Home-Alone Risk Factors.

Coleman, Mick; Apts, Sherry

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ERIC Number: EJ425692

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Home-Alone Risk Factors.

Coleman, Mick; Apts, Sherry

Teaching Exceptional Children, v23 n3 p36-39 Spr 1991

This article explores potential risks faced by children with disabilities who are left at home alone. The importance of assessing children's needs and skills for safely staying home alone is stressed and suggestions offered for concepts to teach children, alternate methods of supervision, and other practical concerns. (PB)

Descriptors: Child Welfare, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Employed Parents, Latchkey Children, Personal Autonomy, Safety, Safety Education, School Age Day Care

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Audience: Parents

Language: English

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