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Tetlow, Linda – Mathematics Teaching, 2009
Emergency shelters for disaster relief are an ever present necessity. Anyone who has ever camped in a tent will understand that finding the perfect design, that will be simple and quick to erect, be stable in a variety of weather conditions, and will accommodate a number of people sleeping, sitting or even standing is not straightforward and…
Descriptors: Emergency Shelters, Foreign Countries, Refugees, Relevance (Education)
Steen, Julie A. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
The purpose of this study is to examine domestic violence shelter workers' perceptions of child maltreatment reporting. A sample of 82 professionals from domestic violence shelters across the United States participated in a survey focusing on a variety of different types of reports and the frequency of both positive and negative outcomes arising…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Child Abuse, Program Effectiveness, Emergency Shelters
Milburn, Norweeta G.; Rice, Eric; Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane; Mallett, Shelley; Rosenthal, Doreen; Batterham, Phillip; May, Susanne J.; Witkin, Andrea; Duan, Naihua – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2009
The Risk Amplification and Abatement Model (RAAM) demonstrates that negative contact with socializing agents amplify risk, while positive contact abates risk for homeless adolescents. To test this model, the likelihood of exiting homelessness and returning to familial housing at 2 years and stably exiting over time are examined with longitudinal…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Homeless People, Attendance, Adolescents
Miller, Peter M. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2009
Purpose: This From the Field article describes an emerging model of boundary spanning leadership in homeless education. Drawing from the pilot program that is being implemented in conjunction with the Homeless Children's Education Fund in Pittsburgh, the article identifies areas of promise and potential limits to university faculty involvement…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Disadvantaged Youth, Housing Needs, Emergency Shelters
Droppert, Alida J. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2013
This paper describes the culture of experiential community based learning at Central College, a rural liberal arts college in Midwestern, USA. Pre-service teachers use experiential community based learning to reflect on their personal growth in understanding the needs of diverse learners. Reflections demonstrate how the program contributes to the…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Preservice Teachers, Experiential Learning, Rural Areas
Schreuders, Paul D.; Salmon, Scott D.; Stewardson, Gary A. – Technology Teacher, 2008
It has been reported by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty that in 2004, over 3.5 million Americans were homeless. While many homeless live in temperate climates, many others live in locations where it can get very cold in the winter. Without adequate shelter, this can become very hazardous to the health and well-being of these…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Facilities, Engineering, Emergency Shelters
Phillips, Peter; Glover, Chris; Allan, Teresa; Khoo, Mary Ellen – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2009
Aims: This study used group psycho-education methods to assist injecting heroin users in preventing, and responding to overdose. Methods: An "OD Prevention" group was advertised in a London prescribing service and associated primary care unit. The intervention took place in a small group over one afternoon (3.5 hours), and trained…
Descriptors: Intervention, Drug Abuse, Narcotics, Risk
Colber, Judith – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2008
In this article, Irwin Redlener, director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness describes disasters in relation to five phases that may serve as a helpful framework for planning disaster response: (1) before the disaster (pre-disaster); (2) during the disaster (intra-disaster); (3) immediately after the disaster (immediate…
Descriptors: Emergency Programs, Leadership Responsibility, Planning, Crisis Management
Lorelle, Sonya – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Children who experience homelessness have an increased risk for negative outcomes in several developmental areas (Bucker, 2008). While there are numerous programs that hope to mediate these and other risks by offering services to families experiencing homelessness, there is a paucity of research that addresses how children's psychosocial needs are…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Homeless People, At Risk Persons
Young, E. Beverly – ProQuest LLC, 2010
There are two dimensions of positioning: self-identity (reflexive) and, events and interaction between people (discursive). Positioning may become socially restrictive when disruptive discursive episodes have a negative impact on individual self-identity. An interpretive biographical study of 11 participants in a transitional residency (temporary…
Descriptors: Socialization, Social Cognition, Social Networks, Teaching Methods
MacGillivray, Laurie; Ardell, Amy Lassiter; Curwen, Margaret Sauceda – Reading Teacher, 2010
There are approximately 1.5 million children in the United States who go to sleep each night without a home of their own (National Center on Family Homelessness, 2009). In this article, we provide insights into how educators can create greater classroom support, particularly in literacy learning and development, for this population. Drawing from…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Literacy Education, Emergency Shelters, Children
Walsh, Christine A.; Rutherford, Gayle E.; Sarafincian, Kristina N.; Sellmer, Sabine E. R. – Qualitative Report, 2010
This exploratory study examined the nature of therapeutic conversation between helping professionals and homeless persons as an intervention to optimize health. Meaningful conversation occurred in relationships where there was a sense of connection and the presence of rapport. Emergent facilitators of therapeutic conversation included respectful…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Trust (Psychology)
OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2009
As the reconstruction efforts continue in China in the wake of the Great Wenchuan earthquake in May 2008, the China Development Research Foundation, with the support of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Centre for Effective Learning Environments, organised an International Training Programme on the Post-Earthquake…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Emergency Programs, Foreign Countries, Natural Disasters
Walsh, Christine A.; Rutherford, Gayle E.; Kuzmak, Natasha – Qualitative Report, 2009
We employed participatory, community-based research methods to explore the perceptions of home among women who are homeless. Twenty women engaged in one or more techniques including qualitative interviews, digital story telling, creative writing, photovoice, and design charrette to characterize their perceptions of home. Analysis of the data…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Females, Attitudes, Housing
Miller, Peter M. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2011
Purpose: This study sought deeper understanding of how sheltered families accessed and mobilized educationally related relationships and resources during periods of homelessness. Such work is posited to be especially relevant considering that there is a growing crisis of family homelessness in the United States and school- and community-based…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Student Problems, Mental Health, Rejection (Psychology)