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Bose, Jeanne – Exceptional Parent, 1991
A personal perspective is given on attitudes and behavior toward children with deafness and the lack of understanding it is felt to represent. (DB)
Descriptors: Anger, Child Rearing, Coping, Deafness
Garbarino, James – 1995
The mere act of living in today's society is dangerous to the health and well-being of children and adolescents. The concept of the socially toxic environment is offered as a parallel to the environmental movement's analysis of physical toxicity. Social life is more risky than it was just 40 years ago, and the level of social and cultural poison…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Childhood Needs, Disadvantaged Youth
Stagner, Matthew W. – 1993
This report summarizes the findings and recommendations from the Children's Policy Project, which examined the child welfare system in Illinois. The report: (1) outlines the project's findings about the difficulties faced by existing child welfare services; (2) proposes ways to improve existing arrangements; (3) examines the fundamental problems…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Welfare, Community Services, Family Characteristics