Primary schools were much more successful than secondary, Sir Michael said, despite facing similar
problems of social disadvantage.
Not exact matches
Mr Cameron has also announced that former party leader Iain Duncan Smith would be in charge
of a new
social justice policy group aimed at tackling
problems in deprived and
disadvantaged areas.
«If we are going to deal the
problem of poor performance and achievement in these
disadvantage communities we have to have broader
social reform.»
Hawkins has also said that many
of the
problems with schools in
disadvantaged communities are attributable to the broader
social problems of poverty and segregation.
By creating a virtual
problem landscape, IU cognitive scientists explored the dynamics, advantages and
disadvantages of «
social learning» — the act
of learning about the world by observing or imitating others.
Dr. Zota's work focuses on using innovative, multi-disciplinary methods to: 1) identify sources and consequences
of human exposure to environmental contaminants; 2) illustrate how environmental hazards may interact with
social disadvantage and psychosocial stressors to exacerbate health disparities; and 3) evaluate the impact
of NGO and regulatory action on emerging environmental health
problems.
«Obviously, a child considered poor in the United States may be regarded as relatively wealthy in another country,» he wrote, «but the fact that the perceived
problem of socio - economic
disadvantage among students is so much greater in the United States — and in France too — than the actual backgrounds
of students also suggests that what school principals in some countries consider to be
social disadvantage would not be considered such in others.»
With a great deal
of passion for addressing the
problems facing
disadvantaged and underserved communities, she started her career as a middle school teacher, having taught English Language Arts and
Social Studies.
In addition to these universal
social media
problems, writers
of quiet - but - profound books encounter further
disadvantages.
When it came to explaining why there was a
social mobility
problem in the legal profession, respondents who think something is preventing candidates from
disadvantaged backgrounds from getting law training contracts revealed that a large barrier is their presentation at interview — respondents allocated almost a quarter (23 %)
of their votes to this.
Social and economic
disadvantage further reduces the capacity to adapt to rapid environmental change, and so this
problem is compounded on many
of the Islands which lack adequate infrastructure, health services and employment opportunities.
In 2010, more than 1 in 5 children were reported to be living in poverty.6, 10 Economic
disadvantage is among the most potent risks for behavioral and emotional
problems due to increased exposure to environmental, familial, and psychosocial risks.11 — 13 In families in which parents are in military service, parental deployment and return has been determined to be a risk factor for behavioral and emotional
problems in children.14 Data from the 2003 National Survey
of Children's Health demonstrated a strong linear relationship between increasing number
of psychosocial risks and many poor health outcomes, including
social - emotional health.15 The Adverse Childhood Experience Study surveyed 17000 adults about early traumatic and stressful experiences.
Roger, unless we tackle the causes
of [and NOT merely rationalisations for] education and other
social problems, we'll continue following flawed Faux Progressive directions which have increased
disadvantage.
We looked at five indicators
of child
disadvantage, including being overweight, concerns over language development, and
social, emotional and behavioural
problems - and explored whether persistently poor children were at greater risk.
We looked at five indicators
of child
disadvantage, measured at sweep 4
of GUS, including being overweight, concerns over language development, and
social, emotional and behavioural
problems - and explored whether persistently poor children were at greater risk
of these.
Parents living in
disadvantaged communities with high levels
of chronic unemployment, poverty,
social exclusion, criminality, violence and substance abuse
problems as well as parents
of children with behavior
problems; parents
of children who are performing poorly in school; parents in families with substance abuse issues; parents in families with a history
of violence, abuse, or neglect; parents with difficulty managing their child's behavior, and lastly, parents who are at high risk
of abuse and neglect
She is the principal investigator on three randomized efficacy trials
of the KITS Program including maltreated children in foster care, children with developmental disabilities and co-occurring behavioral or
social problems, and children from socioeconomically
disadvantaged backgrounds.
In this time
of shrinking federal resource allocation for
disadvantaged families and public policy that champions faith - based initiatives and volunteerism to address
social problems, policy makers might use our findings and conclude that volunteer - based programs may be complementary to but not a substitute for other forms
of early intervention and support services for socially and economically
disadvantaged childbearing teenagers.
Postnatal depression, particularly in
disadvantaged communities, has been shown to be associated with impairments in the child's growth, 36 and his / her
social, emotional, and cognitive development.37 By school age, children
of women who suffer postnatal depression are at risk for showing externalising and internalising behavioural
problems, and they have lower
social skills and academic achievement.38 A key way in which maternal depression affects children's development is by disrupting the mother - infant relationship as well as routine parenting functions, 37 and two studies have shown that HIV infection is associated with similar disturbances in mother - child interactions.13, 39 Currently, no studies in the HIV literature have examined maternal psychosocial functioning in relation to mother - child interactions or child development.