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Download full textGrayson, Joann, Ed. – Virginia Child Protection Newsletter, 1990
Fundamental changes in the family unit have led to ineffective and inadequate parenting, and to increasing isolation among families, placing family members at risk for such social problems as child abuse/neglect and school failure. To prevent and treat these problems, parents need knowledge of child development and tools for responding…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
Cochran, Elizabeth – 2000
A teacher who teaches General Educational Development preparation to at-risk teenagers in a nonprofit alternative education program called FutureWorks conducted a study to identify those elements of FutureWorks that keep students coming to the program. The study included the following data collection activities: a consensus-building activity to…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning
