08-May-2012
Category : Teen
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07-May-2012
A Significant Relationship Found Between Sleep and Standardized Test Scores
Winnetka, IL (PRWEB) March 15, 2012
A recent study conducted by Brigham Young University reveals that there is a statistically significant relationship between sleep and test scores in children ages 10-19. More specifically, the study quantified optimal hours of sleep and how student performance is affected by age, with optimal hours of sleep decreasing with age. Sleep Training Solutions’ experts agree that sleep plays an important role in test taking success and provide their own their consulting and advice on how to deal with children’s sleep issues.
As students in Illinois are taking the ISAT tests this week and students across the country prepare for their standardized tests later this Spring, parents and teachers emphasize the importance of a good night’s sleep and a well-balanced breakfast for students. This study is particularly timely and reiterates the importance of sleep.
According to the 2012 article, the number of optimal hours of sleep for test score performance decreased by age—9-9.5 hours for 10 year olds, 8.34-8.43 hours for 12 year olds and 7.02-7.35 hours for 16 year olds. Researchers note that these amounts are lower than current medical research recommendations (The National Sleep Foundation recommends 8.5-9.25 hours for 10-17 year olds), and it was acknowledged that not taking into account overall health and well-being was a limitation in this study.
Several studies have examined student achievement and sleep, with mixed results. According to a 2011 article published in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, delaying school start time by 50 minutes significantly increased the effect on academic achievement in teenagers. But another study from the same year published in Education Finance Policy declared that there was no significant change in student achievement with a later school start time.
In a Sleep Medicine Reviews article which reviewed studies on sleep and academic performance, researchers found that sleep quantity, erratic sleep schedules, having different wake times for weekdays and weekends, and sleepiness during the day contributed to academic performance.
According to a study in Teachers College Record, sleeplessness and sleep habits come from behavioral and physiological sources. Parents are often able to set bedtimes and wake times for young children, but older children and teenagers have after-school activities and sports, early morning practices and part-time jobs, in addition to increased amounts of homework, which often lead to late bedtime and early rising.
Chicago-based certified infant and child sleep consultant, Kim Schaf, agrees that older children are often over-scheduled and sleep is not always a priority. In a recent article, Schaf gives parents tips on preventing overtiredness and creating a good routine at bedtime, including refraining from technology an hour before bed and monitoring what children are eating in the afternoon and evening hours.
During these standardized testing periods, according to Schaf, it is especially important that children have an appropriate bedtime. “When children have a late bedtime, they become overtired and wired, making it very difficult for the body to settle down for sleep. For optimal performance on the standardized tests, children should have a relaxing evening with quiet time before bed, and, of course, a healthy breakfast.”
About Sleep Training Solutions
Sleep Training Solutions, a leading infant and child sleep consulting company based in the Chicago area, provides education and training to parents and caregivers in the Chicago area and across the country to resolve sleep problems in infants and children. For more information, please visit http://www.SleepTrainingSolutions.com.
About Kim Schaf
Kim has a Master of Arts in Teaching and was hand-selected and personally trained in Vancouver, B.C. by Dana Obleman, world-renowned sleep expert and creator of The Sleep Sense™ Program. She offers one-on-one sessions and group seminars for parents, and is available to lead workshops and classes at drop-in groups, pediatrician and OB/GYN offices or hospitals at a reduced or pro-bono rate. Kim lives in a northern suburb of Chicago with her husband and two small children, both of whom are excellent sleepers.
For more information
Contact: Kim Schaf, M.A.T.
(847) 386-6285
Kim(at)SleepTrainingSolutions(dot)com
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07-May-2012
SEO Miracle Offers SEO Service Packages at Affordable Prices
Miami Beach, FL (PRWEB) May 06, 2012
SEO services became a necessity for all business owners. It is known that most people consider Internet to be the fastest and now, even one of the most reliable ways to get trusted information, especially if the information is presented on an official business website.
SEO Miracle is one of the leading SEO companies in the United States that is constantly available to its customers. At SEO Miracles, they go above and beyond for their clients by offering not only reliable and fast SEO services, but also a complex system which helps in reporting client about the client’s SEO work.
Joshua Hood, CEO and a co-founder of SEO Miracle, explains, “SEO services are definitely becoming more and more acceptable and necessary for each business owner out there. We decided to offer three types of SEO service packages, Silver, Gold and Platinum. The Silver package comes with four keywords, the Gold package comes with 10 keywords and the Platinum package, which is the best one to have for your business, comes with 20 keywords.”
SEO Miracle is a well organized company that sets the client first, with a number of different sectors and employees working on onsite and offsite SEO, sales, technical support, web design, web developing and other.
Joshua also added, “When we offer SEO services to a client, we offer so much more than that. For those emergency-type of moments there is always somebody from SEO Miracle online, ready to help. Our clients get monthly report by logging in to their SEO Miracle account, where they can observe the work that has been done with their rankings.”
SEO Miracle offers a complete SEO service that includes monthly directory submissions, creating SEO pages, social bookmarking, related blog post links, real Twitter tweets, Facebook likes, Google bookmarks and much more.
If you would like to visit SEO Miracle’s website and see what they have prepared for their clients, go to http://www.seomiralce.com or call their office phone 305-432-2350.
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06-May-2012
Category : Teen
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06-May-2012
Michael W. Miller Warns of Link Between Teenage Depression, Drug Use
New York, New York (PRWEB) April 04, 2012
It is common knowledge that both depression and alcohol use are significant problems amongst teenagers, particularly those in junior and senior high school. According to a new study, however, these two issues might actually be connected. New research indicates that high school-aged students who exhibit symptoms of depression are more likely than their peers to turn to drinking and smoking. The study has won the praise of Michael W. Miller, a neuroscientist whose own research has yielded similar findings.
In fact, the study is not limited to alcohol and cigarettes. It also reveals that teens showing signs of depression are more likely to use marijuana and hard drugs throughout their high school years and beyond. The conclusion of the study is that the signs of depression first reveal themselves during the teenage years—and teenagers turn to drug use and drinking as a form of self-medication.
Michael W. Miller agrees. The neuroscientist praises the new study, and says its findings are convincing. “This insightful study provides intriguing data supporting the concept that substances are used by young teenagers to self-medicate for depression,” notes Michael W. Miller. He goes on to point out that the data is consistent with one of his own, previous studies. “This is consistent with the so-called ‘alcoholism generator hypothesis’ that implies early substance abuse by teenagers is primed by fetal exposures.”
Michael W. Miller makes these comments with reference to his own 2006 study, which indicates that fetal development can make an individual more or less prone to substance abuse as a teenager.
The main thrust of this new study, however, pertains to the relationship between depression symptoms and substance abuse—and particularly of the role of drugs and alcohol as means of self-medication. The study confirms that “those individuals who had more depressive symptoms in ninth grade reported faster increases than their peers in smoking, marijuana, and hard drug use… across the high school years.” As the study notes, all of these substances are known to have mood-enhancing effects. Their use for self-medication, then, is easy to fathom.
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Michael W. Miller, Ph.D. is a distinguished neuroscientist who has taught neuroscience and biology at many prestigious universities, including Tulane University, the University of Iowa, and the State University of New York. Dr. Miller has conducted seminal research into the effects of alcohol on brain development for more than 30 years.
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06-May-2012
Against All Odds… 100 Reality Changers Defy Stereotypes of Latinos & Blacks Wearing Hoodies!
San Diego, CA (PRWEB) May 03, 2012
Reality Changers defy the odds of San Diego’s inner city youth going to college and statements made by persons like Geraldo Rivera, Fox news commentator, in his “crusade to warn minority families of the danger to their young sons inherent in gangsta style clothing; like hoodies.” He went as far as “urging the parents of black and Latino youngsters particularly not to let their children go out wearing hoodies.”
“For Reality Changers students, the sweatshirt hoodie is not a symbol of fear, distrust, or racism. In fact, the hoodie for us means the exact opposite: success, accomplishment, and achievement. See, when our graduating students don their college sweatshirts for the very first time on May 20th at our 12th Annual America’s Finest year-end event, that means that they have officially become the first members of their families to get accepted to college… and by increasing the levels of education in low-income, high-crime neighborhoods, these students are now poised to start extinguishing the fear, distrust, and racism that has plagued America’s inner cities for decades,” states Christopher Yanov, Founder and President of Reality Changers.
After working with gang members for five years, Founder Christopher Yanov felt that it was just not right that most inner-city teenagers today know more people who have been shot or killed in the street than people who are on the road to college.
As a response, Reality Changers began in May 2001 with four 8th grade students at the Hispanic Presbyterian Church near downtown San Diego with the hope of building first generation college students. Starting with just $ 300 to its name, Reality Changers has given more scholarship awards to college-bound students than any other single organization in San Diego County since 2006 and is the leading tutoring program in the state of California since June 2009.
“If we truly want to cleanse the generations of gang-related bloodshed spilled onto our sidewalks, then we must flood our inner-city streets with options and opportunities so that urban youth can become caught up in the rising current of high expectations, newfound leadership, and previously unimaginable realities,” states Chris.
This year, Reality Changers will be celebrating 100+students graduating from their four year tutoring program. Five Reality Changers out of 19 students in San Diego County will be receiving the prestigious Gates Millennium Scholarship (GMS). GMS guarantees tuition to be fully paid for the student’s bachelors, masters and PhD schooling at any college of the students choice.
Reality Changers’ mission is to provide inner-city youth from disadvantaged backgrounds with the resources to become first generation college students by supplying academic support, financial assistance, and leadership training.America’s Finest their signature year-end event will take place on Sunday, May 20, three pm at the University of San Diego’s Jenny Craig Pavilion, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110.
To learn more about Reality Changers, please visit their website at http://www.realitychangers.org or contact Marshela Salgado, Vice-President of Communications via phone at (619) 516-2219. For event updates, follow them on http://www.facebook.com/realitychangers.
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05-May-2012
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