Sentences with phrase «promoting national child»

Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina Social Media Toolkit Offers downloadable images and resources to promote National Child Abuse Prevention Month.

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Pinwheels for Prevention Social Media Tips (PDF - 419 KB) Prevent Child Abuse Virginia (2014) Provides recommendations on how to effectively use social media to promote National Child Abuse Prevention Month.

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It also specifically recommended the instigation of a UK - wide «fathers and children» reading campaign to be designed, funded, and promoted, by national government, and implemented by local government.

«We know that the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration and the American Academy of Pediatrics promote keeping children harnessed for as long as possible,» said Sebastiaan Selders, product manager at Britax.

The action guide includes best practices for promoting healthy eating and physical activity for children from infancy through school age, based on current science, public health research, and national recommendations and standards.

Student - to - Nurse Ratio: The HHS School & Child Health Nursing Coordinator promotes the ratio of 750:1 based on the National Association of School Nurses.

Circle of Moms: Get advice from thousands of other moms in an online private sharing circle for sharing family updates Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA): The mission of the National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association, together with its state and local members, is to support and promote court - appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so that they can thrive in safe, permanent homes.

Fathers Direct, the national information centre for fatherhood, was founded in 1999 to promote close and positive relationship between fathers and their children.

Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) was founded on 3rd December, 1991 atWardha, Maharashtra.BPNI is a registered, independent, nonprofit, national organization; working towards protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding and appropriate complementary feeding of infants & young children.BPNI acts on the targets of Innocenti Declarations, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, and the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding (WHO 2002).

As part of our mission to promote safety, Five Acres has launched its, «Raising Happiness» advocacy campaign, tied to National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April.

April 30th is National Spank Out Day, which was established to promote non-violent discipline of children.

The National Adoption Center (NAC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the adoption of the approximately 123,000 foster children who are waiting for adoptive families in the United States.

The CDC Breastfeeding Report Card provides national - and state - level data to help public health practitioners, health professionals, community members, child care providers, and family members work together to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding.

• Fathers Direct is the national information centre on fatherhood, an independent charity founded in 1999 to promote close and positive relationships between men and their children.

National Association for the Education of Young Children - Promoting excellence in early childhood education.

That's why the National Alliance for Youth Sports continues to develop training programs to educate everyone involved in youth sports on the role they play to the children and promote sportsmanship.

For 55 years, schools have celebrated National School Lunch Week (NSLW) by offering exciting menu ideas to promote the National School Lunch Program, the largest federal child nutrition program in the US.

But despite the vital role that the IRR would play in promoting the health of Filipino children, major American formula companies, fearing the loss of another national market, have acted quickly to block the IRR.

WHO recommends that national authorities in each country decide which infant feeding practice should be promoted by their maternal and child health services to best avoid HIV transmission from mother to child.

The guidelines contain an overview of international policy, goals and guidelines; background on HIV and infant feeding; current recommendations for HIV - positive women and considerations relating to different feeding options; an overview of the process of developing or revising a national policy on infant and young child feeding incorporating HIV concerns; considerations for countries considering the provision of free or low - cost infant formula; suggestions for protecting, promoting and supporting appropriate infant feeding in the general population; key issues in supporting HIV - positive women in their infant feeding decisions; and considerations on monitoring and evaluation.

She strongly recommended the following during the third Senate hearing: provide mothers with longer paid maternity leave; establish crèches at workplaces; revive the national movement to promote breastfeeding with budget appropriations, conduct trainings of health workers to be able to support mothers to breastfeed beyond two years, implement strictly the national code, support researches on breastfeeding; and establish a child - to - child program to educate them at a young age on the advantages of breastfeeding.

Strategies for Fostering Safety and Promoting Wellbeing for Families Experiencing Domestic Violence in Child Welfare Settings Host / Sponsor: FRIENDS: National Resource Center for Community - Based Child Abuse Prevention

It's much more accurate to look at corporal punishment as a safety issue, says Deborah Sendek, director for the Center for Effective Discipline, a program of Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center, which works to promote the effective discipline of children and to end all corporal punishment of children.

It said that, in the light of poor nutritional quality of some food and beverages marketed to infants and young children, the WHO guidance also indicates that foods for infants and young children should be promoted only if they meet standards for composition, safety, quality, and nutrient levels and are in line with national dietary guidelines.

It is a national network of organisations and individuals dedicated to promote mother and child health through protection, promotion, and support of breastfeeding.

The ways pediatricians can protect, promote, and support breastfeeding in their individual practices, hospitals, medical schools, and communities are delineated, and the central role of the pediatrician in coordinating breastfeeding management and providing a medical home for the child is emphasized.3 These recommendations are consistent with the goals and objectives of Healthy People 2010,4 the Department of Health and Human Services» HHS Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding, 5 and the United States Breastfeeding Committee's Breastfeeding in the United States: A National Agenda.6

Today, as we celebrate SpankOut Day April 30th — an annual observance founded by the Center for Effective Discipline (now part of the Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center) to bring attention to the need to stop physical punishment of children and promote nonviolent discipline — I want to encourage everyone to take this movement a step further than ending spanking as a discipline method.

(1) to protect and promote breastfeeding, as an essential component of their overall food and nutrition policies and programmes on behalf of women and children, so as to enable all infants to be exclusively breastfed during the first four to six months of life; (2) to promote breastfeeding, with due attention to the nutritional and emotional needs of mothers; (3) to continue monitoring breastfeeding patterns, including traditional attitudes and practices in this regard; (4) to enforce existing, or adopt new, maternity protection legislation or other suitable measures that will promote and facilitate breastfeeding among working women; (5) to draw the attention of all who are concerned with planning and providing maternity services to the universal principles affirmed in the joint WHO / UNICEF statement (note 2) on breastfeeding and maternity services that was issued in 1989; (6) to ensure that the principles and aim of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the recommendations contained in resolution WHA39.28 are given full expression in national health and nutritional policy and action, in cooperation with professional associations, womens organizations, consumer and other nongovermental groups, and the food industry; (7) to ensure that families make the most appropriate choice with regard to infant feeding, and that the health system provides the necessary support;

The AU Committee of Experts seeks to promote and protect the rights enshrined in the Charter particularly; collect and document information, commission inter disciplinary assessment of situations on African problems in the fields of the rights and welfare of the child, organize meetings, encourage national and local institutions concerned with the rights and welfare of the child and where necessary, give its views and make recommendations to Government.

San Francisco & across the US About Blog For Our Babies is a national movement promoting healthy development in U.S. children from conception through age 3.

The nonpartisan coalition, based in Washington, includes a wide range of national, state, and community - based nonprofit organizations promoting children's health, education, and well - being.

Commenting on the implications of the 2014 research, National Literacy Trust UK Director, Jonathan Douglas, says it highlights the fact that more needs to be done to promote writing among children and young people, particularly boys.

With Stephanie Jones, he directs the Making Caring Common Project, a national effort to make moral and social development priorities in child - raising and to provide strategies to schools and parents for promoting in children caring, a commitment to justice and other key moral and social capacities.

The National Scientific Council on the Developing Child housed at the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University is a multidisciplinary, multi-university collaboration committed to closing the gap between what we know and what we do to promote successful learning, adaptive behavior, and sound physical and mental health for all young children.

The National Library Power Program promotes the creation of new public elementary school and middle school library programs that improve the quality of services for children.

He has founded a national advocacy organization, English for the Children, which promotes English immersion programs as opposed to bilingual education.

The National Center for Blind Youth in Science, an initiative of the National Federation of the Blind's Jernigan Institute, promotes full access for blind and visually impaired children to hands - on experience in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

Jill Vialet: Playworks is a national nonprofit which uses recess to promote physical activity and transform children's social - emotional health.

A strong body of research shows that «non-cognitive» skills are important to children's success in school and in life, but current national discussion of the domain is beset by dilemmas about how best to measure and promote skills in this area.

Advocacy Institute American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Civil Liberties Union American Federation of Teachers Autism National Committee (AutCom) Center for American Progress Action Fund Center for Law and Education Children's Defense Fund Collaboration to Promote Self - Determination (CPSD) Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc. (COPPA) Democrats for Education Reform Easter Seals The Education Trust Educators for Excellence Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) The Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) Mental Health America NAACP NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc..

Elaine Weiss is the National Coordinator for the Broader Bolder Approach to Education, where she works with four co-chairs, a high - level Advisory Board, and multiple coalition partners to promote a comprehensive, evidence - based set of policies to allow all children to thrive in school and life.

To help children distinguish between real and imaginary violence, the National PTA has for years promoted a school - based workshop called «Taking Charge of Your TV.»

In the group's own words: «The American Federation for Children is the leading national advocacy organization promoting school choice, with a specific focus on advocating for school vouchers, scholarship tax credit programs and Education Savings Accounts.»

Teaching and Learning Project (BUILD CEELO) brings together selected state leaders and national experts to strengthen policy that promotes effective early childhood teaching and learning for each and every child from birth through third grade.

The National Scientific Council on the Developing Child is a multidisciplinary, multi-university collaboration committed to closing the gap between what we know and what we do to promote successful learning, adaptive behavior, and sound physical and mental health for all young children.

Goal 3: Influence Prevention Policy; SPR will influence policy through promoting and supporting research on the use of prevention science in public policy and service systems at the national and local levels (e.g., through health, education, child welfare, justice, drug and alcohol, mental health, welfare).

By working with parents to examine their privilege and understand that their impact matters more than their intentions, Integrated Schools prepares parents to support meaningfully integrated classrooms that reflect the diversity of their district as well as school communities that respect ALL families and are galvanized around supporting ALL children Through national organizing to promote local action, we support, educate, develop and mobilize families to «live their values,» disrupt segregation, and leverage their choices for the well - being and futures for their own children, for all children, and for our democracy.

Critics charge that school - to - work programs displace basic skills and academic instruction, are impractical and wasteful, invade family privacy, narrow student options, promote societal change (by reducing ability grouping, integrating reshaping traditional gender roles, etc.), and allow the national government to shape school curricula and children's futures.

Promoting young children's readiness to learn is a national priority.