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Wong, Debra – Children Today, 1987
Describes a project that has enlisted community support and involvement, and produced culturally sensitive materials--booklets, educational curricula, video-tapes--on prevention of child sexual assault among Southeast Asian refugee families. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Family Programs, Minority Group Influences, Outreach Programs

Hunner, Robert J. – Children Today, 1986
Describes development of guidelines to expand understanding of and compliance with both the reasonable efforts requirement of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act 1980 (P.L. 96-272) and active efforts requirement of the Indian Child Welfare Act 1978 (P.L. 95-608) to help keep Indian families together. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: American Indians, Caseworker Approach, Child Abuse, Child Welfare

Giarretto, Henry – Children Today, 1976
This article describes the Child Sexual Abuse Treatment Program (CSATP) in San Jose, California. Based on the theory and methods of Humanistic Psychology, the program provides counseling to sexually abused children and their families. (SB)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Crisis Intervention, Demonstration Programs, Family Counseling

Marker, Gail; Friedman, Paul R. – Children Today, 1973
Review of major cases involving the right to education and the rights of children within institutions. (ST)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Court Litigation, Educational Opportunities, Institutionalized Persons

Harling, Paul R.; Haines, Joan K. – Children Today, 1980
Describes the program of Intensive Treatment Homes in Sacramento County, California, that was designed to provide short-term treatment for children two through seven years of age who had been repeatedly abused or neglected and who showed developmental delays or emotional problems not previously diagnosed. (RH)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Clinical Diagnosis, Foster Children

Berdie, Jane; And Others – Children Today, 1977
Discusses themes from a 2-day Workshop on Adolescent and Youth Abuse and Neglect. Topics include: violence towards adolescent girls; violence in a juvenile detention center; historical perspectives; the contemporary social context; adolescent development; and the family system. (BF/JH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Corporal Punishment, Delinquency

Nagi, Saad Z. – Children Today, 1975
Provides an overview of programs on child abuse and neglect in the United States and attempts to identify gaps in the design and problems in the performance of these programs. (CS)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Child Abuse, Data Analysis

Copans, Stuart; And Others – Children Today, 1979
Describes an experimental child abuse training program developed for a wide range of community workers involved in the care of high risk families, and examines factors that interfere with the delivery of effective care. (CM)
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Child Abuse, Child Caregivers, Delivery Systems

Kadushin, Alfred – Children Today, 1976
A brief history of the development of child welfare services in America from indenture to day care is given, together with an account of the changing social attitudes that influenced this history. The negative and positive aspects of present practices are also discussed. (MS)
Descriptors: Adoption, Apprenticeships, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy

Goldstein, Harold – Children Today, 1976
A brief history of child labor and the fight for legislation to control it at both the state and federal level. The current legal status and the continued existence of child labor in modern times are also discussed. (MS)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Labor, Child Welfare, Early Childhood Education

Whiting, Leila – Children Today, 1977
Examines the composition, case characteristics, team utilization, and growth and development of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Child Protection Team. (BF/JH)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Caseworkers, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy

Helfer, Ray E. – Children Today, 1975
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Abuse, Helping Relationship, Interpersonal Relationship

Kamerman, Sheila B. – Children Today, 1975
A preliminary summary and analysis of the responses obtained from a cross-national research study, involving eight countries, on the problem of child abuse/neglect. (CS)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Cross Cultural Studies, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries

Flanzraich, Mark; Dunsavage, Irene – Children Today, 1977
This article describes role reversal behavior among abused and neglected children. In role reversal traditional role behaviors between a parent and a child are interchanged. The child adopts some of the behaviors traditionally associated with parents and parents tend to act dependent. Listed are ways social workers can help with different aspects…
Descriptors: Caseworkers, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Role

Besharov, Douglas J. – Children Today, 1977
Cites shortcomings of existing centralized state systems for processing child protection case records. Diagnostic, monitoring and statistical functions of these registers are described as severely limited by inaccurate and incomplete reporting. Confidentiality of records, subjects' access to records and problems of verification are discussed. (BF)
Descriptors: Case Records, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Neglect