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Program Design: A Method of Achieving Permanency for Children in Foster Care.
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Sawyer, Rob – Children Today, 1981
Describes a program to achieve permanent foster care placement for children. Program aspects include screening, placement, and removing barriers which prevent family restoration. After two years of operation, a 70 percent success rate is claimed for permanent placements, at an annual savings of approximately $100,000. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Foster Children, Foster Homes, Placement, Program Descriptions
Routes to Self-Sufficiency: Teenage Mothers and Employment.
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Polit, Denise F. – Children Today, 1987
Presents evidence from a national demonstration program, Project Redirection, and the Salem, Oregon YWCA Program, which demonstrates that by including vocational and employent-rated services in comprehensive programs for pregnant teens and teenage parents, service providers can help equip young parents with skills needed to compete for jobs paying…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Early Parenthood, Employment, Employment Services
Parent Educators Train Pediatric Residents.
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Rothenberg, B. Annye – Children Today, 1987
Describes a training program developed and operated by parent educators at the Children's Health Council that is designed to help pediatric resident medical students at Stanford University in their efforts to understand parents better and give them useful advice on common child rearing questions. (BB)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Graduate Medical Students, Higher Education, Parent Role
Helping At-Risk Youth through Intergenerational Programming.
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Ventura-Merkel, Catherine; Freedman, Marc – Children Today, 1988
Discusses and reviews intergenerational programs designed to help some of society's most at-risk young citizens and simultaneously enrich the lives of the older adults involved. (BB)
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Community Programs, Helping Relationship, High Risk Persons
Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Severely Emotionally Disturbed Minority Children and Adolescents.
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Katz-Leavy, Judith; And Others – Children Today, 1987
Presents a national perspective on the Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP), an effort launched by the National Institute of Mental Health to improve the quantity and quality of services delivered to seriously emotionally disturbed youths who are members of minority groups. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Child Welfare, Emotional Disturbances
Support Group Helps Troubled Fathers Learn Parenting Skills.
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De La Barrera, Jose; Masterson, Des – Children Today, 1988
Describes Metro Toronto Children's Aid Society program, a Father's Support Group, designed to serve men with history of problems through support and counseling on topics such as alcoholism, drug addition, and child and wife abuse. The program's emphasis on value and importance of father's role aims to enhance parenting abilities. Three case…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Fathers, Foreign Countries, High Risk Persons
The Head Start Classroom of the Future.
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Taylor, Anne; And Others – Children Today, 1990
Describes the Head Start Classroom of the Future project, which is being introduced into inner-city centers in Grand Rapids, Michigan; a classroom for children of Hispanic migrant farmworkers in Holland, Michigan; and a classroom for Native American children at the Isleta Pueblo Head Start near Albuquerque, New Mexico. (BB)
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Demonstration Programs, Educational Facilities Design