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Lafavor, Theresa – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018
Widening achievement gaps between homeless and highly mobile (HHM) youth and their peers highlight the need for research to understand effects of risk and adversity on development to promote resilience and positive adaptation. Youth living under the poverty line experience more risk and adversity, leading to difficulty in multiple domains…
Descriptors: Role, Executive Function, Reading Ability, Homeless People
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Carr, Mary B.; Vandiver, Trish A. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2003
Compares the effects of instructional art projects on children's behavioral responses and creativity in a sample of children residing in an emergency shelter. Results reveal that children produced more formed expressions and creative/design elements and less chaotic discharge and stereotypic art through the art project that involved few…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Behavior Patterns, Child Behavior, Children
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Jarvis, Kelly L.; Novaco, Raymond W. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2006
Few studies have examined the adjustment of battered women and their children after exiting domestic violence shelters. Participants were 62 women who had endured severe partner abuse, completed a shelter program with their children, and resided in the community for at least 6 months. Field interviews concerned mothers' and children's abuse…
Descriptors: Children, Family Violence, Females, Emergency Shelters