Sentences with phrase «pilot intervention programs»

Moreover, two pilot intervention programs with domestic violence batterers and poverty - level parents have shown promising empirical results.

Based on the success of Project Bright IDEA 1, a pilot intervention program for closing the achievement gap, Project Bright IDEA 2 was awarded the grant to «upscale» the program to more schools and to research the impact on gifted programs from underserved populations.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

This pilot program will enrolled about 60 mothers; 30 in the intervention and 30 in the control.

The Bronx H.I.R.E. Domestic Violence Survivors Job Readiness and Internship Program, an extension of Bronx H.I.R.E, launched as a pilot program in October with six women selected from the non-profit Violence Intervention Program, Inc. (VIP), in partnership with the Bronx Borough President's Program, an extension of Bronx H.I.R.E, launched as a pilot program in October with six women selected from the non-profit Violence Intervention Program, Inc. (VIP), in partnership with the Bronx Borough President's program in October with six women selected from the non-profit Violence Intervention Program, Inc. (VIP), in partnership with the Bronx Borough President's Program, Inc. (VIP), in partnership with the Bronx Borough President's office.

April 28, 2015 Church - based diabetes education program leads to healthier lifestyles among Latino adults Latino adults with diabetes who participated in a church - based education program reported eating less high - fat food and exercising more after the conclusion of a pilot intervention by researchers from the University of Chicago Department of Medicine.

By supporting lifestyle interventions and incentivizing peer - to - peer medicine, they've not only seen a dramatic reduction in medical visits and pharmaceutical use, but also remissions of so - called chronic conditions throughout their pilot program.

Some important studies include: • Beneficial effects of a high carbohydrate, high fiber diet on hyperglycemic diabetic men (1976) • Response of non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients to an intensive program of diet and exercise (1982) • Diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM: The need for early emphasis (1994) • Toward improved management of NIDDM: A randomized, controlled, pilot intervention using a low fat, vegetarian diet (1999) • The effects of a low - fat, plant - based dietary intervention on body weight, metabolism, and insulin sensitivity (2005) • A low - fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes (2006) • A low - fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74 - wk clinical trial (2009) • Vegetarian diet improves insulin resistance and oxidative stress markers more than conventional diet in subjects with Type 2 diabetes (2011) • Glycemic and cardiovascular parameters improved in type 2 diabetes with the high nutrient density (HND) diet (2012)

1935 Effects of the high carbohydrate - low calorie diet upon carbohydrate tolerance in diabetes mellitus 1955 Low - fat diet and therapeutic doses of insulin in diabetes mellitus 1958 Effect of rice diet on diabetes mellitus associated with vascular disease 1976 Beneficial effects of a high carbohydrate, high fiber diet on hyperglycemic diabetic men 1977 Effect of carbohydrate restriction and high carbohydrates diets on men with chemical diabetes 1979 High - carbohydrate, high - fiber diets for insulin - treated men with diabetes mellitus 1981 High carbohydrate high in fibre diet in diabetes 1982 Response of non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients to an intensive program of diet and exercise 1983 Long - term use of a high - complex - carbohydrate, high - fiber, low - fat diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM patients 1994 Diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM: the need for early emphasis 1999 Toward improved management of NIDDM: A randomized, controlled, pilot intervention using a lowfat, vegetarian diet 2005 The effects of a low - fat, plant - based dietary intervention on body weight, metabolism, and insulin sensitivity 2006 A low - fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes 2006 Effect of short ‐ term Pritikin diet therapy on the metabolic syndrome 2009 A low - fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74 - wk clinical trial

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & UccePilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccepilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

The purpose of this proposed project is to develop and pilot test a gesture training intervention program with low - income parents.

Random sample results of student surveys completed during 12 - month pilot program at a Youth Intervention Center in Denver, CO

MIBLSI works directly with elementary and middle schools for this pilot program to implement positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS).

The Success Highways intervention was developed based on 20 years of research at the University of Wisconsin and a seven - year pilot program in an urban school district.

To address this problem, Grills and Vaughn conducted a pilot study examining the effects of a reading intervention program that featured strategies for reducing anxiety.

When she moved to San Diego, she worked for the Mission Valley YMCA and piloted a group of after - school literacy intervention programs at three public schools in the Linda Vista community, along with the Bayside Community Center.

The House Education Committee on Wednesday passed a bill that would appropriate $ 750,000 to create a three - year pilot program to provide training for teachers and resources to enhance interventions for students in kindergarten through fifth grade at risk for reading difficulties, including dyslexia.

The framework of assessment they have described to us includes important concerns such as opportunity costs, supporting the animal advocacy movement, and alignment with Open Cages» overall strategy.132 Their assessment process also involves asking important questions related to measuring success and failure, such as how they plan to evaluate the program, how long they plan to pilot it, and whether they already have data indicating that they should rethink their strategy.133 Metrics that they use to help evaluate specific programs include the number of restaurants that agree to provide vegan meals in response to their restaurant outreach, as well as the amount and overall sentiment of right - wing press discussion of their legal initiatives.134, 135 These metrics provide useful information, but we think an organization prioritizing among many different interventions could benefit from the use of metrics that are more directly related to their ultimate goals, rough estimates though they may be.

The first Shelter Intervention Program was launched as a pilot program in the South Los Angeles City Shelter in ApriProgram was launched as a pilot program in the South Los Angeles City Shelter in Apriprogram in the South Los Angeles City Shelter in April 2013.

I try to investigate many different art forms such as pilot enterprises, object - making, public interventions, interactive websites, workshops, museum installations, relational objects and educational programs; each of these functions in a different way, and can also be potentially operational in another.

Served on the Wells Fargo counseling / document collection / Early Intervention pilot team and Emergency Homeowner's Loan Program.

Women and Families Center (Meriden, CT) 5/2003 — 7/2004 Sexual Assault Crisis Counselor & Internship • Developed curriculum for autistic pilot program while supervising the implementation of camp activities and overseeing the proper placement of children within program activities • Hired, trained, and monitored support staff to ensure proper adherence to teaching techniques • Managed camp budget, including trip expenditures, to ensure successful cost - benefit relationship • Communicated effectively with parents and other interested parties regarding student behavior / progress Safe Haven of Waterbury (Waterbury, CT) 9/2001 — 7/2004 Family Violence Victim Advocate • Utilized a complex variety of instructional and assessment strategies while effectively implementing behavior - change interventions at both the individual and student level • Developed and integrated media and other technological aides to improve classroom experience • Facilitated and fostered constructive communication with parents and other interested parties • Created an effective and constructive «curriculum writing project»

• Designed and launched a Social Work Pilot Program in Plastic Surgery Clinic to show Social Work intervention can not only enhance patient care but also improves clinic efficiency.

I am current collaborating with Children4Tomorrow in Houston, Texas to establish a pilot program in the Houston family court system using AB - PA as the intervention model for attachment - related pathology in high - conflict divorce.

The AB - PA pilot program proposal for the family courts includes an outcome evaluation research component integrated into the program's structure, and if it is accepted as a pilot program model then it can serve as a high - conflict family intervention model for family courts in other jurisdictions.

If this pilot program proposal is adopted as an intervention model for high - conflict divorce in the family court system, then this approach can also potentially serve as an intervention model internationally for addressing attachment - related pathology in high - conflict divorce.

How best to structure these is an open question; recent findings from Rites of Passage, an early intervention programme for Aboriginal young people which includes resilience - building camps and increasing access to mental health services, suggest that boys may be more difficult than girls to engage in social and emotional well - being programmes (Robinson R, Schuster L, Williamson A. Rites of Passage: evaluation if a pilot study if an early intervention program for Aboriginal young people.

A pilot study and stakeholder input have provided valuable information about culture and context that have subsequently informed the Alert Program intervention as described in this protocol.

With assistance from the Duke Addictions Program and a full - time CFA coach, pilot and intervention team staff members were trained and coached to utilize Motivational Interviewing (MI) to develop partnerships and engage families in the assessment and case planning process.

The initial pilot intervention, titled Dosti Ka Safar (The Journey of Friendship) is built on Lions Quest lessons and programming, and will help foster and cultivate greater gender equity among 2,000 youth in New Delhi and surrounding regions.

The Maambart Maam For Maali Moort (Swan Families) Wellbeing pilot program is a family based support intervention for Aboriginal expectant and new fathers and male carers in Perth, Western Australia.

Community mental health providers in Miami - Dade, Tampa, Gainesville and Jacksonville will partner with home visiting programs over the next year to pilot the evidence - based intervention.

We conducted a pilot randomized trial with 65 families and tested an adapted version of the Strengthening Families Program: For Parent and Youth 10 — 14 that infused mindfulness principles and practices against the original program and a delayed intervention controlProgram: For Parent and Youth 10 — 14 that infused mindfulness principles and practices against the original program and a delayed intervention controlprogram and a delayed intervention control group.

Results of a survey and preliminary pilot data conducted in collaboration with the Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy and with several GED programs across the state suggest that an intervention based on exploring intergenerational attachment patterns and learning to use mindfulness exercises can be useful in helping pregnant and parenting teens modulate their reactions to stress.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The purpose of this pilot study was to review the effects of professional staff training in crisis management (Nonviolent Crisis Intervention ® Training Program) and de-escalation techniques on the use of seclusion timeout and restraint procedures with at - risk students in a K - 12 special day school.

After a pilot phase in seven counties, MDSR became a required component of Ohio's home visiting and early intervention program for expectant, first - time, and other parents at highest risk; MDSR operates in all 88 counties.

This study presents findings from a pilot randomized controlled trial, testing a 12 - week intervention to train parents of youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to advocate for adult disability services — the Volunteer Advocacy Program - Transition (VAP - T).

This program — Egokitzen — has been recently published following years of development, pilot tests and adaptation, and comprises 11 weekly intervention sessions that focus on three major blocks of content: (a) divorce in itself, (b) interparental conflict; and (c) parenting styles and discipline.

The longitudinal quasi-experimental study design was used for the pilot evaluation of the intervention program.

Children of mentally ill parents — a pilot study of a group intervention program.