NYS Athletic Trainers» Association Focused
on Academic Adjustments following a Concussion during the 2013 NYS School Board Association Convention
«I have 15 years of experience working with adolescents, teens and young adults
on academic adjustment and performance issues and have addressed issues of college transition, academic planning and success, communication and conflict resolution skills, and risk management for individual students and student organizations.»
Final Report: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Home Visiting Services in Promoting Children's Adjustment in School (PDF - 689 KB) Kirkland & Mitchell - Herzfeld (2012) Examines the effects of a strengths - based home visiting program, Healthy Families New York, which was based on Healthy Families America,
on the academic adjustment of children following their transition to school.
Final Report: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Home Visiting Services in Promoting Children's Adjustment in School (PDF - 689 KB) Kirkland & Mitchell - Herzfeld (2012) New York State Office of Children and Family Services & Pew Charitable Trusts Examines the effects of a strengths - based home visiting program, Healthy Families New York, which was based on Healthy Families America,
on the academic adjustment of children following their transition to school.
The current study explored the independent and interactive roles of parental academic and culturally distinctive socialization
on the academic adjustment of African American adolescents.
Not exact matches
But there is plenty of research citing the negative impact excessive
academic pressure has
on overall health, happiness, social
adjustment and, yes, learning.
Hickman, G.P., Bartholomae, S. & McKenry, P.C. (2000) Influence of parenting styles
on the
adjustment and
academic achievement of traditional college freshman.
Scores for externalization (the ability to express feelings, especially negative feelings), a trait associated with risk of juvenile delinquency,
academic failure, and inadequate social
adjustment, were 20 percent lower in the KMC group
on average.
In announcing the union's decision in a memo to the campus community, Glassman wrote that «[t] he action by EIU's outstanding faculty and
academic support professionals is a testament to their support of their colleagues and willingness to be part of the solution in the vital budget
adjustments taking place
on campus.»
Her research focuses
on ethnicity, culture and context and identifies unique and interactive ways in which these constructs influence parenting beliefs, parenting practices, and children mental health and
academic adjustment.
Through its influence
on parental involvement, the prekindergarten experience appears effect indirectly, but positively, first grade
academic achievement and children's social
adjustment.
Studies of students who attend high - quality programs for a significant period of time show improvements in
academic performance and social competence, including better grades, improved homework completion, higher scores
on achievement tests, lower levels of grade retention, improved behavior in school, increased competence and sense of self as a learner, better work habits, fewer absences from school, better emotional
adjustment and relationships with parents, and a greater sense of belonging in the community.
Fundamental to the intervention is a relationship of mutual trust and open communication between the targeted student and a mentor, who regularly checks
on the student's school
adjustment, behavior, and educational progress, and intervenes to reestablish and maintain the student's connection to school and learning and to enhance his or her social and
academic competencies.
This is intended to be a simple example, hence the lack of discussion of various of effects across the U.S. and the focus
on the mean bias; papers discussing
adjustments in the
academic literature (Karl et al 1986, Williams et al 2012, etc.) focus a lot
on uncertainties.
Observed and assessed student performance and kept thorough records of progress.Implemented a variety of teaching methods such as lectures, discussions and demonstrations.Established clear objectives for all lessons, units and projects.Encouraged students to persevere with challenging tasks.Set and communicated ground rules for the classroom based
on respect and personal responsibility.Identified early signs of emotional, developmental and health problems in students and followed up with the teacher.Tutored children individually and in small groups to help them with difficult subjects.Taught after - school and summer enrichment programs.Established positive relationships with students, parents, fellow teachers and school administrators.Mentored and counseled students with
adjustment and
academic problems.Delegated tasks to teacher assistants and volunteers.Took appropriate disciplinary measures when students misbehaved.Improved students» reading levels through guided reading groups and whole group instruction.Used children's literature to teach and reinforce reading, writing, grammar and phonics.Enhanced reading skills through the use of children's literature, reader's theater and story time.Differentiated instruction according to student ability and skill level.Taught students to exercise problem solving methodology and techniques during tests.Taught students in various stages of cognitive, linguistic, social and emotional development.Encouraged students to explore issues in their lives and in the world around them.Employed a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction textual materials to encourage students to read independently.
Influence of parenting styles
on the
adjustment and
academic achievement of traditional college freshmen.
There is good evidence that a child's readiness for school and a positive transition has a very positive flow -
on effect to positive
adjustment in the school setting and positives in their
academic and social development.
To test, with an urban, primarily black sample, the effects of prenatal and infancy home visits by nurses
on mothers» fertility and economic self - sufficiency and the
academic and behavioral
adjustment of their children as the children finished kindergarten, near their sixth birthday.
In the follow - up, children and their families will be followed through the end of fifth grade to examine the long - term effects of the KITS Program
on academic, social, and behavioral
adjustment.
Relying
on evidence - based research, my overarching goal is to improve
academic success, relationships, self - control, and emotional
adjustment.
Those NICHD SECCYD children whose families were always poor scored lower
on measures of
academic, language, and cognitive performance, and were rated by their teachers as having more
adjustment problems than other children throughout the early elementary grades.
These findings counter unidirectional models of parent - mediated contextual effects by highlighting the direct influences of contextual strain and parent — child transactions
on early childhood behavioral and
academic adjustment, respectively.
Last but not least, teachers are important adults in children's scholastic lives, and there is some evidence that teacher wellbeing, at least indirectly, has significant effects
on children's socioemotional
adjustment and
academic performance (Hamre and Pianta 2004; Malmberg and Hagger 2009; Moolenaar 2010; Roth et al. 2007).
Peer victimization and rejection: Investigation of an integrative model of effects
on emotional, behavioral, and
academic adjustment in early adolescence
Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACE) has been found to have a profound negative impact
on multiple child outcomes, including
academic achievement, social cognition patterns, and behavioral
adjustment.
Conversely, negative parent - child interactions characterized by harshness, negative control, and negative affect are associated with teacher - ratings of poor
academic adjustment (e.g., Pettit et al., 1997; Culp et al., 2000) and poor performance
on standard tests of achievement in middle childhood (Harold et al., 2007).