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Direct linkLarkin, Heather D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Regular school attendance is a key contributor toward student success. Lack of attendance by its very nature removes the student from time on learning that is essential for academic success (Estridge, 2009). The reality is an absence, whether it is excused or not, means that a child is not in benefiting from educational opportunities on that day.…
Descriptors: Attendance, Educational Indicators, At Risk Students, Dropouts
Worcester Area Child Sexual Abuse Task Force, MA. – 1986
This manual represents a state-of-the-art summary of approaches in child sexual abuse interventions, emphasizing interdisciplinary cooperation between professionals in successful case management. Although prepared specifically for the use of professionals in Region II of the Massachusetts Department of Social Services and containing a service…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Child Abuse, Children
Worcester Area Child Sexual Abuse Task Force, MA. – 1987
The first edition of "Child Sexual Abuse: An Interdisciplinary Professional Reference Manual" (ED 279 974) represents a state-of-the-art summary of approaches in child sexual abuse interventions, emphasizing interdisciplinary cooperation between professionals in successful case management. When the first edition was published, survey…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Child Abuse, Children
Peer reviewedMoore, Jane; Finkelstein, Norma – Child Welfare, 2001
Describes the development, implementation, and replication of a group-based parenting program for families affected by substance abuse, called the Nurturing Program for Families in Substance Abuse Treatment and Recovery in Massachusetts. Highlights early evaluation results showing that the program improves parenting and enhances parents'…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Drug Rehabilitation
Download full textFall River Public Schools, MA. – 1972
Project Process, funded through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VIII, is an integrated model within the existing school system concentrating on reducing the number of dropouts via an institutional change strategy. The basic goal of the project is to develop a flexible atmosphere where learning can take place. Within this goal is…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Counseling Services, Curriculum Development, Dropout Characteristics
Peer reviewedHenderson, Anne J. – School Counselor, 1981
Describes a school guidance program for single-parent families in Brookline, Massachusetts, designed to assimilate single-parent families into public schools. Outlines key elements in the program including: (1) needs assessment; (2) concrete response by school personnel to expressed and underlying transitional needs; and (3) evaluation of new…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Counseling Services, Counseling Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Jellinek, Michael S.; And Others – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1992
Analysis of 206 cases of severely abused and/or neglected children over a 4-year period resulted in the conclusion that children are poorly served by delays in the existing Massachusetts social service/legal system. Among specific findings were that two-thirds of parents were poor, 84 percent were psychiatrically disordered, and foster care…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Neglect
Ooms, Theodora; Figueroa, Iris – 1992
Presentations of panelists at one in a series of monthly seminars on Family Centered Social Policy are summarized. The first panelist, Maria E. Enchautegui, began with a statistical overview of Latino poverty and then highlighted data for subgroups. Mirien Uriarte presented findings from her study on the experiences of Latinas in the Massachusetts…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns, Ethnic Groups, Family Problems
Upshur, Carole C. – 1994
This speech reports on data collected by the Early Intervention Collaborative Study (EICS), which is a longitudinal study following the development of 190 young children with disabilities (and their families) who entered 29 publicly funded early intervention programs in Massachusetts and New Hampshire in the period from 1985 to 1987. The…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Demography, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1984
The first in a series of five regional fact-gathering committee hearings, this hearing report includes testimony from private and public social agencies in New York, New Jersey, Maine, Massachussetts, and Connecticut. Information and statistics are presented on a wide variety of social problems, including (1) family violence; (2) family planning…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Adolescents, Adults, Blacks
Massachusetts Commission on Hispanic Affairs, Boston. – 1986
This demographic analysis of the Hispanic community in Massachusetts provides human service and community development organizations, as well as government officials, with program planning and policy formation information. Findings about population trends in the Hispanic community are that Hispanics are the fastest growing group in the American…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Bilingual Education Programs, Compensatory Education
Bloom, Dan; Farrell, Mary; Fink, Barbara – 2002
The effect of welfare time limits on families in different states was examined in a comprehensive study that involved the following activities: (1) a survey of state welfare administrators regarding states' time-limit policies and experiences to date; (2) site visits to five states; and (3) a synthesis of research on time limits. The following…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Disqualification
