Alex Kotlowitz’s book‚ There are No Children Here‚ is a story about two boys‚ Pharaoh and Lafeyette Rivers growing in the late 1980’s in Henry Horner‚ a housing project in Chicago. The boys try to retain their youth while they see constant gang violence‚ death of close friends‚ their brother in jail and their dad struggling with a drug addiction. In Horner‚ there are two gangs that claim it as their turf‚ and the Rivers family is constantly ducking from shots of gunfire there. They live in
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appropriate as a child develops and acquires social and learning skills. As children with autism enter school‚ for example‚ they may benefit from targeted social skills training and specialized approaches to teaching. Scientific studies have demonstrated that early intensive behavioral intervention improves learning‚ communication and social skills in young children with autism. While the outcomes of early intervention vary‚ all children
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Latchkey Children Latchkey Children are children who return from school to an empty house because their parents are away working or their just left alone at home with little or no parental supervision. In today’s society this is becoming more and more common due to the fact that in most households‚ both parents carry a job or career to support the family. Other names for Latchkey Children are "children in self-care"‚ "children of working parents"‚ "unsupervised
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com/locate/lrp From Strategy to Business Models and onto Tactics Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan Enric Ricart Strategy scholars have used the notion of the Business Model to refer to the ‘logic of the firm’ e how it operates and creates value for its stakeholders. On the surface‚ this notion appears to be similar to that of strategy. We present a conceptual framework to separate and relate the concepts of strategy and business model: a business model‚ we argue‚ is a reflection of the firm’s
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Full model vs. LASSO models After creating and evaluating the full model‚ a back model and step model were created using backwards selection and stepwise selection‚ respectively. Additionally‚ there were two LASSO models created. Both of these LASSO models were created using a weight of 4 (TPR) to 1 (FPR). Full Model 2 also has these weights‚ so we will use this model to compare to the LASSO models. The first LASSO model created was using “lambda 1SE.” This model was very minimal‚ only using 5
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“Discuss what leadership theory/model you would use as a health care leader and the theory/model you believe is least effective. Explain why the models you’ve selected would or would not work in a healthcare field.” Among a dozens of leadership theory/models listed in the book of “leadership for health professionals”‚ I would like to say that Bennis’s competency-based model of leadership is most effective one in the health care field‚ while House’s charismatic leadership model” is least one. Bennis competency-based
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the Home and School Setting When children begin to start at a day-care or preschool it is a major change for the child and their family. This is the opening to a whole new beginning for the child. Educators usually choose education as a profession because they love children‚ but being a teacher is more than that. We need to look at children in the context of their family and the family in the context of the community. Teacher would then need to have a connection with the children‚ family‚ and
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Hofstede Model‚ Guatemala‚ and Sweden Allen Lee Blocker Benedictine University Running Head: Hofstede Model ‚ Guatemala‚ and Sweden Abstract According to the Mooij and Hofstede (2010)‚ the Hofstede Model assumes the role of defining a culture by noting the differences inherent within. Specifically‚ this model contains five dimensions which can be applied to countries in order to spell out these differences. Dimensions used in the Hofstede model are power distance‚ individualism
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Modeling the Spread of an Epidemic | By developing a computer model of the spread of an infectious disease‚ the student develops an understanding of the role of the infection rate and the removal rate on the spread of the disease. The Threshold Theorem of Epidemiology claims that the extent of spread of an epidemic can be predicted if three values are known: initial number of susceptible people (S(0))‚ the infection rate (K)‚ and the removal rate (by quarantine or cure) (Q). The extent of the
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Mrs. Kimberly Mori ENGL 1301- 5041 12 February 2015 The Reality of Education: John Holt’s “School is Bad for Children” An important goal of education is to allow a student to think freely‚ right? John Holt would claim otherwise in his 1989 essay‚ “School is Bad for Children‚” in which he presents his perspective of school and how it limits the way a student to think. An analysis of “School is Bad for Children” reveals not only that the author’s personal beliefs have an important role in the effectiveness
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