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Alaska Crippled Children & Adults, Fairbanks. – 1983
The book examines approaches for developing supports for families with special needs. Following a brief introduction to the needs of families with disabled family members, a section considers basic questions to be used in determining the needs of individuals within the family and of the family as a whole. An example of short-term care services is…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Materials
Helping Each Other Help Others: Principles and Practices of Collaboration. ARCH Factsheet Number 25.
Himmelman, Arthur T. – 1993
This fact sheet focuses on principles and practices of collaboration, especially between community crisis nursery and respite care services for families of children with special needs. First, the paper distinguishes among various ways to share resources, including networking, coordination, cooperation, and then collaboration, which is seen as…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Cooperation, Cooperative Programs
Focal Point, 1988
The newsletter offers perspectives on the provision of family support services for families with disabled members. An introductory article by Madeleine Will, Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, stresses the impressive coping skills exhibited by many such families and their relationship to service professionals.…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Coping, Disabilities, Family Problems
Llewellyn, Gwynnyth – 1996
This paper reports on a portion of a study on community support and respite for families of children with disabilities in New South Wales (Australia). This part of the study focused on identification of factors influencing families when making decisions about caring for their young child at home or seeking an out-of-home placement. The study used…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Decision Making, Disabilities, Family Attitudes
Moore, Cory – 1977
Presented is the manual which resulted from a project to develop a program of relief or respite care for families with developmentally disabled members. Background on the respite care approach in Montgomery County (Maryland) is reviewed, and a long range and immediate goals of the project are outlined. Noted among results of a survey to determine…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Family Programs
Ingram, Debby – 1992
Basic information about respite care for individuals with disabilities and their families is presented in a question-and-answer format. The following questions are addressed: "What is respite?"; "Who needs respite services?"; "Who provides respite services?"; "What kinds of services are provided?"; "How…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Day Care, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
News Digest, 1986
Two newsletters focus on alternatives for community living and approaches to teaching social skills to children and youth with disabilities. The first issue provides information on some family support services and community-based living arrangements that are currently available for children with severe and profound handicaps or chronic illnesses.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Communication Skills, Community Programs
Ownby, Lisa L.; Hooke, Amanda C.; Moore, Dee Wylie; Garland, Corinne W.; Frank, Adrienne – 1999
Four manuals on implementing the Partners Respite Model, which provides respite care for children with disabilities or chronic illnesses, comprise this document. The Community Planning Manual offers a step-by-step guide to replication of the Partners Respite Model and is divided into sections on developing the Partners program, implementing the…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Rearing, Community Programs, Disabilities

Caserta, Michael S.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1987
Examined the utilization patterns of caregivers (N=597) to dementia victims when services were available. Identified and examined factors influencing service utilization, including amount of burden experienced by the caregiver, the degree of involvement in the care of the patient, and the amount of resources available. Respite-oriented services…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Community Programs, Disabilities, Home Health Aides
Morris, Sandra L. – 1994
This fact sheet offers basic information on developing and implementing rural respite and crisis nursery programs. It first defines "respite" as temporary relief for caregivers and families of children with disabilities, chronic or terminal illnesses, and/or for children at risk of abuse and neglect. It also defines "rural" and…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Caregivers, Child Neglect, Chronic Illness
North Carolina State Dept. of Human Resources, Raleigh. Div. of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services. – 1992
This document consists of a combination of two separately published fact sheets, one on crisis nursery care for children at risk of abuse or neglect and one on respite care for families of children with disabilities or chronic illness. The fact sheet on crisis nursery care presents background information on the federal role in developing crisis…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare

Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Provides parents and other concerned persons with information about some of the family support services and community-based living arrangements that are currently available to assist families in meeting the needs of their children who are severely and profoundly handicapped and/or chronically ill. Discussion includes funding sources, respite care,…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Children, Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
Brown, Jason D.; Moraes, Sabrina; Mayhew, Janet – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2005
We examined the service needs of foster families with children who have disabilities. Foster parents in a large Canadian city were asked "What services or supports would be helpful to you?" The responses to this question were edited for clarity and to eliminate redundancies, and sorted into piles of like statements by a group of 15…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Statistical Analysis, Financial Support, Social Work
Hattie Larlham Foundation, Mantua, OH. – 1996
This report describes a model designed to provide family-centered, community-based coordinated services for families and their children with chronic health care needs. The model, which was implemented to serve 208 children over a 5-year period, is based on three key concepts: families should have the choice to receive services in their homes and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Chronic Illness, Community Programs, Consultation Programs