and girls.

The researchers found that prisoners after a ten - week yoga course reported improved mood, reduced stress and were better at a task related to behaviour control than those who continued in their normal prison routine.

If yoga is associated with improving behaviour control, as suggested by the results of the computer test, there may be implications for managing aggression, antisocial or problem behaviour in prisons and on return to society, the researchers note — though this is not measured in this initial study.

These include such things as increased sociability, a reduction in repetitive behaviour, and improved social communication: all hugely beneficial to the life of an ASD sufferer.

Genetic overexpression of BDNF has previously been reported to improve defective behaviours in Mecp2 mutant mice.

In their children, parents identified improved mood, confidence and being less withdrawn, a reduction in guilt and self - blame, reduced depression, anxiety and anger, improved sleep patterns and better understanding of appropriate sexual behaviouIn their children, parents identified improved mood, confidence and being less withdrawn, a reduction in guilt and self - blame, reduced depression, anxiety and anger, improved sleep patterns and better understanding of appropriate sexual behaviouin guilt and self - blame, reduced depression, anxiety and anger, improved sleep patterns and better understanding of appropriate sexual behaviour.

In a new paper, experts outline several novel ideas for improving the lives of Killer whales in zoological institutions by enhancing the communication, feeding, environment, and health of the animals in order to elicit natural behaviours seen in the wilIn a new paper, experts outline several novel ideas for improving the lives of Killer whales in zoological institutions by enhancing the communication, feeding, environment, and health of the animals in order to elicit natural behaviours seen in the wilin zoological institutions by enhancing the communication, feeding, environment, and health of the animals in order to elicit natural behaviours seen in the wilin order to elicit natural behaviours seen in the wilin the wild.

The current findings build on earlier work by the same researchers, showing that dietary supplementation with Omega - 3 DHA improved both reading progress and behaviour in children from the general school population who were behind on their reading.

Research will aim to improve the predictive value of animal models for vaccine evaluation, provide consultancy on the selection of appropriate models, and develop innovative approaches to characterise in vivo antigen behaviour and host responses whilst reducing animal use.