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Morris, Michael W. – Exceptional Parent, 1987
Responses (N=239 from 12 states) to a cost survey on support services for children with disabilities indicated an average per annum expenditure of $5,282 per family (excluding surgeries) and a cost of $95,083 to raise a child to age eighteen. Options must be developed for the increasing number of individuals who find themselves medically…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Costs, Disabilities, Health Insurance
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1987
This document presents witness testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine the effects of homelessness on children and families. In their opening statements, Representatives George Miller and Dan Coats emphasize that homelessness threatens the physical health and safety of children, places them at risk of…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Family Problems, Health
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1983
The hearing reported in this document was held to learn more about children's fears of war. Appearing before the committee were doctors, researchers, and child development experts whose testimony focused on what children worry about, the changing nature of children's fears of war, and the implications of children's attitudes for parents and…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Needs, Fear
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1987
This document contains witness testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine the impact of divorce on children and families. Opening statements are included from Congressmen George Miller, Dan Coats, and Thomas Bliley. Witnesses providing testimony include: (1) Laurie Dixon, managing editor of "The…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Divorce, Family Financial Resources
Catterall, Calvin D. – Viewpoints in Teaching and Learning, 1982
The process by which the International School Psychology Committee (ISP) formulated its Declaration of the Psychological Rights of the Child is described. ISP issued a tentative declaration and solicited comment world wide to help draw up a final declaration (included in the text), define variables, and work toward implementation. (Author/PP)
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Childhood Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Human Dignity
Peer reviewedNichols-Casebolt, Ann – Child Welfare, 1988
Discusses the claim that little has been done by health, social work, and educational professionals to speak up about the fact that children born out-of-wedlock lack the economic and psychological benefits that attach to the right to legal paternity. (RWB)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Fatherless Family, Illegitimate Births
Penning, Nick – School Administrator, 1991
Congressional education committees will soon reconsider education laws about to expire. The most controversial task is reauthorizing the preschool grants program under the Education of the Handicapped Act. These committees will also restructure the Higher Education Act and the Office of Educational Research and consider a Children's Investment…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Childhood Needs, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. – 1992
This hearing on the status of the national School Lunch Program opens with statements from Senator Patrick Leahy, the committee chairman, and three other senators. Testimony or prepared statements were received from the chef of the Barre Town (Vermont) Elementary School, representatives of the American School Food Service Association; the head of…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Child Health, Childhood Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Ways and Means. – 1984
This hearing concerned the implementation of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Amendments of 1980 (P.L. 96-272) in several New England states. Invited to testify were private representatives of child welfare organizations, foster parents, representatives of other organizations concerned with adoption and research activities, and witnesses…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedTelzrow, Cathy F. – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1991
Discusses Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, federal prekindergarten legislation. Describes task of state legislatures to operationalize concepts in this legislation. Identifies subtypes of children with special needs and considers issues in service delivery to prekindergartners. Concludes that elementary school counselors have much to…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Counselor Role, Disabilities, Elementary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1990
This Congressional report found that today's social and economic conditions harm large numbers of American families in ways that the child welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice systems were not created and are ill-prepared to address. The following findings are reported: (1) the number of children placed outside of their homes during the…
Descriptors: Child Custody, Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs
Peer reviewedFeeney, Stephanie; Kipnis, Kenneth – Young Children, 1989
Presents the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitment for early childhood educators. (BB)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Codes of Ethics, Community Needs, Early Childhood Education
1991
This report presents testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee on issues affecting low-income children and their families, offered by the executive director of a nonprofit organization that conducts research and analysis on a range of public policy issues affecting low- and moderate-income Americans. The testimony reviews recent trends…
Descriptors: Child Health, Childhood Needs, Children, Economic Factors
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
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Congressional Research Service. – 1978
This paper reviews the rights of children as defined by the Constitution of the United States and summarizes a series of Supreme Court decisions which have defined the protections afforded to children by the Constitution. A short historical overview of the legal status of children is provided as background for the report. It is suggested that the…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Childhood Needs, Children, Civil Liberties
