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Peer reviewedJohnson, Janis Tyler – Child Welfare, 1976
Describes a program devised to combine efforts of a child welfare agency and a public school system in controlling truancy. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions, School Involvement
Peer reviewedBerman, Yitzchak – Child Welfare, 1971
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Experimental Programs
Peer reviewedMichaels, Kenneth W.; Green, Robert H. – Child Welfare, 1979
Describes a pilot project in York, Pennsylvania which provides therapy for the families of status offender youths (i.e. incorrigibles, runaways, truants). Results indicate that the program is effective in reducing placements and costs. (BD)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Welfare, Children, Family Counseling
Peer reviewedPolivka, Larry; And Others – Child Welfare, 1979
Describes the results of an experiment in Florida in which jurisdiction over juvenile status offenders (i.e., runaways, truants, or incorrigibles) was transferred from the juvenile justice system to the child welfare system. (BD)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Welfare, Children, Delinquency
Peer reviewedLewis, Jack C. – Child Welfare, 1978
In this article on state-organized programs to reduce rates of juvenile delinquency, programs such as truancy prevention, day treatment, specialized foster care for emotionally disturbed, handicapped, and/or mentally retarded children, community resources projects, and residential treatment are briefly described. (Author/SE)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Day Programs, Delinquency Prevention, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Peer reviewedPieper, Martha Heineman; Pieper, William J. – Child Welfare, 1992
Maintains that parents and physicians should adopt a tender love, rather than a tough love, approach when dealing with adolescents with behavior problems. The discussion is highlighted by a case study of a 15-year-old boy. (BB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Case Studies
