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Compton, Donald; Baizerman, Michael – Children Today, 1991
Offers ideas for helping at-risk students that take into account the everyday life circumstances that inadequately prepare children for academic or social opportunities. Proposes programs that engage the community and school in collaborative efforts. Describes a model program, Communities in Schools, that serves students through business, agency,…
Descriptors: Community Services, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students, Learning Problems
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Matheson, Alastair – Children Today, 1974
Developed as a program to help protect family life and children, the Colombian Institute for Family Well-being operates as a "Ministry for Children," providing a variety of medical, psychological, and educational services. (CS)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Care, Comprehensive Programs, Family Programs
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Hutchinson, Janet R. – Children Today, 1986
Discusses the services provided by the Iowa-based National Resource Center on Family Based Services. The 4-year-old Resource Center disseminates information, provides technical assistance and training in the "thinking systems" approach to family therapy and social casework, and conducts research to help agencies develop alternatives to…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Welfare, Family Programs, Foster Care
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Frieman, Barry B. – Children Today, 1995
Profiles the parenting seminars and counseling services for divorcing parents offered by the Children of Separation and Divorce Center, a community service agency in Maryland. The seminars are designed to help parents adjust to divorce and understand the needs of their children during and after the divorce process. (MDM)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Counseling Services, Divorce, Group Therapy
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Klein, Carol – Children Today, 1982
Describes the operation of a parent support service provided by mental health staff and pediatricians who offer free telephone counseling, private consultations, parent education group meetings, and an early intervention program for parents concerned with their children's "negative" behavior. (RH)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Counseling Services, Intervention, Parent Counseling
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Crites, Linda S.; Siegel, Clare – Children Today, 1990
Describes a Baltimore City Head Start project that was designed to provide educational and other services to children from birth to age five years who have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Services are also provided to children's families. (BB)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Welfare, Communicable Diseases, Early Childhood Education
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Miller, Peter G. – Children Today, 1976
Describes the operation and results of a Title I program in northern California that has provided vision screening for more than 8,000 migrant children over a 2-year period. (ED)
Descriptors: Migrant Children, Migrant Health Services, Program Descriptions, Screening Tests
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Fulbright, Mary – Children Today, 1988
Describes the Host Homes and Youth Center run by the Community Advocacy Council in Carrollton, Texas. The homes serve as places where troubled youth can go when there is trouble in their homes. The center provides counseling to both young people and their families. Families volunteer to serve as hosts. (SKC)
Descriptors: Family Problems, Family Relationship, Program Descriptions, Social Services
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Saulter, Mae F. – Children Today, 1995
Provides an overview of the programs and activities of Parent Child Incorporated (PCI), a human services agency in San Antonio, Texas. PCI oversees or administers various Head Start, nutrition, family day-care, child-care, health, parenting, and adult education programs. (MDM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Day Care, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
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Green, Morris – Children Today, 1979
Describes three approaches to health care of adolescents that are oriented towards prospective health promotion: a new self-assessment questionnaire, the development of parent education and preparation classes, and counseling teams. (SS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Counseling Services, Health Needs, Parent Participation
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Middelstadt, Evelyn – Children Today, 1977
Reports on adoption placement services for older children provided by the Lutheran Social Service of Kansas and Oklahoma. (SB)
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Welfare, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation
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Ayoub, Catherine; Pfeifer, Donald R. – Children Today, 1977
Describes a program to prevent infant abuse and neglect through the identification of infants at risk. (SB)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Community Health Services, Early Childhood Education
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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
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Triplett, Betty; And Others – Children Today, 1986
Examines the changes initiated to reorient Kentucky's child welfare system to a family prevention model; this includes an examination of the model's goals, the implementation of the model, training of the staff, problems encountered by the initiation of the new model, and an evaluation of the model. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Welfare, Family Programs, Foster Care
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Rosenwald, Priscilla R.; Porter, Gwen – Children Today, 1989
Describes an intervention program for pregnant teenagers and teen mothers. Topics include program development and implementation, staffing, and content. Also discussed are adjustments that a mother must make in order to break the chain of poverty and welfare. (RJC)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Early Parenthood, Outreach Programs
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