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Replicability of Effect When Transferring a Supportive Programme for Parents Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence and Their Children from the US to Sweden
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Draxler, Helena; Hjärthag, Fredrik; Almqvist, Kjerstin – Child Care in Practice, 2019
Transferring an evidence-based parenting programme for parents exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) and their children with emotional and behavioural problems reveals the extent to which cultural and social aspects can interfere with the programme's effectiveness. Feasibility studies are of value in such circumstances, and the aim of the…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Foreign Countries, Social Work
Residential Instability and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Children and Education Program: What We Know, Plus Gaps in Research
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Cunningham, Mary; Harwood, Robin; Hall, Sam – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2010
As homelessness increased among families and children during the 1980s and 1990s, policymakers created, and strengthened, the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) program. The McKinney-Vento EHCY program aims to mitigate the effects of residential instability through the identification of homeless children in schools and…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Disadvantaged Youth, Physical Health, Federal Legislation
Dropout Prevention Programs in Nine Mid-Atlantic Region School Districts: Additions to a Dropout Prevention Database. Summary. Issues & Answers. REL 2011-No. 103
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Burzichelli, Claudia; Mackey, Philip E.; Bausmith, Jennifer – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2011
The current study replicates work of Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northeast and Islands. It describes dropout prevention programs in nine Mid-Atlantic Region (Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania) school districts serving communities with populations of 24,742-107,250 (as of July 2008). All nine…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Mentors, Poverty, Dropout Programs
Dropout Prevention Programs in Nine Mid-Atlantic Region School Districts: Additions to a Dropout Prevention Database. Issues & Answers. REL 2011-No. 103
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Burzichelli, Claudia; Mackey, Philip E.; Bausmith, Jennifer – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2011
The current study replicates work of Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northeast and Islands. It describes dropout prevention programs in nine Mid-Atlantic Region (Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania) school districts serving communities with populations of 24,742-107,250 (as of July 2008). All nine…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Mentors, Poverty, Dropout Programs
Youth Services Program in the Elementary School and Community.
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Hillock, David A.; And Others – 1977
The traditional service programs are not doing the job of providing the comprehensive services needed for youth. Using the following premises as a foundation, an alternative model of providing services for youth is possible: (1) A person does not have to go to a Mental Health Clinic in order to get service. Services can be provided in a local…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Behavior Problems, Community Services, Counseling Services
Frontiers of Research on Children, Youth, and Families: The Development of Human Potential in the 21st Century. Opportunities at the Intersection of Families and Communities.
Institute of Medicine (NAS), Washington, DC. – 1998
In 1997, the Board on Children, Youth, and Families launched the Frontiers of Research on Children, Youth, and Families Initiative to highlight recent policy-relevant research on children, youth, and families conducted by young and mid-career researchers. The initiative sought to encourage more sustained interactions between these researchers and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Black Youth