Methods: The Avon Premature Infant Project (APIP) is a randomised controlled trial in which the parents of 284 babies born < 33 weeks gestational age received a developmental education programme,
a social support intervention, or standard care.
Dr. Kerr also has worked on large studies of hospitalized suicidal adolescents to compare the predictive validity of assessment instruments and dimensions of suicidal thinking; to identify subgroups of adolescents at high risk for suicide attempt; and to understand the effects of
a social support intervention on suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
It highlights future directions for research, including investigations of which parents are likely to engage in online
social support interventions, and the features of the intervention that will attract and sustain them as participants.
Engagement of Parents in On - line
Social Support Interventions Paterson, Brewer, & Stamler (2013) Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 28 (2) Offers nurses a detailed review of research reports about online social support offered to parents of children with chronic disease and / or disability.
He is the author of many books, including Evidence - Based Clinical Supervision: Principles and Practice (Wiley Blackwell, 2009) and Social Therapy: A Guide to
Social Support Interventions for Mental Health Practitioners (Wiley, 1999), and he has published several systematic reviews and empirical papers dealing with supervision.
For example, interaction guidance with or without video was used to enhance parental sensitivity; psychotherapy was used to transform maternal representations and in
social support interventions, experienced mothers befriended and offered practical help to highly anxious mothers.
Not exact matches
Early
intervention services can include feeding
support, assistive technology (tools, devices, and aids that make everyday tasks easier for people with disabilities), occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, nutrition services, and
social work services.
The hotline offers crisis
intervention, information, literature, and referrals to thousands of emergency,
social service, and
support resources.
Both the Health Belief Model and
Social Cognitive Theory were used to provide a theoretical foundation and process
support for the design of the
intervention material.
The Health Belief Model guided the formative research and
supported information delivery, while
Social Cognitive Theory was predominately used in shaping the
intervention and in facilitating understanding of the potential interaction between overestimation of new parents capacity to cope and underestimation of potential problems.
For example, Early Head Start, which provides comprehensive services focusing on early learning experiences, health and nutritional status,
social - emotional behavior, early
intervention, and parent
support, offers increased access to health care, well - child exams, immunizations, and screening tests for children enrolled in the program.
Future
interventions to increase rates of institutional birth should address structural barriers including, differences in socioeconomic status,
social support, and birth preparedness.»
The midwife - led continuity model of care includes: continuity of care; monitoring the physical, psychological, spiritual and
social well being of the woman and family throughout the childbearing cycle; providing the woman with individualised education, counselling and antenatal care; attendance during labour, birth and the immediate postpartum period by a known midwife; ongoing
support during the postnatal period; minimising unnecessary technological
interventions; and identifying, referring and co-ordinating care for women who require obstetric or other specialist attention.
Parents and their babies «may be better served if we devote more resources to studying the
interventions recommended long before the discovery of probiotics: reassurance, family
social support, and the tincture of time.»
As it is likely that some types of
social support are more important for postpartum depression compared to others, and that this may vary according to circumstance and culture, knowing more about these finer details can help to better inform health policy and guide
interventions from health professionals.
The midwife - led continuity model of care includes: continuity of care; monitoring the physical, psychological, spiritual and
social wellbeing of the woman and family throughout the childbearing cycle; providing the woman with individualised education, counselling and antenatal care; continuous attendance during labour, birth and the immediate postpartum period; ongoing
support during the postnatal period; minimising technological
interventions; and identifying and referring women who require obstetric or other specialist attention.
Intervention (n = 270): The intervention used a behavioural educational approach and aimed to prepare and educate mothers about postpartum symptoms and experiences provide social support, and develop self manage
Intervention (n = 270): The
intervention used a behavioural educational approach and aimed to prepare and educate mothers about postpartum symptoms and experiences provide social support, and develop self manage
intervention used a behavioural educational approach and aimed to prepare and educate mothers about postpartum symptoms and experiences provide
social support, and develop self management skills.
A randomised controlled single - blind parallel - arm clinical trial to investigate whether a complex
intervention targeting new mothers» breastfeeding knowledge, skills and
social support within a Social Network and Social Support theory framework will increase exclusive breastfeeding duration among women in Le
social support within a Social Network and Social Support theory framework will increase exclusive breastfeeding duration among women in L
support within a
Social Network and Social Support theory framework will increase exclusive breastfeeding duration among women in Le
Social Network and
Social Support theory framework will increase exclusive breastfeeding duration among women in Le
Social Support theory framework will increase exclusive breastfeeding duration among women in L
Support theory framework will increase exclusive breastfeeding duration among women in Lebanon.
There is therefore no one - size fits all solution for what is the «best» kind of
social support but instead the measures and
interventions have to reflect cultural variations.
One of the most enterprising financial establishments in the country, uniBank (Ghana) Limited, having made an immense contribution in providing pivotal
social interventions through its agile CSR commitments, has again donated substantial
support, including a health post, marketplace, a cow, 50 bags of rice, 25 bags of sugar, cartons of drinks and bottled water, etc. to the Muslim community at the Hajj Village in an estimated amount of Two Hundred and Seventy Five Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH cents 275,000.00).
On
social interventions, he said he provided 100 bags of cement for rehabilitation of churches and mosques, purchased 10 packets of roofing sheets each for some 4 communities (Konkomada, Batiyok, Kpalsako - Champiani - Susudi and Basyonde), ensured absorption of all primary schools in the constituency into the Ghana School Feeding Programme with 90 caterers engaged,
supported 7 elders to perform the the Holy Pilgrimage to Mecca (the Hajj) and constructed some market structures at Bulpielise and Nagani.
This
intervention and its aftermath could establish a new precedent for international actors
supporting genuine
social forces within the Arab World.
The study, funded by the Economic and
Social Research Council (ESRC),
supports other findings that
interventions aimed at improving individuals» wellbeing and quality of life can be far more effective if they are carried out among groups of people in ways that generate a strong sense of group identity.
Social services, counseling and mental health
supports, and targeted academic
interventions are intended to engage entire families.
Frank Torblu further added that though the NHIS is a
social policy
intervention programme, «the premium must be reasonably realistic to the extent that the system can be
supported.»
Social democracy is a political, social and economic ideology that supports economic and social interventions to promote social justice within the framework of a capitalist e
Social democracy is a political,
social and economic ideology that supports economic and social interventions to promote social justice within the framework of a capitalist e
social and economic ideology that
supports economic and
social interventions to promote social justice within the framework of a capitalist e
social interventions to promote
social justice within the framework of a capitalist e
social justice within the framework of a capitalist economy
To
support the development of young students — particularly in low - income schools, which are at risk for having less effective teachers and less engaged students — researchers are looking to classroom
interventions focused on
social - emotional learning.
Also fueling Clinton - Sherrod's excitement about
social psychology was her participation in a research project that focused on how
social support — safe houses, counseling,
intervention programs, and so on — helps people dealing with difficult
social issues.
The researchers suggest first using psychosocial
interventions such as peer
support or psychotherapy with
social workers, psychologists and mental health specialists.
Interventions that provide positive
social support can facilitate beneficial change,» Lundgren said.
«This research tracked a 14 - week
intervention for mothers who are terribly overwhelmed, surrounded by high - crime neighborhoods, lacking
social support, and often traumatized — my fear was, «this is never going to work.»»
Childhood
interventions that optimise
social support, health, and wellbeing may affect not only adolescent QoL, but also adult outcome by optimising each individual's potential to adapt to, and prevent or reduce, the secondary morbidities often present.»
The theoretical framework for the two active
interventions was based on
social cognitive theory and incorporated behavioral self - management approaches designed to help participants set weight - related goals, self - monitor weight and weight - related behaviors (exercise and reduced calorie intake), increase self - efficacy and
social support, and solve problems.
One hundred and seventy six eligible participants suffering from current MDE are being randomised into a dietary
intervention group or a
social support group.
A new
social - emotional learning (SEL)
intervention from the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Stephanie Jones and her research team offers a promising source of
support for low - income families.
Predict and provide responsive
supports for academic,
social - emotional, and physical
interventions.
Schoolwide Positive Behavioral
Interventions and
Supports (SWPBIS) takes a «systems approach,» targeting a school's overall social culture and providing intensive behavior supports, such as functional behavioral assessments, identifying contexts where behaviors occur, and teaching communication, social, and self - management skills, as
Supports (SWPBIS) takes a «systems approach,» targeting a school's overall
social culture and providing intensive behavior
supports, such as functional behavioral assessments, identifying contexts where behaviors occur, and teaching communication, social, and self - management skills, as
supports, such as functional behavioral assessments, identifying contexts where behaviors occur, and teaching communication,
social, and self - management skills, as needed.
As a data - driven district, Everett Public Schools is using SEL data from Panorama's
Social - Emotional Learning Measures to plan instruction and
interventions and to better understand and
support all students.
The Start Well project calls for the application of a strength - based approach, potentially leveraging technology as either an enabler or enhancer of active
intervention strategies, to build teachers» capacity to give and receive psycho -
social support.
He said: «We know that early
intervention is crucial but many local authorities have repeatedly had their budgets slashed on things like
social workers,
support programmes for parents, educational psychologists and targeted mental health services in schools.
Social and Emotional Learning and Positive Behavioral
Interventions and
Supports.
Our
interventions originate from innovative, fast - cycle experiments conducted by Dr. Todd Rogers and the Student
Social Support R&D Lab at Harvard University.
This CASEL brief outlines similarities and differences between
social and emotional learning (SEL) and positive behavioral
interventions and
supports (PBIS).
(Un) Commonly Connected: A
Social Network Analysis of State Standards Resources for English / Language Arts AERA Open, November 2017 This article examines the results of two quasi-experimental studies of the implementation and impact of the Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC), an
intervention designed to
support secondary teachers» transition to Common Core State Standars in Enlish language arts.
Each such employee shall be required to complete at least one training course in school violence prevention and
intervention, which shall consist of at least two clock hours of training that includes but is not limited to, study in the warning signs within a developmental and
social context that relate to violence and other troubling behaviors in children; the statutes, regulations, and policies relating to a safe nonviolent school climate; effective classroom management techniques and other academic
supports that promote a nonviolent school climate and enhance learning; the integration of
social and problem solving skill development for students within the regular curriculum;
intervention techniques designed to address a school violence situation; and how to participate in an effective school / community referral process for students exhibiting violent behavior.
One of the aims of the research lab he founded, the Student
Social Support R&D Lab at Harvard, is to develop and evaluate scalable
interventions that leverage positive communications and behavioral science insights to reduce chronic absenteeism.
Her current research focuses on developing and testing
interventions that mobilize
social support for students to improve student outcomes.
Organizations apart from schools
support them by providing sports, music and other «hobbies» for students, while extensive
social and psychological services buttress sound student growth with annual check - ups and
interventions.
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.
-- Define
social & emotional learning (SEL) and why it is essential to students» success — Understand key research relating SEL skills to student success — Relate district / organization goals to SEL — Integrate SEL into existing district / organization frameworks and protocols — Design a comprehensive approach to screening, assessing, promoting, and evaluating SEL competencies using the DESSA — Select a quality SEL curricula aligned to your specific needs — Learn how to integrate SEL -
supporting practices into everyday interactions — Use SEL data to plan for instruction and
intervention