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Family Well-Being in a Participant-directed Autism Waiver Program: The Role of Relational Coordination
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Warfield, M. E.; Chiri, G.; Leutz, W. N.; Timberlake, M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2014
Background: Massachusetts is one of a very limited number of states exclusively employing participant-direction to deliver autism waiver services to children. A crucial element of this waiver program is the work conducted by the state's Department of Developmental Services (DDS) staff and state-approved providers with waiver families to facilitate…
Descriptors: Autism, State Programs, Delivery Systems, Cooperation
Impact of a Statewide Home Visiting Program on Parenting and on Child Health and Development
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Caldera, Debra; Burrell, Lori; Rodriguez, Kira; Crowne, Sarah Shea; Rohde, Charles; Duggan, Anne – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2007
Objectives: To assess the impact of a voluntary, paraprofessional home visiting program on promoting child health and development and maternal parenting knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. Methods: This collaborative, experimental study of 6 Healthy Families Alaska (HFAK) programs enrolled 325 families from 1/00 to 7/01, randomly assigned them to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Family Environment, Child Rearing, Child Health
Randomized Trial of a Statewide Home Visiting Program: Impact in Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect
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Duggan, Anne; McFarlane, Elizabeth; Fuddy, Loretta; Burrell, Lori; Higman, Susan M.; Windham, Amy; Sia, Calvin – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2004
Objectives: To assess the impact of home visiting in preventing child abuse and neglect in the first 3 years of life in families identified as at-risk of child abuse through population-based screening at the child's birth. Methods: This experimental study focused on Hawaii Healthy Start Program (HSP) sites operated by three community-based…
Descriptors: Intervention, Family Environment, Mothers, Home Visits
Building Family-Friendly Communities: Observations and Lessons from Two Years of Kentucky School Reform.
Sexton, Robert F. – Equity and Choice, 1993
Presents observations and lessons drawn from two years of Kentucky school reform. Implementing the Kentucky School Reform Act of 1990 teaches that reforming schools also requires addressing the ways in which communities raise their children. Community work, with parent and student participation, improves family conditions and political decision…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Decision Making, Democracy
The Life You Save May Be Your Own: New Jersey Addresses Prevention of Adolescent Problems.
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Kean, Thomas H. – American Psychologist, 1989
New Jersey's governor describes his state's response to the problems and needs of adolescents by creating the School-Based Youth Services Program. The program involves schools and community agencies in the provision of comprehensive services to teenagers, including mental health and family counseling, health services, and other interventions. (AF)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Early Parenthood, Family Counseling, Family Environment
The California Child Care Initiative: Ten Years Later and Still Going Strong.
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Brown, Jan; Lee, Ted – Children Today, 1995
The Child Care Initiative Project, a public-private partnership designed to build the supply of child care throughout California, has achieved remarkable success in recruiting and training providers and increasing the number of child-care spaces in family day-care settings. Community-based organization and strong evaluation instruments have been…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers, Cooperative Programs, Day Care Effects