Sentences with phrase «on early adolescent»

One study prospectively investigated the role of the SURPS personality dimensions on early adolescent substance use and found hopelessness, sensation seeking, and impulsivity to be predictive of substance use behaviors 1 year later (Krank et al. 2011).

Regular Papers (RP): Original research and theoretical papers from around the world that present the latest findings and insights on early adolescent development (30 - 35 pages).

Moderators of negative peer influence on early adolescent externalizing behaviors.

Differential sensitization of parenting on early adolescent cortisol: Moderation by profiles of maternal stress.

Parental influence on early adolescent substance use: Specific and nonspecific effects.

The present study examined influences of 6th grade student - reported parent educational involvement on early adolescent peer group affiliations at 7th and 8th grade.

My focus is still on the early adolescent years (ages 10 - 12), but the strategies can be tweaked to help students of all ages become more competent at recognizing higher - priority information and self - directed in planning their time.

The study by researchers from the Australian Council for Educational Research and the University of Western Australia is the first to examine the effects of the school environment and peer relationships on early adolescents» wellbeing after controlling for the influence of family factors.

Not exact matches

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A variety of studies suggest that fathers» engagement positively impacts their children's social competence, 27 children's later IQ28 and other learning outcomes.29 The effects of fathers on children can include later - life educational, social and family outcomes.1, 2,26 Children may develop working models of appropriate paternal behaviour based on early childhood cues such as father presence, 30,31 in turn shaping their own later partnering and parenting dynamics, such as more risky adolescent sexual behaviour32 and earlier marriage.33 Paternal engagement decreases boys» negative social behaviour (e.g., delinquency) and girls» psychological problems in early adulthood.34 Fathers» financial support, apart from engagement, can also influence children's cognitive development.35

Just what should our early adolescent / middle school kids be able to do on their own?

There is a body of evidence showing the benefits of synchronizing education times with teens» body clocks; interestingly, while «studies of later start times have consistently reported benefits to adolescent sleep health and learning, there [is no evidence] showing early starts have a positive impact on such things», add the researchers.

In a report of their findings, published in the December issue of the American Journal of Public Health, the researchers say the program was designed to prevent suffering at a time when adolescent depression rates are on the rise and many believe awareness, early recognition and effective therapies can lead to better outcomes.

«This speaks to the importance early life events can have on adolescent experiences and the need for early intervention when problems first arise,» Connell said.

«Finally, as they strive to separate from their parents, the peer group takes on enormous significance; early adolescents are very invested in «being popular,» desperately wanting to fit in and be admired by their peers.

By identifying these factors early on, the research team hopes to have a better chance of providing effective cognitive strategies to help risk - seeking adolescents regulate their emotions and avoid risk - taking behavior and substance abuse.

In the 19th century, most early adolescents attended elementary schools (grades 1 to 8) before moving on to high schools (grades 9 to 12).

The current study sought to understand the impact of school type — middle school, junior high school, or K - 8 school — on the range of early adolescent outcomes that matter for success in high school and beyond.

Long - Term Effects of Early Adolescent Methamphetamine Exposure on Depression - Like Behavior and the Hypothalamic Vasopressin System in Mice.

Researchers have found that blood pressure changes at 4 phases throughout life: a quick increase throughout adolescent growth; a milder increase early on in adult years; an acceleration in the 40s; and by the age of 50, the normal average blood pressure ranges have increased to 129/85.

Adolescent users should avoid nicotine because it hampers growth of the prefrontal cortex in those under 25 and use of the drug early on increases risk of cognitive impairment later in life.

Like a lot of kids growing up in the East Bay town of Martinez in the early»70s, the adolescent Salva lived on a diet rich in horror and sci - fi.

It does its job early on, even if McQueen's mix of youth and gravitas at the age of 30 is far and away more interesting than Pratt's stunted - adolescent vibe in his mid-30s.

Tabloid headlines and human - interest footnotes alike are elevated to fable: an adolescent love triangle in which one party turns arsonist; a troublesome cockerel that crows too early; a killer on the run who becomes a folk hero.

The three - year «Project on Adolescent Literacy,» conducted by the center for early adolescence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, examined efforts by school districts and community agencies to combat illiteracy in that age group.

Before coming to Butler University, Lori was an Assistant Professor at Marian University in Indianapolis and earlier on taught children and adolescents with emotional challenges in the upper elementary grades, worked as a school counselor in Indianapolis, was a private practice counselor and co-owner of the Indianapolis Counseling Center, and was a behavioral consultant for Methodist Hospital, in Indianapolis on the adolescent psychiatric unit.

In one of his early writings, excerpted in the following pages, James S. Coleman, the brilliant sociologist who later wrote the famous report on the equality of opportunity for education (the «Coleman Report») and the first study of public and private schools, identified the essential high - school problem: «our adolescents today are cut off, probably more than ever before, from the adult society.»

85, Ed.D.» 89, is on a multicountry life - cycle journey using her engagements with early childhood education, health and nutrition, adolescent development, and media sectors to educate and communicate for development.

As James Coleman observed as early as 1959, students often gang up to pick on the «curve raiser»: when students are graded on a curve relative to one another, those who work hard and raise the class average make things difficult for other students, who must then work harder for their grades (see «The Adolescent Society,» features, Winter 2006).

The effects of a mindfulness - based education program on pre - and early adolescents» well - being and social and emotional competence (PDF).

Participants in this two - day on - campus program will work with renowned thought leaders, including Laurie M. Brotman, Bezos Family Foundation Professor of Early Childhood Development, Department of Population Health, and Professor, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine; Lyrica Fils - Aime, Community School Director of Children's Aid and Director of Clinical Services and Training at OmPlay; Carla Shalaby, Postdoctoral Fellow with TeachingWorks at the University of Michigan and author of Troublemakers; and Amanda Williford, Research Associate Professor at the University of Virginia, and one of the creators of the innovative Banking Time program.

The study, which was scheduled to be released early this week by the House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, finds that there are significant financial, cultural, and institutional barriers that hamper efforts to provide AIDS - prevention education and services to adolescents.

First, when it comes to articulated beliefs about what constitutes appropriate instruction for early adolescents, both groups are proponents of instruction that: (1) is theme based, (2) is interdisciplinary, (3) fosters student self - direction and independence, (4) promotes self - understanding, (5) incorporates basic skills, (6) is relevant to the learner and thus based on study of significant problems, (7) is student - centered, (8) promotes student discovery, (9) values group interaction, (10) is built upon student interest, (11) encourages critical and creative exploration of ideas, and (12) promotes student self - evaluation (e.g., Currier, 1986; Kaplan, 1979; Maker & Nielson, 1995; Stevenson, 1992).

Second, few educators of the gifted would argue with the core tenets set forth in Turning Points (Carnegie Task Force on the Education of Young Adolescents, 1989) that middle school programs should: (1) create small communities of learning within larger school settings, (2) teach a solid academic core, (3) ensure success for all students, (4) enable educators closest to students to make important decisions about teaching and learning, (5) staff middle schools with teachers trained to work effectively with early adolescents, (6) promote health and fitness, (7) involve families in the education of learners, and (8) connect schools with cAdolescents, 1989) that middle school programs should: (1) create small communities of learning within larger school settings, (2) teach a solid academic core, (3) ensure success for all students, (4) enable educators closest to students to make important decisions about teaching and learning, (5) staff middle schools with teachers trained to work effectively with early adolescents, (6) promote health and fitness, (7) involve families in the education of learners, and (8) connect schools with cadolescents, (6) promote health and fitness, (7) involve families in the education of learners, and (8) connect schools with communities.

Children and adolescents who are learning English as a subsequent language need to develop these skills, and generally do so early on.

She has spoken to parent groups, teachers, administrators, business leaders and policy makers on a range of issues: education reform, early childhood and adolescent literacy, conflict and tolerance, and the value of parental involvement in education.

Suggests that early childhood development focus on play, elementary school gear the curriculum toward learning how the world works, middle schools create programs that develop the young adolescent's social, emotional, and meta - cognitive growth, and high schools emphasize preparing students to live independently in the real world.

This preview may reveal early on that teaching young adolescents isn't really what they want to do, after all.

The program is a fresh take on social - emotional learning (SEL) for early adolescents and brings together today's technology with the latest research in SEL, the adolescent brain, and social psychology.

She is currently working with research teams on several national impact and evaluation studies in the US involving early and adolescent reading, mathematics, literacy leadership, and Response to Intervention.

There is a baby stage which is very labor - intensive on your part, there is a toddler stage and an adolescent stage which can both be a bit trying on your patience, then comes the long and happy relationship (if you got through the earlier stages successfully), and then there is a «senior» stage during which your dog may be on medications or need your help.

Ne Plus Ultra relates to Swenson's important earlier pieces that also feature the deer figure, including Untitled from 2000 with a young deer balancing on one hoof with a black and red drapery billowing above its head (in the permanent collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth) and Untitled, 2001, with an adolescent deer rubbing the velvet off of its newly developed horns on an antique rug (exhibited in the Whitney Biennial in 2004).

The effects of a mindfulness - based education program on pre-and early adolescents» well - being and social and emotional competence.

Parent and Family Types The Influence of Parenting Style on Adolescent Competence and Substance UseArticle by Baumrind (1991) Journal of Early Adolescence 11 (1) p. 56 - 95.

The role of early television viewing is particularly provocative because of the emphasis in the existing literature on television viewing among older children, such as 9 - year - olds or adolescents.

Second, it is more difficult to reduce excessive weight in adolescents and adults once it becomes established; therefore, it may be helpful to initiate obesity prevention interventions during early childhood.16 There is a growing consensus that the appropriate period to target obesity prevention interventions is the early years in a child's life.17 The aim of the present review was, therefore, to examine the evidence for environmental influences on dietary determinants of obesity, focusing on younger children (birth to 8 years).

Prenatal home visiting programs such as the NFP or the doula ¶ are also particularly appealing, both because they reach at - risk families as early as possible and because they intervene at the same time on children and adolescent mothers by affecting those traits still amenable to change during adolescence.36

In grade 11, mothers reported that adolescents who had experienced early maltreatment had levels of aggression, anxiety / depression, dissociation, delinquent behaviors, PTSD, social problems, thought problems, and social withdrawal that were on average twice as high as those of their nonmaltreated counterparts.

On the other hand, that childhood self - control predicts adolescents» mistakes implies that early childhood intervention could prevent them.

Early childhood intervention that enhances self - control is likely to bring a greater return on investment than harm reduction programs targeting adolescents alone (30).