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Larner, Mary, Ed.; And Others – 1992
In the early 1980s, the Ford Foundation launched a grants program called Child Survival/A Fair Start for Children (CS/FS) that addressed issues related to birth and infant health and development among families that were poor and underserved by traditional human services. This book reports on each of seven CS/FS projects, describing the concerns…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Welfare, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
Gabel, Katherine, Ed.; Johnston, Denise, Ed. – 1995
The arrest and imprisonment of a parent is significant trauma for children, and children of incarcerated parents are at high risk for juvenile delinquency. This book for social workers, psychologists, and others who work with children whose parents are incarcerated examines parental incarceration, its impact on children, care and placement of…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Caregivers, Child Welfare, Children
Maluccio, Anthony N.; Ainsworth, Frank; Thoburn, June – 2000
Ideally, there is a close interaction between research and practice in human services, and program planning is based on such interaction, particularly the findings of outcome research. This book reviews the bodies of outcome research about child welfare programs from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, particularly outcomes in…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Welfare, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Allen, MaryLee; And Others – 1992
By strengthening families' ability to nurture their children physically, emotionally, and intellectually, family support programs increase the likelihood that children will grow up healthy, safe, and successful. This report provides child advocates and others who work for children's well-being a clearer idea of what family support programs do, how…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Health, Child Rearing, Child Welfare
Lawder, Elizabeth A.; And Others – 1974
The purpose of this monograph is to develop the concept of differentiated foster family care designed to serve a range of children and to describe several foster family models useful in putting this concept into practice. In the first half of the monograph, a discussion of trends in foster parent selection and education is presented. Some criteria…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Welfare, Contracts, Family Environment
Machel, Graca – 2001
The outgrowth of a 1996 report on the impact of armed conflict on the well-being of children, and preparation for the 2000 International Conference on War-affected Children, this book examines progress made and obstacles encountered since 1996 in relieving the trauma of armed conflict. The stories recount family displacement, the rise of HIV/AIDS…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Change Strategies, Child Health, Child Welfare
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1978
This book explores operational problems of providing educational services to underprivileged children in developing nations and presents reports from countries which have developed programs to solve these problems. The book is designed primarily for specialists concerned with development efforts both within and outside the educational sphere, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Welfare, Community Role, Comparative Education
Lash, Trude W.; Sigal, Heidi – 1976
Based primarily on publicly available statistics, this report puts together information relating to the condition of New York City children. After compiling lists of the major concerns for children, and testing them against the reactions of experts and relevant research literature, the availability of usable statistical indicators is explored. In…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Budgets, Child Abuse, Child Care
Mayer, Morris Fritz; And Others – 1977
This book examines the current state of residential group care for dependent, neglected and emotionally disturbed children in the United States and Canada. A result of the Group Care Project of the Child Welfare League of America, the book is divided into four parts. Part I describes the project, puts group care into historical and sociological…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Care