Child and youth development

This study intended to examine the comprehensive clinical effects of school sandplay group counseling on the emotions and behaviors of children for the first time in Korea. To this objective, 10 sessions of in-school sandplay group counseling were administered to 113 fourth sixth-graders in an elementary school located in Cheonan city for 12 weeks from March to July 2015.

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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has a significant impact on child and adolescent development, especially in relation to school functioning and academic outcom

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To evaluate the accuracy of motor assessment tools listed in Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: a guideline for diagnosis across the lifespan (Canadian Guideline) for the purpose of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) diagnosis. Specifically, we aimed to determine: 1) diagnostic accuracy of motor assessment tools and subtests; 2) accuracy of multiple subtests versus total scores; and 3) accuracy of alternate cut-offs.

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Although child sexual abuse (CSA) is recognized as a serious violation of human well-being and of the law, no community has yet developed mechanisms that ensure that none of their youth will be sexually abused. CSA is, sadly, an international problem of great magnitude that can affect children of all ages, sexes, races, ethnicities, and socioeconomic classes.

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Evaluating youth welfare services is vital, both because of the considerable influence they have on the development of children and adolescents, as well as owing to the extensive financial costs involved, especially for child residential care.

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This report summarizes the presentations and discussion at a work- shop entitled Sleep Needs, Patterns, and Difficulties of Adolescents, held on September 22, 1999. The workshop was organized by the Board on Children, Youth, and Families and the Forum on Adolescence of the Na- tional Research Council and Institute of Medicine, with funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development, U.S. Department of Health and Hu- man Services.

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This report summarizes the presentations and discussion at a work- shop entitled Opportunities to Promote Child and Adolescent Develop- ment During the After-School Hours, convened on October 21, 1999. The workshop was organized by the Board on Children, Youth, and Fami- lies and its Forum on Adolescence of the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine, with funding from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

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Due to constraints to rapid scale up of interventions (restrictions in access, logistic, human and financial resources) a phased approach has been adopted. Activities for the first year (phase 1) are focused on the adaption and standardisation of tools, training and strengthening of structures and mechanisms in preparation for delivery of interventions in the subsequent years (Phase 2). The strategy is consistent with the United Nations Transition Plan (UNTP) for Somalia 2008-09 and has been included in the Reconstruction and Development Plan (RDP) for the next three years....

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Investing in child health is an investment upstream. Quite simply, health in infancy and the early years contributes to healthy children and youth, and healthy children and youth contribute to health throughout the lifespan. Indeed, “the early development of cognitive skills, emotional well-being, social competence and sound physical and mental health builds a strong foundation for success well into the adult years…these abilities are critical prerequisites for economic productivity and responsible citizenship throughout life.

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In addition to neighbourhood income, the quality of one’s community or neighbourhood environment can also affect the health and development potential of its children and youth. Neighbourhood cohesion, the presence of accessible family and child-friendly resources, as well as a safe and clean environment, all contribute to the context in which families live and raise their children. viii) Child and Youth Mental Well-Being Mental well-being is seen as the foundation for well-being and effective functioning for an individual and a community.

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Family Planning: Family planning (FP) can potentially eliminate 32% of maternal deaths and 10% of newborn, infant and child deaths by reducing high risk births.

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Thanks go to several National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) report reviewers including Ernest E. Allen, President and Chief Executive Officer; John B. Rabun, Jr.

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A pioneer in Islamic microfinance, Al-Amal Microfinance Bank (Al-Amal) was established in October 2008 as the first microfinance bank in Yemen. Dedicated to providing poor micro- entrepreneurs with access to financial services, Al-Amal targets youth and women with microcredit, savings, and insurance, among other services. To date, Al-Amal has developed two youth-friendly products, Youth Fund (credit) and Child Savers (savings).

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The Child, Youth, Family and Social Development (CYFSD) research programme of the HSRC aims to promote human and social development through the production of high quality applied research that addresses challenges arising from social inequality, poverty, violence, HIV/AIDS and other causes of ill-health and suffering, and loss of human potential. We research aspects of the life course, from infancy to old age, with an emphasis on understanding how contexts, policies and politics shape and distribute life chances.

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Advocates worldwide recognize the need to address the political and social context in which young people make decisions about sex and reproduction. Globally, commitment to meeting YRH needs has never been higher. International conferences and agreements such as the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child, the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), the U.N. World Program of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond, and the 2001 U.N.

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Vertical integration. Although the delivery of health care is concentrated in the vertically integrated medical care sector (organized around primary, secondary, and tertiary care), many other essential child health service programs are located in the public and population health sectors (Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC; Head Start; and Early Head Start).

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This report continues the story from the project’s first publication, Growing Up in North America: Child Well-Being in Canada, the United States, and Mexico, and presents an overview of the health and safety of children in North America. It is based on the ecological indicator model that was developed for the Children in North America Project.

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