Sentences with phrase «optimal development of children»

These professionals promote the optimal development of children and youth in a variety of practice settings including: afterschool, camping, child welfare, disabilities, early childhood, education, faith - based programs, juvenile justice, psychology, recreation, social work, and universities.

This body of knowledge offers strong support for areas that are key to the optimal development of children, summarized below in API's Eight Principles of Parenting.

To provide an interdisciplinary Infant and early childhood mental health organization that facilitates, supports and encourages cooperation, coordination and collaboration among those concerned with promoting the optimal development of children birth through five and families and caregivers;

Established in 1932 as a non-profit, charitable organization, Macaulay promotes the optimal development of children in partnership with their family and community.

A national survey commissioned by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation — an independent private foundation focused on the optimal development of children — reveals that 9 out of 10 Americans support current federal efforts to keep school meals healthy.

Egg yolks from free - range hens will contain the special long - chain fatty acids so critical for the optimal development of your child's brain and nervous system.

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Based on the book Attached at the Heart, the Attached at the Heart Parenting Educator (AHPE) program is grounded in attachment theory, informed by cutting edge research, and designed as a prevention model to help parents better understand and apply the Eight Principles of Parenting for a child's optimal physical and emotional development.

Sometimes we get so focused on the latest study or research that tells us that the average child needs «x» amount of sleep for optimal brain development, or how many naps the average child needs, or what time the average child should go to bed or wake up that we forget we aren't growing an «average» child.

In addition, having the IMH Endorsement will inform prospective employers, peers, referral sources, families, and the public at large that an individual who is providing services to infants and their families meets standards that have been approved by a professional organization devoted to the optimal development of very young children.

Optimal development occurs with the timely resolution of early trauma and the resulting secure attachment between parents and children.

Play Therapy is a mode of therapy that uses the power of play to help children achieve optimal growth and development and resolve a range of developmental and emotional difficulties.

Optimal breastfeeding for the first 2 years of life is the single most effective intervention to prevent child deaths worldwide.1 Breastfeeding saves children's lives, supports their growth and development, preventsmalnutrition, ensures food security for infants, protects maternal and child health, reduces financial pressure on families, supports loving relationships and increases educational attainment.

The AAP identifies breastfeeding as the ideal method of feeding and nurturing infants and recognizes breastfeeding as primary in achieving optimal infant and child health, growth, and development.

To support achievement of the SDGs, the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents» Health recommends protecting and supporting exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months in all settings, including humanitarian and fragile — a cost - effective and easy intervention that contributes to a child's survival, health and optimal development.

This guide for optimal human development will be of most benefit to expectant and new parents, but for those with older children it contains equally important information.

Dr. Daniel F. Whiteside, former Assistant Surgeon General, reported that, «Corporal punishment of children actually interferes with the process of learning and with their optimal development as socially responsible adults.

WHO and UNICEF jointly developed the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding whose aim is to improve - through optimal feeding - the nutritional status, growth and development, health, and thus the very survival of infants and young children.

Sleep is widely recognized as one of the basic pillars of human health and is essential to optimal growth and development in children and adolescents.

Optimal infant and young child feeding practices improve children's survival, growth and development over the life of the child.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1989, (ratified by Canada, signed by the US but not ratified) correspondingly recognizes the importance of breastfeeding as an essential component of children's rights to optimal health and development.

Its vision is as follows: In order to achieve optimal health, enhance child development, promote knowledgeable and effective parenting, support women in breastfeeding, and make optimal use of resources, we envision breastfeeding as the norm for infant and child feeding throughout the nation.

Enthusiastic support and involvement of pediatricians in the promotion and practice of breastfeeding is essential to the achievement of optimal infant and child health, growth, and development.

Not being breastfed can disrupt optimal growth and development, especially in the first two years, when the key components of the immune system are forming to protect the child for life from chronic illnesses such as diabetes, cancer, and autoimmune diseases.

* The World Health Organization's infant - feeding recommendation published in the Global Strategy on Infant and Young Child Feeding states: As a global public health recommendation, infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life to achieve optimal growth, development and health.

Be mindful about the foods you eat in front of your child, and making sure they get the nutrition and calorie amounts for their optimal growth and development.

«WABA believes that programmes related to food and nutrition, health care and development and, especially programmes on infant and young child feeding, should be free from commercial influence and conflicts of interest» advocates Dato Anwar Fazal, WABA Executive Director; «this is especially since optimal breastfeeding, including early, exclusive breastfeeding for six months, and continued adequate breastfeeding for up to two years or longer constitute the primary intervention to prevent child mortality worldwide.»

Such services can take many different forms depending on the strengths and needs of the family, but their overarching goal is to help parents enhance skills and resolve problems to promote optimal child development.

Randomized studies showed that preterm children require a dietary supply of DHA in the first few weeks of life for optimal visual development, but it is unclear whether full - term children experience similar benefits from breast milk or DHA supplements.

The results don't pinpoint the optimal number of toys for optimal child development, Metz says.

This represents real progress for many children, some of whom were hearing fewer than 6,000 words a day, well below the 19,000 to 21,000 words that researchers have said are optimal for brain development, she noted.

These optimal outcomes include increased IQ, increased adaptive and social behaviors as well as promoting the normal development of the brain and behavior that optimizes a child's potential to participate meaningfully in the community into their adult years.

There is no clear answer about the optimal amount and type of fish intake during pregnancy with regard to child growth and development.

It imparts superior flavor to food and helps normalize all functions in the body that require salt to take place such as protein and carbohydrate digestion, brain development in children, and optimal functioning of the adrenal glands.

Avoiding of extremes particularly when it comes to the diet of growing children, is the best and most wise approach when their optimal development is the goal.

Dr. Price's close study of these African groups convinced him that the best Traditional Diet — one that encourages optimal physical development in children — consisted of a balance of properly prepared whole grains along with animal foods (especially fish), and not tending toward extremes in either direction.

SIBO impairs the intestinal absorption of fats, proteins, carbohydrates, and fat - soluble vitamins, thus depriving a child of these nutrients at a time during which optimal nutrition is crucial for promoting growth and development.

Eating a nourishing, traditional diet while pregnant and breastfeeding and ensuring that growing children receive regular and sufficient quantities of optimal growth encouraging foods such as cream, butter, ghee, egg yolks, fish eggs, grassfed and organ meats for development of a sturdy intestinal system is the best insurance policy against ever needing any sort of special diet to combat allergy or other autoimmune issues.

Kids yoga focuses on improving concentration, supporting body and brain development, promoting imagination, and reaching optimal health for children of all ages and abilities.

«In the past 20 years, scientists have made leaps and bounds in understanding how children learn — and what kids need for optimal growth and development in the 21st century,» explains founding member Kathryn Hirsh - Pasek, who is also the director of the Infant Language Laboratory at Temple University, coauthor of the award - winning book Einstein Never Used Flash Cards and codirector of the Ultimate Block Party.

Their findings show that children need at least two hours of natural light each day for optimal eye development.

According to the Council for Exceptional Children, the goal of special education is «the optimal development of the student as a skillful, free, and purposeful person, able to plan and manage his or her own life and to reach his or her highest potential as an individual and as a member of society.»

What Works for Third Grade Reading is a collection of 12 working papers that addresses whole - child, birth - to - age - eight factors that support children's optimal development and offers research - based policy, practice and program options to states and communities working to improve third grade reading proficiency.

Maintain a well - organized, safe and attractive classroom environment conducive to the optimal growth and development of children.

Based out of the Forum's Palm Beach office, the Program Assessment Center uses the Environment Rating Scales (ERS) and the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) to provide program assessment services designed to increase the environmental quality of programs for young children and ensure that appropriate services are available to promote their optimal development and prepare them for school success.

Current research interests include the role of companion animals in healthy aging and exploring how pets can contribute to optimal development in children and adolescents.

Excelling as a Research Assistant for the Psychology Department at the University of Michigan, administering evaluative tests with children aged 2 - 6 to assess the development of theory of mind; scheduling tests, recording and coding study data, and organizing assessment tools and materials for optimal efficiency.

Dona Matthews, PhD, and Joanne Foster, EdD, authors of the award - winning Being Smart about Gifted Education, and several other titles, are experts on children's optimal development and education.

«Reading regularly with young children stimulates optimal patterns of brain development and strengthens parent — child relationships at a critical time in child development, which, in turn, builds language, literacy, and social - emotional skills that last a lifetime.»

Get the social conditions right, ensure optimal early child development, and then, of course, people can be expected to take responsibility for their own health.»

«Scientific literature on the damaging effects of poverty on child brain development and the efficacy of early parenting interventions to support more optimal adaptive outcomes represent a rare roadmap to preserving and supporting our society's most important legacy, the developing brain,» said Dr. Joan Luby in JAMA Network.