Sentences with phrase «small numbers of children who»

However baby - led weaning — which advocates babies feeding themselves solid foods, rather than being spoon fed purees — could lead to nutritional problems for the small number of children who develop later than average.

In a small number of children who have frequent episodes of night terrors, referral to a specialist service may be needed.

Not that there are many complaints from pediatricians or parents of the relatively small number of children who develop uncommon cancers best treated with proton therapy.

A small number of children who catch the influenza virus fall so ill they end up in the hospital — perhaps needing ventilators to breathe — even while their family and friends recover easily.

Not exact matches

The Prime Minister's Office explained, «Like all families of prime ministers, a small number of staff provide assistance,» and, «Given the nature of the Prime Minister's responsibilities and his young family, the Trudeaus employ two household employees who, in addition to performing other duties around the house, act as secondary caregivers to the three children.»

What The New York Times calls the «blame Woodstock» explanation for the rise of clerical sex abuse cases in the Seventies, despite the paper's evident scepticism, can not be entirely discounted, since as the researchers of the John Jay College (hereafter JJC) pointed out in their latest report, «the sexual abuse of minors is a pervasive problem in society and in organisations that involve close relationships between youth and adults... No exact measure exists for the number of youths who have contact with priests in the Catholic Church in a year... [but] despite the media focus on child sexual abuse by Catholic priests, it is clear that these abuse acts are a small percentage of all child sexual abuse incidents in the United States.»

«Also I'm associated in the media and public with a number of people who have been accused, and in some cases pleaded guilty, to child abuse in a relatively small school within the same time.»

For the small numbers of fathers who read very little to their children before participation in FRED, the time spent reading together increased such that 10 % more fathers were reading for an hour a week.

Publicity about latchkey kids has been plentiful in recent years, but the number of young children who must care for themselves after school because their parents work is relatively small, according to American Demographics magazine.

Charlotte Wright, professor of community child health at the University of Glasgow and one of the members campaigning for the change in the policy, told The BMJ that she had no objection to the college surveying its members given that the numbers who voted at the annual general meeting were so small — 66 delegates supported the motion and 53 were against it.

But it is very important to remember that the number of children who die of SIDS is very, very small.

A small number of secondary prevention programs for fathers of young children have been conducted and evaluated.18 For example, Parent — Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), a short - term, evidence - based, training intervention for parents dealing with preschool children who display behavioural problems was evaluated in the Netherlands using a quasi-experimental design.19 The results showed a large effect on fathers» reports of child behaviour problems at the completion of the intervenChild Interaction Therapy (PCIT), a short - term, evidence - based, training intervention for parents dealing with preschool children who display behavioural problems was evaluated in the Netherlands using a quasi-experimental design.19 The results showed a large effect on fathers» reports of child behaviour problems at the completion of the intervenchild behaviour problems at the completion of the intervention.

I hope Howard Dean and Harold Ickes (who was one of the major architects of stripping MI and FL of their delegates) do not have small children because their ridiculous version of solving this problem by going back on what they said the consequences of moving up their primaries would be violates Rule number one of parenting — mean what you say.

There are significant child protection problems with the plan, with children as young as 12 years old and the small number of girls who go to prison to be incarcerated with a vast number of older boys.

Compared with census figures from the 1990s, the numbers of Hispanic and Asian New Yorkers grew more slowly; blacks recorded their first population loss since the Civil War; and non-Hispanic whites, who registered their smallest population loss in decades, also logged the biggest gains of any group among young children.

At the same time, we can not rule out that the difference in the number of contacts is caused by a small group of children who have more frequent contact with their GP because of illness,» explains Anne Mette Lund Würtz.

«In developmental psychology there has long been a trade - off between gathering lots of data from a small number of children or a small amount of data from a much larger number of children,» says Harvard University linguist Steven Pinker, who proposed a similar idea several years back.

The small number of patients and the lack of controls means that the study is not definitive, but it casts significant doubt on the effectiveness of the hormone in children who make normal levels of growth hormone, he says.

Doctors believe he is one of a small but growing number of Vietnamese children who are third - generation victims of the toxic pesticides — in particular Agent Orange — that were sprayed over the country by the US Air Force at the height of the Vietnam War 30 years ago.

But the lack of knowledge about how this type of leukaemia works in young children means that the outlook for the small number who are diagnosed is poor.

If one uses student gains or losses as a general measure, then those who teach the neediest children — English - language learners, troubled students, autistic students — will see the smallest gains, and teachers will have an incentive to avoid districts and classes with large numbers of the neediest students.

Recognizing that some children will need intensive support beyond first grade, Book Buddies has served a small number of retained first graders and second graders who are behind in reading.

As the numbers of students scoring in the very high ranges of APTS were, naturally, significantly smaller than those scoring in the mid and low ranges, the sample size was expanded by the inclusion of highly gifted students who had been tested at GERRIC's clinic, which specializes in the assessment of intellectually gifted children and adolescents.

They're among a small but growing number of young adults who think it's nothing less than bizarre to live in an incredibly diverse city — yet see many of their children's schools almost entirely segregated by race and class.

CIBC World Market's deputy - chief economist, Benjamin Tal, estimates that the number of «pure foreign investment» condos in actually a small segment of the market — and only slightly higher if you factor in families where one spouse continues to live overseas while the other lives with children who attend school in Canada.

Another benefit of pooling miles is that individuals who have accrued only a small number of miles, such as children who don't often travel, can still put them to good use by sharing them with other members.

Through a series of charitable events held throughout the year, Games Aid can support a number of smaller charities who help disadvantaged and disabled children and young people.

Formed in 2012, the Games On Song choir is made up members of the games industry who volunteer their time and voices to sing and raise money for GamesAid; a UK based video games charity which acts as an umbrella to support a number of smaller charities who help disadvantaged and disabled children and young people.

GamesAid is a UK based video games charity (Registered UK Charity # 1081706) which acts as an umbrella to support a number of smaller charities who help disadvantaged and disabled children and young people.

Family Mediation Service The main features of the Family Mediation Service are as follows: a) The FMS is a free professional and confidential service for couples, married and non-married, who have decided to separate or divorce and who together want to negotiate the terms of their separation or divorce; b) Mediation helps parties reach an agreement that meets their interests and those of their children; and c) The FMS also deals with a small number of cases which involve conflict between other members of a family (e.g. parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren on issues such as wills).

At the six to eight year mark, even more of the children / teens had switched groups, so the number who never took medication was rather small.

Recent theoretical work suggests that bullying might arise out of early cognitive deficits — including language problems, imperfect causal understanding, and poor inhibitory control — that lead to decreased competence with peers, which over time develops into bullying.14, 15 A small number of studies provide circumstantial evidence that such a hypothesis might have merit7: 1 study found a link between poor early cognitive stimulation and (broadly defined) inappropriate school behavior, 16 and another found cognitive stimulation at age 3 years to be protective against symptoms of attention - deficit disorder at age 7 years.17 A study of Greek children found that academic self - efficacy and deficits in social cognition were related to bullying behavior.18 A large US national survey found that those who perceive themselves as having average or below - average academic achievement (as opposed to very good achievement) are 50 % to 80 % more likely to be bullies.8 Yet these studies are based on cross-sectional surveys, with the variables all measured at a single point in time.

Nearly all parents reported that both parents «should take the lead» in supporting their child's activity (93.8 %); therefore, we could not explore the association of parental attitudes towards who should support child physical activity, as numbers were too small in the mother or father only categories.

The strongest evidence in relation to impairment is for improving the psychological functioning of children who have experienced sexual abuse where CBT appears to improve outcomes for children showing signs of PTSD, and for a small number of child - focused therapies for children who have experienced neglect.

A small number of secondary prevention programs for fathers of young children have been conducted and evaluated.18 For example, Parent — Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), a short - term, evidence - based, training intervention for parents dealing with preschool children who display behavioural problems was evaluated in the Netherlands using a quasi-experimental design.19 The results showed a large effect on fathers» reports of child behaviour problems at the completion of the intervenChild Interaction Therapy (PCIT), a short - term, evidence - based, training intervention for parents dealing with preschool children who display behavioural problems was evaluated in the Netherlands using a quasi-experimental design.19 The results showed a large effect on fathers» reports of child behaviour problems at the completion of the intervenchild behaviour problems at the completion of the intervention.

The tool was developed by a small team who were deeply concerned about the number of Aboriginal children in Out - of - Home Care and the lack of support for many kinship carers.