Sentences with phrase «improving early care»

For anyone interested in improving early care and education outcomes, this book will provide guidance for years to come.»

The primary goal of Nebraska Step Up to Quality is to improve early care and education quality and increase positive outcomes for young children.

Right from the Start, an advocacy agenda to improve the early care and education of young children from infancy to age Eight, can be found at www.acnj.org.

Reforming the Federal Child Care System: President Obama has taken consistent steps to improve the early care and education available to families through the Child Care and Development Fund, investing more than $ 2 billion to assist hundreds of thousands of children and families at the height of the recession.

West Virginia continues to expand and improve its early care and education programs.

A QRIS helps to improve early care and education programs by measuring current quality levels against research - based standards.

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At the Svartedalen retirement home in Gothenburg, about 460 kilometres southwest of Falun, managers report that the standard of care has improved since the trial reset the staff's work - life balance earlier this year.

In February, they hosted early - stage health IT start - ups focused on value - based care and improving patient health outcomes.

The ECDI targets four specific areas of early childhood development: promoting healthy pregnancy, birth, and infancy; improving parental care and family supports; strengthening early childhood development, learning, and care; and, strengthening community supports.

During his tenure as Prime Minister, Mr. Martin set in place a ten year, forty - one billion dollar plan to improve health care and reduce wait times; signed agreements with the provinces and territories to establish the first national early learning and child care program and created a new financial deal for Canada's municipalities.

A family's access to a reliable supply of clean diapers reduces the risk of disease, improves the baby's health and comfort, and enables the baby's participation in early care and education programs.

In Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation, or ECMHC, a mental health professional who is trained in the mental health needs of infants, toddlers and preschoolers collaborates together with early childhood programs, teaching staff, and parents to improve their ability to prevent and manage mental health related problems that may occur for the children in their Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation, or ECMHC, a mental health professional who is trained in the mental health needs of infants, toddlers and preschoolers collaborates together with early childhood programs, teaching staff, and parents to improve their ability to prevent and manage mental health related problems that may occur for the children in their early childhood programs, teaching staff, and parents to improve their ability to prevent and manage mental health related problems that may occur for the children in their care.

Significant Evidence - Based Research Findings of Infant Massage: • Supports parent - infant interaction • Facilitates weight gain in preterm infants1 • Lowers levels of cortisol, the stress hormone • Increases muscle tone • Improves sleep and awake patterns • Shortens lengths of stay in hospitals • Improves cognitive and motor development at eight months of age • Infant massage is an inexpensive tool • Can be used as part of the developmental care plan of preterm infants • Recent research shows there are significant benefits to infant massage that out weigh over-stimulation • Properly applied techniques produce increased benefits, such as improved developmental scores and earlier discharge2

The Water Cooler improves and expands early care and education (ECE) and K - 12 education for California's children by bringing together diverse stakeholders to build consensus for policy solutions that support the needs of children from birth to 12th.

This early skin - to - skin care has also been shown to significantly improve mother's milk volume, a common challenge with preterm births, and it improves mother's attachment and maternal behaviors.

for training, practice and reference, December 2007 IBFAN Training Courses on the Code ICAP, 2010 Improving Retention, Adherence, and Psychosocial Support within PMTCT Services: Implementation Workshop for Health Workers IYCN Project, The roles of grandmothers and men: evidence supporting a familyfocused approach to optimal infant and young child nutrition IYCN Project Mother - to - Mother Support Groups Trainer's Manual - Facilitator's Manual with Discussion Guide IYCN Project, 2010, Infant Feeding and HIV: Trainer's guide and participant's manual for training community - based workers and volunteers IYCN Project 2010, Infant Feeding and HIV: Participant's manual for community - based workers and volunteers IYCN Project, Infant and Young Child Feeding and Gender: A Training Manual for Male Group Leaders and Participant Manual for Male Group Leaders IYCN Project 2012, Helping an HIV - positive breastfeeding mother decide how to feed her child at 12 months: A checklist for health care providers IYCN Project 2012, Community interventions to promote optimal breastfeeding; evidence on early initiation, any breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding and continued breastfeeding; literature review, January 2012 UNICEF 2011, Community IYCF Counselling Package - The technical content of this package reflects the Guidelines on HIV and Infant Feeding 2010: Principles and Recommendations for Infant Feeding in the Context of HIV and a Summary of Evidence related to IYCF in the context of HIV.

The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) and Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) have improved coordination between the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) and Head Start / Early Head Star...

The benefits of Kangaroo Care are not just limited to breastfeeding, as I mentioned earlier that you know, the temperature regulation has improved, baby don't undergo any cold stress.

Because of heterogeneity in the primary studies, neither the meta - analyses nor the comprehensive review assessed patient and obstetrician or obstetric care provider satisfaction and improved knowledge of childbirth, family planning, postpartum depression, or early child rearing.

As the Chair of the Assembly Committee on Children and Families, I am especially pleased with the new model of care that emphasizes prevention, early intervention and improved case management.»

This separation has significant potential implications for health care, as rapid and early detection will significantly improve therapeutic outcomes.

Published early online in CANCER, a peer - reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings may help policy makers address barriers to access to care and improve the use of recommended cancer screening services.

Universal child care that starts as early as age one improves language skills for young children, especially those from low - income families, according to a study of Norway's child care system by a team of researchers led by Boston College Lynch School of Education Professor Eric Dearing.

Two professional development programs for pre-kindergarten teachers have improved their interactions with children, according to a new report for Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL).

These predictions, he says, are essential to manufacturing in global chemical, cosmetic and personal care industries impacted by REACH, a European regulatory guideline that aims to improve the protection of human health and the environment through the better and earlier identification of the properties of chemical substances.

Previous studies have suggested that having more critical care physicians providing care, earlier initiation of antibiotics, more targeted delivery of intravenous fluids and more gentle mechanical ventilation may improve outcomes of patients with severe sepsis.

Similarly, patient satisfaction with care improved substantially at both three and four months in the early palliative care group, while it deteriorated in the control group.

«Earlier palliative care improves quality of life, patient satisfaction, cancer study shows.»

Results of the first clinical study to assess the impact of providing early outpatient palliative care versus standard oncology care in a wide range of advanced cancers show that earlier care improved quality of life and patient satisfaction.

«By recognizing which women are at risk, health care professionals could provide early interventions, treatments and closely monitor these treatments to prevent preterm birth or to improve health outcomes,» McFarlin said.

The faster rate of improvement in lung function and nutrition in the United States, the researchers suggested, may be due to earlier implementation of newborn screening or quality improvement initiatives for the disease and improved access to medical care under the Medicaid Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in the United States.

«Palliative care models are all about improving people's quality of life, not the quantity,» said Reynolds, noting that in many cases patients receiving palliative care early do actually live a couple of months longer than expected.

The current study is analyzing the results of a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Challenge grant to determine the effects of the intervention on nearly 1,000 early, moderate and late preterm infants, with a goal of improving care, improving outcomes, and decreasing costs.

Developing the Malawi and Zambia early warning systems improves the societies» ability to take care of their members

Early research results suggest that Guided Care improves the quality of care and reduces costs for older adults suffering from multiple chronic health conditiCare improves the quality of care and reduces costs for older adults suffering from multiple chronic health conditicare and reduces costs for older adults suffering from multiple chronic health conditions.

We also inform the public and policy makers about how imaging and image - guided therapies translate into disease prevention, earlier and more accurate diagnoses, and improved quality of health care.

Herein, we present results from the first trial of ED - initiated palliative care in advanced cancer, proving that early referral to palliative care significantly improves QOL and does not seem to have a negative impact on survival.

The other half is likely due to a combination of factors, such as early treatment to restore blood flow to the damaged part of the heart, improved hospital care and better management of high blood pressure and high cholesterol, he said.

This enables earlier treatment and even reversal of these conditions to prolong and improve life for thousands of people, while reducing health care costs.

This new initiative will improve policy coordination across all sectors of education including early education and care, K - 12, and higher education, guiding students...

During the past year, Bonnie Mackintosh has been conducting classroom - level observations and child assessments in community - based preschool programs throughout Boston's Circle of Promise and East Boston neighborhoods as part of an initiative to improve access to high - quality early childhood care and educational programs.

Clearly, the funds could be distributed more evenly across all schools, used for early childhood services or for augmenting children's health care, or aimed at improving postsecondary options for students from lower - income families.

Tired of living in the only Southern state without a publicly financed program of early - childhood education, business leaders across Mississippi have launched a three - year pilot effort to improve the educational quality of child - care centers and better prepare children for school.

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the TriEarly Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the TriEarly identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Triearly years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Triearly years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Triearly years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Triearly support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

Governor proposed a campaign focused on improving early childhood services and programs and called for establishing a «business roundtable» to advise on child care issues.

This new initiative will improve policy coordination across all sectors of education including early education and care, K - 12, and higher education, guiding students through every level of their education into the workforce.

Early - childhood experts in North Carolina were near desperation when they hitched their hopes to a tiny pilot project aimed at improving the training of child - care workers.

But how can we convince policymakers to increase investment in early care and education and improve life outcomes for at - risk children?

We expect this work to inform a broader conversation about how we can improve quality of and access to early education and care for all of our early learners.»

As described in further detail in the discussion of the proposed rule for § 1302.92, this proposed change will ensure teaching staff receive effective professional development, based on a growing body of research demonstrating the effectiveness of intensive professional development for improving teacher practices in early care and education settings [301302303] and research demonstrating that such strategies support are associated with improved teacher practice in the classroom and a positive increase in classroom quality.