Adolescent perception of mothers' parenting strengths and needs: a...

Adolescence;  September 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......First, middle-class minority parents do not encounter some...Further, middle-income minority parents experience difficulties...challenges faced by minority parents can be fully understood...for Information about early adolescents. Purpose of the Study...children are ...

Psychometrics of the Laffrey Health Conception Scale for Adolescents

Journal of Nursing Measurement;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......validity of the instrument with early adolescents. The final sample consisted of 230 early adolescents, aged 12 to 14, who responded to...accepted, which is consistent with early adolescents' conceptions of health. Factor...

Evaluating the Outcomes of Parent-Child Family Life Education

Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......A sample of 251 male and female early adolescents 9 through 14 years of age participated...family life education programs among early adolescents. This experience provided the basis...researchers can use in their work with early adolescents and their parents in clinical-, school...

Poll: Minority parents value schooling success

Pasadena Star-News;  August 23, 2006 ;     406 words ......public education system, Latinos and minority parents have high expectations for their children...Media, showed. "Immigrant and ethnic minority parents clearly view schools as opportunity...come out of school to go to college." Minority parents also strongly support preschool ...

A true success story

The Press;  May 29, 2007 ;     624 words ......appropriate educational experience for early adolescents. These include: * Adults who work...as affective/ pastoral mentors for early adolescents as they experience the social and...around themes that are meaningful for early adolescents and offer contexts for acquiring...

NAACP denied role in case

New Haven Register;  August 17, 2006 ;     323 words ......request by the state NAACP and several minority parents and children to join a case brought...ruling will allow the NAACP and the minority parents and children to file the motion to...improve schools. The NAACP and several minority parents and schoolchildren were seeking to...

Poll: Minority parents value education

Whittier Daily News;  August 23, 2006 ;     514 words ......public education system, Latinos and minority parents have high expectations for their children...Media, showed. "Immigrant and ethnic minority parents clearly view schools as opportunity...come out of school to go to college." Minority parents also strongly support preschool ...

Early adolescents' definition of health: the development of a new...

Journal of Theory Construction and Testing;  September 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......larger study of health behaviors, 98 early adolescents responded to two open ended questions...Evaluation of this new taxonomy for early adolescents reveals the categories are hierarchical...ith's model may not be consistent with early adolescents' definitions of health. A few ...

A true success story in reform; CHRISTCHURCH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS

The Press;  June 3, 2008 ;     527 words ......appropriate educational experience for early adolescents. These include: Adults who work in...as affective/ pastoral mentors for early adolescents as they experience the social and...around themes that are meaningful for early adolescents and offer contexts for acquiring...

Cross-sex best friendship influences on early adolescent cigarette and...

The Journal of Psychology;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......childhood. Increased autonomy places early adolescents in a position to begin making decisions...drink alcohol are two such decisions. Early adolescents often make these decisions in a social...amp; Perry, 1990). Although most early adolescents have experienced these qualities...

"My Three Wishes" Hopes, Aspirations, and Concerns of Middle School...

The Clearing House;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......between the developmental needs of early adolescents and school practices and curricula...of the wishes and aspirations of early adolescents and analyze the implications of these...school curricula and school practices. Early Adolescents and the Larger World Some middle...

Mass. residents back school choice, poll says

The Boston Globe;  September 16, 1996 ;     579 words ......particularly strong among urban and minority parents, according to a poll released last...10 largest school districts and 100 minority parents in Boston and was geared toward gauging...overall and of 7 percent among urban and minority parents. According to the poll, 71 percent...

Minorities Have Much To Learn About Prop. 38

Los Angeles Sentinel;  November 1, 2000 ;     605 words ......political factions over school vouchers, minority parents with children in the Los Angeles Unified...initiative. According to Hudley-Hayes, minority parents will not be able to take full benefit...understand that it is not designed to help minority parents in the inner city," ...

Groups Launch Media Campaign To Encourage Minority Parents To Get More...

U.S. Newswire;  August 16, 2001 ;     302 words ......overcrowded classrooms -- factors that heighten the need for minority parents to be actively involved. Research shows that parents are...grassroots organizing campaign ever aimed at encouraging minority parents to become more involved in their children's education WHEN...

Sexually abstinent adolescents: an 18-month follow-up.(Sexuality)(Brief...

Youth Studies Australia;  December 1, 2004 ;     176 words ......Research, v.19, n.5, 2004, pp.495-511. In a 1997 survey of 1,112 early adolescents in 20 schools in Missouri, 697 indicated they were virgins. Eighteen...disease. They also recommend targeting anti-drinking campaigns at early adolescents.