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Coates, Robert B. – Journal of Social Issues, 1981
The development of community-based alternatives to institutional care for juvenile offenders should be based on (1) a clear conceptualization of what "community-based" means, (2) intervention efforts that consider the context of the clients' social relationship networks; and (3) resolution of professional and territorial conflicts.…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Delinquency

Henderson, Anne J. – School Counselor, 1981
Describes a school guidance program for single-parent families in Brookline, Massachusetts, designed to assimilate single-parent families into public schools. Outlines key elements in the program including: (1) needs assessment; (2) concrete response by school personnel to expressed and underlying transitional needs; and (3) evaluation of new…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Counseling Services, Counseling Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education