Protective Factors Sample Clauses

Protective Factors. Services provided by Wrap OC PNP CONTRACTOR shall align with one (1) or more of the following protective factors:
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Protective Factors. Xxxxx made in xxxxxx care and specialist school Family beginning to accept occurrence of abuse, some capacity to keep safe Aspects of resilience Superior verbal skills Now safe
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Protective Factors. Protective factors may lessen the likelihood of sexual violence victimization or perpetration by buffering against risk. These factors can exist at individual, relationship, community, and societal levels. Limited research is available on protective factors for sexual violence in youth but it is thought that positive youth development (PYD) may help xxxxxx protective factors in youth. PYD is an ongoing process in which children and adolescents seek ways to meet their personal and social needs and build the skills and competencies to allow them to be successful in their daily lives. PYD recognizes the potential which children and adolescents possess and builds upon their strengths. Effective PYD actions are holistic in nature, using cross-system, multi-disciplined, collaborative and sustained community approaches. The literature suggests that protective factors for youth include connectedness with school, having friends and adults in the community, and emotional health. The following protective factors occur at multiple social-ecological levels for all types of violence16. Multi-level protective factors include: • Problem solving skills • Sense of self-efficacy • Good peer relationships • Caring/respectful relationships • Social support • Support/belonging • Availability of services • Parental supervision The Search Institute, an organization whose mission is to provide leadership, knowledge and resources to promote healthy children, youth and communities, has built a framework of developmental assets as an approach to positive youth development. Developmental assets represent the relationships, opportunities, and personal qualities that young people need to avoid risks and to thrive. The Search Institute conducted extensive research in youth development, resiliency, and prevention. Studies of more than 2.2 million young people in the United States consistently show young people are less likely to engage in a wide range of high- risk behaviors and more likely to thrive if they have more assets.17 According to the Search Institute, the levels of assets are better predictors of high-risk involvement and thriving than poverty or being from a single-parent family. The average young person experiences fewer than half of the 40 assets. Boys on average experience three fewer assets than girls (17.2 for boys vs. 19.9 for girls).18 NYSDOH has infused the principles of positive youth development into all of its adolescent sexual health programs and funded initiatives...
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Protective Factors conditions in families and communities that, when present or enhanced, increase the health and well-being of families and children/youth and reduce risk factors that lead to child abuse and neglect. The five protective factors are (a) parental resilience, (b) social connections, (c) knowledge of parenting and child development, (d) concrete support in times of need, and (e) social and emotional competence of children (Xxxxx, 2014).
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Protective Factors. Pre-Test and Post-Test Surveys;
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Protective Factors aspects of child’s life that would positively affect their academic performance (i.e. involved parents) 2013-2014 MESA STRATEGIC DIRECTION 1 - IMPROVE RATES OF STUDENT RETENTION AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS GRADUATION RATE – SECONDARY School Issue that best corresponds with this strategic direction: Literacy School Strategic Direction: Vocabulary Development, Increasing Reading Comprehension and Reading Levels
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Protective Factors. Family Opportunities for Prosocial Involvement NOTE: For all comments below regarding Strengths and Gaps, the data used reflects those organizations (N = 27) that indicated that they provide services to directly “improve parents’ ability to provide opportunities for positive family involvement”. [Question #5a, Option #5 of Family Domain] Considerations Strengths Gaps Demographic Rural/Urban 52% rural/isolated populations 48% urban/inner city populations Economic Status 52% economically disadvantaged youth 52% economically disadvantaged adults 40% serve health care professionals 41% serve adults who have been abused 41% serve pregnant teenagers 48% serve teachers/administrators/counselors 52% serve youth at risk of dropping out of school 56% serve parenting teens 85% serve parents/families 85% serve single parents 19% serve immigrants and refugees 19% serve substance users, nondiagnosable 22% serve homeless/runaway youth 22% serve xxxxxx children 26% serve school dropouts Geographic Location of organization 67% in Binghamton 15% in Vestal 7% in Xxxxxxx City 78% have services county-wide Location of Organization Only 23% of Xxxxxx County’s population and 19% of the students resides in the city of Binghamton. Developmental 41% to preschool students 63% to elementary school students 74% to junior high students 67% to high school students Protective Factor 27 organizations (48%) directly target improving opportunities for positive family involvement Best Practice 33% report using best practice methods Program & Service Delivery The following % of organizations have at least one program in each domain: 85% in the individual/peer domain 82% in the family domain 56% in the school domain 56% in the community domain Risk and Protective Objectives: Family Domain Improve Opportunities for Positive Involvement 2002 Addiction Center of Xxxxxx County All Women's Help Center Binghamton City Schools Boy Scouts of America, Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Catholic Social Services Center for Adolescent Services Inc. Department of Social Services, Xxxxxx County Fairview Recovery Services Families First Family and Children's Society Health Department-Xxxxxx County Imaginarium for the Health, Healing and the Arts Inc. Xxxxxxx City Community Action Team Jewish Community Center Xxxxxxx Youth Services Maine-Endwell Central School District Mental Health Association of the Southern Tier Mothers and Babies Prenatal Network Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx of South Central NY Psychological Clinic, Binghamton Universit...
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Protective Factors. Those factors that increase an individuals ability to resist the use and abuse of drugs. Resources- A resource is any or all of those things that can be used to improve the quality of community life—the things that can help close the gap between what is and what ought to be. Risk Factors—Those factors that increase an individuals vulnerability to drug use and abuse. Stakeholders- Groups, organizations or sectors of the community with an interest in and/or perspective on a common issue, such as reducing substance abuse. Strategy- The strategy identifies the overarching approach of how the coalition will achieve intended results.
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Protective Factors. Conditions or attributes (skills, strengths, resources, supports or coping strategies) in individuals, families, communities or the larger society that help people deal more effectively with stressful events and mitigate or eliminate risk in families and communities. Protective factors include: nurturing and attachment, knowledge of parenting and of child and youth development, parental resilience, social connections, concrete supports for parents, and social and emotional competence of children. A2-1.12 Risk Factors- Substance abuse, teen pregnancy, poverty, young parents and/or parents of young children, parents and/or children with disabilities or mental illness, and families living with domestic violence.
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  • Protective Footwear Effective January 1, 2002, and on that date for each subsequent calendar year, the Hospital will provide $80 per calendar year to each full-time and $45 per calendar year to each regular part-time employee who is required by the Hospital to wear safety footwear during the course of his duties. The employees who will be required to wear safety footwear will be negotiated locally and set out in the Local Provisions Appendix. Note: The existing central language designating the classifications of employees which are deemed to require appropriate safety footwear shall be transferred to the local appendix.

  • Protective Measures We have implemented and will maintain appropriate technical and organisational measures in relation to the Services taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation, and the nature, scope, context and purposes of Processing, as well as the likelihood and severity of risk to the rights and freedoms of data subjects. This includes measures relating to the physical security of Our facilities used to deliver them, measures to control access rights to Our assets and relevant networks, and processes for testing these measures. In accordance with Our obligations under applicable law, We may undertake digital forensic investigations in relation to the use of the Services and Subscriptions. You are responsible for using, and ensuring that your Users use, the controls and advice provided by the Services correctly and consistently.

  • Other Factors The Employer may provide for additional formal and informal evaluations as it shall determine to be necessary for the proper conduct of the educational program and the utilization of its employees. The evaluation opinions of the Employer shall not be subject to the Grievance Procedure if the procedures herein set forth have been followed.

  • Performance Factors (a) Each party will notify the other party of the existence of a Performance Factor, as soon as reasonably possible after the party becomes aware of the Performance Factor. The Notice will:

  • ADJUSTMENT FACTORS The Contractor will perform any or all Tasks in the Construction Task Catalog for the Unit Price appearing therein multiplied by the following Adjustment Factors. See the General Terms and Conditions for additional information.

  • SECONDARY FACTORS (a) The extent of control which, by agreement, COUNTY may exercise over the details of the work is slight rather than substantial; (b) CONTRACTOR is engaged in a distinct occupation or business; (c) In the locality, the work to be done by CONTRACTOR is usually done by a specialist without supervision, rather than under the direction of an employer; (d) The skill required in the particular occupation is substantial rather than slight; (e) The CONTRACTOR rather than the COUNTY supplies the instrumentalities, tools and work place; The length of time for which CONTRACTOR is engaged is of limited duration rather than indefinite; (g) The method of payment of CONTRACTOR is by the job rather than by the time; (h) The work is part of a special or permissive activity, program, or project, rather than part of the regular business of COUNTY; (i) CONTRACTOR and COUNTY believe they are creating an independent contractor relationship rather than an employee relationship; and The COUNTY conducts public business. It is recognized that it is not necessary that all secondary factors support creation of an independent contractor relationship, but rather that overall there are significant secondary factors which indicate that CONTRACTOR is an independent contractor. By their signatures to this Agreement, each of the undersigned certifies that it is his or her considered judgment that the CONTRACTOR engaged under this Agreement is in fact an independent contractor.

  • Measurements and arithmetic conventions All measurements and calculations shall be in the metric system and calculations done to 2 (two) decimal places, with the third digit of 5 (five) or above being rounded up and below 5 (five) being rounded down.

  • Bilingual Differential When formally assigned in the employee’s position description, an employee assigned to interpret to or from another language to English will receive a differential of five percent (5%) of base pay.

  • Interim Measures 6.1 The Parties acknowledge that the British Columbia Claims Task Force made the following recommendation concerning interim measures:

  • Corrective Measures If the Participating Generator fails to meet or maintain the requirements set forth in this Agreement and/or the CAISO Tariff, the CAISO shall be permitted to take any of the measures, contained or referenced in the CAISO Tariff, which the CAISO deems to be necessary to correct the situation.

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