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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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Seider, Scott C. – Journal of College and Character, 2012
From 1983-2011, the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter (HSHS) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was the only student-run homeless shelter in the United States. However, college students at Villanova, Temple, Drexel, the University of Pennsylvania, and Swarthmore drew upon the HSHS model to open their own student-run homeless shelter in Philadelphia,…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Emergency Shelters, College Students, Student Organizations
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Dahya, Negin; Dryden-Peterson, Sarah – Comparative Education, 2017
In this paper, we explore the role of online social networks in the cultivation of pathways to higher education for refugees, particularly for women. We compare supports garnered in local and offline settings to those accrued through online social networks and examine the differences between women and men. The paper draws on complementary original…
Descriptors: Refugees, Educational Attainment, Interviews, Foreign Countries
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Risler, Ed; Kintzle, Sara; Nackerud, Larry – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
For approximately 35 seconds on January 10, 2010, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck the small Caribbean nation of Haiti. This research used a preexperimental one-shot posttest to examine the incidence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and associated trauma symptomatology from the earthquake experienced by a sample of…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Trauma, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Foreign Countries
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Haskett, Mary E.; Armstrong, Jenna Montgomery; Tisdale, Jennifer – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2016
The developmental status and social-emotional functioning of young children who are homeless has received inadequate attention in spite of high rates of homelessness among families with young children and the potentially negative impact of homelessness and associated stressors on children's well-being. The aim of this study was to gain…
Descriptors: Child Development, Homeless People, Social Development, Emotional Development
Heugh, Kathleen; Mohamed, Naashia – UNESCO Bangkok, 2020
The Asia-Pacific region hosts the largest number of refugees and displaced people in the world, and is the place of origin for nearly half of all international migrants. However, data related to the unique language-in-education needs of refugee and migrant children in and from this area is sparse. The report aims to create a stronger knowledge…
Descriptors: Refugees, Immigrants, Language Planning, Language of Instruction
UNICEF, 2021
In sub-Saharan Africa, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have far-reaching consequences for 550 million children under the age of 18. This UNICEF Child Alert examines how the disease and measures put in place to contain it are impacting the lives of children across the region, exacerbating existing threats like conflict, climate change and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Conflict, Climate
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Androff, David; Fike, Chris; Rorke, John – Journal of Social Work Education, 2017
Green issues such as protecting environmental rights and promoting sustainability are growing in importance to social work practice but are largely ignored in social work curricula. This article uses comparative case studies of three student-led community practice projects to demonstrate how environmental rights can be incorporated into social…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Social Work, Counselor Training, Environment
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MacGillivray, Laurie; Curwen, Margie Sauceda; Ardell, Amy – Journal of Literacy Research, 2016
This case study is part of a larger investigation of literacy practices at New Beginnings shelter, a long-term transitional homeless shelter for addicted mothers and their children. We asked, "What is the nature of writing in a homeless shelter committed to the rehabilitation and recovery of mothers from addiction?" At New Beginnings,…
Descriptors: Required Courses, Writing Instruction, Homeless People, Emergency Shelters
Administration for Children & Families, 2016
Homelessness is a reality for many families with young children in the country. In fact, infancy is the period of life when a person is at highest risk of living in a homeless shelter in the United States (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), 6th Annual Homelessness Report, 2012). Every day more and more Americans understand…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Young Children, Emergency Shelters, At Risk Persons
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Smart-Morstad, Karla; Triggs, Sara; Langlie, Teri – Critical Questions in Education, 2017
Homeless education is studied through qualitative teacher research. This article reports the perspectives and experiences of a school administrator, social worker, teacher, and Family Shelter school-to-shelter liaison in describing their experiences with homeless elementary students and their parents. College faculty did the research to prepare…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Foundations of Education
Wiseman, Alexander W., Ed.; Damaschke-Deitrick, Lisa, Ed.; Galegher, Ericka L., Ed.; Park, Maureen F., Ed. – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2019
This volume explores the shared expectations that education is a panacea for the difficulties that refugees and their receiving countries face. This book investigates the ways in which education is both a dream solution as well as a contested landscape for refugee families and students. Using comparative, cross-national perspectives across five…
Descriptors: Refugees, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Social Integration
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Matthiesen, Christina – Community Literacy Journal, 2014
During a series of writing workshops at a shelter for young homeless people in Copenhagen, I examined to what extent the literary practice of student-driven imitation with its emphasis on self-governance and a dialogical approach can engage marginalized learners in reading and writing. I found that student-driven imitation had the potential to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Workshops, Homeless People, Imitation
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Di Santo, Aurelia; Timmons, Kristy; Pelletier, Janette – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2016
The present study examined how a six-week family literacy programme contributed to supporting the efforts 12 mothers living in a residential shelter were making to foster their preschool children's literacy development. We compared pre- and post-programme interviews to explore whether the mothers applied the literacy strategies discussed in the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Mothers, Family Literacy, Homeless People
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Gregg, Melanie J.; Bedard, Andrea – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2016
Purpose: A pilot study was conducted to describe the physical activity experiences and perceived benefits of and barriers to physical activity participation for patrons of a homeless shelter. The resulting pilot data may be used to inform the creation of and support for physical activity and sport programs for those experiencing homelessness.…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Homeless People, Emergency Shelters, Pilot Projects
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