Sentences with phrase «skill deficits at»

This bundle has a program with a screener to identify ability groups and specific skill deficits at the Year 1 and 2 level.

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There are many reasons for teens to underperform at school, including a lack of motivation to do well, problems at home or with peers, poor work habits or study skills, emotional and behavior problems, learning disabilities (such as dyslexia), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, mental retardation or below average intelligence and other medical problems, including anxiety and depression.

«Program for parents improves ADHD behaviors in young children: A program that focuses on strengthening parenting skills also improves symptoms of Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 3 - 8 year - olds, according to researchers at UNC's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute..»

«We believe that our findings have implications for prediction and diagnosis of later language deficits and for intervention that may improve language skills,» explained lead author Susan Goldin - Meadow, the Beardsley Ruml Distinguished Service Professor in Psychology at the University.

«If it's a skill deficit, a kid doesn't know how to behave,» says Joseph Ryan, a special education researcher at Clemson University who has worked in schools for disabled children.

We can identify patterns of skill deficit and strength, using data to paint a clearer picture of students in particular classes, cohorts, or the school at large.

I come at it from a skills - deficit orientation; if I don't find something, I think of it as goal - directed.

See, a lot of people come at this from «let's assume this behavior is goal - oriented and then if that approach doesn't work, we'll assume it's a skills deficit.»

Disabilities ranged from attention deficit disorder to mild cerebral palsy, and their math skills were generally at the 3rd grade level (according to traditional tests of basic skills and intelligence such as the Woodcock - Johnson test).

For example, Bob Wise, a former governor of West Virginia who is now president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, said at a national leadership summit in February 2012 that online learning is an «imperative for meeting those challenges such as providing sufficient opportunities for students to gain the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in the global economy; dealing with budget deficits that are forcing program cuts; and ensuring students» access to high - quality teachers, curricula, and learning experiences.

In February 1946 he enrolled at Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he compensated his deficit of technical skills with his knowledge in physics and his practical construction experiences gained at Black Mountain College.

It speaks not to goals around education (dealt with in detail through other Calls to Action) but around the knowledge and skills of legal professionals — and represents a response to the many submissions to the TRC highlighting deficits in lawyers both representing governments and Indigenous communities and individuals at various points in the Residential Schools saga.

She highlighted deficits in Dr. P's interactive skills with patients that give rise to the same risk factors of misunderstanding by patients outlined by the experts who testified at the liability hearing.

I particularly appreciate bringing restoration to relationships and love to work with men who at times have greater skill deficits.»

As an adjunct - instructor at Georgia State University, I see first - hand the stressors and skill deficits that put many students at risk of falling short of their potential.

For example, there is at least some evidence to suggest that certain forms of anxiety (i.e., social anxiety) might be more strongly associated with social skills deficits than others (i.e., generalized anxiety).36, 37 As well, there has been little research explicitly exploring the role peers might play in early intervention programs designed to assist young anxious and depressive children.

As a result, they tend to spend more time onlooking (watching other children without joining) and hovering on the edge of social groups.8, 11 There is some evidence to suggest that young depressive children also experience social impairment.12 For example, children who display greater depressive symptoms are more likely to be rejected by peers.10 Moreover, deficits in social skills (e.g., social participation, leadership) and peer victimization predict depressive symptoms in childhood.13, 14 There is also substantial longitudinal evidence linking social withdrawal in childhood with the later development of more significant internalizing problems.15, 16,17 For example, Katz and colleagues18 followed over 700 children from early childhood to young adulthood and described a pathway linking social withdrawal at age 5 years — to social difficulties with peers at age 15 years — to diagnoses of depression at age 20 years.

This word gap, and similar deficits in social and emotional skills or school - ready behaviors, lead to the achievement gap whereby society's most vulnerable children begin kindergarten unprepared for school; fall further behind; and are then at high risk of dropping out.

«The advantage of communicating with the parent is that the child associates these skills with the parent, not with the therapist,» says Timothy Verduin, Ph.D., clinical director of the Institute for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity and Behavior Disorders at the New York University Child Study Center.

Similarly, in a study of Interpersonal Psychotherapy approaches to preventing youth depression, Young and colleagues found that teens who participated in a skills - based intervention targeting interpersonal role disputes, role transitions and interpersonal deficits reported fewer depressive symptoms at six - months follow - up than teens who were assigned to a school counseling control group.

The underlying assumption of social learning — based PMT models is that some sort of parenting skills deficit has been at least partly responsible for the development and / or maintenance of the conduct - problem behaviours.

In addition to Social Skills taught at the Primary level, extended lessons are planned for a Small Group (s) of Students with Similar skill Deficit (s).

In addition to Social Skills taught at the Primary and Secondary Level, extended lessons are planned for Individual Students Specifically Designed to Skill Deficit (s).

Intervention can address the at - risk child's developmental deficits directly (e.g., improving emotion regulation skills) or indirectly by changing the child's environment (for example by providing parental training).

Attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic, debilitating disorder which may impact upon many aspects of an individual's life, including academic difficulties, 1 social skills problems, 2 and strained parent - child relationships.3 Whereas it was previously thought that children eventually outgrow ADHD, recent studies suggest that 30 — 60 % of affected individuals continue to show significant symptoms of the disorder into adulthood.4 Children with the disorder are at greater risk for longer term negative outcomes, such as lower educational and employment attainment.5 A vital consideration in the effective treatment of ADHD is how the disorder affects the daily lives of children, young people, and their families.