Sentences with phrase «launch national children»

Recent Projects: researching children's education and learning habits to help launch national children's magazine (four months, $ 5,000); research on African tribes.

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the first Presidential Proclamation for Child Abuse Prevention Month, OCAN launched the National Child Abuse Prevention Initiative as a yearlong effort.

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John Walsh, father of a young son kidnapped off his own street in a small rural community, channeled his sorrow and his rage into launching the first national organization for missing children.

National health watchdog launches legal action to eliminate the health threat to children from acrylamide in animal crackers and ginger snaps

To address this and encourage greater safety for child passengers everywhere, Toyota and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have teamed up to launch a national, online education campaign on Causes.com.

The online video channel for parents, Parentchannel.tv (www.parentchannel.tv) has this week launched National Dads Matter Week, which aims to raise awareness of the important role dads play in the upbringing and education of their children, highlighted in the new video about why Dads matter.

As part of our mission to promote safety, Five Acres has launched its, «Raising Happiness» advocacy campaign, tied to National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April.

The book launch coincides with National School Lunch Week and National Take Your Parents to Lunch Day, when parents are encouraged to visit their children's cafeteria, snap a photo of their lunch, and upload it online.

3) Marketing & messages: One of the pillars of this new launch is that «In 2012, McDonald's will also raise nutrition awareness among children and parents through national marketing initiatives.

The National Restaurant Association has launched a new «Kids LiveWell» program, designed to encourage healthier dining options for children.

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At the launch of the initiative, President Barack Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum creating the first - ever Task Force on Childhood Obesity to conduct a review of every single program and policy relating to child nutrition and physical activity and develop a national action plan to maximize federal resources and set concrete benchmarks toward the First Lady's national goal.

HFA is a voluntary home visiting program that was founded on the ideals of excellence, trust, and transformation and was launched in 1992 by Prevent Child Abuse America (formerly known as the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse) with funding from Ronald McDonald House Charities.

The LAC coincides with National School Breakfast Week (March 7 - 11), a program launched in 1989 to raise awareness about the availability of the School Breakfast Program (SBP) to all children.

He said, the training would assist officials of NCA to implement national cyber security strategies, support internet development, launch cloud services, administer E-governance programmes, and protect children online.

Mr. Speaker, I am proud to report to this august House that after a few months of intense preparation, the Akufo - Addo Government has: • rolled out the destiny - changing free Senior High School policy across all public schools to ensure equal opportunities for every Ghanaian child • rolled - out the National Digital Property Addressing System to provide a unique address for all properties in Ghana • Launched the National Identification Scheme; and • Restored the teachers and nurses training allowances.

Measures include; specialist teams at ports of entry, the launched of a Child Trafficking Telephone Advice line and a national referral mechanism to identify and support victims.

At 1:45 p.m., de Blasio will speak at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's launch of National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day, Potomac Ballroom, Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, 201 Waterfront St., National Harbor, MD. (First Lady Chirlane McCray and Chiara de Blasio will also attend).

Last fall, a coalition of New York - based worker advocates launched a national campaign to press retailers and restaurant chains to end the scheduling practice, which makes it hard for workers to schedule child care or work a second job.

With a new $ 2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, LeBourgeois recently launched a study in which she will expose 90 children to light of different intensities to determine how much it takes to impact the circadian clock.

The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health has launched an updated and enhanced edition of its 50 - State Policy Tracker, a unique online tool for comparing safety net policies that are critical to the economic security of working families.

This summer, LeBourgeois launched a five - year, $ 2.5 million study funded by the National Institutes of Health, in which her research team goes into the homes of volunteer families, exposes children to varying intensities of light and collects saliva samples to measure changes in melatonin levels and the timing of the biological clock.

A few years later, Peabody developmental psychologist Susan Gray launched a preschool intervention program for low - income children that inspired the national initiative known as Head Start.

After almost four years of researching, writing drafts, and gathering feedback from members, the National Association for the Education of Young Children has formally launched its new and revised accreditation system for early - childhood - education programs.

As the most recent statistics on childhood obesity were released — which, incidentally, showed that around one in five children is overweight or obese as they start school, rising to around a third of children by the end of primary school — we launched a white paper setting out what we want to see in the forthcoming national child obesity strategy.

The findings mark the launch of Child Safety Week, a national awareness campaign run by the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT).

«The Mr Men and Little Miss series has been a national treasure for almost 45 years and Children with Cancer UK is very proud to be launching this challenge.

A new national project to help boost the computing skills of Welsh primary school children has been launched today (Weds 5 Apr) by Cabinet Secretary for Education, Kirsty Williams.

The Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA), part of leading children's charity the National Children's Bureau, has launched its prestigious «Power for Good&rchildren's charity the National Children's Bureau, has launched its prestigious «Power for Good&rChildren's Bureau, has launched its prestigious «Power for Good»...

A new education initiative launched at the national Big Bang Fair is opening the door to engineering for children across the country.

The BCS e-safety qualification BCS has launched e-safety a Level 1 qualification that maps to parts of the National Curriculum for PSHCE - Personal Wellbeing, Citizenship, ICT and Every Child Matters.

The Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA), part of leading children's charity the National Children's Bureau, has launched its prestigious «Power for Good» award for teachers and school staff as part of this year's celebrated Anti-Bullyichildren's charity the National Children's Bureau, has launched its prestigious «Power for Good» award for teachers and school staff as part of this year's celebrated Anti-BullyiChildren's Bureau, has launched its prestigious «Power for Good» award for teachers and school staff as part of this year's celebrated Anti-Bullying Week.

With being overweight now the leading health issue in the UK and the government launching their National Obesity Framework, school playtimes have become a key resource for the health, safety and well - being of children.

In 2010 npower launched a national competition to help reverse this trend and to transform ten areas of grey built up urban school environments into spaces that allowed children's eco-imaginations to bloom.

A Wise Up campaign has since been launched, alongside the National Children's Bureau, which is calling for teachers, parents and pupils to sign an open letter addressed to Theresa May, urging her to rebalance the system and make wellbeing a priority for schools.

Following the huge success of the inaugural year, which saw 36 teachers and 1080 children from 27 schools take part in the project, Professor Teresa Cremin will launch this year's project with a keynote speech entitled «Reading for Pleasure — a National and International Perspective.»

EXCELLENCE AWARD In March last year, the Children's Food Trust launched its Excellence Award, a new national award scheme to recognise schools, nurseries and other childcare providers for excellence as champions of healthy eating and nutrition for cChildren's Food Trust launched its Excellence Award, a new national award scheme to recognise schools, nurseries and other childcare providers for excellence as champions of healthy eating and nutrition for childrenchildren.

The recommendation was made in a report from the EPI's Independent Commission on Children and Young People's Mental Health, which calls for a national programme on mental health and well being to be launched in schools.

Targeting Toxic Stress in Children Boston Globe, February 27, 2012» [Professor Jack] Shonkoff, director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard, has launched a national campaign against «toxic stress» in childhood.

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan unveiled the plans saying it was a «national mission'to improve the literacy levels of school children in the country, enlisting author and comedian David Walliams to help launch the campaign.

NEA Launches NCLB Reform Effort Many educators have expressed concerns about the requirements and sanctions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, and the National Education Association has adopted a plan to reform the law, which it wants Congress to hear.

The National Education Association's (NEA's) Representative Assembly in July launched a nationwide grassroots campaign to retool the federal No Child Left Behind Act, which is up for reauthorization in 2007.

Children with Cancer UK, the national charity dedicated to research into childhood cancer, has partnered with Mister Men Ltd to launch a series of Mr Men themed challenges for primary schools across the country to raise funds for the charity.

The Education Redesign Lab launched the By All Means initiative in May 2016 and convened a national audience in support of a more effective systems for educating all children so that they are prepared to be successful in a complex, 21st century society.

Clearly children's diets need attention, and there have been a number of initiatives to break the unhealthy eating habit, including: The National Healthy Schools Programme (1998 to 2009), which included healthy and nutritious foods being made available in school canteens and vending machines; The School Food Plan, (launched in 2015), which provided a new set of standards for all food served in schools, offering children more healthy, balanced diets, and withdrawing the provision of unhealthy snacks and drinks in school vending machines; and the much - publicised new sugar tax, which will be imposed on companies according to the sugar content of the energy and fizzy drinks they produce.

Launched as a national history based competition, its aim was to enthuse children and help them create and develop a passion for history.

The RAF Association, in association with National Schools Partnership, is launching High Values, a free educational programme aimed at children aged 7 - 12.

WHO Dr. Jack P. Shonkoff WHAT Shonkoff, director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard, has launched a national campaign against «toxic stress» in childhood.

Shonkoff, director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard, has launched a national campaign against «toxic stress» in childhood.

ASCD, a national association of education leaders focused on curriculum practices and policies, launched an initiative in 2007 called «Whole Child,» which calls for states to coordinate services, resources and data collection across school, social, health and safety sectors.