Sentences with phrase «other academic risk»

Importantly, however, beyond the effects of ADHD, we found two other academic risk factors predicted students» academic problems: lower prior achievement and specific learning disability in mathematics, reading, and / or writing.

Not exact matches

Do the same thing with the Fed Model, or most other «equity risk premium» estimates proposed by Wall Street analysts or academics, and you'll either cry, or laugh, or cry laughing, but you'll undoubtedly be distressed that anyone would recommend those models as a basis for long - term investment.

Other factors that have led to a decrease in free play time include an emphasis on academic preparation, electronic media replacing playtime, less time spent playing outdoors, perceived risk of play environments, and limited access to outdoor play spaces.

The study investigated the associations of body fat percentage and other cardiometabolic risk factors with academic achievement among 175 Finnish 6 -8-year-old children.

► In this week's issue of STM, Arthur Levine, senior vice chancellor for the health sciences and dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pennsylvania, and 18 other U.S. academic medical center leaders wrote that «[u] nstable funding for biomedical research has created a hostile working environment that erodes the time available for investigators to conduct their research, discourages innovative high - risk science, threatens to drive established investigators out of U.S. academic biomedical research, and creates uncertainty for trainees and early - career investigators.

The latest products may bring joy to people around the globe, but academic researchers this week are highlighting the heightened health risks experienced by people in regions far downwind of the factories that produce these goods and on the other side of the world from where they're consumed.

They would also like to study whether policies regarding lunch and recess affect risk for obesity, success in academics and other markers of cognitive development in children.

Like other big pharma companies, Pfizer is partnering with academic institutions to share the risk of drug development and take advantage of academic scientists» broad base of knowledge, says Boston - based Anthony Coyle, vice president of the Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI) at Pfizer.

Although children with these conditions are at higher risk for reduced school performance and academic attainment, there are other problems that they can encounter as a result.

Study is part of broad effort to make genetic risk factors discovered in one part of the world relevant to people of other continental ancestries Reykjavik, ICELAND, 7 October 2010 — In a study published today, scientists at deCODE genetics and academic colleagues in...

Increased understanding of the developing brain and how deviations from normal development can increase the risk of neurological and psychiatric diseases has created a rich landscape of opportunity for collaborations between leading academic medical centers and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies dedicated to identifying new drugs and other interventions to help children.

Here at Penn Medicine and other academic medical centers, robotic surgery is already used in performing low - risk outpatient surgeries — but how did we get here, and what technology is ahead for care providers?

Our NMR - based metabolomics platform has been used by academic researchers to improve risk prediction and for biomarker discovery of cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes and other disease targets.

The poll was conducted by the University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, and is sponsored by AARP and Michigan Medicine, U-M's academic medical center.Those who turn to medications may not realize that prescription, over-the-counter and even «natural» sleep aids carry health risks, especially for older adults, either alone or in combination with other substances.

Churches, mosques, temples, and other religious centers often take the lead in giving at - risk kids academic assistance, mentorship, and lessons in resilience and self - control.

Among other things, Warden is the founder of two nature kindergartens in Scotland, an adviser to the Scottish Government on risk in learning, an author, academic and international education consultant.

The NYS Charter Schools Act of 1998 was created for the following purposes: • Improve student learning and achievement; • Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are at - risk of academic failure; • Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods; • Create new professional opportunities for teachers, school administrators and other school personnel; • Provide parents and students with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system; and • Provide schools with a method to change from rule - based to performance - based accountability systems by holding the schools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement results.

Conferencing with teachers, school leaders, other instructional personnel, and external educational agencies to aid in the development of robust, appropriate, educational programming and supports to students who are at risk of failure, not meeting school academic goals, and / or currently being supported by a formal IEP

Conferring with teachers, school leaders, and other instructional personnel, external educational agencies, to aid in the development of robust, appropriate, educational programming and supports to students who are at - risk of failure, not meeting school academic goals, and / or currently being supported by a formal IEP.

Missing just two days a month places students at significant increased risk of academic failure, social and behavioral difficulties in school, dropping out, and a host of other negative school and life effects.

The report found that twice as many foster youth performed «below basic» and «far below basic» on state academic achievement tests than students statewide, were much more likely to drop out than any other at - risk student group, and only 58 percent of foster youth 12th graders graduated as compared to 84 percent of all 12th graders in California.

At trial, the CCJEF plaintiffs put forth overwhelming evidence of severe resource deficiencies of inputs such as: academic and social intervention for at - risk students and students with special needs; guidance counselors, social workers, nurses, services for English Language Learners, music art and other subjects; and reasonable class size.

Prior to his retirement he managed $ 1.5 billion dollars of design and construction and over 2.5 million square feet of new and renovated academic / support facilities utilizing Design - Build, CM at Risk and other innovative construction methodologies.

For a district qualifying under this paragraph whose charter school tuition payments exceed 9 per cent of the school district's net school spending, the board shall only approve an application for the establishment of a commonwealth charter school if an applicant, or a provider with which an applicant proposes to contract, has a record of operating at least 1 school or similar program that demonstrates academic success and organizational viability and serves student populations similar to those the proposed school seeks to serve, from the following categories of students, those: (i) eligible for free lunch; (ii) eligible for reduced price lunch; (iii) that require special education; (iv) limited English - proficient of similar language proficiency level as measured by the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment examination; (v) sub-proficient, which shall mean students who have scored in the «needs improvement», «warning» or «failing» categories on the mathematics or English language arts exams of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for 2 of the past 3 years or as defined by the department using a similar measurement; (vi) who are designated as at risk of dropping out of school based on predictors determined by the department; (vii) who have dropped out of school; or (viii) other at - risk students who should be targeted to eliminate achievement gaps among different groups of students.

This unsupervised time puts children at risk for negative outcomes such as academic and behavioral problems, drug use and other types of risky behavior, yet schools with a need to slash costs in an era of constrained budgets often choose to scrap their afterschool programming.

Finally, these students with interpersonal intelligence will naturally support and encourage others to take academic risks when given the chance.

Students who are trained to become risk managers generally hold an academic degree in Finance, Economics, Business Management, Statistics, Computer Science, Risk Management or other related fields of strisk managers generally hold an academic degree in Finance, Economics, Business Management, Statistics, Computer Science, Risk Management or other related fields of stRisk Management or other related fields of study.

Some academics warn about the risk of such a portfolio: their data show that it is unwise to restrict your investments to a small number of stocks that start with only one letter, while ignoring the other 96 % of the alphabet.

For years, investors have thought — backed up by academic studies — that small caps were worth the extra risk because their shares outperform other firms.

If your pet has a serious behavior problem that puts him, people or other animals at risk, or if he's developed a problem that causes him significant stress, seek an expert with both academic training (either a master's or doctoral degree) and practical experience.

First that you have misjudged the chronology on how the IPCC formed, second, echoed by many, that it was too broad brushed (von Storch and Kloor), it doesn't take into account how the IPCC bureaucracy has turned over several times over the years (Eli Rabbet), you've never provided proof as to how the IPCC's control extends out into the academic realm, and it completely overlooks all the other possibilities, ie, the strength of the science is robust and the risk dire enough to receive to the amount of funding, attention, etc. and any other option at the time would have been outrageous, especially considering that what has been predicted is currently happening.

The Wagner & Weitzman book is a popularization of the arguments that Weitzman has forwarded in the academic literature about catastrophic risks and other matters.

The APG works closely with EOS scientists, other leading academics, and geo - risk experts, customising projects for organisations to assess and mitigate risks around climate change, sea - level rise, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, and floods.

Others viewed it as a nuisance that detracted from more important and serious pursuits.Fortunately, several brave pioneers — including several Burton Award winners — were willing to risk their academic careers to improve both legal writing instruction and the job conditions for those who teach it.

Poverty, living in homes and / or communities in which violence, drugs, and other negative risk factors are present, abuse, violent or delinquent behavior, low self - efficacy, academic failure, truancy / suspension from school, avoidance of reading or other «academic» endeavors, depression, short attention span, withdrawal, lack of appropriate social skills, anger, substance use, aggression, sexual activity / teen pregnancy, and grief

Critically ill children hospitalized in intensive care units (ICUs) are especially vulnerable to a multitude of short - and long - term, negative emotional, behavioral, and academic outcomes, including a higher risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a greater need for psychiatric treatment, compared with matched hospitalized children who do not require intensive care.3 In addition, the parents of these children are at risk for the development of PTSD, as well as other negative emotional outcomes (eg, depression and anxiety disorders).4 — 6

While some students are fluent in social skills and therefore able to interact appropriately with peers and teachers, others might not have learned to perform socially appropriate behaviors and, therefore, are at risk of low academic achievement and developing antisocial lifestyles (Walker et al., 1996).

Poor impulsivity and other factors such as female gender, low self - esteem, poor academic performance, depression and tobacco / alcohol use were significant risk factors in the final model of adolescent DSH.

Membership in a single - parent family or stepfamily is associated with increased levels of significant behavioral, emotional, and academic problems in children.1, 2 The mechanisms underlying this connection are likely to involve, among other factors, financial adversity, increased stress directly related to family transitions, and increased exposure to additional psychosocial risks.3, 4 Compared with the extensive research base connecting family type (ie, membership in a 2 - parent biological family, stepfamily, or single - parent family) and children's psychological adjustment, little is known about the physical health consequences of membership in diverse family types.

From newborns to teenagers, we have classes that help parents and caregivers learn skills that are proven to enhance cognitive, social and emotional development; improve executive function and impulse control, improve school readiness and academic performance while reducing child abuse and neglect, drug and alcohol abuse and a wide range of other risk factors for children.

Although many children of unwed couples flourish, research has shown that, on average, they are at higher risk of living in poverty and of developing social, behavioral, and academic problems than are other children.

In other words, the risk factors of low self - academic concept may be ameliorated by classroom protective factors when children experience peer acceptance.

This allowed us to identify the role of ADHD in academic problems beyond the effects of other risk factors.

Youth who both bully others and are bullied are at greatest risk for subsequent behavioral, mental health, and academic problems.

Thus, beyond the other personal and contextual risk factors experienced by students, ADHD played a significant role in increasing students» academic problems.

After accounting for these other risk factors, ADHD continued to predict four academic problems: schoolwork non-completion, school suspension, school expulsion, and changing schools (with ADHD also having a partial role in grade repetition).

What is less clear is the extent to which these academic problems are due to ADHD itself or due to other risk factors known to be associated with ADHD.

Given the dot - com collapse and the other factors that have been grinding down the economy, the risk of a housing price meltdown is no longer academic.