Publication Date
In 2025 | 1 |
Since 2024 | 26 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 132 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 361 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 1038 |
Descriptor
At Risk Persons | 1633 |
Children | 1633 |
Adolescents | 631 |
Foreign Countries | 382 |
Behavior Problems | 237 |
Child Health | 223 |
Child Abuse | 221 |
Correlation | 219 |
Intervention | 219 |
Poverty | 199 |
Child Welfare | 188 |
More ▼ |
Source
Author
Canino, Glorisa | 6 |
Cicchetti, Dante | 6 |
Emerson, Eric | 6 |
Bird, Hector R. | 5 |
Duarte, Cristiane S. | 5 |
Finkelhor, David | 5 |
Moore, Kristin Anderson | 5 |
Serbin, Lisa A. | 5 |
Sourander, Andre | 5 |
Stack, Dale M. | 5 |
Abela, John R. Z. | 4 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
Policymakers | 31 |
Practitioners | 26 |
Teachers | 22 |
Parents | 18 |
Community | 17 |
Researchers | 12 |
Counselors | 7 |
Administrators | 5 |
Students | 3 |
Support Staff | 1 |
Location
United Kingdom | 41 |
United States | 38 |
Canada | 27 |
Illinois | 27 |
Australia | 25 |
Netherlands | 24 |
California | 19 |
New York | 17 |
Michigan | 14 |
United Kingdom (England) | 14 |
South Africa | 13 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Meets WWC Standards without Reservations | 1 |
Meets WWC Standards with or without Reservations | 1 |
Sharma, Dinesh – 1996
This paper presents a cultural and historical analysis of the continuously increasing number of children and childhoods at risk, using a population perspective framework. Two major claims are presented. First the conditions of children and childhoods in the West, compared to the patterns of child-care in India, Japan and many other non-Western…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Childhood Needs, Children
Kids Count in Michigan, Lansing. – 1996
This Michigan Kids Count data book for 1996 describes the condition of children in each of Michigan's 83 counties. The first section of the report explores the status of the children in five areas of child well-being: (1) Economic Security; (2) Child Health; (3) Child Safety; (4) Teen Transition; and (5) Education. The discussion presents an…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Health, Children
Ingraham, Sandy – 1996
This data book presents findings of the Kids Count Project on current conditions faced by Oklahoma children age birth through 18. This second annual factbook organizes state and county data over a period of time to enable conditions for children in each county to be compared and ranked. The benchmark indicators studied include low birthweight…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
Blanc, Cristina S. – 1992
This publication presents a discussion of the status of poor urban children world-wide and the design of a five-nation study of the condition of distressed urban children. Following an introduction, Section 2 describes the urban child project designed to study and advance the plight of urban children in developing nations. Section 3 outlines the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Health, Child Labor, Children
Black, Maggie – 1993
This report describes a seminar designed to develop a better understanding of the problems and needs of working children and children living in the streets, to analyze policy and program experiences in working with such children, and to draft a set of recommendations to help improve the conditions of street and working children in the context of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Health
Robertson, Elizabeth B.; David, Susan L.; Rao, Suman A. – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), 2003
This "In Brief" edition provides highlights from the "Preventing Drug Use among Children and Adolescents: A Research-Based Guide for Parents, Educators, and Community Leaders, Second Edition." It presents the updated prevention principles, an overview of program planning, and critical first steps for those learning about prevention. Thus, this…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Parents, Teachers, Prevention
O'Hare, William P. – 2003
This Kids Count data book examines national and statewide trends in the well being of the nation's children. Statistical portraits are based on 10 indicators of well being: (1) percent of low birth weight babies; (2) infant mortality rate; (3) child death rate; (4) rate of teen deaths by accident, homicide, and suicide; (5) teen birth rate; (6)…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Birth Weight, Child Health, Child Welfare
Tout, Kathryn; Scarpa, Juliet; Zaslow, Martha J. – 2002
This research brief, one of a series being prepared to help inform the public debate surrounding the reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant, uses data from the 1999 National Survey of America's Families to examine the outcomes for children of welfare leavers and current welfare recipients; outcomes examined…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Attendance, Behavior Problems
Crosson-Tower, Cynthia – 2002
This book presents guidance for educators on recognizing and responding to different forms of child maltreatment as well as ideas on the formation of a school reporting protocol and a Child Protection Team. The 11 chapters are: (1) "Why Are Educators So Important in the Lives of Abused and Neglected Children?"; (2) "How Can We…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Safety
Southern Inst. on Children and Families, Columbia, SC. – 2002
Noting that the southern region of the United States is challenged by some of the most difficult and entrenched economic, health, and social problems that place children at risk, this chartbook presents information on indicators of the current status of children and families in the South and contrasts conditions in the South with those in other…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Birth Weight, Child Care, Child Health
Kendall, Sally; Johnson, Annie; Martin, Kerry; Kinder; Kay – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2005
This research project was commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) in 2004 to examine barriers to vulnerable children accessing examinations at the end of key stage 4 and to identify strategies employed to overcome these barriers. Key groups of vulnerable children identified by the DfES included: (1) Looked-after children;…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Telephone Surveys, Children, Research Reports
Archer, Caroline – 1999
Noting that adopted and foster children may have suffered early traumatic experiences, often expressed in emotional and behavioral problems that become increasingly problematic as the child approaches adolescence, this book presents strategies to help adoptive and foster parents deal with their youngsters' troubling behavior and to make them feel…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adopted Children, Adoptive Parents
2001
This set of briefs discusses state public policy and implications as they pertain to children in Georgia. The five briefs each address a single policy issue: kinship care, dental care, child care, special health care needs, and school health practice in Georgia. Each two-page brief provides background information on the issue, details the types of…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, At Risk Persons, Child Care, Child Care Quality
2002
Based on findings that high-quality early care and education, youth development programs for after-school and summer hours, child abuse and neglect prevention, and intervention programs can help to prevent violence crime, this document presents a violence prevention plan for the schools and youth of Pennsylvania. Four actions are proposed to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, After School Programs, At Risk Persons

Earls, Felton – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1996
Reviews textbook by Christina Szanton Blanc and others, incorporating viewpoints of students. Analyzes chapters focusing on particular countries, noting that the book sheds light on the old problem of disadvantaged children in postindustrial cities while also shedding new light on the more recent challenge of supporting human development in the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Child Health, Child Welfare