Sentences with phrase «small numbers of children with»

Now, a study in the journal Brain describes what could be considered a direct «aquarium - to - bedside» approach, taking a drug discovered in a genetic zebrafish model of epilepsy and testing it, with promising results, in a small number of children with the disease.

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It is well known that the Conservative government is also committed to introducing income splitting for families with children under the age of eighteen, despite the overwhelming evidence that this change would benefit only a small number of high - income families.

Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Joe Oliver were so confident that this commitment was a «no - brainer» that the Prime Minister announced in a «mini-budget» in October, the Family Tax Cut, and increases to the Universal Child Care Benefit along with a number of other small initiatives.

Having served a number of prison sentences, Berrigan, with his wife, the former Sister Elizabeth McAllister, has formed a small community of eight adults (and the two Berrigan 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.»

A common issue is that nutritional studies are often plagued with a number of biases and are often poorly designed (small samples, cross-sectional, etc.) Still, it makes as much sense to use the 6 month marker for all babies for eating solids as it does expecting your child to walk right at 12 months, to speak at 15 months, and to eliminate on a potty at 24 months on the dot.

After a predetermined number of points, reward your child with a small incentive.

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.

Realistically, the only way we can do this is to create a very small number of state schools that have the freedom to select the most gifted children regardless of their wealth — perhaps just several thousand in a given year - and which provide these children with the most academically demanding education available anywhere in the country.

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.

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.

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 fact there was a weak suggestion that children of mums with the «low alcohol» gene actually had better balance, although the numbers were too small to show this reliably.

Current treatments include transplanting patients with donor HSC, which is a potential cure for SCD, but due to the serious risks of rejection, only a small number of patients have undergone this procedure and it is usually restricted to children with severe symptoms.

When a mother says that she is «always with» her children, it is literally true: Scientists recently found that a small number of maternal cells can persist in a woman's offspring for decades or longer.

The authors caution that their study was conducted in a country with strong social welfare supports and that while the sample overall was large, the number of children with many symptoms of ADHD was relatively small.

Among the challenges that set education apart from most sectors is the presence of a relatively small number of employees compared with a large number of non-employees, most of whom are children.

Bousted said that too many schools are turning their libraries into classrooms and discarding books, with some school libraries being too small and having inadequate numbers of computers for children.

The pack includes: Powerpoint - A Powerpoint about the festival of Hanukkah - when it is, what is eaten, how it is celebrated - the pages could also be printed off to enable you to create a class book for the children to read Photographs - Colour photos of a Menorah, a Dreidel, Hanukkah Gelt and people lighting the Menorah candles - great to add to your displays or for discussion Word cards Fact cards - Fact cards about the festival of Hanukkah Display banners - 2 different large titles for displays «Happy Hanukkah» and «Hanukkah» each with Hanukkah themed pictures Display border - A colourful display border with Hanukkah themed pictures - this can be printed as many times as you need to use on a display border of any size Writing pages - A collection of decorated A4 border pages - great for the children's work or to add to your writing area at Hanukkah Colour page border - A collection of colour A4 border pages - a great way to quickly display the children's work Colour posters - A set of A4 information posters with pictures of Gelt money, Menorah, Dreidel and Potato Latkes Display lettering - Large letters spelling «Hanukkah» which are decorated with pictures linked to Hanukkah - Great for a larger display Hanukkah story - The Hanukkah story for you to read aloud to the children Colouring posters - A collection of posters for the children to colour - these could also be printed smaller for the children to use on their Hanukkah cards Bookmarks - A collection of Hanukkah themed bookmarks for the children to cut out and colour Number line - A number line to 50 on colourful Dreidels Alphabet line - An alphabet line on candles - this could also be used for other festivals or a part of a birthday display Colour posters - A4 posters with pictures of images associated with Hanukkah Songs and rhymes - A collection of decorated song sheets with songs and rhymes about Hanukkah including two number rhymes Recipe - A photo recipe to make Latke cakes - a popular Hanukkah dish - the pages can be printed to make a book or used for displays Dreidel game - A Dreidel spinner to cut out and play the game of Dreidel Make a Dreidel - A 3D Dreidel spinner to make complete with instructions Hanukkah cards Acrostic poem Maths worksheet - Count the number of Dreidels Addition worksheet - Add the numbers on the Dreidels Menorah Counting - Worksheets to count the number of Menorah candles lit Cut and make a Menorah Number dominoes Word search Worksheets - Match the Hanukkah words to the pictures, draw the Hanukkah pictures and fill in the missing words Writing activities - Worksheets to write the Dreidel instructions and writing about HaNumber line - A number line to 50 on colourful Dreidels Alphabet line - An alphabet line on candles - this could also be used for other festivals or a part of a birthday display Colour posters - A4 posters with pictures of images associated with Hanukkah Songs and rhymes - A collection of decorated song sheets with songs and rhymes about Hanukkah including two number rhymes Recipe - A photo recipe to make Latke cakes - a popular Hanukkah dish - the pages can be printed to make a book or used for displays Dreidel game - A Dreidel spinner to cut out and play the game of Dreidel Make a Dreidel - A 3D Dreidel spinner to make complete with instructions Hanukkah cards Acrostic poem Maths worksheet - Count the number of Dreidels Addition worksheet - Add the numbers on the Dreidels Menorah Counting - Worksheets to count the number of Menorah candles lit Cut and make a Menorah Number dominoes Word search Worksheets - Match the Hanukkah words to the pictures, draw the Hanukkah pictures and fill in the missing words Writing activities - Worksheets to write the Dreidel instructions and writing about Hanumber line to 50 on colourful Dreidels Alphabet line - An alphabet line on candles - this could also be used for other festivals or a part of a birthday display Colour posters - A4 posters with pictures of images associated with Hanukkah Songs and rhymes - A collection of decorated song sheets with songs and rhymes about Hanukkah including two number rhymes Recipe - A photo recipe to make Latke cakes - a popular Hanukkah dish - the pages can be printed to make a book or used for displays Dreidel game - A Dreidel spinner to cut out and play the game of Dreidel Make a Dreidel - A 3D Dreidel spinner to make complete with instructions Hanukkah cards Acrostic poem Maths worksheet - Count the number of Dreidels Addition worksheet - Add the numbers on the Dreidels Menorah Counting - Worksheets to count the number of Menorah candles lit Cut and make a Menorah Number dominoes Word search Worksheets - Match the Hanukkah words to the pictures, draw the Hanukkah pictures and fill in the missing words Writing activities - Worksheets to write the Dreidel instructions and writing about Hanumber rhymes Recipe - A photo recipe to make Latke cakes - a popular Hanukkah dish - the pages can be printed to make a book or used for displays Dreidel game - A Dreidel spinner to cut out and play the game of Dreidel Make a Dreidel - A 3D Dreidel spinner to make complete with instructions Hanukkah cards Acrostic poem Maths worksheet - Count the number of Dreidels Addition worksheet - Add the numbers on the Dreidels Menorah Counting - Worksheets to count the number of Menorah candles lit Cut and make a Menorah Number dominoes Word search Worksheets - Match the Hanukkah words to the pictures, draw the Hanukkah pictures and fill in the missing words Writing activities - Worksheets to write the Dreidel instructions and writing about Hanumber of Dreidels Addition worksheet - Add the numbers on the Dreidels Menorah Counting - Worksheets to count the number of Menorah candles lit Cut and make a Menorah Number dominoes Word search Worksheets - Match the Hanukkah words to the pictures, draw the Hanukkah pictures and fill in the missing words Writing activities - Worksheets to write the Dreidel instructions and writing about Hanumber of Menorah candles lit Cut and make a Menorah Number dominoes Word search Worksheets - Match the Hanukkah words to the pictures, draw the Hanukkah pictures and fill in the missing words Writing activities - Worksheets to write the Dreidel instructions and writing about HaNumber dominoes Word search Worksheets - Match the Hanukkah words to the pictures, draw the Hanukkah pictures and fill in the missing words Writing activities - Worksheets to write the Dreidel instructions and writing about Hanukkah

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.

With appropriate support, there's usually no reason your child can't go to a mainstream school, although a small number of children may benefit from attending a specialist school.

However, they say that the number of looked - after children moving from London is «too small» to impact on secondary schools with bigger cohorts.

The government is condemning children to learn in dilapidated buildings, claims Labour, with only a small number of schools due to be rebuilt this year.

Children are given more time to practise, with smaller steps so there's a deeper understanding of the numbers.»

Such a child might be fine with more advanced words but need a smaller number of cards.

An unusual coalition of small government conservatives and anti-testing progressives have joined with growing numbers of parents concerned with how test based accountability is consuming their children's education.

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.

The diet and how the animal is fed may be influenced by its environment which includes, but is not limited to, the number and type of the animals in the household, where the animal is housed (i.e., indoors versus outdoors), the human inhabitants of the house (i.e., a household with small children, elderly individuals or adults only), and the feeding philosophies of the owner.

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.

1 bungalow suite with 3 bedrooms, small garden / sun terrace and private pool (indoor space 110m ²) up to 7 adults 7 «Minoan Royalty» 1 - or 2 - bedroom suites with small garden / sun terrace and private pool (indoor space 65 - 140m2) Number of Luxury rooms: 24 24 twin / double rooms with balcony or terrace (indoor space 30 - 35m2) up to 2 adults + 1 child Number of rooms, (keys) in all: 82

Parents with small children don't have to worry, as the island has a number of peaceful beaches with shallow waters that are perfect for swimming and splashing about.

Wouldn't you feel better about not scaring people (like your grand children) with big sounding percentages instead of really small numbers?

Joseph Neuberger conducted a number of pre-trials with the assigned Crown and argued that a western centric perspective is inappropriate to assess whether the small seized Anime doll represents a child.

Despite the longevity of this section, there appears to be a surprisingly small number of reported cases (a Westlaw search produced 371 cases with 149 of those pertaining to the duty of a «parent» to a child).

Families with minor children can also be turned down if the apartment would be too small for the number of people wanting to live there.

There are a small number of special pre-school class units for children with autistic spectrum disorders.

Some of the decisions are relatively small, such as which parent the children will be with on Labor Day in even numbered years versus odd numbered years.

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).

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.

Most studies examined a small number of children, were focused on limited age groups, or did not analyze the interindividual variability.5 — 13 Thus, complete normative data on children's sleep duration as a function of chronological age do not exist.14 However, such data are necessary to deal accurately with sleep problems in children and to reassure distressed parents.2

Findings suggest substantial improvement via an intensive approach for young children with autism; however, important differences in group assignment at baseline, difficulties with systematic measurement overtime, the lack of reported treatment fidelity or adherence characteristics, and the small number of children in the comparison group limit interpretation of these findings.

Christine Buchanan, Eleanor Maccoby, and Sanford Dornbusch found that adolescents had fewer emotional and behavior problems following divorce if their mothers remarried than if they cohabited with a partner.31 Similarly, two studies of African American families found that children were better off in certain respects if they lived with stepfathers than with their mother's cohabiting partners.32 In contrast, Susan Brown found no significant differences between children in married and cohabiting stepfamilies.33 Although these data suggest that children may be better off if single mothers marry their partners rather than cohabit, the small number of studies on this topic makes it difficult to draw firm conclusions.

While existing reviews report positive outcomes for cognitive - behavioral therapy, behaviour management, and parenting interventions, either alone or in combination with family - based approaches, the authors suggest that evidence for interventions with a child - only component was limited because of the small number of studies and that the estimate for child - only interventions was imprecise.

Group parenting programmes have been shown to have a positive impact on the mental health of children and parents in the short term.9 — 12 Positive results have been obtained from randomised controlled trials and other studies with parents of children with clinically defined behaviour disorders, 9,13,14 children at high risk of behaviour problems, 9,15 and to a lesser extent with normal populations.16, 17 They have also been obtained in trials of interventions for parents and children of different ages.18, 19 The number of trials carried out in the UK is small.13, 15,20,21 A recent systematic review concluded that these programmes are effective in the long term, 12 but most of the trials on which this review was based used a waiting list control design, and as a result outcome data are not reported on the control groups beyond 6 months.

To the contrary, we found that for the women visited during pregnancy and their child's infancy, there was a small and nonsignificant positive correlation between domestic violence and number of prenatal and postnatal nurse visits (r = 0.13), indicating that the presence of domestic violence was associated with slightly more, rather than fewer, nurse visits.

Another small, qualitative study involved interviews with nine caseworkers and several child welfare administrators working in three different public child welfare agencies in the Washington D.C. region.18 Although the small number of participants and the regional focus of this research limit our ability to generalize about these findings, they do offer some insights into the reunification decision - making process.

Although the number of cases of dissolution may be small, each adoptive family that faces separation is met with many challenges that will have a lasting impact for everyone involved — especially the child.

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.