Sentences with phrase «of healthy youth development»

Her clinical experiences inform her research work and enhance her commitment to addressing health inequities through research, program development, and systemic change in support of healthy youth development.

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Our program is both fun & safe and it promotes the healthy development of youth football players.

They found that adolescents averaged 39 minutes per day of moderate - to - vigorous physical activity across all locations, which placed them among the estimated 92 percent of U.S. youths who don't get the 60 minutes of daily exercise recommended for healthy development and obesity prevention.

After getting my email, she says, «I realized [good nutrition] should have been the goal all along, since the pillars of the Y are healthy living, social responsibility, and youth development.

Taught by the media and radical feminists to be ashamed about their maternal, nurturing and intuitive side, mothers are too often afraid to follow and act on their intuition even though it tells them that a youth sports system which too often emphasizes winning and competition over fun and skill development, treats children as young as six as adults and cruelly and unfairly saddles so many as failures before they have even reached puberty because they weren't lucky enough to be «early bloomers» or have a January birthday, is not the kind of nurturing, caring and, above all, inclusive environment mothers believe their children need to grow into confident, competent, empathetic, emotionally and psychologically healthy adults.

While Internet addiction is not yet considered a clinical diagnosis here, there's no question that American youths are plugged in and tuned out of «live» action for many more hours of the day than experts consider healthy for normal development.

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Leaders in youth sports consider the unique development of each athlete, incorporating physical, mental, and skills maturation, to be paramount to healthy, enjoyable participation and achieving individual sport success...

Youth development experts agree that children need a variety of experiences in their lives to help them grow into healthy adolescents and adults.

A beacon of hope for 28 years, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center builds and supports our community through arts and culture, wellness and recovery, HIV / AIDS services, family services and life - saving youth programs designed to foster healthy development in a safe, affirming environment.

After completion of this program I continued to promote healthy living through a youth development organization in Columbus, Ohio.

University of Minnesota instructor Martha Farrell Erickson, PhD, (2003) identifies the «critical ingredients for healthy child and youth development» as the Three C's.

Central to the concentration is research on the factors that put children or youth at a disadvantage, and those assets — family, community, or cultural — that support high levels of academic, social, and moral development; healthy individuals; and effective schools.

In conferences both in Korea and the United States — including one held this August in Gaithersburg, Md., aimed at Korean American youths, college students, youth leaders, and church leaders — Kim and her colleagues offer a changing slate of educational colloquiums, spiritual worship sessions, and group counseling sessions that zero in on the societal and familial realities that Korean Americans face and the role that counseling can play in fostering healthy social, emotional, and psychological development.

As educators, we must offer core principles that inspire teachers, parents, and communities to move beyond modern notions of success — to instill abilities that matter most for healthy youth development.

In the AIE Program, you will join a diverse cohort of visual artists, musicians, museum educators, nonprofit arts advocates, actors, teachers, and writers who believe that the arts not only have intrinsic societal value, but also multiple roles in youth education and healthy development.

Motivate reluctant readers by engaging them with the three critical elements of healthy child and youth development: connection, contribution, and competence.

This curriculum has an emphasis on basic skills and core subject matter in English language arts, mathematics, social studies and science, the arts, and a comprehensive support program that promotes healthy youth development, including preparing the students to apply their knowledge and skills for the benefit of the community and environment.

During Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week, the National Institute on Out - of - School Time (NIOST) celebrates the professionals who enhance our youths» healthy development in out - of - school time programs.

Her consulting work creates alliances and collaborative efforts that bridge research, policy, and practice with the focus on advancing social and emotional learning as an integral part of basic education and healthy youth development.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) fosters positive youth development, supports rural and community development efforts, and promotes healthy eating and nutrition.

For more than 40 years, The Piton Foundation, which is part of Gary Community Investments, has been committed to improving the lives of Colorado's low - income children and their families by increasing access to quality early childhood and youth development opportunities and fostering healthy family and community environments.

Protective factors are research - based predictors of positive youth development and healthy behaviors that buffer children's exposure to risk factors.

Hayin has been a practitioner, educational researcher and evaluator, with a focus on community - based programs and partnerships that support healthy development of youth and their communities.

The SDS shows how three broad categories of protective factors — healthy beliefs and clear standards, bonding, and individual characteristics — work together to promote positive youth development and healthy behaviors (Hawkins, Catalano, & Arthur, 1995).

We use an early and comprehensive approach grounded in the principles of positive youth development and evidence - based social emotional learning practices to foster the mindsets, skills, and confidence within each child to behave well, make good decisions, and build healthy relationships — skills necessary for success in school and life.

NIOST's mission is to ensure that all children, youth, and families have access to high quality programs, activities, and opportunities and that these experiences are essential to the healthy development of children and youth, who then can become effective and capable members of society.

http://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X (12) 00192 - 9 / pdf Likewise, notice how often a private or charter school has language in its mission statement about its purpose «to educate students to be knowledgeable, responsible, socially skilled, healthy, caring, and contributing citizens» https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12971193 or hyping their «strengths - based approaches to child and adolescent development... and emphasis on students» resilience in the school and community» (quoting the National Association of School Psychologists), or Promoting Youth Developdevelopment... and emphasis on students» resilience in the school and community» (quoting the National Association of School Psychologists), or Promoting Youth DevelopmentDevelopment (PYD).

We can also provide Playworks Pro, expert professional development for school personnel and youth serving organizations, tailored to meet the needs of each school / organization in order to give them tools to deliver healthy play every day.

In this presentation, Georgia Hall, Ph.D., senior research scientist at the National Institute for Out - of - School Time at the Wellesley Centers for Women, will share research findings from two studies (NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development; Program Practices: An Investigation of Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Standards and Practices in Out - of - School Time Programs) that help us to understand children's engagement in physical activity and how to promote involvement on an individual and program level.

School districts need to support programs that interrupt negative peer interactions, particularly bullying, that impedes the healthy development of youth.

It will combine the thousands of research reviews and ratings of improvement approaches provided by more than a dozen «evidence clearinghouses,» such as the What Works Clearinghouse or Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development, with the opinions of educators who are currently using those approaches.

One interesting aspect of surfing is that the involved sacrifice brings with it a more disciplined life, a higher self - esteem and emotional growth, important in the development of a healthy youth focused on success.

Since 1916, the YMCA of South Florida has been a leading nonprofit committed to strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.

Present at the drop - in center, Opportunity Zone, during open hours; provided assessment of youth's emotional, physical, and mental state in order to evaluate needs, advocating for a safe environment for all youth within the building, housing assessments, meal preparation, engaging youth in healthy relationships, providing resources, giving referrals, assistance in creating resumes and completing job applications, delegation of tasks amongst youth to facilitate positive youth development, knowledge about the stages of change and usage of motivational interviewing, and facilitating transportation.

As an example, it is estimated that 50 % to 96 % of urban youth directly witness violence within their community.1 The significant, recurrent, and chronic nature of these stressors may overwhelm the capacity to cope acutely and chronically, 2 which is required for healthy development and positive trajectories.

Among the limits of the present study, it is possible to point out the necessity: 1) to replicate this investigation with a large number of Italian healthy adolescents for the representativeness of the sample; 2) to adopt the double analysis both for positive and negative affect, considering that literature review seems to indicate these two aspects as separate but equally important variables; and, finally, 3) to carry out a longitudinal study, from early adolescence to young adulthood, in order to emphasize the change in these aspects of youth development.

In this podcast, Dr. Jenson describes recent advances in the field of prevention science that have led to efficacious approaches to promoting healthy youth development.

Stephenie is passionate about helping parents and educators support the healthy emotional development of children and youth, and incorporates a range of research - supported interventions informed by advances in neuroscience and interpersonal neurobiology into her work.

Family - centered practice focuses on the healthy growth and development of children and youth within a family context.

2008 Fact Sheet: Improving Health Care of Children in Foster Care: An Ongoing Collaboration (PDF - 32 KB) Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (2008) Discusses the health and mental health challenges faced by foster youth and the collaboration between the Washington State Health and Recovery Services Administration and the Children's Administration to promote the healthy development of children in foster care.

The normalcy aspect of the law promotes participation in age - appropriate activities and experiences that allow for healthy development and well - being for youth involved in foster care.

In this presentation, Georgia Hall, Ph.D., senior research scientist at the National Institute for Out - of - School Time at the Wellesley Centers for Women, will share research findings from two studies (NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development; Program Practices: An Investigation of Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Standards and Practices in Out - of - School Time Programs) that help us to understand children's engagement in physical activity and how to promote involvement on an individual and program level.

The APAS system, which is based on this resiliency framework, highlights the importance of supportive adult relationships in the healthy development of youth — something we should keep in mind as we begin a new year of academic and out - of - school - time programming.

Increasing healthy youth development opportunities, including quality out - of - school - time programs.

Child Exposure to Violence Evidence Based Guide, Model Programs Guide, National Registry of Evidence - based Programs and Practices, What Works Clearinghouse, Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development (formerly Blueprints for Violence Prevention)

Child Exposure to Violence Evidence Based Guide, Model Programs Guide, National Registry of Evidence - based Programs and Practices, Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development (formerly Blueprints for Violence Prevention)

Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development is a research project within the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Model Programs Guide, National Registry of Evidence - based Programs and Practices, What Works Clearinghouse, Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development (formerly Blueprints for Violence Prevention)

The Blueprints mission is to identify and disseminate evidence - based prevention and intervention programs that are effective in reducing antisocial behavior and promoting a healthy course of youth development.