Sentences with phrase «targeted for families with children»

Mattel and startup C - Way each offered Alexa assistants targeted for families with children.

The training is especially targeted for families with children ages 2 - 5, since 90 % of a child's brain develops before age 5.

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The plan also includes some vaguer proposals, including «providing tax relief for families with child and dependent care expenses» and eliminating «targeted tax breaks that mainly benefit the wealthiest taxpayers.»

There is no benefit at all from income splitting for single parents, or for two parent families in which both earners are in the same tax bracket, including the middle and bottom income tax brackets; these families with children under 18 represent over half of all families that are the apparent target of the scheme, according to the Broadbent Institute study, The Big Split.

This year, Hillary Clinton has better policy proposals to help improve the lives of women, children, and families than Donald Trump, whose pro-life convictions are lukewarm at best, and whose mass deportation plan would rip hundreds of thousands of families apart, whose contempt for Latinos, Muslims, refugees and people with disabilities would further marginalized the «least of these» among us, and whose support for torture and targeting civilians in war call into question whether Christians who support him are truly pro-life or simply anti-abortion.

In addition to its broad target — reaching the entire congregation with a message that will help them understand alcoholism — the church has a number of more limited and strategic target groups: teen - agers and pre-teens who are making or are about to make decisions about alcohol; parents who are searching for ways to prepare their children to cope constructively with alcohol and to avoid alcoholism; alcoholics and their families who need help but are afraid to come out of hiding (see Chapter 8).

Imaginative and exciting education, with specific courses targeted to children, youth and adults, dealing with Christian values and how they relate to current TV, film and video, is tailor - made for videocassette distribution to churches, schools and families.

Funded by the State of Washington Children's Administration, in collaboration with NWAE and private adoption agencies in Washington, SRP combines enhanced outreach with targeted search efforts in order to recruit adoptive families for these cChildren's Administration, in collaboration with NWAE and private adoption agencies in Washington, SRP combines enhanced outreach with targeted search efforts in order to recruit adoptive families for these childrenchildren.

Programs that are successful with families at increased risk for poor child development outcomes tend to be programs that offer a comprehensive focus — targeting families» multiple needs — and therefore may be more expensive to develop, implement, and maintain.

Family Equality Council has ongoing outreach and social media campaigns targeted at equipping our members and partners with the tools to advocate for youth in the child welfare system and LGBTQ prospective foster and adoptive parents.

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«The previous government significantly increased spending on benefits and tax credits for families with children, and child poverty fell by nearly a quarter between 1998 and 2009, but this was still not enough for the government to hit its child poverty targets.

The tax breaks, targeted for businesses and the middle class, include a phase out of a surcharge on utilities, and the distribution of $ 350 dollar checks, starting next year to every family with children up to the age of 18.

«There are currently virtually no treatments for dilated cardiomyopathy targeted to genetic changes, so the finding that commercially available drugs may be effective for patients with childhood - onset, RAF1 - induced DCM is a remarkable advance,» said Bruce Gelb, MD, Director and Gogel Family Professor of the Mindich Child Health and Development Institute at Mount Sinai and senior author.

Second, in what is sometimes referred to as the «Brennan strategy,» named for the architect of the Cleveland voucher program, voucher advocates need to structure their proposals as limited pilot programs targeted at low - income families with children in failing schools.

For a school or district to make adequate yearly progress, both the overall student population and each subgroup of students — major racial and ethnic groups, children from low - income families, students with disabilities, and students with limited proficiency in English — must meet or exceed the target set by the state.

Strategies include: approaches that encourage parents to read and talk with their children at home or to participate in activities in the early years setting; programmes that focus directly on parents themselves, for example, providing training in parenting skills or adult numeracy and literacy support; and more intensive programmes for disadvantaged families or families in crisis, for example, through schools appointing a family liaison that work with parents through either home visits or other targeted approaches.

Target services for children birth to age 5, and their families, with supports for expectant families and school - age children;

With ESSA's increased focus on whole child education, programs are developing and implementing innovative approaches to collecting and using data to measure family engagement and target areas for improvement.

This position is responsible for targeting students in need of service, working with families to encourage participation in the 21st CCLC program and attendance at school, identifying family interests and needs, and planning opportunities for adult family members to participate in their child's learning.

Funds are distributed to LEA schools with high numbers of children from low - income families, for LEA programs which target individual students most at risk of not meeting the standards, and to local institutions for neglected or delinquent children.

As more families choose language programs that lead to biliteracy for their children, the state can address this shortage by initially targeting teachers who are bilingual but are teaching in English - only classrooms with the professional development that would prepare them to teach in bilingual settings.

Children's centres and children and family centres support children and families to achieve the best possible learning, health and wellbeing outcomes in a universal setting with targeted responses for children and families who may require additional Children's centres and children and family centres support children and families to achieve the best possible learning, health and wellbeing outcomes in a universal setting with targeted responses for children and families who may require additional children and family centres support children and families to achieve the best possible learning, health and wellbeing outcomes in a universal setting with targeted responses for children and families who may require additional children and families to achieve the best possible learning, health and wellbeing outcomes in a universal setting with targeted responses for children and families who may require additional children and families who may require additional support.

Instead, the legal system is receiving a variety of mixed information from professional psychology («parental alienation is a discredited form of pathology» — «the pathology in the family is only moderate parental alienation, we should try reunification therapy» — «both parents are contributing to the child's conflict with the targeted parent» — «separating the child from the favored parent would be traumatic for the child»).

How three kinds of families help create bullies, targets of bullies, and bystanders, or children who are responsible, resourceful, resilient, compassionate human beings, who can act in their own best interest, stand up for themselves, and exercise their own rights while respecting the rights and legitimate needs of others, stand against injustices, act with integrity, resist provocation, and resolve conflicts peacefully; 2.

This attendance gap is well recognised in the literature and exists in spite of targeted interventions that span a number of decades.30 This significant gap has been attributed to several factors, including greater family mobility, social and cultural reasons for absence, the higher rate of emotional and behavioural problems in Aboriginal children, the intergenerational legacy of past practices of exclusion of Aboriginal children from schools, and its impact on shaping family and community values regarding the importance of attending school in Indigenous families compared with non-Indigenous families.6 7 31 Additional socioeconomic and school factors differed slightly between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous cohorts.

Behavior therapy is considered probably efficacious for childhood depression, and a number of other experimental interventions show promise but require further evaluation.12 Currently, only 2 research groups have focused on psychosocial interventions for childhood bipolar disorder.13 - 15 Hence, increased attention to creation and testing of treatments specifically targeting depression and bipolar disorder in children is needed.16 In particular, studies should focus on children's developmental needs, address comorbidity, involve family members in treatment, demonstrate treatment gains as rated by parents and clinicians rather than children themselves, and compare experimental interventions with standard care or treatment as usual (TAU) rather than no - treatment or attention control groups.12, 17,18 In addition, parental psychopathology may affect treatment adherence and response.

Nurturing Parents offer targeted programs for prenatal families, parents of babies and toddlers, parents of older children, Spanish speaking parents, parents of children with health challenges, teen parents, military parents, parents in substance abuse treatment and recovery, and more.

PCIT and, to a lesser extent, The Incredible Years are targeted, treatment interventions for families with children with well - established conduct problems.

She takes some time to talk with KidsMatter about the implementation of Goodstart's long term social inclusion strategy including the transformation of targeted early learning centres into integrated, community - connected services for children and families.

Intensive, long - term, early intervention support for children, young people and their families which may include: assessment and identification of needs; practical assistance and home - based support; linking with other relevant services; and, targeted therapeutic groups.

There are three different programs, each one targeting a different year cohort, and each with a distinct developmental focus and a unique set of activities for children and parents / caregivers, relevant to the age group, that help support meaningful family connection and children's social and emotional development.

The primary target audience for this publication is CPS caseworkers, but substance use disorder treatment providers may find it helpful in building their understanding of child welfare issues among families with whom they work.

Despite evidence of the positive impact of high - quality early childhood education for all children, it remains out of reach for most low - and moderate - income families.15 The average price of center - based care in the United States accounts for nearly 30 percent of the median family income, and only 10 percent of child care programs are considered high quality.16 Publicly funded programs — such as Head Start, Early Head Start, child care, and state pre-K programs — are primarily targeted at low - income families, but limited funding for these programs severely hinders access.17 This lack of access to high - quality early childhood education perpetuates the achievement gap, evidenced by the fact that only 48 percent of low - income children are ready for kindergarten, compared with 75 percent of moderate - or high - income children.18

Using a public health frame, we will examine how three evidence - based home visiting models form a continuum of interventions directly addressing this challenge: (1) Family Connects provides nearly universal assessment of needs for families of newborns, with connection to community services (Karen O'Donnell, Duke University); (2) Healthy Families America focuses on prevention through facilitating nurturing relationships and connection to services (Kathleen Strader, Healthy Families America); and (3) Child First targets the most vulnerable young children and families, who have experienced high levels of trauma and adversity, through a team approach providing comprehensive care coordination and mental health intervention for both parent and child (Darcy Lowell, Childfamilies of newborns, with connection to community services (Karen O'Donnell, Duke University); (2) Healthy Families America focuses on prevention through facilitating nurturing relationships and connection to services (Kathleen Strader, Healthy Families America); and (3) Child First targets the most vulnerable young children and families, who have experienced high levels of trauma and adversity, through a team approach providing comprehensive care coordination and mental health intervention for both parent and child (Darcy Lowell, ChildFamilies America focuses on prevention through facilitating nurturing relationships and connection to services (Kathleen Strader, Healthy Families America); and (3) Child First targets the most vulnerable young children and families, who have experienced high levels of trauma and adversity, through a team approach providing comprehensive care coordination and mental health intervention for both parent and child (Darcy Lowell, ChildFamilies America); and (3) Child First targets the most vulnerable young children and families, who have experienced high levels of trauma and adversity, through a team approach providing comprehensive care coordination and mental health intervention for both parent and child (Darcy Lowell, Child FiChild First targets the most vulnerable young children and families, who have experienced high levels of trauma and adversity, through a team approach providing comprehensive care coordination and mental health intervention for both parent and child (Darcy Lowell, Childfamilies, who have experienced high levels of trauma and adversity, through a team approach providing comprehensive care coordination and mental health intervention for both parent and child (Darcy Lowell, Child Fichild (Darcy Lowell, Child FiChild First).

In our new location we've added new programming, including targeted recruitment for older youth through our Extreme Recruitment program and front end family finding through our 30 Days to Family program, as well as more direct services to families and children with significant mental health and behavioral needs in the home through our Behavioral Interventionist program, bringing more support to foster and adoptive families than ever bfamily finding through our 30 Days to Family program, as well as more direct services to families and children with significant mental health and behavioral needs in the home through our Behavioral Interventionist program, bringing more support to foster and adoptive families than ever bFamily program, as well as more direct services to families and children with significant mental health and behavioral needs in the home through our Behavioral Interventionist program, bringing more support to foster and adoptive families than ever before.

Targeted and ongoing training for the professionals from the multiple disciplines that work with infants and young children and their families is essential to ensure that professionals understand infant and early childhood mental health and are equipped to promote positive practices to support these children, prevent problems when risk is identified, and intervene when necessary.

Target Population: Families with children aged 0 - 5 years who have risk factors for child maltreatment such as parental depression or substance abuse

In the study design and program development stage, research team members and consultants, in conjunction with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), decided upon the type of intervention to be tested and the specific target groups for the project.

Target Population: Families with children at risk for or with: behavior problems, substance abuse problems, or delinquency

HomVEE provides an assessment of the evidence of effectiveness for home visiting program models that target families with pregnant women and children from birth to kindergarten entry (i.e., up through age 5).

There are programmes that can help support parents, infants and young children during the critical early years such as Nurse Family Partnership49, 50 and Triple P Positive Parenting Programme.51 These programmes, where found to be effective, have been associated with cost - savings.50 — 53 Importantly, such programmes require targeted application in the most deprived areas, and this should be a priority for those involved in violence prevention.

Brighter Futures is a voluntary, targeted early intervention programme for families with children, or who are expecting a child, that aims to prevent vulnerable children and families from entering the child protection system through provision of intervention and support that will achieve long - term benefits for the children.46 The programme provides a range of tailored services including case management, casework focused on parent vulnerabilities, structured home visiting, quality children's services, parenting programmes and brokerage funds.

Since the constructs of narcissistic and borderline personality disorders and cross-generational coalitions of the child with one parent against the other parent are established psychological constructs about which ALL mental health professionals working with children and families should be familiar, for ANY mental health therapist or child custody evaluator to miss making the diagnosis of the child's cross-generational coalition involving a narcissistic / (borderline) parent that is targeted against a normal - range and affectionally available parent is simply unacceptable and represents professional incompetence.

International family mediation targets the intricacies of custody and visitation for children with multiple nationalities, and the legal complexities of these multiple jurisdictions.

Target Population: Highly stressed families with children ages 0 to 8 years at risk for abuse or neglect

Distributions from the fund will target proven strategies to strengthen parenting skills, increase the quality of early care and education and assist families with accessing that quality care and education for their young children.

This program involves the family or other support systems in the individual's treatment: TARGET - A individual or group therapy with children provides education for family and support system members, and conjoint family therapy sessions with family / support persons when clinically indicated.

Target Population: Designed for children and youth with severe emotional, behavioral, or mental health difficulties and their families where the child / youth is in, or at risk for, out - of - home, institutional, or restrictive placements, and involved in multiple child and family - serving systems (e.g., child welfare, mental health, juvenile justice, special education, etc..)

Target Population: Parents and their children ages 0 - 17 who need skills to reduce family conflict and the risk of abuse or neglect, including substance abusing parents, those already reported for child maltreatment, and those who need skills to deal with a disruptive child