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Download full textDrotar, Dennis – 1981
The experience of consultants in a pediatric hospital indicates that infant failure to thrive is almost always associated with strain in the relationships of the infant's caregivers. Consequently, a nontraditional, long-term, home-based, and family-centered model of evaluation and treatment of failure to thrive has been developed which involves…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Crisis Intervention, Disadvantaged, Family Counseling
Peer reviewedHirsch, Josephine S.; And Others – Child Welfare, 1976
A description of an experimental, social agency program which helps parents cope with their children's behavior problems within the home. (BRT)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Caseworker Approach, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedSerna, Loretta A.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1991
A communication program was implemented with the families of three adolescents with behavior problems. Skill teaching resulted in parent-adolescent dyads learning to use the skills in the teaching setting, but competent use of the skills in the home was not observed until an in-home family conference phase was implemented. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Wolfe, Barbara, Ed.; Herwig, Julia, Ed. – 1986
Developed to help the home visitor build an effective home-based program for Head Start children and their families, this handbook is intended to serve as a blueprint for parent-focused home visits that assist the child and family to meet their full potential. The first chapter lays a foundation for the program that includes a home-based…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Evaluation Criteria, Family Counseling, Family Environment
Peer reviewedWalton, Elaine – Child Welfare, 1997
Compared outcomes of child welfare investigative decisions enhanced by the use of brief, intensive, family preservation services with those of unenhanced decisions. Found differences between the number of cases opened, length of time a case was open, length of time the child was at home, and the families' satisfaction with the agency. (Author/SD)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Welfare, Children, Family Counseling
Bennett, Tess; And Others – 1986
Effects of family-oriented early intervention on the home environment were explored in a 6-month study of 23 handicapped children (ages birth to 5) and their families, who participated as members of an experimental or control group. The Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) Inventory was administered to evaluate differences in…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Developmental Disabilities, Diagnostic Teaching, Family Counseling
Keeling, Maud; And Others – 1983
The pamphlet describes three Hogg Foundation-funded Texas programs (one exclusively hospital-based, one hospital-based with extensive linkages to community resources, and one community-based) which serve predominantly high-risk, low-income Mexican American families. First described are social work services connected with the Driscoll Foundation…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Community Health Services, Cultural Context
