Sentences with phrase «of whether children»

Father's Day can be one of the best days of the year for any father, regardless of whether his children are young or old.

The prevalence of such denial has prompted surveys addressing the issues of whether children can reject a parent whose behavior does not warrant such rejection, and whether the rejection can be due in part to the influence of the favored parent.

«The question of whether the children had been wrongfully retained in Canada was rendered moot before the matter was heard by the Supreme Court of Canada,» she writes.

The current study shows that a culturally tailored programme can be offered to all parents with self - perceived parenting - related stress, regardless of whether their children have emotional or behavioural problems or not.

The question of whether children are «competent» in the traditional sense of an adult client being able to identify issues, rationally assimilate the appropriate data and make a reasoned decision based on that data, is a particularly delicate and challenging question to answer.

The entire premise behind the Common Core and the related Common Core PARCC and SBAC testing programs was that it would provide a clear cut assessment of whether children were «college and career ready.»

Like many Common Core backers, he thinks the new tests in New York and elsewhere are giving parents a more accurate sense of whether their children are being adequately prepared for college.

«The saddest part is that the most critical element of whether our children are successful is being ignored,» said Julie Slayton, the district's former director of research and planning and now a USC professor of education.

Not the joy - killing machines ruining childhood, as so many critics have portrayed standardized tests, but true measures of whether children were learning the key skills they would need as grown - ups: how to think critically, solve problems, make a convincing argument, and write a coherent paragraph.

In the responses to several of my previous posts, many comments focused on the debate of whether children need rules, or whether children are better off with free choice and have the ability to make correct decisions when free to do so.

The vast majority of teens with ASD who receive a learner's permit goes on to receive their license within two years after becoming eligible, suggesting that families are making the decision of whether their children with ASD will learn to drive and pursue a license before their teens ever get behind the wheel.

The results also raise the question of whether children with ADHD are more vulnerable to maltreatment due to family stress.

Consciously or unconsciously, the movement also validates an insight which sociologists confirm: The best predictor of whether a child will remain religious as an adult is not the religiosity of the mother — for children tend to take that for granted — but of the father, because he is not expected to be religious.

Regardless of whether your child is 3 or 16, a comp player or total beginner, we are sure to have the perfect program for them!

«High father involvement in a child's life is an important predictor of social mobility, of whether a child will outstrip the employment achievements of their parents.

Parents who are emotionally responsive, set empathic limits, model emotional regulation, and encourage children to pursue their passions will raise self - disciplined kids, and that's probably true regardless of whether the child passes the marshmallow test at age four.

Regardless of whether your child has delays or not, infant massage may be something you'd like to try.

But the basic thesis of my book is that, in this country for the past couple decades, we've been overemphasizing IQ as the one measure of whether a child will succeed or fail.

(Regardless of whether your child goes to a private or public school, public schools must, under law, provide these evaluations for a child when requested.)

The BMI is a better indicator of whether your child is carrying too much body fat than a weight measurement alone.

Regardless of whether your child is being sustained recipe solely or to supplement breastfeeding, Hipp Infant is...

Emotional intelligence, motivation and persistence — character traits seldom calibrated — are more reliable indicators of whether a child, from any background, will do well in life.

In this national sample of parents of young athletes, over one - third knew virtually nothing about concussion risks, and half were unaware of whether their child's school even had a concussion policy.

The teacher should have the best idea of whether the child can meet social and academic expectations.

The only entity benefiting under these circumstances is the district's food provider, who is paid regardless of whether a child actually eats the product.

Policy to reduce bullying in the schoolyard needs to span all levels of society, say researchers from the University of Warwick, who warn that socioeconomic status is not a reliable indicator of whether a child is likely to become a bully.

We also have the «mommy wars,» fueled by so - called experts who have pitted employed vs. nonemployed mothers on the issue of whether child care is good for children.

Even though the Court did not reach — because it didn't need to — the alluring question of whether a child sending a picture of him or herself can be child pornography, the victory was an important message to prosecutors that the Constitution sets limits on their authority to prosecute students for sexting.

Thomas Dee and Brian Jacob tackle with sophistication the pivotal question of whether No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has sparked gains in student achievement since its enactment in 2002 («Evaluating NCLB,» research, Summer 2010).

Epps, who credits some of her own success to sticking with afterschool activities, says that a student's intrinsic motivation and social behavior, as well as their parents» parenting behaviors are important indicators of whether a child chooses to get involved.

This can be done even before a child can read, testing things like phonological awareness, or sound awareness, which are good predictors of whether a child will have reading problems, says John D. E. Gabrieli, director of MIT's Integrated Learning Initiative, who will focus on making the screening tool.

ECS has identified a few states that mandate parents be annually notified of whether their child is on track to graduate from high school.

By sixth grade, poor attendance is a proven indicator of whether a child will drop out of high school, regardless of economic background (Balfanz, Herzog, & MacIver, 2007).

In addition, Model II replaces the LEP indicator with student reports of the frequency with which a language other than English is spoken at home and replaces the IEP indicator with teacher reports of whether the child was given an IEP because of a profound or moderate disability.

The report's authors contend that the high number of suspensions and the large discrepancies in the populations of students who are suspended are extremely troubling not only because of the lost learning time, but also because suspensions are a leading indicator of whether a child will drop out of school and face future incarceration.

Making teachers entirely responsible for a student's academic progress — regardless of whether the child eats enough or sleeps enough or gets enough medical attention — is counterproductive.

«Regardless of whether a child attends a traditional public or charter school, they deserve the best possible education, and that starts with establishing a school funding program that's data - driven and works for all students,» said Mary Kay Shields, president of CS Partners.

A federal district court in Iowa held that a state tax deduction for school expenses, including private school tuition, does not violate the Establishment Clause because it is available to parents regardless of whether their child attends a public, private or religious school, neither advances nor inhibits religion, and does not entangle the state with religion.

... it would be inconsistent with the IDEA for a child, regardless of whether the child is gifted, to be found ineligible for special education and related services under the SLD category solely because the child scored above a particular cut score established by State policy.»

Though the most promising educational approaches differ in many respects, they share one key element: They emphasize a continuous supply of individual attention, regardless of whether the child in question is an infant, toddler, or teenager.

Teachers identify problems with paying attention, managing emotions, completing tasks, and communicating wants and needs verbally as major determinants of whether a child is ready to succeed in the school setting... Scientists who study executive function skills refer to them as the biological foundation for school readiness.

The primary schools are the area that make or break the possibility of whether a child will be able to learn, yet there are no new ideas, new programs, or new ideas for the primary schools.

However, you'll need to bring the child's birth certificate on the day of the flight, regardless of whether the child is an infant and obviously under the age of two.

Following the introduction of the SEN reforms last year, parents of children with SEN due to receive notification of whether their child has been given a place at their chosen school may be surprised to receive an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan.

There was a question of whether the child caused or contributed to causing his own death.

«The question of whether a child is able, having regard to his or her understanding, to instruct a solicitor must be approached having in mind this acknowledgment of the autonomy of children and of the fact that it can at times be in their interests to play some direct part in the litigation about them.»

The determinants of whether child support is still owed for an adult child include the following:

It is necessary to act to protect parental rights and the parent - child reltionship when either parent moves away, regardless of whether the child will be moving, and especially when the move impacts one parent's time spent with the child.

To mitigate the effects of such a possibility, we included in a second regression a measure of whether the child was a bully at baseline.

Incarceration: Incarceration was assessed by maternal report of whether the child's father had spent time in prison or jail in the past 2 years, whether a current live - in partner spent most of the previous week in jail or prison, and whether she had been convicted of a crime during the past 2 years.