[book] Werner, E. E / 1992 / Overcoming odds: High
risk children from birth to adulthood / Cornell University Press
[book] Werner, E.E / 1992 / Overcoming the odds: High
risk children from birth to adulthood / Cornell University Press
A comprehensive, long - term prevention program that aims to prevent chronic and severe conduct problems in high -
risk children from 1st through 10th grades.
Every child needs effective early childhood supports — and at -
risk children from disadvantaged environments are least likely to get them.
High quality early education scholarships for at - risk children: Elevate Maine will provide early education scholarships to at -
risk children from low - income families so they can attend high quality early care and education programs.
The goal is to ensure that the interests of at -
risk children from birth to age five are included in policy and funding decisions across the country and build additional public / private sector investment in the field of early childhood.
Overcoming the odds: High -
risk children from birth to adulthood.
Overcoming the Odds: High -
Risk Children from Birth to Adulthood.
Since 2000, this program of Jewish Family and Children's Services and Parents Place has placed trained mental health consultants at childcare centers serving low - income families with at -
risk children from birth to age five.
Attorneys working in a nonprofit child or family service agency with high
risk children from low income families may qualify to have some of their Perkins Loans (not Direct Loans) forgiven under 34 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) Section 674.51.
The Washington public school system needs more innovation, especially to meet the needs of low - income, high -
risk children from communities of color struggling in traditional public schools.
This organization targets at
risk children from the time they are in grade school and provides intensive mentoring to break the cycle of poverty and abuse.
Counselors also need to be ready to confer with experts, to work with professionals from other disciplines, to apply strategically and appropriately evidence - based practices, and then to do what can be done to free the alienated and at -
risk child from the short - and long - term damaging effects of the loyalty conflicts of PAS and parental alienation.
Not exact matches
Some think the chance of sitting near a noisy
child is part of the
risk one bears when buying an airline ticket, but others think airlines need to take action and separate
children from adults by creating
child - only or
child - free seating sections.
You'd never want your
child to believe it because it would
risk your
child limiting him - or herself
from being fit and intelligent.
Few are more at
risk in that catastrophe than the
children of eastern Aleppo; prevented
from going to school or even hospital, as both are deemed too unsafe, they live under constant fear of attack.
onion,» you run the
risk of encountering nastiness,
from child pornography to message boards run by a full range of religious extremists.
Children with special needs have a higher
risk of suffering
from some type of sensory processing disorder.
If your money doesn't grow, you may face the
risk of not achieving your long - term goals — like sending a
child to college or retiring
from your job.
Another example would be a young widow with small
children receiving a lump - sum settlement
from her husband's life insurance policy and can not
risk losing the principal; although growth would be nice, the need for cash in hand for living expenses is of primary importance.
@Liz — It seems like the argument you are making is valid but only
from the perspective of either creating a high
risk of complication / retardation which science has proven when
children are born to closely related people, and the «Ick» factor of not wanting to imagine two siblings getting it on.
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Children should be learning about money management and debt
from their school or family, not
from irresponsible payday loan ads which make these high cost high
risk loans seem like a normal way of managing money.
Each scarf
from House of Light Goods is handmade by single Moms and friends of Casa de Luz, with all of the profits going towards supporting single moms and
children at
risk.
If you're going to deliberately hobble your
child's intellectual development, you might as well cover the full spectrum of knowledge as well as eliminate the
risk that some educator (read: tool of Satan) might come along later in their life and present them with the knowledge hidden
from them earlier.
We who sacrifice fabulous resources to fatten the most inhuman form of violence so that it will continue to protect us, and who pass our time in transmitting futile messages
from a planet that is
risking destruction to planets that are already dead» how can we have the extraordinary hypo crisy to pretend that we do not understand all those people who did such things long before us: those, for example, who made it their practice to throw a single
child, or two at the most, into the furnace of a certain Moloch in order to ensure the safety of the others?
If the divine mystery is present in a special way among the poorest and most misused of his or her
children, as the biblical images and stories —
from the slaves in Egypt to the official lynching of Jesus — constantly remind us, then allegedly religious people who insulate themselves
from the city are putting themselves at considerable
risk.
The great interest of the study arises
from the fact that, as the years went by, the researchers noticed that many of the
children they had identified as «at high
risk» (i.e.,
children subject to four or more serious disadvantages) were able to lead satisfying and socially productive lives as adults.
«Amazingly,
children - at -
risk from different parts of the world [who have] similar problems have more in common with each other than with other types of
children within the same culture.
Secular organizations do have much to learn
from men like Rivers and Madison about how personal, intense interaction based on core beliefs changes lives, especially the lives of at -
risk children.
In fact, most (63 %) said it was «diverting the church
from more important things,» and, in a list of church priorities, ranked sexuality issues lower than creating disciples of Christ, spiritual growth, youth involvement, members» spiritual growth, decline in membership, poverty,
children at
risk, and social injustice.
Message
from The Hearty Soul: Processed meats like hot dogs pose an unnecessary health
risk to
children, but they are dangerous for adults too!
«Young
children are especially at
risk from contact with nitrites.»
The Australian Beverages Council, representing the local energy drinks industry, has responded to research published in the journal Academic Pediatrics
from the Yale School of Public Health which links the consumption of energy drinks to a more likely
risk of hyperactivity and inattention symptoms in middle - school
children.
Young
children with vitamin A deficiency also have impaired immune systems, a condition which increases the
risk of death
from certain common childhood infections and claims the lives of 670,000
children each year who live in less developed countries.
VAD can damage the immune system and decrease the body's ability to resist or fight infections, therefore increasing the
risk of mortality
from common diseases especially among young
children.
Previous research shows that due to their weight and growing patterns
children have a much higher
risk than adults do
from industrial chemicals and heavy metals, and that chemicals can have lasting effects on
children's brain development and learning.
Vitamin A deficiency impairs the immune system, which increases the
risk of death
from certain common infections among young
children.
Cape Classics, which launched the Indaba Education Fund (IEF), is receiving enthusiastic financial support
from its business partners and benefactors in America, to provide early childhood teacher training, learning materials and educational infrastructure to uplift young, at -
risk children living in the South African Winelands.
JIM MORA COUNT ON ME FAMILY FOUNDATION: The Foundation, created in 2005, is a not - for - profit 501 (c)(3) organization which supports
children in need, primarily in three target areas:
children from low socioeconomic backgrounds, mentally and physically - challenged
children, and
children at -
risk.
As someone who has been educating sports parents about head trauma in sports for the past seventeen years, and about the very real
risk posed by chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) for the last decade, it is not surprising that I receive emails
from parents all the time expressing deep concern about stories in the media that have led them - wrongly - to fear that playing contact or collision sports, or suffering a sports - related concussion, especially one slow to heal, makes it inevitable that their
child will develop CTE and is at greatly increased
risk of committing suicide.
(vi) engage particularly with groups of fathers who previously have been excluded
from services and whose
children are at
risk of poor outcomes — including young fathers and black and minority ethnic fathers;
More importantly, these programs run the
risk of dissuading
children from participating in sports and getting needed exercise.
This is something policy - makers do well to take note of: «
child — father relationships are particularly important for
children from «high
risk» families» says Professor Judy Dunn of the Institute of Psychiatry in London.
I'm interested in hearing
from them and
from all of you on the ways that we, as a society, can manage the very real
risk of exposure to allergens for allergic
children while also trying to prevent developing allergies in the population as a whole.
Any increased
risk to
children from either system is a
child's rights issue — these factors are covered above.
While I do not have time to get into it in the talk, I am tremendously committed to supporting at -
risk families around the world, and to preventing
children from being orphaned by poverty.
• Where there are concerns for a
child's welfare or safety, of whatever sort, the fact of his not having PR could discourage him
from feeling responsible and empowered — and could make it less likely that agencies engage with him effectively as
risk and / or resource.
Find out whether there's a
risk that you or your
child will catch a disease
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Food poisoning may not pose a direct
risk to your baby since you'll be the one suffering
from it, but it will still impact your ability to nurse your
child properly while you're sick.
If possible, keep your high -
risk child home
from daycare during RSV season (usually November to April, with a peak in January and February).