Early intervention and early care providers reported frequently encountering families with multiple economic, social and mental health challenges. Providers endorsed needs for mentoring and training to understand specific problems, to gain knowledge of community resources, to be able to talk with families about challenges and to recognize and…

Describes a school for mentally retarded preschoolers in Beijing, China, that helps young children and their parents. (PCB)

Investigates behavioral characteristics of 223 runaway and homeless youth who sought services from programs in New York. Results suggest that behavioral indicators of maltreatment can be observed among runaway and homeless youth. Indicators vary as a function of gender, maltreatment, and reasons for seeking assistance. (RJC)

Focuses on child abuse and neglect within the United States. An etiology of child maltreatment is presented. Discusses areas that need to be explored with advanced research designs. (BB)

From a developmental-structuralist perspective, describes stages of child development; presents operational criteria to help the clinician categorize infants and young children whose behavioral and emotional patterns may fall outside the expectable, normal range; and illustrates the diagnostic approach with five case studies. (RH)

Examines data from clients reported and treated for child abuse and neglect to determine the role of stress in the commission of subsequent acts of abuse and neglect. Results indicate that stressful events and seriousness of the initial abusive incident had significant effects on commission of subsequent abusive and neglectful acts. (BB)

Examined 171 female alcoholic inpatients, including subjects' own childhood, offspring, and family environment. Found that female alcoholics resemble males alcoholics and have disturbed childhoods with a drug- or alcohol-abusing, suicidal parent. In particular, boys of female alcoholics are extremely vulnerable during adolescence and have a more…

Reviews research on the effect of marital violence on children. Discusses some of the adjustment problems children face when exposed to parental fighting, the prevalence of marital violence, the factors that may protect children from the effects of violence, and the implications for professionals who work in the area of family violence. (JPB)

Describes the outreach services of an urban family health and social service organization catering to low-income young childbearing families in East Harlem, New York. Using an innovative multidisciplinary model, the organization's primary emphasis is on working with families in their own homes and eventually moving out into the community.…

Examined the relationships between parental stress and the security of attachment relationships. Subjects were 33 mothers of children who were attending a preschool program for high-risk families. Found a negative relationship between the Child Domain section of the Parenting Stress Index and Attachment Q-set scores. Results highlighted the need…

Evaluates five themes of the race debate in education and social work: identity, assimilation, compensatory provisions, pathology, and integration/cultural pluralism. Outlines a broad approach to multi-cultural, anti-racist child practice. (Author/BB)

Discusses the importance of cultural sensitivity in work with parents who may be dysfunctional or inappropriate in their child rearing practices. (PCB)

Provides a brief summary of the responsibilities of teachers, child care workers, and other school personnel in the prevention, identification, and reporting of child abuse and neglect. (BB)

Presents the bibliotherapeutic approach as a clinical strategy for working with children. Offers an overview of bibliotherapy, discusses how it can be used in treatment, and recommends books for various problems facing children. Notes that research on the effectiveness of bibliotheraphy is inconclusive and that it should be used only as adjunctive…