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Navarre, Mary – Day Care & Early Education, 1994
Describes a teacher's experiences reading aloud with two preschoolers in a homeless shelter and how the interaction increased the children's print awareness and ameliorated the stress of being in the shelter. (HTH)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Coping, Emergent Literacy
Velis, Jean-Pierre – 1995
For many African children today, the grim realities of everyday life are far removed from models of education based on traditional wisdom. Part of an attempt to draw the attention of a wide public to the situation of street children, this book focuses on the educational aspects of a problem from which no country is spared. The book focuses…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
This document contains witness testimonies from two Congressional hearings examining the reauthorization of Title 3(b) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 relating to the drug abuse education and prevention for runaway and homeless youth and youth gangs. Opening statements are included from Representatives Martinez and Fawell. Witnesses providing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
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Gewirtzman, Rena; Fodor, Iris – Child Welfare, 1987
This article elucidates some causes of homelessness and describes living conditions in shelters and welfare hotels. Recommendations are offered to the school-based support team, in cooperation with teachers, to help ease the child's transition from hotel to school and initiate preventative health measures. (Author/BN)
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Problems, Family School Relationship
ASPBAE Courier, 1988
The area resource center (ARC) is a place where people can come for information about available resources, or to discuss problems and share experiences. ARCs facilitate formation of women's groups to deal with the issues and problems affecting their lives. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Females, Foreign Countries
Lowe, Eugene T. – 2000
To assess the status of hunger and homelessness in U.S. cities during the year 2000, the U.S. Conference of Mayors surveyed 25 major cities whose mayors were members of its Task Force on Hunger and Homelessness. The survey sought information and estimates from each city on emergency food supplies and services, the causes of hunger and…
Descriptors: Children, Economic Factors, Family Financial Resources, Homeless People
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Bassuk, Ellen L.; Gallagher, Ellen M. – Child and Youth Services, 1990
Describes the effects of growing up in shelters and welfare hotels. Discusses coping strategies that children have developed to adapt to the stresses of homelessness. (PCB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Children, Environmental Influences
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Connolly, Mark – Child and Youth Services, 1990
Describes the lives of street children in two South American cities. Explains the mores, sanctions, and values of the society in which these children live. (PCB)
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Childhood Needs, Children, Foreign Countries
Aptekar, Lewis – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1989
Psychological characteristics of 56 male Colombian street children, aged 7 to 16, were examined using participant observations and results of psychological testing. Results showed the children to be relatively healthy, intelligent, and emotionally intact. An attempt is made to understand these relatively good scores in a cultural context.…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Cultural Background, Foreign Countries
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Stronge, James H. – Educational Policy, 1993
Discusses emerging educational service delivery systems for homeless children and youth, stressing policy implications for overcoming barriers to their education. Mainstream program models fit the intent of the 1990 Mckinney Act amendments. Programs should address individual and family resource needs through interagency collaboration and provide…
Descriptors: Children, Delivery Systems, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Carlson, Pam; And Others – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1994
Includes edited versions of four presentations on library services for homeless children originally given at the 1993 American Library Association (ALA) annual conference. Topics addressed include story times at homeless shelters and juvenile halls for teenaged felons; giveaway books; identifying needs; funding sources; and Reading Is Fundamental…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Childrens Libraries, Delinquency
Egan, Jennifer – New York Times Magazine, 2002
Describes the experiences of several families who are homeless in New York City, looking at what it is like for the children in these families, how the parents cope with trying to find work and a place to live, and how these families are treated by the system as they wait for various kinds of assistance. (SM)
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Emergency Shelters
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Warsi, Sadia; Celinska, Dorota – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2006
This article discusses a number of administrative dilemmas faced by homeless families. For example, homeless families are often prevented from enrolling their children in public schools due to their inability to provide age, health, and educational records. Another administrative dilemma faced by homeless families is providing the school with an…
Descriptors: Children, Emergency Shelters, Homeless People, Family Needs
Dohoney, Jo M.; Reiling, Denise – 1996
Because homeless children are often a hidden group, staying with friends or relatives for brief or long periods, and occasionally spilling into the roughly 150 private emergency shelters and domestic violence programs in Michigan, their numbers are difficult to define. This Kids Count! study interviewed 25 children of 25 homeless families residing…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Family Environment
McClain, Deborah – 1998
This study investigated the strengths homeless children exhibit. Homeless children living in shelters and children of the same peer group living in low income housing were interviewed about home activities, interests, abilities, talents, character strengths, autonomous behavior, and interactions with adults. All children were selected from first,…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Childhood Interests, Childhood Needs, Children
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