Sentences with phrase «local child outcomes»

These reports were also shared during a September 2017 ECTA / DaSy webinar, National and Local Child Outcomes Reporting.

Local Child Outcomes Measurement System (L - COMS) This 2017 resource provides a framework that identifies seven key components of a high - quality child outcomes measurement system at the local level.

Assessment and local child outcomes in the social and emotional domain.

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We started seeing a family counselor (just us two parents) and after 2 years with some improvement but still not really a good outcome, we've started making heavy use of the local children's crisis line (we, or sometimes my daughter, calls them at night to get help containing her emotions) and are also now seeing a different counselor who meets all three of us.

As you may be aware, in February 2013 the Government signed a pledge for «better health outcomes for children and young people», along with other stakeholders from across healthcare and local government.

Empowering local school districts to produce and serve nutritious, scratch - cooked meals was at the heart of the School Food Initiative's efforts to improve the health and life outcomes for children in Santa Barbara County.

To map your own local breastfeeding data against other child health outcomes, go to the Children and Young People's Health Benchmarking Tool.

Outcome letters from inspections of local area services for children and young people with special educational needs and / or disabilities.

Key Measures Special educational needs key measures include a single assessment process (0 - 25) which is more streamlined, better involves children, young people and families and is completed quickly; An Education Health and Care Plan (replacing the statement) which brings services together and is focused on improving outcomes; An offer of a personal budget for families with an Education, Health and Care Plan; A requirement for local authorities and health services to jointly plan and commission services that children, young people and their families need; A requirement on local authorities to publish a local offer indicating the support available to those with special educational needs and disabilities and their families, and; The introduction of mediation opportunities for disputes and a trial giving children the right to appeal if they are unhappy with their support.

With # 15 million set to go to eight new Partners in Practice, to expand a peer support programme between local authorities to improve children's services, and the other # 2 million being invested in improving leadership in children's social care services, which will be delivered through the Local Government Association (LGA), the funding will deliver hands - on peer support to other councils, to help improve outcomes for more children and their familocal authorities to improve children's services, and the other # 2 million being invested in improving leadership in children's social care services, which will be delivered through the Local Government Association (LGA), the funding will deliver hands - on peer support to other councils, to help improve outcomes for more children and their famiLocal Government Association (LGA), the funding will deliver hands - on peer support to other councils, to help improve outcomes for more children and their families.

Q: Who will monitor provision and outcomes for SEN children with the diminished role of the local authority?

Similarly, California's rural - adjacent Grimmway Academy achieves significantly better academic outcomes for the children of farm workers than local alternatives, with a model centered on an edible schoolyard and blended learning.

He said: «Our review is about ensuring schools deliver the best outcomes for children and young people, with teachers empowered to make decisions about learning within schools, supported by parents and the local community.

The online petition states that «there is no evidence that becoming an academy improves the outcomes of our children and young people» and demands that the Department for Education allows local authorities to «take back democratic control of the academies in their area».

As a former local authority child protection expert, Sam feels, when planning training it is vital «to consider that members of staff in all likelihood will have varied levels of understanding of the topic which may also include knowledge which is not evidence based, making individual assessment critical to ensure that the desired learning outcomes are properly understood.»

As a school it is required that we should «develop a joint understanding of the outcomes that their local population of children and young people with SEN and disabilities aspires to, and use it to produce a joint plan, which they then deliver jointly, and review jointly.»

If the goal is to improve outcomes for children, we must support local leaders in developing the habit of piloting and evaluating their initiatives before rolling them out broadly.

The ESSA authorizes historically high levels of federal education spending, continuing a trend that has increased federal intervention in local school policy while failing to improve educational outcomes for children.

To do this, I ask whether parental income matters more for children's educational outcomes, such as test scores and college completion, in local areas where there is stronger transmission of parental income to children's incomes, as would be expected if the school system were a key link in this transmission.

The school is part of the Hillcrest Children's Services organisation which runs six schools and is part of the Outcomes First Group, which offers care and educational services in 100 local authorities.

She has worked as a Local and National Leader in Education and as an Executive Headteacher to bring about the best possible outcomes for all children.

«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.»

To achieve this vision, NCSI's overarching goal is to provide technical assistance that builds State Education Agency and Lead Agency capacity to develop, implement, and evaluate their State Systemic Improvement Plan and support local programs in improving educational results and functional outcomes for children with disabilities.

I advise schools and local authorities on managing their budgets and achieving value for money in order to support better outcomes and enable children and young people to maximise their potential, something I'm passionate about.

This is a clickable map, showing Super Local Output Areas (SLOAs), which are a subdivision of local government wards, and their ranking nationally for a range of deprivation indicators such as the educational levels of adults, health outcomes, employment, crime, poverty, and poverty affecting chilLocal Output Areas (SLOAs), which are a subdivision of local government wards, and their ranking nationally for a range of deprivation indicators such as the educational levels of adults, health outcomes, employment, crime, poverty, and poverty affecting chillocal government wards, and their ranking nationally for a range of deprivation indicators such as the educational levels of adults, health outcomes, employment, crime, poverty, and poverty affecting children.

In this role, Holly directed a wide range of state and local policy initiatives focused on improving educational outcomes for children through promoting autonomy, accountability, and equity in New Orleans charter schools.

But by the end of Key Stage 1 in 2017, the outcomes for disadvantaged children in the local authority were in the top 20 % nationally, with 67 % of poorer children achieving the expected level.

This framework was development by the Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA Center) answers the question «What does a state need to put into place in order to encourage / support / require local implementation of evidence - based practices that result in positive outcomes for young children with disabilities and their families?»

He said; «The Awards honour the leadership, generosity and contributions of our local and international networks who have worked for many years to improve the outcomes for children and families where a parent experiences mental illness in Australia and abroad».

Acorn Evaluation is a full - service data science partner for local Head Start grantees, providing external evaluation services as well as training and technical assistance to develop and support a successful system of data collection and analysis in support of improved outcomes for children and families.

Mothers were eligible to participate if they did not require the use of an interpreter, and reported one or more of the following risk factors for poor maternal or child outcomes in their responses to routine standardised psychosocial and domestic violence screening conducted by midwives for every mother booking in to the local hospital for confinement: maternal age under 19 years; current probable distress (assessed as an Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) 17 score of 10 or more)(as a lower cut - off score was used than the antenatal validated cut - off score for depression, the term «distress» is used rather than «depression»; use of this cut - off to indicate those distressed approximated the subgroups labelled in other trials as «psychologically vulnerable» or as having «low psychological resources» 14); lack of emotional and practical support; late antenatal care (after 20 weeks gestation); major stressors in the past 12 months; current substance misuse; current or history of mental health problem or disorder; history of abuse in mother's own childhood; and history of domestic violence.

The monitoring of child development and well - being over time and across the whole population enables local communities to determine if they are making improvements and fosters the relative comparison of communities and populations subgroups.19 This commitment to tracking and reporting early childhood outcomes across the entire population, underlines the federal government's leadership role in providing communities and governments with evidence - based information for policy and service evaluation.

Alongside this research, there is intervention, epidemiological, sociological and qualitative evidence all suggesting that local environments are important in supporting the family capacity necessary to raise children in ways that promote good developmental outcomes.6, 7 The neighbourhoods or communities in which people live appears to impact health and well - being.8 While «neighbourhood» is often used in other studies, in the Australian context «neighbourhood» and «community» are often used interchangeably (these terms are further defined on page 9).7 The research into neighbourhood effects on children was originally motivated by the observation that disadvantage seemed geographically concentrated and intergenerational.

Family Leadership and Perspectives National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (2012) Offers resources and State and local examples of engaging families to continue to improve outcomes for children and their families.

The following resources address how the use of data improves outcomes for children, youth, and families, including State and local examples.

Improving Public Child Welfare Agency Performance in the Context of the Federal Child and Family Services Reviews (PDF - 924 KB) Orlebeke, Wulczyn, & Mitchell - Herzfeld (2005) Describes the pilot of a program used in New York to build a set of outcomes, corresponding measures, and monitoring reports for local child welfare agenChild Welfare Agency Performance in the Context of the Federal Child and Family Services Reviews (PDF - 924 KB) Orlebeke, Wulczyn, & Mitchell - Herzfeld (2005) Describes the pilot of a program used in New York to build a set of outcomes, corresponding measures, and monitoring reports for local child welfare agenChild and Family Services Reviews (PDF - 924 KB) Orlebeke, Wulczyn, & Mitchell - Herzfeld (2005) Describes the pilot of a program used in New York to build a set of outcomes, corresponding measures, and monitoring reports for local child welfare agenchild welfare agencies.

Outcome letters from inspections of local area services for children and young people with special educational needs and / or disabilities.

inspectors will evaluate how effectively the local area meets the needs and improves the outcomes of disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs

It's about doing it because they think that community's important for children and that understanding is growing, and particularly in relation to the Early Years Learning Framework that identifies a strong outcome about being connected to your community and understanding what that is, what your community's like, and of course for very young children the community is very immediate, it's their own immediate family and the things that they do in their local community, go to the shops, going to the park, all those different things that happen.

Our work operates within the guiding principles of Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) and also supports several of the 15 National Outcomes which underpin the Single Outcome Agreement between the Scottish Government and every Local Authority in Scotland.

The service is run in collaboration with local authorities and aims to inform, support and empower kinship carers to provide stable homes and achieve positive outcomes for children.

While a number of countries have implemented area - based interventions designed to improve outcomes for children in disadvantaged areas, few have been rigorously evaluated.2 An exception in the UK is Sure Start Local Programmes (SSLP), which was an area - based intervention that targeted all children aged under 4 years and their families.

We work with government, local authorities and the voluntary sector to support the implementation of the reforms and secure good outcomes for children and young poeple.

He provides training / technical assistant to the local implementing home visiting programs to include: participant recruitment, enrollment and retention; program fidelity and implementation; data collection and analysis; outcome measure development and evaluation; and provision of support services in the community for enhanced family health, functioning, and the prevention of child abuse and neglect.

Ms. Anderson spent a decade at the Center for the Study of Social Policy helping states and local jurisdictions change policies and practices to improve outcomes for vulnerable children and families.

«Evidence shows that many children raised by a grandparent, aunt, uncle or sibling end up in a loving, caring and stable home, providing the best outcome for that child, local authorities, the government and society.»

The Charity is a leading member of the Kinship Care Alliance which works with other charities, local authorities and academics to prevent children from being unnecessarily raised outside the family; enhance outcomes for children who can not live with their parents and who are living with relatives and secure improved recognition and support for family and friends carers.

Building on extensive experience in large public systems, she is working with federal, state, and local agency leadership to build cross-system, trauma - informed approaches to improving outcomes for children, youth, and families.

After this training webinar, participants will improve their knowledge and understanding of: The importance and impact of father involvement in schools; Strategies that fatherhood practitioners can use to engage with local schools and school districts in order to increase father involvement in schools and improve outcomes for children; and, Resources and tips for fathers to help them increase their involvement in schools and their children's education.

It is a large - scale evaluation designed to investigate the features of local programs and of home visitation that lead to improved birth outcomes and reduced health care costs for expectant families enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).