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Renouf, Emilia – 1985
This discussion focuses on different views of professionals concerning access of parents and children to one another in the context of divorce. Problems associated with access, children's reactions to parental separation, age-related reactions of children to parental absence, effects of access disputes, why children say what they say in access…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Divorce, Emotional Experience
Mrazek, Patricia J. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1983
The special issue features 11 articles on the topic of child sexual abuse. Aspects of family dynamics, social services intervention, and school programs are discussed. (CL)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Family Problems, Family Relationship, Foreign Countries
Download full textSanders, Ruth Armfield; And Others – Current Population Reports, 1987
One of a series, this report presents information on the receipt by women of support payments, both those which follow divorce and separation and those for children of never-married women. The report includes information on the award and actual receipt by women of child support and alimony. The report also provides data concerning receipt and type…
Descriptors: Divorce, Family Income, Family Problems, Females
Prevention Forum, 1990
The theme of this issue of a journal designed to focus on the prevention of various kinds of substance abuse is "children of alcoholics" (CoAs). The lead article, "Children of Chemical Dependency: Respecting Complexities and Building on Strengths," by Pamela Woll, examines chemically dependent family systems. The article begins…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholism, At Risk Persons, Children
Webber, Ruth P. – SET: Research Information for Teachers, 1988
This paper describes stepfamily life; much of its content is derived from responses of 29 Australian couples who attended a six-session educational program on living in a stepfamily and who completed pre- and post-tests on marital adjustment and self-esteem plus a weekly problem rating scale. While the major part of the study was concerned with…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Discipline, Family Problems, Foreign Countries
Till Death Do Us Part? Divorce in Canada = Jusqu'a ce que la mort nous separe? Le divorce au Canada.
McCloskey, Donna, Ed. – Transition, 1997
Statistics indicate that the Canadian divorce rate has stabilized, at least for now. To avoid complacency about the flat divorce rate, this issue of "Transition," in both English- and French-language versions, examines the facts in the context of their impact on families. Part 1, "As Long as We Both Shall Love," looks at the…
Descriptors: Child Support, Child Welfare, Childhood Attitudes, Coping
Kupper, Lisa, Ed. – NICHCY News Digest, 1993
This special issue focuses on needs of parents of children with disabilities. In the first article, "You Are Not Alone," Patricia McGill Smith considers the emotions that many parents of exceptional children experience and offers a perspective for living and coping with the impact of disability upon the family. The second article,…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Coping, Disabilities, Emotional Adjustment
Clark, Marilyn; Nelson, Judith – 1983
Second in a two-part report on a 1982 study by the staff of the Education and Work program at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL), this issue presents the complete findings from case studies of 44 unemployed men and women. In order to determine how unemployment affects people, NWREL's study identified and explored the following four…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Case Studies, Emotional Problems, Employment Problems
Phillips, Shelley – 1982
A sequence of stages in children's emotional response to parental separation and divorce is described, some effects of continued parent hostility are pointed out, and aspects of children's adjustment to changed family circumstances are briefly discussed. Developmental differences in children's responses to divorce are considered on the basis of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Custody, Children, Developmental Stages
Levy, David L., Ed. – Speak Out for Children, 1998
"Speak Out for Children" is the quarterly newsletter of the Children's Rights Council, Inc. (CRC), a children's rights and family preservation advocacy group. The feature articles for these four issues track the progress of the access/visitation grants included in the welfare reform legislation; the grants are to help establish and…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Custody, Child Support, Child Welfare
Benson, Peter L.; Roehlkepartain, Eugene – Midwest Forum, 1992
Although most of the national concern about violence has focused on major cities, no community is free from violence. Violent acts in suburbs, small towns, and rural areas may not be as severe as in urban areas, yet they exist. The Profiles of Student Life survey of 47,000 students in grades 6-12 included questions about violent behavior. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Family Influence, Family Problems
Bernard van Leer Foundation Newsletter, 1993
This newsletter issue contains feature articles and short reports on how and why family structures are undergoing substantial change in many parts of the world. These articles include: (1) "The Changing Family Structure," a review of how families are changing and why; (2) "Peru: Families in the Andes"; (3) "Thailand:…
Descriptors: Cultural Traits, Extended Family, Family Problems, Family Programs
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1982
First of a two-part report on a 1982 study by the staff of the Education and Work program at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL), this issue presents the preliminary findings from questionnaires (and telephone surveys) of 30 unemployed men and women. In order to determine how unemployment affects people, NWREL's study identified and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Dislocated Workers, Emotional Problems, Employment Problems
Ziegler, Martha – Early Childhood Bulletin, 1996
This issue of the "Early Childhood Bulletin" is a summary of information that was presented at a 1996 conference on autism sponsored by the National Early Childhood Technical Assistance System (NECTAS). Participants included Part H and Part B, Section 619 Program coordinators, individual program providers, and Interagency Coordinating…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Autism, Coordination, Disabilities
Speak Out for Children, 1992
This document consists of three years (12 issues) of a quarterly newsletter that addresses the healthy development of children of divorced and separated parents. The National Council for Children's Rights (NCCR) (now the CRC, the Children's Rights Council, Inc.) advocates reducing divorce by strengthening families through divorce and custody…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Custody, Child Support, Child Welfare
