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Shadick, Richard; Akhter, Sarah – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2014
Because of a dearth of experience in preventing suicide in diverse student populations, Pace University developed a multicultural suicide prevention kit. This article details the process used to develop the kit. The rationale for approaching suicide prevention in a culturally competent manner is presented, and methods used to gain culture-specific…
Descriptors: College Students, Prevention, Suicide, Multicultural Education
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Finkel, Madelon Lubin; Thompson, Sara – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Evaluated effectiveness of LYFE (Living for the Young Family through Education), which helps teenage mothers continue schooling while learning to take care of their babies. Found that two-thirds of pilot participants graduated high school, there was greater likelihood of graduating the longer one was in the program, and women without a repeat…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Early Parenthood, Educational Responsibility, High Schools
Evans, Mary E.; Boothroyd, Roger A.; Holohean, Edward J., Jr. – 1996
This paper describes the Home-Based Crisis Intervention (HBCI) program in New York and the outcomes of a study that investigated the effectiveness of the program. The HBCI program provides short-term intensive in-home services to families with children who are at-risk for out-of-home placements. Counselors work with families to prevent psychiatric…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Counselors, Crisis Intervention
Boothroyd, Roger A.; Kuppinger, Anne D.; Evans, Mary E. – 1996
This paper describes the Home-Based Crisis Intervention (HBCI) program in New York and the effects that exposure to violence had on 36 participating children (ages 5-18), the training counselors received on violence issues, and strategies used as a result of efforts to address the effect of violence. The HBCI program provides short-term intensive…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Children, Counselor Training
Farber, Ferne; And Others – 1978
The purpose of this project was to (1) engage in a statewide survey of early intervention programs concerned with the school-age child and his or her family, and (2) to examine a "family impact" model focused on two systems: the family and the school. A particular focus of the survey was on programs whose methods of impacting, (i.e.…
Descriptors: Children, Community Development, Cost Effectiveness, Crisis Intervention
Evans, Mary E.; Boothroyd, Roger A.; Kuppinger, Anne D. – 1996
This paper describes the Home-Based Crisis Intervention (HBCI) program in New York and the characteristics and outcomes of the families involved in a study that investigated the effectiveness of the program. The HBCI program provides short-term intensive in-home services to families with children who are at-risk of out-of-home placements. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Blacks, Children
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Fitchen, Janet M. – Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, 1991
Explores the economic and demographic factors fueling rural homelessness, based on field research in scattered rural communities. Data were collected by interviewing low-income families and local service providers and from community agency and school records. Suggests strategies for preventing and responding to homelessness that would be…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Relationship, Federal Programs