Sentences with phrase «needed by adolescents»

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Yes, queer people want to recruit the young, not by kidnapping young men... but by being mentors and role models who would show gay and lesbian adolescents that they are not alone, that they are not freaks, that they need not continue committing suicide at three times the rate of straight teenagers.»

The Journal of Health Economics paper tested this by examining the effect of recent schemes in England in which EBC is provided free of charge and without a prescription to adolescents, including those under the age of consent, and without any need for parental consent.

The parental, adolescent and professional conflicts exhibited by Peter Shaffer's Equus need not be disruptive.

Oh by the way Honor does not insult nor needs to resort to profanity, only those who are not certain of honor need such adolescent displays of poor manners and conduct.

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf ® will continue its decade - long holiday tradition of raising money for The Help Group, a non-profit serving children, adolescents and young people with special needs, throughout the holiday season by donating $ 1 of proceeds from the purchase of Holiday Blend Coffee or Winter Dream Tea ® in participating locations in the California market.

They need the amount of sleep recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (approximately 11 hours for younger kids, 9 hours for pre-adolescents and adolescents).

Sports drinks should be consumed by children and adolescents only when there is a need for fluid, carbohydrate and electrolyte replenishment during and after prolonged, vigorous sports participation, while the ingestion of energy drinks should avoided completely, recommends the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in a clinical report published in the journal Pediatrics.1

While some lower back pain needs to be treated by a specialist, most pediatricians who have a good understanding of the principles outlined in our article can help children and adolescents prevent and manage lower back pain,» said Dr. MacDonald, who is also an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Family Medicine at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

We believe that there is an obligation to foster awareness and understanding so that children, adolescents and adults affected by selective mutism will have access to the help they need to overcome their anxiety and reach their full potential of personal growth and participation in society.

Though adolescent pregnancies declined from 12.1 percent in 2015 to 11.8 percent in 2016, Mrs Bawumia said the rate needs further reduction if Ghana is to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 5 which targets gender equality and women empowerment by 2030.

«This dialogue can assist parents in determining if there is a need for additional intervention by a child and adolescent psychiatrist.»

While some lower back pain needs to be treated by a specialist, most pediatricians who have a good understanding of the principles outlined in our article can help children and adolescents prevent and manage lower back pain,» said Dr. MacDonald, who is also an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Family Medicine at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

The program nurtures an adolescent's resources and skills, although it also aims to build a support network for teens by training mentors and creating community councils to consider children's ongoing needs.

Casey and other researchers believe the adolescent brain specifically evolved to respond to rewards so teens would leave behind the protection provided by their parents and start exploring their environment — a necessary step toward the independence they will need in adulthood.

A high school senior progresses, in very quick order, from babysitter seduced by her employer to adolescent madam, fielding her friends to meet the needs of horny philandering husbands.

Most of these folks, by now, have mid-life and mid-career issues, with the glorious exception of perpetual adolescent Quentin (Howard), the story's much - needed Puck, who gets most of the best lines.

The advocates, addressing a hearing conducted by the House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, said that, to date, the health - care needs of children and adolescents have often been overlooked in the the national debate about the best ways to provide health coverage to the uninsured.

A survey conducted by the charity found that teachers and other school staff see the limited capacity of existing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services as a major barrier to getting children the support they need.

Any health - insurance - reform bill adopted by the Congress must include provisions that specifically target the health - care needs of children and adolescents, child - health advocates said last week.

2.2 by 2030 end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving by 2025 the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under five years of age, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women, and older persons

But according to research published in Families, School, and the Adolescent, a book coedited by Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Nancy Hill, parents who want to help their secondary school children stay on track academically may need to shift strategic gears.

This packet includes forms to use to prepare for, document the proceedings and decisions, and follow up after the meeting; tips for talking to all parents and how to phrase what you need to say; a special section on conducting IEP meetings; tips for talking with parents impacted by special education; tips for talking to parents of English learners; and tips and processes to use for meeting with adolescents and their parents.

Now living in Washington, D.C., Hecker is the founder and president of Reach Incorporated, a nonprofit organization focused on improving literacy skills by offering struggling adolescent readers an opportunity to tutor in high - need D.C. elementary schools.

09, is the founder and president of Reach Incorporated, a nonprofit organization focused on improving literacy skills by offering struggling adolescent readers an opportunity to tutor in high - need D.C. elementary schools.

The ChalleNGe Program addresses the needs of the whole adolescent, as evidenced by its eight core components: leadership / followership; academic excellence (i.e., high school diplomas or GED certificates); responsible citizenship; service to the community; life coping skills; physical fitness; health and hygiene; and job skills.

As young adolescents make the transition into high school, many experience a decline in grades and attendance (Barone, Aguirre - Deandreis, & Trickett, 1991); they view themselves more negatively and experience an increased need for friendships (Hertzog et al., 1996); and by the end of 10th grade, as many as 6 % drop out of school (Owings & Peng, 1992).

Most middle - level schools must dramatically change their structure and curriculum if they are to meet the needs of young adolescents, says a report released here last week by the National Middle School Association.

The population of adolescent ELLs is diverse, and their educational needs are affected by differences in immigration status, quality of educational background, native language, cultural distance from U.S. culture, future plans, and economic status.

First, acknowledging that middle level students (age 10 - 14) learn differently than their elementary and high school friends and siblings, they began by reviewing the developmental research on young adolescents and taking those unique learning needs as a starting point for planning changes in classroom instruction, increasing electives, providing intervention, reviewing their discipline procedures, and attending to the social and emotional needs, a key to success with middle level student success.

CCSSO's Adolescent Literacy Toolkit was developed by the Council and multiple partners in response to a state - identified need to develop the skills, knowledge, and resources of content - area high school teachers to implement adolescent literacy best practices and strategies in their cAdolescent Literacy Toolkit was developed by the Council and multiple partners in response to a state - identified need to develop the skills, knowledge, and resources of content - area high school teachers to implement adolescent literacy best practices and strategies in their cadolescent literacy best practices and strategies in their classrooms.

Educators can capitalize on adolescents» deep need to be steeped in rhythms, words, actions, values, and emotions by bringing these elements — found in song, slang, dialect, dance, and technology — into classroom learning experiences.

Young adolescents are unique and learn best by varied curriculum and instructional strategies that take into account their social, emotional, and developmental needs.

Instruction And Management E506: Alcohol and Other Drug Use by Adolescents With Disabilities (1991) E529: Assistive Technology For Students With Mild Disabilities (1995) E538: Cluster Grouping of Gifted Students: How to Provide Full - time Services on a Part - time Budget (1996) E530: Connecting Performance Assessment to Instruction (1995) E531: Creating Meaningful Performance Assessments (1995) E504: Developing Effective Programs for Special Education Students Who Are Homeless (1991) E507: HIV / AIDS Prevention Education for Exceptional Youth (1991) E521: Including Students with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms (1992) E509: Juvenile Corrections and the Exceptional Student (1991) E464: Meeting the Needs of Able Learners through Flexible Pacing (1989) E532: National and State Perspectives on Performance Assessment (1995) E533: Using Performance Assessment in Outcomes - Based Accountability Systems (1995)

This brochure outlines how child - friendly education is a means by which children and adolescents can develop the capacity and skills needed to withstand projected climate shocks and natural disasters.

therapeutic foster care Intensive care provided by foster parents who have received special training to care for a wide variety of children and adolescents, usually those with significant emotional, behavioral, or social problems or medical needs.

The health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents is lagging behind that of their non-Indigenous peers because their needs differ substantially and are often not identified in policy approaches or met by health and social services.

In addition to providing for behavioral and emotional treatment needs of the adolescent, this intervention also provides for the extra needs that are presented by a pregnancy.

Further, models such as the one proposed by Becker and Kaplan are useful, but there is a real need for theories of adolescent sexual aggression to guide research on, and identification and treatment of, this serious social problem.

Patients: 187 adolescents aged 12 — 19 years seeking help for symptoms of mild - to - moderate depression, and deemed in need of treatment by their primary healthcare clinician.

Barbara Burns and others, 8220; Mental Health Need and Access to Mental Health Services by Youth Involved with Child Welfare: A National Survey, 8221; Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 23, no. 8 (2004): 960, 8211; 70.

From a schema - therapist's perspective, an adolescent's emotional need for social contact, friendship and cooperation is highly frustrated by peer - victimization.

Global Mobile's sexual and reproductive health information is presented on country - specific websites adapted by in - country adolescent health experts in partnership with Planned Parenthood Global staff to meet young people's unique needs.

Her research interests include improving assessment and treatment methods for emotional problems experienced by children, adolescents and their families, and in matching treatment techniques with the needs of individuals.

Examples of adverse experiences that could trigger a positive stress response (and the SE supports needed to buffer that stress) include a toddler's tumble or fall (under the reassuring eyes of a caregiver), a child's anxiety over beginning kindergarten or daycare (and an invested parent's firm but sympathetic response), or the adolescent's fear of failure on a long - term school project (that is overcome by a parent's assistance in simply learning how to organize or manage time).

Adolescent - friendly family structures and environments need to be advocated by concern stakeholder and authority.

Assessments conducted at earlier phases are specified in previous articles.7, 8 At the 15 - year follow - up assessment, adolescents completed interviews that measured whether they had been adjudicated a person in need of supervision (PINS) resulting from incorrigible behavior such as recurrent truancy or destroying parents» property; their frequency of running away from home; and the number of times they had been stopped by the police, arrested, convicted of a crime or of probation violations, and sent to youth correctional facilities.14 They also reported on their disruptive behavior in school; number of school suspensions; delinquent and aggressive behavior outside school; experience of sexual intercourse; rates of pregnancy; lifetime number of sexual partners; and frequency of using cigarettes, alcohol, and illegal drugs during the 6 - month period prior to the 15 - year interview.15

By doing this, families and adolescents are able to feel ownership of the setting and are able to organize it to better meet their needs.

As rated by parents (0 = poor to 4 = excellent), adolescents were relatively healthy (mean: 3.38; SE: 0.008); however, 21 % met screening criteria that identified a special health care need.34 Nineteen percent were black, 81 % were white or other, and 15 % were Hispanic.

Parents need to support adolescents in their exploration of social norms by listening to concerns about social approval and peer pressure, discussing values and reasons for limit setting, and negotiating rules when appropriate.

Norms for adolescents need age adjustments for reports by adolescents, parents, and teachers.