Sentences with phrase «with at risk children»

Linkages should also be made to help families, particularly those with at risk children, access needed services and supports.

Deborah J. Hayes works with at risk children and their families within outpatient mental health and in public education, school mental health programs.

He has over 30 years experience working with at risk children, adults, and their families, as well as working with seriously and persistently mentally ill persons, both on an inpatient and outpatient basis.

Stephanie enjoys working daily with at risk children in her area to provide them with hope and a secure future.

How could anyone work with at risk children in this system and think it's just A-OK as it's been?

Stephanie enjoys working daily with at risk children in her area to provide them with hope and a secure future.

Not exact matches

A former chemist - turned - pastor, he and his wife now work with at - risk children and families.

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.

Examples are 9/11 hijackings, The holding back of stem cell research that could save countless human lives, Aids being spread due to religious opposition to the use of condoms, Christians legally fighting this year to teach over 1 million young girls in America that they must always be obedient to men, the eroding of child protection laws in America by Christians, for so called faith based healing alternatives that place children's health and safety at risk, burning of witches, the crusades, The Nazi belief that the Aryans were god's chosen to rule the world, etc... But who cares about evidence in the real world when we have our imaginations and delusions about gods with no evidence of them existing.

The priest warns her that even after Vatican II, adultery is considered a serious sin, and that if she were to sleep with Henry Mascall, she would be breaking one of the Ten Commandments and putting at risk the happiness of her husband and children.

Nothing is simpler than to point to deficiencies in the way our huge, increasingly heterogeneous nation grapples with the problem of delivering basic services to its needy members or to persons who, like so many of the Kauai children, are at serious risk.

«Amazingly, children - at - risk from different parts of the world [who have] similar problems have more in common with each other than with other types of children within the same culture.

He had recently worked with children at risk as part of a church - sponsored summer program.

As the Trump administration has shifted policies on undocumented immigrants and individuals with temporary protected status (TPS), putting more individuals at risk of deportation, Christians have quickly brought up the dilemma of mixed - status families, whose children are US citizens but parents are not.

Not surprisingly, teenagers growing up with only one parent are at greater risk of dropping out of school, of having a child of their own during the teen years, and of being neither in school nor in the work - force during young adulthood.

«Young children are especially at risk from contact with nitrites.»

ABOUT BOOKS FOR KIDS The mission of Books for Kids is to promote literacy among all children with a special emphasis on low - income and at - risk preschool - aged children.

We are delighted to announce the launch of our brand new online lottery scheme with funds raised going directly to the Leeds United Foundation, the grass roots sports charity who work tirelessly to deliver high level programmes across our region for children, young people, adults, disabled at - risk, the unemployed and the elderly.

According to Dr. Anita Swamy, Medical Director at he Chicago Children's Diabetes CEnter at La Rabida, there is a strong link between PCOS and diabetes: «While type 2 diabetes risk factors such as insulin resistance and glucose intolerance are often seen in patients with PCOS, PCOS itself confers a significant risk, up to 10-fold versus the normal population, for development of type 2 diabetes.»

Experts are saying older men shouldn't worry about their higher risk of fathering a child with bipolar disorder (men 45 + are 25x more likely than a man in his 20s to father a child with bipolar disorder) because it's such a rare disease but recent studies show it's not rare at all and affects 4 - 5 % of the population.

(vi) engage particularly with groups of fathers who previously have been excluded from services and whose children are at risk of poor outcomes — including young fathers and black and minority ethnic fathers;

The latest is Noonan Syndrome which men middle aged and older are at a high risk for fathering a child with because it has no other cause than «old man» sperm.

A growing concern in recent years, however, is the risk, even to children with healthy lungs, posed by environmental pollutants - particularly fine and ultra-fine particulates - at playing on fields built near busy highways and at indoor ice rinks.

«Even if you usually co-sleep with your child, you might want to consider an alternate sleeping arrangement on nights when you might exhibit some of those risk factors yourself — for example, if you have a couple of glasses of wine at a party or you take a cold capsule to help you ward off a miserable cold.

FI project aims to improve safeguarding in four EU countries through better engagement with fathers Serious Case Review summaries across the world (plus a substantial body of research) reveal that family professionals working with children at risk of harm commonly fail to engage well with men in families where there are safeguarding concerns.

It reminds me of when I graduated in 1980 with an MBA and the few women in the program were cautioned not to have pictures of their children on their desk at the risk of people assuming we didn't take our careers seriously.

child protection services who engage confidently and effectively with the men in the lives of at - risk children

Serious Case Review summaries across the world (plus a substantial body of research) reveal that family professionals working with children at risk of harm commonly fail to engage well with men in families where there are safeguarding concerns.

My mother is an early childhood educator who has had her share of experience with at - risk and special needs children.

Anyone who lives in a home with lead pipes may be at risk, and since more than 80 percent of the city's housing stock was built before they were banned, lead is potentially leaching into the drinking water of thousands of children.

This was a turning point in my life, and although a difficult decision, I left my work again, to risk, and to start a magazine that filled the need of mothers like me, who love crafting, but could not easily find sources for natural materials and patterns that fit a natural lifestyle and conscious parenting, for mothers who not just enjoyed doing crafts with their children, but wanted to sit down at the end of a hard day's work and read, and create, within a community they belong to.

In fact, four years later, the authors published follow - up results to the study, concluding, «planned cesarean delivery is not associated with a reduction in risk of death or neuro - developmental delay in children at 2 years of age.»

This leaves the upper body unprotected and adds extra slack to the seat belt system, putting your child at risk of severe injury in a crash or with sudden braking.

Children that eat a lot of fat and are struggling with their weight are at a higher risk for diseases like high cholesterol, high blood pressure, depression, or diabetes.

What worried me most was the fear that my baby might be sick, though she seemed healthy and thankfully had no indication of a congenital heart defect, for which children with Down syndrome are at a higher risk.

After the traumatic hospital births, which were physically damaging to my mother and life risking to my brothers, and after the cold way the hospitals handled her miscarriages, it was a beautiful relief for her to experience such an easy birth at home without complication, with less pain and more beauty for mother and child, and for their family, too.

Uninvolved parenting is associated with the worst outcomes for children: Kids who are raised with this style of parenting tend to be emotionally withdrawn, anxious and may be at greater risk for delinquent and dangerous behaviors as well as substance abuse.

Children whose parents talk to them regularly are at much less risk for experimenting with cigarettes, alcohol and drugs.

There are many uses for such a questionnaire, such as: a) helping place at - risk children (e.g., abused, neglected, diagnosed) with safe and nurturing parents, b) potentially reducing the number of failed adoption placements, c) protecting children from at - risk adults, and d) screening foster / adoptive families to reduce the possibility of abuse and / or neglect.

Take the child protection system, for example — criticised many times in serious case reviews for failing to engage with fathers of children at risk.

• Better engagement with fathers and father - figures in families where children are at risk is likely to result in better risk assessment, reduced burden on mothers, enhanced resources for the care of children and better risk management, leading to reduction of harm (Zanoni et al, 2013).

Specifically, for fathers, higher expectations about their children's educational level, and greater level / frequency of interest and direct involvement in children's learning, education and schools, are associated strongly with better educational outcomes for their children, including: • better exam / test / class results • higher level of educational qualification • greater progress at school • better attitudes towards school (e.g. enjoyment) • higher educational expectations • better behaviour at school (e.g. reduced risk of suspension or expulsion)(for discussion / review of all this research, see Goldman, 2005).

The centre, which takes referrals from Social Services, Children's Guardians and the Courts when the children are considered to be at serious risk of harm, sees working with young, vulnerable dads as central to its Children's Guardians and the Courts when the children are considered to be at serious risk of harm, sees working with young, vulnerable dads as central to its children are considered to be at serious risk of harm, sees working with young, vulnerable dads as central to its purpose.

Menu of Hope was created with the goal of raising funds to provide healthy meals and nutrition and physical education to Ohio's at - risk children who do not have consistent access to the food they need to grow, learn and thrive.

Pediatricians play a crucial role in identifying children who are at - risk for food insecurity and connecting them and their families with federal nutrition programs and other community resources.

We know that if a mother smokes, if she has consumed alcohol or other sedatives, if the baby is formula fed, if the sleep surface is a sofa or water bed, or if the bed is also shared with other children that a baby sleeping with his or her mother is at heightened risk of SIDS or accidental death.

In experiments with families at high risk for poor child outcomes, researchers randomly assigned some mothers to receive training in responsive parenting techniques.

The Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development (GUCCHD) was established over four decades ago to improve the quality of life for all children and youth, especially those with, or at risk for, special needs and their families.

For example, having a young mother or a mother with little or delayed prenatal care puts a child at increased risk.

Whether consciously or not, coupling the misinformation of Laura Pratt's articles with advertising that promotes products proven to put the lives of infants and young children at risk is a shameful misuse of the Canadian journalistic privilege.