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Community Research Applications, Inc., New York, NY. – 1977
Provided is a guide to assist state and local agencies in improving the administration and management of services to abused and neglected children and their families. Protective services at the state level are covered in the first section, including such topics as organization; initiating and reacting to proposed state legislation; developing…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Neglect
Vasaly, Shirley M. – 1976
A synthesis of data and major recommendations from foster care studies undertaken by the states of Arizona, California, Iowa, Massachusetts and Vermont, this report focuses on areas needing improvement. Covered in detail are: (1) the foster care system, its programs and goals; (2) foster children and their natural and foster families; (3) agency…
Descriptors: Adoption, Caseworkers, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy
Achatz, Mary, Ed.; Caldera, Debra, Ed.; Saylor, Brian; DeGross, Denny – 1997
This paper examines the attitudes of adults and teenagers in 10 predominantly rural Alaskan communities toward their own health and well-being and that of children and families in their community. The communities were located across the state and ranged in size from populations of under 900 to over 50,000. The proportion of Alaska Natives in the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Alaska Natives, Change Strategies
Kansas Action for Children, Inc., Topeka. – 2001
This document uses a school report card format to present information on the current well-being of Kansas' children. "Grades" are based on 17 indicators of well-being in five areas: (1) safety and security (violent crime, child abuse and neglect, and childhood poverty); (2) health (early prenatal care, low birthweight, infant mortality,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Health
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Agathonos-Georgopoulou, Helen; Browne, Kevin D. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1997
A study of 197 physically abused and neglected Greek children and their families found that family characteristics predictive of abuse included parents' own life experiences, mental health problems, bad marital relationship, and parental neglect of child's hygiene. A checklist was found to be effective in screening and in secondary prevention of…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Check Lists, Child Abuse, Child Health
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Lowenthal, Barbara – Early Child Development and Care, 2001
Suggests that teachers use classroom strategies (structure and routine, reasonable rules and limits, using appropriate methods of discipline, other positive behavior management techniques) and socio-emotional interventions (development of friendships, appropriate expressions of emotions, anger control, conflict management, and internal sense of…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Health, Children
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Zugazaga, Carole – Journal of Community Psychology, 2004
This article describes stressful life events experienced by a multi-shelter sample of 162 homeless adults in the Central Florida area. Participants included homeless single men (n = 54), homeless single women (n = 54), and homeless women with children (n = 54). Subjects were interviewed with a modified version of the List of Threatening…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Homeless People, Mothers, Males
Webb, Nancy Boyd, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2007
Now in a completely revised and updated third edition, this widely adopted casebook and text presents effective, creative approaches to helping children who have experienced such stressful situations as parental death or divorce, abuse and neglect, violence in the school or community, and natural disasters. While the book retains the focus on…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Educational Change, Sexual Abuse, Play Therapy
Roeher Inst., North York (Ontario). – 1995
The information in this book came from a Canadian survey of people with disabilities, along with interviews and focus group discussions with service providers, police, advocates, and family members (total n=120) and a review of the literature, case law, and statutes. The study focused on violent or abusive circumstances experienced by individuals…
Descriptors: Accountability, Battered Women, Change Strategies, Child Abuse
Fischer, Louis; Sorenson, Gail Paulus – 1996
A variety of laws and regulations apply to school counselors, psychologists, and social workers in their work. This book presents information on legal issues of particular interest to counselors, psychologists, and social workers. Each chapter concludes with at least one relevant court case. Ten chapters provide indepth information on the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Abuse, Compliance (Legal), Confidentiality
United States Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, Washington, DC. – 1995
The U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect was established under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA). In its annual reports, the Board is charged with evaluating the nation's efforts to accomplish the purpose of CAPTA and to propose recommendations about ways those efforts can be improved. Noting that every day, five young…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Child Abuse, Child Caregivers
United States Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, Washington, DC. – 1995
The U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect was established under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA). In its annual reports, the Board is charged with evaluating the nation's efforts to accomplish the purpose of CAPTA and to propose recommendations about ways those efforts can be improved. Noting that every day, five young…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Child Abuse, Child Caregivers
Idaho KIDS COUNT Project, Boise. – 1997
This Kids Count report examines statewide trends in the well-being of Idaho's children. The statistical portrait is based on 15 indicators of child and family well-being: (1) poverty; (2) single parent families; (3) infant mortality; (4) low birth weight babies; (5) percent of all mothers not receiving adequate prenatal care; (6) mothers ages…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Births to Single Women
Weitzel, S.; And Others – 1995
This Kids Count report presents information on the status of Florida's children. A statistical profile is presented for the state and for each county, based on demographic data and 19 indicators of child well being: (1) per capita income; (2) county population; (3) number of white and nonwhite children under 18 years; (4) number of births in 1993…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
South Carolina Kids Count, Columbia. – 1996
This KIDS COUNT report examines trends in the status of South Carolina children on a state-wide and county basis. The statistical portrait is based on 32 indicators of well-being, grouped into 6 categories: (1) family (family characteristics, child neglect/abuse); (2) economic status (poverty, mean family income); (3) health (prenatal care,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Child Abuse, Child Health
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