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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1984
The last in a series of five regional information-gathering hearings, this hearing report presents testimony from concerned citizens and private and public social organizations in California, New Mexico, and Arizona. Information and statistics are given on the following social problems: (1) child sexual abuse and child pornography; (2) infant…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, American Indians, Blacks
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1984
Reporting the second in a series of regional fact-finding committee hearings held across the United States, this document includes testimony from social service organizations and state offices in Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Iowa. Testimony from clients and representatives of these agencies documents efforts to ameliorate problems…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, American Indians, Battered Women
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1984
The first in a series of five regional fact-gathering committee hearings, this hearing report includes testimony from private and public social agencies in New York, New Jersey, Maine, Massachussetts, and Connecticut. Information and statistics are presented on a wide variety of social problems, including (1) family violence; (2) family planning…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Adolescents, Adults, Blacks
Lumsden, Linda, Comp.; Coffey, Elizabeth, Comp. – 2001
Schools are very sensitive to the rapid social, economic, and demographic changes that the United States is presently undergoing. They are at a disadvantage compared to most other social institutions because, in serving a younger population, they have less lead time to prepare for changes in the complexion of society. Young people in today's world…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Drug Abuse
