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Earls, Felton; Carlson, Maya – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 1999
Presents research model for working with street children from a public-health and human-rights perspective. Suggests framework to guide health promotion in pursuit of child well-being, sampling and recruiting strategies in studying street and working children, conceptual issues related to studying these children, and supporting street children…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Child Labor, Children

Baizerman, Michael – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1996
Discusses public perceptions of street youth, characteristics of street youth workers, frameworks for healthy youth development, and training for street youth work. Argues that multiple philosophies for street youth work be acknowledged with their ethical implications. Suggests that youth work as a vocation includes reciprocal development of youth…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Community Development, Homeless People

Dallape, Fabio – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1996
Proposes four categories of children in difficult circumstances: (1) abandoned or orphaned; (2) independent, maintaining family contact; (3) working, living with families; and (4) living with economically deprived families. Suggests that rapid urbanization, family environment, global economy, and educational deprivation contribute to difficulties.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Community Services, Disadvantaged
Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers, 2004
In 1954, the United States Supreme Court, in a landmark decision known as Brown v. Board of Education, said, "Today education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments...it is the principal instrument in awakening the child to cultural values and preparing him for later professional training and in helping him to…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Children, Homeless People, Access to Education
Macro Systems, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1991
An exploratory study was conducted to examine the ways in which existing programs or service delivery systems have adapted to meet the needs of homeless families with children. Key issues and model and innovative approaches were identified prior to study site visits in five cities: (1) Atlanta (Georgia); (2) Baltimore (Maryland); (3) Boston…
Descriptors: Access to Education, At Risk Persons, Children, Disadvantaged Youth
Moffett, Patrick Sean – 1995
Founded in response to the needs of children left homeless in Italy in the wake of World War II, Boys' and Girls' Towns have become international communities of children and adolescents separated from their families or homelands because of domestic violence, famine, war or other forms of social upheaval. The towns have been less subject to many of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Community Characteristics, Community Development
Stronge, James H.; Tenhouse, Cheri – 1990
This publication summarizes issues relating to the education of homeless children and youth and reviews programs that are effective in the delivery of educational services to this population. The report is comprised of five sections. The first section, "Introduction," surveys factors contributing to homelessness and indicates the special…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Legislation
Hart-Shegos, Ellen – 1999
Homelessness influences every facet of children's lives, inhibiting their physical, emotional, cognitive, social, and behavioral development. Homeless women face such obstacles to healthy pregnancies as chemical abuse, chronic health problems, and lack of prenatal care. Homeless infants are more likely to have low birth weights and are at greater…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Child Health, Children
Chinyenze-Daniel, Mary; McIvor, Chris; Honeyman, Astrid – 1999
This book reports on a collaborative research project to evaluate the conditions in Porta Farm, an informal settlement in Zimbabwe. Of particular interest to researchers was determining how children felt about their status, what they faced in their daily lives, where they came from, as well as what their future aspirations were and what…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Health, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs

Epstein, Irving – Comparative Education, 1996
Analyzes institutional responses to homelessness among children and youth in the United States and Brazil as a means of understanding the workings of the neoliberal state, both in developing and developed nations. Highlights a major contradiction of neoliberalism--its promotion of symbolic political and social inclusion, while simultaneously…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Rife, John C.; And Others – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1992
Interviews with 247 homeless families (including 480 children) in 21 rural Ohio counties found that over two-thirds were headed by young single females. The most frequently cited reasons for homelessness were family conflict or dissolution and economic factors. Implications for service provision and policy development are discussed. (LP)
Descriptors: Children, Demography, Economic Factors, Family Problems

Verma, Suman – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 1999
Notes that street life for children and adolescents in India provides few cognitive developmental opportunities that would lead to a better life, but does provide survival and crisis coping skills. Presents findings from a study of 100 street children and adolescents who return home every evening; the subjects work, interact with peers, and have…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Child Labor, Children

Danseco, Evangeline R.; Holden, E. Wayne – Family Relations, 1998
Different types of homeless families (N=180) are identified empirically, and variations in outcomes for children are explored. Cluster analysis distinguished three groups of families participating in a comprehensive health-care program for children in homeless families. Results, clinical implications, and directions for more sophisticated…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Rearing, Children, Cluster Analysis

Connolly, Mark; Ennew, Judith – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1996
Introduces workshop papers proposing research agendas based on the assumption that street children's public image hinders both research and program development. Argues that research emphasis should shift to analysis of children's relationship to the street environment; this approach, derived from social science research, entails innovative and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adolescents, Child Labor, Children
Macro Systems, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1991
An exploratory study was conducted to examine the ways in which existing programs or service delivery systems have adapted to meet the needs of homeless families with children. Key issues and model and innovative approaches were identified prior to study site visits in five cities: (1) Atlanta (Georgia); (2) Baltimore (Maryland); (3) Boston…
Descriptors: Access to Education, At Risk Persons, Children, Disadvantaged Youth