ERIC Number: ED144692
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976-Jul
Pages: 49
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Education for Adulthood: A Course Prepared for Corps Community Centers of the Salvation Army. Leader's Guide.
Williams, Shirley Key
This leader's guide to one of a series of Salvation Army demonstration programs in parenthood education presents a six-unit course for inner-city teenagers, with emphasis on leadership skills, child care skills, employment potential in the child care field, and ability to cope with responsibility. Developed at a Salvation Army community center in Philadelphia, the course is recommended for a group of twenty, aged 13 1/2 to 16 1/2. The six units, totaling 57 sessions, were designed to cover an 8-month period, with the group meeting twice a week for sessions of up to two hours. Unit titles are: (1) Learning About Self; (2) Working With Young Children; (3) Family and Society; (4) Behavior at Home and School; (5) Pregnancy and Birth; and (6) Evaluation. (BF)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Care, Child Development, Community Centers, Curriculum Guides, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Leaders Guides, Parenthood Education, Unwed Mothers, Urban Youth, Young Children, Youth Opportunities
The Salvation Army, 120 West 14th Street, New York, New York 10011 ($1.50)
Publication Type: Guides - General
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Sponsor: Office of Child Development (DHEW), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Salvation Army. New York, NY.
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