Sentences with phrase «meaningful interventions for»

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Therefor, if crying can be regarded as a meaningful «target behaviour» for intervention with depressed mothers, research needs to address how to identify it (cry), what aspect of its character is meaningful (to the mother and clinician), who should be the target of the intervention (mother and / or infant) and whether the crying infant or the mother's processing of the signal matters (i.e., mother vs. infant).

When we give a child a diagnostic label without opportunity to make sense of the behavior in the context of relationships, we miss an opportunity for prevention and meaningful intervention

Meanwhile, the monarchs who early commended the leadership and members of the State Police Community Relations Committee, PCRC for their prompt security intervention in the state, said their productive and proactive contributions towards the actualization of a secured state had yielded meaningful results in years past.

That massive impulse blacked out the entire power grid in Quebec in 92 seconds, giving operators «no time to even assess what was happening to the power system, let alone provide any meaningful human intervention,» said John Kappenman, author of a January 2010 report by Metatech Corp. prepared for Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

«Does that mean that people are getting access to safe and efficacious interventions or is there basically unapproved human experimentation taking place where people are going to these businesses and receiving experimental investigational cell - based interventions without being given a meaningful account of the lack of knowledge and evidence that they're being charged for?»

Despite the worse status of the intervention group at baseline, the study showed a trend for improvement in quality of life at three months and clinically meaningful improvement at four months.

[Senior Lecturer] Mandy Savitz - Romer illustrated the importance of using developmental theories and research to create meaningful and powerful interventions for career development and college readiness across the education pipeline.

Since it is a direct measure of reading and comprehension levels, it is the most meaningful tool I have for effective reading intervention.

But the renewal guidance focuses on making sure meaningful interventions are happening for students when needed, closing achievement gaps and intensifying the focus on accountability measures for all high - risk student groups.

The districts developed surveys for the student self - reports to be «measurable in less than 20 minutes, meaningful to academic and life outcomes, and malleable through school - based interventions,» according to Martin West of Harvard University's graduate school of education.

Without annual information, from high - quality assessments, on school and district performance, the state and district lack meaningful data to inform and enforce intervention decisions for low - performing schools, essentially putting the most needed interventions on hold for years.

Upon completion of the module, viewers will be able to 1) Select and define meaningful target behaviors for progress monitoring; 2) Understand the advantages and disadvantages of using Systematic Direct Observation versus Direct Behavior Rating; 3) Plan and carry out data collection to monitor a target behavior; individualize Direct Behavior Rating forms; and 4) Use graphed progress monitoring data to determine when intervention changes are needed.

The Office of Special Education Programs» Results Driven Accountability Initiative represents a significant shift in state accountability from a focus on compliance and ensuring access to education and early intervention services to a focus on measurable and meaningful outcomes in learning and development for children and youth with disabilities.

They are also creating the infrastructure for testing research - based interventions and for sharing their learning in meaningful, usable ways with networks of personalized learning educators.

Supporting educators with effective professional development aligned to strategies and opportunities for individualized instruction and meaningful intervention.

Disnarda Funes and her fellow resource teachers are developing meaningful interventions and supports for students struggling in their math classrooms.

So it makes absolute sense to look for meaningful interventions between birth and age 5.

For example, a 2002 systematic analysis by Dr. Geoffrey Borman and his colleagues of the student achievement outcomes of 29 leading K - 12 CSR models — most of which operated in Title 1 schools — reported that «the overall effects of CSR are significant, meaningful, and appear to be greater than the effects of other interventions that have been designed to serve similar purposes and student and school populations» (Borman, Hewes, Overman, & Brown, 2002, p. 33).

Whether students are on grade - level, require intervention, or are ready for additional challenges, DreamBox Learning ® Math empowers teachers to reach, teach, and engage all students in meaningful math learning that prepares them for success in Algebra 1 and beyond.

The purpose of the RtI ² framework is to increase access, participation and meaningful progress in the core curriculum for all students, while simultaneously emphasizing early intervention for students experiencing difficulties.

Taking that one on is too hard for an SEC ideologically opposed to meaningful intervention, no matter how patent the need for it is.

Today Gober's poignant intervention is made even more meaningful by its place in history; it was created precisely 20 years before the Times allowed announcements for gay marriages to run in its «Vows» section.

For human control to be meaningful, the technology must be predictable, the user must have relevant information, and there must be the potential for timely human judgement and interventiFor human control to be meaningful, the technology must be predictable, the user must have relevant information, and there must be the potential for timely human judgement and interventifor timely human judgement and intervention.

I look for those areas and use research based interventions in order to help couples build their friendship, understand negative cycles in their conflict and communication, and work on overcoming damaging patterns in their relationships so that they can create a meaningful life together.»

Existing SNHV trials show relatively modest effects (effect sizes of 0.2 — 0.4 SDs) for outcomes such as child mental health and behaviour, and cognitive and language development, from infancy to mid - childhood.19 While effect sizes of 0.25 — 0.3 SDs can be meaningful and impactful at the whole of population level, 59 targeted public health interventions such as SNHV include a cost and intensity such that larger effects in the short - to - medium term might be necessary to justify implementation at a population level.

To determine whether the intervention led to a clinically meaningful and reliable change the reliable change index was computed, as recommended by Jacobson and Truax.39 Because population norms for the GHQ - 12 and PSOC were not available for the present study population, we calculated the SE of difference (Sdiff) based on the pretest scores for the intervention and control group combined, assuming a measurement reliability of 0.8 for each measure.

Meaningful reductions in child problem behaviors occurred over 5 months providing promising support for the intervention.

This course «presents a framework for understanding personality disorders in children, distinguishing them from more frequently diagnosed problems, and delivering effective interventions... Strategies are described for integrating individual psychotherapy, family treatment, and pharmacotherapy to provide meaningful help to this highly challenging population».

Some examples of both accommodating and adapting evidence - based practices, might include making an evidence - based intervention such as The Incredible Years or a parenting program accessible and meaningful for new immigrant children and families.

Full of realistic scenarios and scripts for how parents can turn conflict into opportunities to build skills, and turn parental dread into meaningful intervention.

Fostering family efficacy and reducing parenting stress may be meaningful intervention targets for improving SCD self - management and child HRQOL among school - aged children.

To close the well - being gap, we think that sociopolitical action and policy reform aimed at changing the odds, that is by equalising opportunities for families of children with ID to sustain a meaningful daily routine, are as vital, if not more so, than interventions designed to help these families beat the odds.

While Bernstein thinks the study's findings are meaningful and could potentially serve as a model for schools, he says that collectively getting a school system, teachers, parents and students all motivated enough to take part in an intervention like Fast Track is challenging.

The theoretical formulation organizes these variables into a single meaningful pattern, and provides a solid empirical base for designing effective prevention programs and clinical intervention strategies for children and youth with severe conduct disorders.

The first wave of indicated prevention (targeting those showing early signs and symptoms) and early intervention (those with full - syndrome disorder) studies for borderline personality disorder in adolescence are notable for challenging fears about diagnosing and treating borderline personality disorder in young people, and demonstrating that appropriate diagnosis and intervention can lead to clinically meaningful improvements for patients.