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Oliver-Durrah, Valerie – Children Today, 1982
Describes the philosophy, objectives, and practices of Girls Clubs of America, a national service and advocacy organization for preparing girls six through 18 years of age for future employment. (MP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Job Training, Program Descriptions
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Taggart, Robert; Brack, Roland – Children Today, 1979
Describes several work training programs for youth administered by the Department of Labor, Office of Youth Programs. (SS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Employment Opportunities, Federal Programs, On the Job Training
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Jaklitsch, Barbara; Barry, Frank – Children Today, 1990
Describes a joint training program whose goals are to provide training for those who work with maltreated adolescents; to clarify agency roles with regard to this population; and to facilitate coordination among agencies that serve youths. (PCB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Child Abuse
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McDonnell, Tessa; Federer, Suzanne – Children Today, 1982
Describes development, objectives, program content, and evaluation of a model for training New Hampshire family day care providers. (MP)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Education, Family Day Care, Models
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Stowitschek, Joseph J.; Hofmeister, Alan – Children Today, 1975
Discusses the current development of training packages for educating parents to help their children develop self-help, math, reading, and spelling skills. Two packages are described: (1) a multimedia package monitored by a professional in training workshops for parents of mentally retarded children; and (2) pencil and paper packages in which…
Descriptors: Child Development, Handicapped Children, Home Programs, Mental Retardation
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Morris, Anne G. – Children Today, 1974
To demonstrate that a pediatric clinic provides a natural framework for an educational program involving parents as the primary teachers of young children, a parent education program was incorporated into the playroom program of the Mount Sinai Hospital Pediatric Clinic in New York City. (Author/CS)
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Care, Language Acquisition, Parent Child Relationship
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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
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McRae, Barbara – Children Today, 1993
Describes the founding and operation of a family center in Macon County, North Carolina, that combines Head Start, day care, disabilities mainstreaming, prenatal care, and a parent-child center all in one complex. The New Horizons Center will serve as a training site under the Smart Start statewide preschool initiative. (MDM)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cross Cultural Training, Day Care Centers, Demonstration Programs
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Mauk, Pamela; Gogerty, Patrick L. – Children Today, 1982
Describes a program for training day care providers in which resource specialists visited caregivers in Seattle and surrounding suburban and rural areas in a specially equipped and staffed van. Outcomes of the program as well as trainee characteristics are reported. (RH)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Mobile Educational Services
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Goldsmith, Marion J. – Children Today, 1979
Describes state level development of a television series for family day-care training and a two-year work/study paraprofessional program for day-care providers. (RH)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, College Programs, Educational Television, Family Day Care
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Irving, John E. – Children Today, 1975
Describes a program in which adolescents are utilized as mental health workers, trained and supervised by professional mental health workers. Discusses recruitment of problem children and adolescent workers, features of the training programs, the role of adult leaders, and effects on participating children. (ED)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Career Education, Elementary School Students
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Carroad, Diane L. – Children Today, 1994
Examines the issues addressed at two of three Child Care Institutes sponsored by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), as well as the responsibilities of ACF in relation to the provision of child care. Specific programs administered by ACF are discussed, as are future trends in federal support for child care and early childhood…
Descriptors: Day Care, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Educational Attitudes
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Scoggins, Roy T., Jr.; And Others – Children Today, 1972
Describes a new program at the Coastal Center, an institution for mentally retarded children near Charleston, South Carolina. (MB)
Descriptors: Attendants, Developmental Programs, Educational Programs, Handicapped Children
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Children Today, 1994
Describes five demonstration projects intended to stimulate innovative community approaches to developing entrepreneurial activities for Native American youth. Each of the projects is charged with meeting the community's need to train young persons with relevant entrepreneurial orientations and management skills to improve economic development.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Community Programs
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Bona, Linda – Children Today, 1990
Describes the combined efforts of Head Start and the Job Corps to improve the quality of life for young people and their families in San Diego, California, where Job Corps students constructed the local Head Start center. Several students had children in the Head Start program. (BB)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Educational Facilities, High School Equivalency Programs
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