Sentences with phrase «vulnerable young people do»

By not taking this into account, she writes with Ed School researcher Suzanne Bouffard, «the most vulnerable young people don't just miss the boat; they aren't even on the deck.»

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The law would provide justice to some of the most vulnerable people in our nation: young people who do not have homes and do not have the strong family support needed to keep them free from people who would exploit them.

Beyond the shared repugnant experiences of these Miss Ghana Beauty Queens, every reasonable person in Ghana would agree that, asking young vulnerable women to move from one office to another begging for 10,000 dollars or 10,000 GHS each month in a country where «men at the top» are extensively sexually exploitative clearly suggests one thing — which is, money has always been placed ahead of the interest of these young girls by those requiring them to do so.

«It does absolutely send a terrible message to transgendered young people, one of the most vulnerable populations in the country,» Hodgson said.

«Young children are more vulnerable to chemicals, but we simply don't have the scientific evidence to know if the difference will affect a person's health over a lifetime,» says Dr. Thomas K. McInerny, president of the AAP.

The NRDC does caution, however, that pregnant women, young children, the elderly, people with chronic illnesses and those with weakened immune systems can be especially vulnerable to the risks posed by contaminated water.

The characters are an entertaining group of misfits, of particular note is central protagonist and narrator Renton (Ewan McGregor), a young man with aspirations of stability, and of happiness in his life, but who is utterly unable to survive without «one more hit», the violent and psychotic Begbie (Robert Carlyle), who refuses to take heroin but makes up for not doing drugs by «doing people» instead, and the childlike Spud (Ewan Bremner), the innocent fool of the group, and the most vulnerable to peer pressure.

Valor's SEL work is based on ideas that Daren Dickson developed throughout his career as a social worker, clinical and program director, and social justice advocate, including work he did at the nonprofit Seneca Center in the San Francisco Bay Area with vulnerable young people and communities.

The work that community sports clubs do every day with vulnerable young people, to ensure no one gets left behind, is testament to the success of the programme.

Depriving young people of education about their bodies and potential future sexual realities does them a disservice and leaves them vulnerable to misinformation and confusion at best and ill - equipped to manage risk and health at worst.

Sir Michael's report does not talk much about the use of targeted initiatives to (re) engage particular vulnerable or «at risk» groups, but our research has shown that such approaches are often needed with vulnerable young people.

For too long, people who wanted to get serious things done on climate have all lined up around Kyoto — like mother elephants around the vulnerable young — without looking seriously at why that whole strategy was doomed to fail and practical alternatives.

Over the summer Birmingham Law Centre, which provided help for over 2,000 poor and vulnerable people a year, closed, as did the specialist Streetwise Law Centre which provided help for young people across the capital.

So - called parental notification and / or consent laws for abortion, which do nothing to improve communication between parents and children but rather have the potential to harm young people who are already vulnerable — and can especially endanger minors when they are victims of abuse, rape or incest at the hand of a parent.

A nice way to put things.And there are so many things you've mentioned that are quite obvious but are not easy to spot - like letting yourself open and vulnerable in a relationship.A relationship and marriage are very different from any other form of connection between two human beings and handling it needs special care no doubt.Very healthy advice from you was to not run to the court every time there is a problem but rather try to work it out - something that most young people just don't seem to understand.

Valor's SEL work is based on ideas that Daren Dickson developed throughout his career as a social worker, clinical and program director, and social justice advocate, including work he did at the nonprofit Seneca Center in the San Francisco Bay Area with vulnerable young people and communities.

He adds, «There's been a lot of talk out in the industry about the need to bring younger people on board, but now I think more brokers sense that, as an industry, we are vulnerable if we don't get some fresh blood in there.