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Minton-Eversole, Theresa, Comp. – Training and Development, 1991
Corporate community involvement programs are described: (1) Days' Inn's efforts to employ homeless persons; (2) Rockwell International's recruitment of its retirees as secondary science and math teachers; (3) Wells Fargo Bank's provision of social service leave time for employees; and (4) IBM's Project A Plus, a business-education collaborative to…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Community Involvement, Corporate Support, Educational Improvement
Peer reviewedVerma, Suman – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 1999
Notes that street life for children and adolescents in India provides few cognitive developmental opportunities that would lead to a better life, but does provide survival and crisis coping skills. Presents findings from a study of 100 street children and adolescents who return home every evening; the subjects work, interact with peers, and have…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Child Labor, Children
Peer reviewedWhitbeck, Les B.; Hoyt, Danny R.; Bao, Wa-Ning – Child Development, 2000
Examined factors contributing to depressive symptoms and co-occurring depressions, substance abuse, and conduct problems among runaway and homeless adolescents. Found that although family-of-origin factors contributed to depressive symptoms and comorbidity, experiences and behaviors when adolescents were on their own also had powerful effects.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Behavior Problems
Peer reviewedPower, Sally; Whitty, Geoff; Youdell, Deborah – Journal for a Just and Caring Education, 1999
Examines policies and processes hindering homeless children's access to appropriate educational provision in the United Kingdom, painting a stark, depressing picture. Case-study research reveals the fruitlessness of blaming homeless children's poor school performance on family inadequacies. From a social-reaction perspective, the education system…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, Educational Opportunities, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedDanseco, Evangeline R.; Holden, E. Wayne – Family Relations, 1998
Different types of homeless families (N=180) are identified empirically, and variations in outcomes for children are explored. Cluster analysis distinguished three groups of families participating in a comprehensive health-care program for children in homeless families. Results, clinical implications, and directions for more sophisticated…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Rearing, Children, Cluster Analysis
Peer reviewedKaslow, Florence W. – American Psychologist, 2001
Presents a global overview of issues and trends confronting families and family psychologists in the 21st century. Makes linkages to what psychologists can do as clinicians and researchers regarding different problems and issues, each of which is manifested at the individual, family, and societal level. Includes predictions about new and expanding…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Crime, Cultural Differences, Divorce
Peer reviewedConnolly, Mark; Ennew, Judith – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1996
Introduces workshop papers proposing research agendas based on the assumption that street children's public image hinders both research and program development. Argues that research emphasis should shift to analysis of children's relationship to the street environment; this approach, derived from social science research, entails innovative and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adolescents, Child Labor, Children
Peer reviewedMoore, Katherine – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1999
Recommends using children's literature as a means for introducing social problems and their possible solutions to elementary students. Offers different trade books on homelessness and the elderly along with descriptions of each book. Provides guidelines and teaching resources for creating a service project where students interact with their…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Citizenship, Community Needs, Empathy
Peer reviewedTyler, Kimberly A.; Hoyt, Dan R.; Whitbeck, Les B.; Cauce, Ana Mari – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2001
Investigated the impact of childhood sexual abuse on later sexual victimization among homeless and runaway youth. Found high rates of childhood sexual abuse and street sexual victimization, with females experiencing higher rates than males. Early sexual abuse increased likelihood of later victimization indirectly by increasing amount of time at…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Abuse
Direct linkThrane, Lisa E.; Hoyt, Danny R.; Whitbeck, Les B.; Yoder, Kevin A. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2006
Problem: Various demographic and familial risk factors have been linked to runaway behavior. To date, there has not been a systematic investigation of the impact of size of community on runaway behavior. This study will compare runaways from smaller cities and rural areas to their urban counterparts. Methods: A convenience sample of 602…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Runaways, Victims of Crime, Child Neglect
Andrade, Naleen N.; Hishinuma, Earl S.; McDermott, John F., Jr.; Johnson, Ronald C.; Goebert, Deborah A.; Makini, George K., Jr.; Nahulu, Linda B.; Yuen, Noelle Y. C.; McArdle, John J.; Bell, Cathy K.; Carlton, Barry S.; Miyamoto, Robin H.; Nishimura, Stephanie T.; Else, Iwalani R. N.; Guerrero, Anthony P. S.; Darmal, Arsalan; Yates, Alayne; Waldron, Jane A. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objectives: The prevalence rates of disorders among a community-based sample of Hawaiian youths were determined and compared to previously published epidemiological studies. Method: Using a two-phase design, 7,317 adolescents were surveyed (60% participation rate), from which 619 were selected in a modified random sample during the 1992-1993 to…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Identification, Incidence, Anxiety
De Castell, Suzanne; Jenson, Jennifer – McGill Journal of Education, 2006
This paper reports on a short-term ethnographic participatory action research project that engaged urban Canadian, street-involved "queer and questioning" youth in a multi-media enabled inquiry into peer housing and support needs. The "Pridehouse Project" (http://www.sfu.ca/pridehouse) was initiated by, and accountable to, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Life, Housing, Epistemology
McWhirter, Paula T. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2006
This article investigates a community-based group therapy intervention designed to address specific needs of women in transition as compared to women also in transition, engaged in a traditional, nonclinical women's program. Both interventions were found to increase social network size, decrease social isolation, and decrease financial stress. The…
Descriptors: Intervention, Females, Self Efficacy, Social Isolation
Peer reviewedWhitbeck, Les B.; Hoyt, Danny R.; Ackley, Kevin A. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1997
Studied relationships among physical and sexual abuse in family of origin, participation in deviant subsistence strategies, and victimization in 108 runaway and homeless adolescents in four Midwestern states. Path analysis indicated that abusive family backgrounds directly affected adolescent victimization and indirectly increased likelihood of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Child Abuse, Family Characteristics
Peer reviewedSwick, Kevin J. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 1996
Describes the design and impact of an inquiry-oriented professional development course on South Carolina teachers' perspectives of homeless children and families. Notes that multiple perspectives, participant involvement in goal setting, and opportunities to apply knowledge in community and school settings led to changed attitudes toward the…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Course Evaluation, Experiential Learning, Homeless People
