'Wide range of powers' for Northern Ireland's children's commissioner

Community Practitioner;  August 1, 2003 ;     151 words ......s first commissioner for children and young people, Nigel Williams...International which aims to protect children from internet abuse, Mr Williams...formal investigations into children's homes and other authorities...look after young people. Briege Coyle, CPHVA professional officer...other ...

MAKE SURE CHILDREN HAVE SUPERVISION DURING HOLIDAYS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 25, 2008 ;     442 words ......opportunity for family tragedy. Make sure your children have proper supervision at all times. Know where your children are and what they are doing. At this...and shopping. Possibilities increase of children being left unsupervised at home or even...

2008 CHILDREN'S SCORECARD: FALTERING ECONOMY IMPACTING CHILDREN AND...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 24, 2008 ;     485 words ......Supervisor Don Knabe, Chair of the Children's Council of Los Angeles County, announced the findings of the 2008 Children's ScoreCard at a press conference...data - highlights the condition of children and families in a number of areas...

Children bereaved by cancer 'lack support'.(Features)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  December 1, 2008 ;     437 words ...CHILDREN who lose a parent to cancer are falling through the gaps...investigating what services are currently available for children in Wales. It hopes to set up its own dedicated holistic bereavement service for children to fill the gaps. Although there are some specialist services...

Mechanisms that underlie coordination in children with developmental...

Journal of Motor Behavior;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......mechanisms underlying motor coordination in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). Because children with DCD experience difficulty processing...young (6-7 years) and older (9-10 years) children with and without DCD by using a compatibility-incompatibili...

The Oxford ankle foot questionnaire for children: SCALING, RELIABILITY AND...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  November 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......associated with foot and ankle problems in children aged from five to 16 years. A survey of 158 children and their parents was carried out to determine...foot or ankle problems on three domains of children's lives: physical, school and play, and...

Children With Deployed Parents Have More Behavior Problems

The Culvert Chronicles;  November 6, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Between the ages of three and five, children with a parent deployed to a war zone...Archi ves journals. More than two million children in the U.S. have had a parent deployed...wars, according to the article. Of these children, 40% are younger than five years old...

INEQUALITY UNDERMINING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR MILLIONS OF CHILDREN

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ......countries. It notes that: * One in three children in developing countries (193 million...current public policies. * 75 million children of primary school age are not in school...sub-Saharan Africa. * Whereas over a third of children in rich countries complete university...

BRITAIN'S FRITZL; Josef Fritzl: Imprisoned daughter for 24 years and...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  November 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ......of rapes and abuse he inflicted on his children. Yesterday a judge said the abuse was...rescue the women, who have seven surviving children. After spending their entire lives in...dungeon for 24 years and fathered seven children by her. Nicholas Campbell, QC, prosecuting...

Appeal for children to get an education.(News)

Sunday Tribune (South Africa);  November 23, 2008 ;     300 words ......attention to an estimated 37 million children who live in conflict-affected countries...said. But if more than 70 million children do not even have the chance to go to school, and more than half of these children live in countries affected by armed...

Rush NeuroBehavioral Center Celebrates 12 years of Changing Children's...

Targeted News Service;  November 10, 2008 ;     698 words ......economy, efforts to improve the lives of children with brain based social and academic...multidisciplinary panel focused on the components of children's social behavior. The presenters were...Forest. Professor Decety showed images of children's brains demonstrating empathy pathways...

Home away from home Parents continue to pass on traditions, culture to the...

The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  November 25, 2008 ;     571 words ...BLOOMINGTON - Immigrants whose children are born in America find ways to incorporate...Church in Bloomington. She teaches her children about how both countries celebrate holidays...blends the best of both worlds for her children. She hopes to share things she has learned...

FOOD AND BEVERAGE ADVERTISING TO CHILDREN ON U.S. TELEVISION: DID NATIONAL...

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......advertisers announced new policies to reduce children's exposure to ads for unhealthy foods...that the food advertisements viewed by children would not change significantly. Content...few changes in food advertising seen by children. Childhood obesity is an acute concern...

TERRIFYING IMAGES OF MUMBAI TERROR ATTACK COULD IMPACT CHILDREN: EXPERTS

The Hindustan Times;  November 29, 2008 ;     632 words ......made psychiatrists fear the impact on children. Most parents were watching the drama...television since Wednesday night, and their children avidly watched it too - picking up new...words. Though many viewers said their children had become inured to watching pictures...

A children's charity is what Mark would have wanted ; TV presenter Mark...

Evening Standard - London;  November 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Rickmansworth's Watersmeet theatre. Mark, a children's TV regular and relative veteran of...funny, very charismatic on-stage. The children loved him." Three days later Oliver was...meant that he'd never get back to his children again ... " Speight trails off. Mark...