Sentences with phrase «large percentage of children»

Smith further explained the role of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and how they become even more destructive when large percentages of children in a school have survived multiple ACEs.

The book reminds the reader of the challenges facing many African Americans today, including high unemployment, staggering neighborhood crime and violence, and large percentages of children growing up in low - income single - parent households.

The US has teen pregnancy rates that rival some developing countries, and a large percentage of these children pose a burden and threat to society.

The numbers vary, but statistics indicate that a large percentage of children have outgrown their allergies by the time they reach kindergarten, and virtually all have outgrown them by the time they're 10 years old.

Among the Indians in the moose country near the Arctic circle a larger percentage of the children were born in June than in any other month.

A large percentage of your child's immune system is found within and around the gut.

Because today, a large percentage of children rarely, if ever, hike or go for a walk in a wild, natural environment.

New research from the National Literacy Trust UK shows that a large percentage of children and young people don't see a connection between good writing skills and employability.

Jerome Bruner reports that in French - speaking parts of Switzerland, where reading instruction is begun at the preschool level, a large percentage of children have reading problems.

For example, one cohort may have a larger percentage of children with special educational needs, or lower prior attainment.

Mozambique has the largest percentage of children in their population (about 50 % are ages 0 - 14).

A child's small size allows a burn to easily cover a large percentage of the child's body.

Infants and toddlers make up a large percentage of the children served by home - based providers, so the states efforts to improve their knowledge and skills was viewed as having the potential to significantly affect the care that very young children receive.

There are a large percentage of child care classrooms and family child care homes that of mediocre or poor quality.

A large percentage of children referred for therapy (about 50 % in my practice) have executive functioning deficits.