Sentences with phrase «support children at risk»

The findings demonstrate that educators are in a unique position to intervene and support children at risk of maltreatment.

Pediatric medical homes should (1) strengthen their provision of anticipatory guidance to support children's emerging social - emotional - linguistic skills and to encourage the adoption of positive parenting techniques; (2) actively screen for precipitants of toxic stress that are common in their particular practices; (3) develop, help secure funding, and participate in innovative service - delivery adaptations that expand the ability of the medical home to support children at risk; and (4) identify (or advocate for the development of) local resources that address those risks for toxic stress that are prevalent in their communities.

«Behavior issues in early elementary school have long - term implications, so early intervention is needed to support children at risk for academic problems,» said Sandee McClowry, the study's senior author and a professor of applied psychology at NYU Steinhardt.

Identifying and supporting children at risk of not reaching their potential in the educational system because of poor attendance, participation and retention via initiatives such as breakfast clubs; homework clubs; afterschool supports; mentoring programmes.

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Each scarf from House of Light Goods is handmade by single Moms and friends of Casa de Luz, with all of the profits going towards supporting single moms and children at risk.

Humbly, respectfully and prophetically, she petitioned for a religious freedom to uphold and support the sacredness of every at - risk, unborn child, saying, «I want the child.

«The remaining 96 percent is the routine but essential provision of food, medicine, clothing, school fees and related humanitarian aid to support tens of thousands of at - risk infants, children and youth living in extreme poverty.

Cape Classics, which launched the Indaba Education Fund (IEF), is receiving enthusiastic financial support from its business partners and benefactors in America, to provide early childhood teacher training, learning materials and educational infrastructure to uplift young, at - risk children living in the South African Winelands.

Through the Foundation, Jim Mora, Football Head Coach at UCLA, and wife, Shannon, support children in need and at risk in California, Washington and Georgia.

JIM MORA COUNT ON ME FAMILY FOUNDATION: The Foundation, created in 2005, is a not - for - profit 501 (c)(3) organization which supports children in need, primarily in three target areas: children from low socioeconomic backgrounds, mentally and physically - challenged children, and children at - risk.

While I do not have time to get into it in the talk, I am tremendously committed to supporting at - risk families around the world, and to preventing children from being orphaned by poverty.

HandsOn Hearts: The mentoring program is to provide support services for children in foster care and other at risk youth.

One significant victory in that battle was last year's passage of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act which, among other things, uses Medicaid data to directly certify children for free and reduced price meals; helps states improve the certification process for school meal aid; allows universal free meals for students in high poverty communities; and expands USDA authority to support meals served to at - risk children in after school programs.

The Roving Caregivers (Caribbean countries) is an early childhood development and family support program available to at - risk Caribbean children under the age of three years old.

Supporting high - fidelity implementation of evidence - based home visiting programs has the potential to improve outcomes for at - risk children and families.

This is unsurprising given that they are at elevated risk due to risk factors such as stressful life events, low social support, child care stress, marital difficulties and poverty.

So if you're wondering whether or not sleep training is going to put your child at an increased risk for SIDS, or if it will somehow alter their natural sleep patterns, or make them nocturnal, or damage them in any way, I can assure you with the full support of the American Academy of Pediatrics, that it will not (3).

Who provides care: lay health workers for caring for people with hypertension, lay health workers to deliver care for mothers and children or infectious diseases, lay health workers to deliver community - based neonatal care packages, midlevel health professionals for abortion care, social support to pregnant women at risk, midwife - led care for childbearing women, non-specialist providers in mental health and neurology, and physician - nurse substitution.

Five Acres is grateful for the vital support of generous individuals, corporations, and foundations such as The Annenberg Foundation to help at - risk children achieve safety, well - being, and permanent, loving families.

The S. Mark Taper Foundation funds were awarded in December of 2014, specifically in support of residential programs which provide round - the - clock care to some of the most at - risk children in Los Angeles County.

This competitive grant program supports states with the interest and ability to expand and / or improve their evidence - based home visiting programs to ultimately ensure better outcomes for children and families living in at - risk communities.

So if you're wondering whether or not sleep training is going to put your child at an increased risk for SIDS, or if it will somehow alter their natural sleep patterns, or make them nocturnal, or damage them in any way, I can assure you with the full support of the American Academy of Pediatrics, that it will not.

We support at - risk families by offering free professional home visiting, parent education and specialized preschool for children ages 0 to 5 — the time research shows these programs to have the greatest long term impact on children's development.

First - time parents; Parents of multiples; Cesarean section birth / recovery; Families with little local support; Women who want to breastfeed; Families with other young children; Women at risk for or experiencing postpartum depression & anxiety; Premature births / babies on apnea monitors; Women who have experienced difficult deliveries; Babies with colic or reflux;, Families with high anxiety levels; Babies with special needs; New parents with limited experience with newborns; Women who have been on bed rest throughout pregnancy; New parents with no family nearby.

Our full list of ministry partners along with their missions is here: http://www.americasthrift.com/about-us/our-ministry-partners/ but a majority of them provide counseling and support for recovering addicts or a safe haven and support for at - risk or previously abused women, children, and families.

And it's not just refuges that are at risk - Portsmouth City Council currently plans to cut # 180,000 from its Early Intervention Project, which supports women and children in the community.

Teaming up with the Food Bank of the Southern Tier, the Rock on Café program runs a «Week of Caring» to collect food donations to support the Food Bank's BackPack Program, which provides healthy, kid - friendly, and easy - to - prepare foods to children at risk of hunger over weekends and holiday breaks when they do not have access to free or reduced price school meal programs.

In a pilot study that included children at high risk for type 1 diabetes, daily high - dose oral insulin, compared with placebo, resulted in an immune response to insulin without hypoglycemia, findings that support the need for a phase 3 trial to determine whether oral insulin can prevent islet autoimmunity and diabetes in high - risk children, according to a study in the April 21 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on child health.

The researchers say children injured through drink or drugs faced a similar increased risk of suicide as children who had been self - harming — and the National Health Service needed to revise its guidelines to target help and support at these young people.

These include a new «at - risk» code in Oregon that allows young children to receive Medicaid - covered mental health services before they have a full - blown mental health disorder; Medicaid coverage in Oregon and Michigan for evidence - based parenting programs that can help parents learn parenting practices that promote a positive parent - child relationship and address challenging child behavior; and extensive training and support for pediatricians in Minnesota who want to conduct maternal depression screening during well - child visits and respond appropriately when the screen indicates that the mother needs further evaluation and support.

A new study led by Wayne State University School of Medicine researcher Vaibhav Diwadkar, Ph.D. suggests that the brain network interactions between regions that support attention are dysfunctional in children and adolescents at genetic risk for developing schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

The Affordable Care Act set aside $ 1.5 billion in funding for states to implement evidence - based home - visiting programs to support the health and development of at - risk children, with three percent earmarked for tribal communities.

«Given the solid epidemiologic evidence supporting a link between cannabis exposure during adolescence and schizophrenia, we investigated whether the use of cannabis during early adolescence (by 16 years of age) is associated with variations in brain maturation as a function of genetic risk for schizophrenia,» said senior author Tomas Paus, MD, PhD, the Anne and Max Tanenbaum Professor and Chair in Population Neuroscience at Baycrest, University of Toronto, and the Dr. John and Consuela Phelan Scholar at Child Mind Institute, New York.

«We would never have entered our child in this study if we'd know about the risks,» Shawn Pratt, whose daughter Dagen entered the SUPPORT trial at Duke University in 2007, told the hearing panel.

Children whose eyes are misaligned and point outward are at significantly increased risk of developing mental illness by early adulthood, according to findings of an RPB - supported, Mayo Clinic study published in...

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So, she added, «it is important to not only identify at - risk children early but to also have resources to support them.»

Indianapolis — The nation's chief state school officers last week endorsed a comprehensive early - childhood and family - education plan calling for universal access to prekindergarten programs, publicly supported day care, and increased federal involvement in efforts to help children at risk of school failure.

However, there will some commonality as schools will be required to demonstrate both a general understanding of the risks affecting children and young people, and «a specific understanding of how to identify individual children who may be at risk of radicalisation and what to do to support them.»

The study's findings provide support for a model of early identification and intervention for all children at - risk for reading failure; the classroom teachers and school resource teachers provided intervention three to four times a week for 20 minutes.

The funding would help deliver support to professionals and services who work with children, and the parents and families of these children, to identify, assist and refer children at risk of mental health difficulties and promote resilience building.

It is believed that around 86 per cent of schools in England contain asbestos, putting the health of both teachers, support staff and children at risk.

Without effective support for these areas of development, children are at risk of underachievement in many other areas of learning.

At - risk children who did not receive these supports did not show these gains.

In response to the publication of the SEN Code of Practice for parliamentary approval by the Department for Education, the AEP has stressed that an uncertain funding future for the initial training of the educational psychology workforce and the ever increasing demand for educational psychologists» posts will mean that there will be an insufficient number of educational psychologists supporting local authorities and schools in future, which could put the wellbeing of vulnerable children and young people across the country at risk.

Moreover, research on effective teaching and curriculum practices for children at risk of school difficulties also support the need for full - day operation.

Moreover, research on effective teaching practices for children at risk of school difficulties also support the need for full - day operation.

«Educators must be committed to monitoring student progress and providing additional support for children identified as at - risk for reading difficulties, as early as kindergarten,» says Lesaux;

SOS Children's Villages is the world's largest non-governmental organisation focused on supporting children without parental care and families Children's Villages is the world's largest non-governmental organisation focused on supporting children without parental care and families children without parental care and families at risk.

Current efforts supported by PNC include a collaborative initiative in two at - risk Detroit communities that engages families to support vocabulary development for children under age 5.