This booklet contains the legislative materials relating to family life education enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia in the 1987 session. The Virginia Board of Education was charged to develop standards of learning and curriculum guidelines for a comprehensive, sequential family life education curriculum in grades K through 12.…

This paper deals with helping high school students cope with family stress and locating community resources. (YRJ)

Briefly reviews history and characteristics of four nonwhite population groups in the United States: American Indians, Blacks, Latinos, and Asian Americans. Lists and describes relevant books, articles, periodicals, and organizations, emphasizing those most relevant to family educator and practitioner. (Author/NB)

The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) was first launched in 1997 as a periodic longitudinal study of program performance. Successive nationally representative samples of Head Start children, their families, classrooms, and programs provide descriptive information on the population served; staff qualifications, credentials,…

The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) was first launched in 1997 as a periodic longitudinal study of program performance. Successive nationally representative samples of Head Start children, their families, classrooms, and programs provide descriptive information on the population served; staff qualifications, credentials,…

The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) was first launched in 1997 as a periodic longitudinal study of program performance. Successive nationally representative samples of Head Start children, their families, classrooms, and programs provide descriptive information on the population served; staff qualifications, credentials,…

Previous research highlights the continuing relevance of family culture in explaining educational inequalities in Turkey, especially patriarchal beliefs and practices that discourage investment in the education of girls. We extend that research by introducing two much-debated, but empirically untested, aspects of family culture--parental…

A survey of secondary school administrators and teachers was conducted in Nevada to determine compliance with Senate Concurrent Resolution 48, which encourages school districts to include a course in family life skills as part of the basic curriculum for high schools. The resolution identifies six skill areas that are to be taught in the course:…

A course was designed to enable girls to improve their personal appearance through special projects in hair care and styling, skin care and makeup application, good health habits including diet, exercise, improvement of posture, charm and poise; voice control; manners; and the selection of clothes that look best on the specific figure. The course…

We investigated how adolescents' and parents' future beliefs, i.e. their goals and probability estimations (regarding future career, social and family life) were (1) structured, (2) interrelated, and (3) whether adolescents' perceived family interaction mediated parents' and adolescents' beliefs, among 239 11--16-year olds and 197 parents. Using…

This document begins with highlights of a seminar meeting held in July of 1992 on poverty in America, followed by a background briefing report on the problem of poverty in the United States. This background briefing report is the first in a series of three reports. It summarizes some major themes of the vast and growing body of poverty literature,…

Contributing to society is important for both society and the person. Today it appears that some married women who are housewives are unable to develop careers, because of frequent breaks in their education and/or training due to the mobility of their spouse. A captured spouse is one who is mobile with her mate and is overshadowed in the career…

This analysis of literature in the 1980s in which African American males are the primary subject challenges characteristics traditionally associated with this group. Most of the literature used in this study addresses the issue of the African American male in the history of the contemporary family. Literature is classified as Statistical,…

This bibliography includes only those materials on Research in Children, Youth, and Family Life at the Institute for Social Research that are currently available. The source of each entry is given, and complete ordering information is provided. (DB)

The object of this paper is to describe a technique in family therapy which the authors have found useful in treating families. An interactional approach to the family system was used. (Author)