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Kaplan, Mildred Fine – Journal of Offender Counseling, Services and Rehabilitation, 1988
Describes peer support program for women in prison for the death of a child. Explains how group has helped participants reduce their isolation, mourn their loss, identify their responsibility in the death, and change destructive patterns of feelings and behavior. Follow-up of women who have been paroled is discussed which indicated their positive…
Descriptors: Children, Crime, Death, Females
Joseph, Gloria I.; Lorde, Audre – Sage, 1986
The unity and sisterhood of women in South Africa is analyzed. The struggle for liberation from apartheid has resulted in the death of many children. Women have organized self-help groups in the memory of these children. The groups make handicrafts, give aid to the poor, and encourage educational pursuits. (VM)
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Programs, African Culture, Blacks
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Neely, Margery A.; Schuley, Marcia R. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1980
Outlines the development of a self-directed manual to aid in building portfolios, and reports on the evaluation of portfolios' effectiveness in presenting competencies. A portfolio of volunteer/unpaid administrative experiences has demonstrated validity and reliability in presenting skills to prospective employers. (Author)
Descriptors: Administration, Autoinstructional Aids, Competence, Females
Reagan, Patricia – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1981
A good introductory course in women's health would consist of all or a variety of issues which would include: the economics of women's health, terminology, hysterectomies, breast cancer, hormone therapy, childbirth, and patient-practitioner relationships. (JN)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Females, Health Education
Willson, Linda M.; And Others – 1987
The Discover program is a program for women who want to become self-sufficient and self-supporting. Clients of the program may be separated or divorced, single mothers, or married to an underemployed spouse. The Discover program involves career exploration in the hope that its graduates will enter an occupational training program. The goals of the…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Counseling Services, Curriculum Guides, Displaced Homemakers
Lublin, Irwin; Kirkish, Patricia – 1978
This description of a weight reduction program, based on generalizations derived from eight years of work with overweight persons, discusses the clients' rationalization of overeating behaviors. In this behavior modification program, the client is required to permanently give up one high calorie food and to write down all foods eaten before actual…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Body Weight, Change Strategies
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Phelps, LeAdelle; Sapia, Jennifer; Nathanson, David; Nelson, Linda – Psychology in the Schools, 2000
An eating disorder prevention program was completed with middle school, high school, and college females. Some successful outcomes included: (1) facilitating an acknowledgement of pressures to attain a model skeletal look; (2) changing attitudes about standards of beauty; and (3) altering the participants' current and future intentional use of…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Body Image, College Students, Eating Disorders
Parker, Karen – 1981
This paper describes the displaced homemaker, defines her plight, and delineates the successful Displaced Homemaker Program conducted by the Fort Wayne area (CETA) consortium. The emphases of the program focus on the fundamental concerns of the displaced homemaker, i.e., the establishment of a new identity, the resolution of financial problems,…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Counseling Services, Displaced Homemakers, Employment Opportunities
Blum-Anderson, Judy – 1986
A non-profit program based in Washington State that promotes access to college for low income groups/welfare recipients is described, along with results of research on the program. The H.O.M.E (Helping Ourselves Means Education) program is designed to help welfare recipients leave the welfare system by entering educational institutions. Additional…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Attendance, Economically Disadvantaged, Females
Weiss, Marvin – 1978
The Confidence Clinic at Clackamas Community College was designed to help women on welfare to achieve and maintain self-sufficiency. The need for such a program was evidenced by the fact that 11% of the county's population were women heads of households who had below median family incomes, and by the apparent increase of such situations. The…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Career Counseling, Community Colleges, Daily Living Skills