Sentences with phrase «skills intervention programs»

An evaluation of three school - based whole class social skills intervention programs.

A Los Angeles book launch event on Dec. 2 featured four Teach Plus Teaching Policy Fellows and contributing writers: Sujata Bhatt, founder of the Incubator School; Kyle Hunsberger, a mathematics teacher at Johnnie L. Cochrain, Jr., Middle School who developed and successfully implemented a 6th - grade basic - skills intervention program; Jeannette Marrone, a founding teacher at Environmental Science and Technology High School; and Stephanie Widmer, a Teach for America Learning Team Leader and humanities teacher at Camino Nuevo Charter Academy.

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Isaacs set himself up for post-prison opportunities by attending many programs offered at the prison, including «educational, vocational, life skills, aggression replacement, drug and alcohol prevention, business planning, stress management, youth awareness and delinquent intervention.»

There is room here for activist public policy aimed at assisting people as soon as they become unemployed — including very fast interventions to have resumés updated, interview skills improved and much shorter - duration job training programs (rather than ones that last months or years).

If you are concerned about your child's physical or gross motor skills development, check with her doctor or your school district's early intervention program (in the U.S.).

PCIT may be the only parenting intervention that requires families to show competency in using a range of effective parenting skills before completing the program (for most parenting programs, completion is based on attendance, not performance).

Peculea L, Bocos M. Development of Social and Emotional Skills through Intervention Programs among Adolescents.

There are a couple of experimental classroom interventions that I think seem particularly promising, including Tools of the Mind, which uses extended make - believe play and other teaching strategies to develop self - regulation in 4 - and 5 - year - olds, and OneGoal, the Chicago - based high school program that teaches juniors and seniors a particular set of non-cognitive skills designed to help them persist in college.

My daughter is 10 months old and she was evaluated by a PT for motor gross skills (early Intervention Program).

Intervention programs have been designed to modify children's typical patterns of behaviour, including their self - regulation abilities, emotional competence, and coping skills.

Primary prevention interventions with fathers of young children whose partners are involved in home visitation services (i.e., programs that teach parenting skills and provide support to fathers in their own homes) have become increasingly popular in the U. S. 13 To date, only descriptive studies have been conducted of these programs.

Intervention programs for moms at - risk, therefore, should focus on bolstering mothers» self - confidence — not just teach parenting skills, the researchers said.

«National school - based mental health intervention improves outcomes for at - risk students: Participation in Chilean Skills for Life program reduced mental health symptoms, improved school attendance and promotion.»

In Lebanon, War Child Holland, a branch of the global NGO that assists children in conflict zones, is evaluating three efforts: a life skills program, a program to reduce parents» stress, and a World Health Organization — designed mental health intervention for Syrian refugees.

«Thus when we end our intervention, people are left with the skills and coping strategies that they have honed over the course of the intervention year, rather than getting discontinued from a program that they have come to rely on.»

The researchers found that the subjects who participated in weekly mindful yoga intervention programs developed significantly stronger coping skills, like the ability to take control of their emotions and breath.

The curriculum will provide experiential training in a community setting, and give graduates the skills to do a health assessment for a specific population, create nutrition education interventions or programs, and evaluate their effectiveness.

In her eight - week intervention program, some of the students were taught study skills and growth mindset — or how they could learn to be smart because the brain is a muscle that becomes stronger with use.

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 & Uccelli).

During the first year of the ELT program, academic intervention courses focused on math skills since student performance data showed that all students needed support in math.

This meta - analysis of social and emotional learning interventions (including 213 school - based SEL programs and 270,000 students from rural, suburban and urban areas) showed that social and emotional learning interventions had the following effects on students ages 5 - 18: decreased emotional distress such as anxiety and depression, improved social and emotional skills (e.g., self - awareness, self - management, etc.), improved attitudes about self, others, and school (including higher academic motivation, stronger bonding with school and teachers, and more positive attitudes about school), improvement in prosocial school and classroom behavior (e.g., following classroom rules), decreased classroom misbehavior and aggression, and improved academic performance (e.g. standardized achievement test scores).

The Intervention Programs both contain screeners to identify ability groups and skill deficits for differentiation.

The program's aim is to teach awareness of the skills needed to form respectful relationships and more specifically to challenge gender stereotypes that can lead to gender - based violence and disrespectful attitudes to women.The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) states that, «Early interventions with children and young people can have a lasting effect on their relationships in the future... On the basis of current evidence, violence prevention and respectful relationships initiatives among young people can make a real difference, producing lasting change in attitudes and behaviours.»

In one, researchers examined how SEL intervention programs (such as social skills training, parent training with home visits, peer coaching, reading tutoring, and classroom social - emotional curricula) for kindergarten students impacted their adult lives, and found that these programs led to 10 % (59 % vs. 69 % for the control group) fewer psychological, behavioral, or substance abuse problems at the age of 25 (Dodge et al., 2014).

This 20 - year randomized controlled trial examined the impact of social and emotional intervention programs (such as social skills training, parent behavior - management training with home visiting, peer coaching, reading tutoring, and classroom social - emotional curricula) for 979 high - risk students in kindergarten.

Vmath ® Third Edition is a targeted math intervention program for struggling students in grades 2 - 8 that provides additional opportunities to master critical math concepts and skills.

This presentation will share best practices for fostering literacy skills in students who struggle, and will explore how to select a reading intervention program that will take your struggling readers to new levels of literacy success.

Only a handful of studies back the idea that «cognitive interventions,» programs designed to sharpen thinking skills, can help children learn better in school.

These games suit consolidation activities for my Fraction Books: Fraction Fun 1 (halves, quarters, eighths)- Year 1 and Year 2 fraction concepts Fraction Fun 2 (thirds, sixths, ninths, twelfths)- Year 3 fraction concepts Catch - Up, Keep - Up Fractions and Decimals - Intervention Program (Years 1 to 5) The range of skills addressed in this bundle means you can easily differentiate and use them in a Maths Centre or in RTI, like I do.

They have to come up with ideas, learning programs, and skill development interventions that are practical and feasible and cater to the demands of the digital learner.

They both build on the foundation of SEL skills taught in the Second Step Program while also focusing on specific prevention and intervention goals.

A balanced approach to teaching students social - emotional skills using a strong schoolwide foundation of Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS), coupled with specific curriculum programs such as Second Step, allows both educators and students ample opportunities to grow their EQs.

Educators who provided feedback about Imagine Language & Literacy for this review highlighted the program's reporting features as a key strength of the program, explaining that reports enabled them to rapidly identify students who are struggling with a particular concept or skill and to provide targeted intervention.

This Direct Instruction reading intervention program delivers scripted, tightly sequenced, carefully planned lessons that give struggling students the structure and practice necessary to become skilled, fluent readers and better learners.

About $ 3 million would be spent to develop a rigorous college and technical program at every high school; $ 250,000 to create a central office group charged with raising awareness of institutional racism and giving people the skills and knowledge to dismantle it; $ 575,000 to create partnerships with bilingual communities; and $ 1 million to carry out intervention plans in struggling schools.

In an intervention program, students attempt to reach proficiency with their skills (the destination); however, how long it takes them to get there (growth) or the journey matters.

Aperture Education's Evo Social / Emotional Assessment and Intervention System may be used to assess the social and emotional skills of the participating students so that the results can inform the development of programs that are tailored for the participants» needs.

In this regard, the new law has laid the groundwork for state and local education leaders to implement evidence - based programs, practices, and interventions that support positive learning mindsets and effective learning skills.

Through Title IV's Education Innovation and Research Program, researchers can directly partner with school districts and charter school networks in testing programs, practices, and interventions that are dedicated to cultivating students» learning mindsets and skills.

Her many tasks in the office are on hold while she attends to more important business: boosting kids» reading skills in a targeted intervention program that has helped propel the school's report card from a D to an A +.

Culture and Collaboration Collaborate effectively and meet frequently with the MWA Division Directors, Associate School Directors, Deans of Students, Lead Teachers, Content Leads, the other divisional DCI, and MWAS team members to successfully build capacity of Teaching Faculty and Teacher Interns Work with the Data and Assessment team to compile, analyze, and respond to data on the school's schoolwide data management and assessment systems, including oversight and implementation of the schoolwide Benchmark Assessment system Through informal observations, formal observations, and other qualitative measures, utilize approved tools and matrices to assess faculty adherence and fidelity to efficacy and growth mindset instructional practices, data - informed instructional lesson planning and practices, and cultural competence practices in working with students, faculty and families Work closely with the Director of Teacher Residency to support and inform MWA Teacher Residents with the necessary entry - level skills expected of MWA teachers; this includes working with and supporting the Mentor Teachers assigned to Teacher Residents Supervise and support New Teacher Induction Program Mentor teachers towards helping new - to - the - profession teachers in «clearing» their credential and meeting state mandates for certification; this includes support for all intern teachers Develop and maintain positive relationships with various internal & external stakeholders including administrative colleagues, parents, students, teaching faculty, support and intervention staff members, and board members

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Romney drafted other reforms, including the recruitment of 1,000 skilled math and science instructors, bonuses of as much as $ 15,000 a year for top - performing teachers, and new intervention programs for failing schools.

Once a program is identified and intensive support is created around an individual student, we want to ensure that we have the best individual implementing it, the best educator implementing that intervention, and we want to make sure that, that individual has the skill set and the knowledge to continue that work.

Catapult Academy's effective intervention programs give students the intensive differentiated support they need to master foundational skills and achieve success.

In the intervening years, scientific data demonstrating the effectiveness of SEL programs as interventions that help lower the risk of various problems young people face, and that increase their skills in addressing life's challenges, have been accumulating steadily.

The Fast ForWord program enables us to provide these students with an intervention to help them increase their reading skills and overall confidence.»

The MA in ABA program has been developed to meet the growing need for practitioners who are knowledgeable of the principles of behavior and skilled in the development, implementation, and evaluation of behavioral interventions.

In addition to SEL for behavioral skills, we also employ Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) to create a strong and constructive culture in our schools and the Behavior Intervention Monitoring Assessment System (BIMAS) to track our programs and perform behavioral screening for all students.

For example, African American children born in poverty who participated in early childhood education programs had higher graduation rates, higher adult earnings, and fewer arrests than their peers.102 A similar study found that students who participated in early intervention programs maintained higher high school GPAs, were two times more likely to have attended a four - year college, and were more likely to hold a job than their peers.103 Furthermore, research finds that participation in state - funded preschool programs improves children's language, literacy, and mathematical skills.104