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Hammonds, Karl E.; Brathwaite, Rudolph L. – 1984
Conducted to disseminate information about health care issues in the day care environment, the First Annual Health Promotion in Day Care Conference was attended by approximately 200 health care providers, parents, and advocates in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area. Health needs of the total child were addressed, and practical recommendations…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Day Care, Health Education, Health Personnel
Download full textAmerican Humane Association, Englewood, CO. Children's Div. – 1995
The second annual roundtable represents an on-going effort to share knowledge and information and to develop a common agenda and measure the achievement outcomes in child welfare. This roundtable's goals included: (1) reviewing and selecting appropriate outcomes for children and families in child welfare systems; (2) building understanding of a…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Children, Family Programs
Rude, Carolyn D., Ed.; Baucom, Linda D., Ed. – 1978
The book contains 26 essays presented at a 1977 national conference on Implementation of Developmental Disabilities Protection Advocacy Systems. Essays cover the legal and philosophical foundations of protection and advocacy, the management and evaluation of protection and advocacy systems, the training of advocates, resources, and outreach. The…
Descriptors: Administration, Child Advocacy, Conference Reports, Developmental Disabilities
Verhellen, E., Ed.; Spiesschaert, F., Ed. – 1989
The main objective of the International Congress for Children was to underline the evolution in the concept of children, the idea that children are, above all, human beings and not just "human-beings-to-be." The 39 presentations are divided into 3 parts. The seven papers in the first part examine motives and strategies for children's…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Children, Childrens Rights
International League of Societies for the Mentally Handicapped, Brussels (Belgium). – 1979
Excerpts are given of presentations and discussion from the 1979 Puerto Rico conference on international developments in mental retardation. R. Dybwad ("The Child with Retardation Today--The Adult of Tomorrow") briefly reviews international issues, including self advocacy and problems of world poverty and malnutrition. M. de Trias lists ideal…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Advocacy, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Verhellen, Eugeen, Ed.; Spiesschaert, Frans, Ed. – 1994
A number of research seminars were organized to clarify the fundamental principles underlying local, regional, and international efforts to establish a structure for monitoring and promoting children's rights. This book contains papers presented at these seminars by experts on child advocacy, promotion of children's interests by children, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Advocacy, Child Labor, Child Welfare
Arshack, Susan, Ed. – 1977
The document presents the proceedings of the conference on "Child Abuse: Where Do We Go From Here?" held at the Children's Hospital National Medical Center in 1977. Six chapters focus on corporal punishment, etiology of child abuse, sex abuse, treatment modalities, court reform, and parental rights and civil liberties. Among the entries are the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Civil Liberties, Conference Reports
National Council for Children's Rights, Washington, DC. – 1990
The National Council for Children's Rights (NCCR) is a Washington-based advocacy group concerned with public policy affecting children of divorced and separated parents. This document contains papers presented at an NCCR conference. (Since publication of these proceedings, the organization has changed its name to the Children's Rights Council.)…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Custody, Child Support
National Council for Children's Rights, Washington, DC. – 1992
This document contains 17 conference presentations: (1) "Results of an Evaluation of Five Access Enforcement Programs" (Jessica Pearson); (2) "Conflict and Children's Post-Divorce Adjustment: A Closer Look" (Joan B. Kelly); (3) "What's Normal' for Stepfamilies?" (Claire Berman); (4) "How Psychiatry Promotes Child…
Descriptors: Activism, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Custody
Koerber, Pat, Ed. – 1980
The first National Conference for Parents of the Handicapped (Indianapolis, Indiana, 1980) is summarized. Contents of 11 workshop presentations are described, including parents' roles as advocates, parental concerns, the influence of diet on behavior, genetics, in home respite care, legal issues, and parent coalitions and organizations. An…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Problems
International Catholic Child Bureau, Inc., New York, NY. – 1989
This document presents proceedings of a conference convened to identify the unmet spiritual and other non-material needs of Southeast Asian refugee children and youth and to offer recommendations to strengthen present programs and policies. Participants included leaders in the refugee community, clergy of several faiths, organizational…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Asian Americans, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the Budget. – 1989
In observance of National Children's Day, this House of Representatives' joint hearing was concerned with children's health, education, and welfare issues. Its purpose was to discuss the first National Children's Day Report Card, which provides information about changes that need to be made in government spending and in the treatment of children…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Children
Lapham, E. Virginia Sheppard, Ed.; And Others – 1980
The conference report contains background information on organizing the April, 1979, New York, conference on educational issues of students with visual impairments; results of a preliminary needs assessment questionnaire; texts of 12 conference presentations; the conference evaluation results; and the program. The needs assessment questionnaire…
Descriptors: Career Education, Child Advocacy, Educational Policy, Individualized Education Programs
Verhellen, Eugeen, Ed. – 1999
Papers compiled in this fourth annual conference collection deal with views and theories on children's rights and provide extensive information on background, motivation, strategies, and main trends in the field of children's rights. Following the welcome addresses to the conference, the 42 papers cover a variety of relevant topics, including: (1)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Children
Verhellen, Eugeen, Ed. – 1997
Papers collected in this second annual conference proceedings deal in particular with views and theories on children's rights and provide extensive information on background, motivation, strategies, and main trends in the field of children's rights. Following welcome addresses to the conference, the 53 articles cover a variety of relevant topics,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Children
