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Download full textScales, Peter C.; Benson, Peter L.; Mannes, Marc – 2002
A recent telephone survey of 1,425 adults and 614 youth aged 12 to 17 is part of an ongoing effort to better understand adult engagement with young people and the impact of these relationships on the development of children and youth. The survey reveals agreement about some fundamental principles for relationships between unrelated youth and…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Adults, Disadvantaged Youth, Helping Relationship
Lewis, Magdalena C. – 1993
The Padres a la escuela (PAE) or Parents in the School program in San Antonio (Texas) encouraged the participation of Hispanic parents in the education of their children. The successes of the PAE program are used in this guidebook to help parents, program staff, and policy makers in similar efforts. This handbook describes the history,…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Bilingual Education, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education
Hardy, Janet B.; Zabin, Laurie Schwab – 1991
An in-depth discussion of national and local statistics regarding teenage and adolescent pregnancy and the developmental issues involved opens this analysis. Problems and adverse consequences of adolescent pregnancy in an urban setting are explored using a city-wide random sample of adolescent births. A model pregnancy and parenting program and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Contraception, Early Parenthood
Kirkpatrick, Nanda D.; And Others – 1991
This report describes after-school programs available in the Houston (Texas) Independent School District (HISD). Fifty-nine sites offer either after-school child care or instruction to elementary school students in the HISD. Magnet's Extended Instructional Day program is the largest and the Houston Committee for Private Sector Initiatives'…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Attendance, Black Students, Children
Whitaker, Leighton C., Ed.; Pollard, Jeffrey W., Ed. – 1993
This volume offers 14 papers on the types, sources, and possible cures of violence on college campuses from prominent workers in higher education. Following a preface the titles are: (1) "Conceptualizing Campus Violence: Definitions, Underlying Factors, and Effects" by Mary L. Roark; (2) "Administrative Perspectives on Disruptive…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Antisocial Behavior, Campuses, Cognitive Style
International Center for Integrative Studies, New York, NY. – 1988
The Door is a youth center in New York, New York, that has the capacity to respond to a myriad of adolescent needs and problems. Over the past 15 years it has serviced over 100,000 teenagers, 53.4 percent of whom were Black, 23.1 percent Hispanic, 20 percent White, 3.5 percent Asian and other; they come from all over the New York City area.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholism, Athletics, Counseling
PDF pending restorationStone, Frank Andrews – 1986
Intercultural education in the Greater Salt Lake City (Utah) metropolitan area seems to have minimal effect on high school students' behavior or attitudes. This study was planned in order to better understand the nature and dynamics of intercultural instruction in Salt Lake City. Information was analyzed from the following sources: (1) interviews…
Descriptors: Church Programs, Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Cross Cultural Training
