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Hanrahan, Marian, Ed.; Prinsen, Bert, Ed. – 1997
The development of community-based programs to support inexperienced parents through home visits by experienced mothers, who are in turned facilitated by child health and development professionals, has become an increasingly common approach in Europe and the United States. This edited volume presents proceedings from an invitational conference on…
Descriptors: Child Health, Community Programs, Community Support, Family Programs
European Forum for Child Welfare, Brussels (Belgium). – 1992
This conference report presents papers delivered during the three sessions of the conference. The first session concerned violence against children. In this session, two papers discussed the goal of achieving a healthy childhood for all children. The second session addressed the topic of early child care and education. Papers presented in this…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Childrens Rights, Day Care
Family Resource Coalition, Chicago, IL. – 1990
Family support and education programs are community-based efforts that offer sustained assistance to families at various periods in their development. Support is provided to promote parental competencies and behavior that lead to healthy and positive development of parents and children. These programs take many forms, such as drop-in centers,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Family Programs, Family (Sociological Unit)
Korintus, Marta – 2000
This document is comprised of the proceedings from the first Central and Eastern European Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) meeting in Budapest, Hungary, October 24-28, 1999, convened to begin the development of an ECCD network in the region to address the similar needs and concerns of children in these countries. Following an…
Descriptors: Action Research, At Risk Persons, Child Development, Childhood Needs
Gass, Michael, Ed.; Buell, Larry, Ed. – 1986
Ten papers were selected for inclusion in this proceedings based on each paper's ability to examine critical ethical issues within the field of experiential education and to challenge readers to analyze and justify the stances they support. John Miles examines user impact on wilderness areas and the responsibilities of educational uses of the…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Counseling, Delinquent Rehabilitation
National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, MN. – 1994
These conference proceedings contain short abstracts of major sessions from the conference of the National Council on Family Relations held in observance of the 1994 United Nations International Year of the Family. Topics for the sessions were wide ranging, and included: (1) parenting and parent education; (2) marriage and family relationships;…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Cultural Influences, Family Attitudes, Family Caregivers
de Greve, Marcel, Ed.; Rosseel, Eddy, Ed. – 1977
Papers on language difficulties encountered by migrant workers' children include: "Anomie in Bicultural Education" (Hugo Baetens Beardsmore); "An Investigation into Bilingual Education for Children from Favoured Socio-Economic Backgrounds" (Hugo Baetens Beardsmore); "Orientations of Foreign Children Relating to Placement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Communication Skills, Diachronic Linguistics