Kids in Crisis. How Can I Help a Homeless Child?.

Brodkin, Adele M.; Coleman, Melba

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ERIC Number: EJ496997

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Kids in Crisis. How Can I Help a Homeless Child?

Brodkin, Adele M.; Coleman, Melba

Instructor, v104 n4 p17-18 Nov-Dec 1994

Presents strategies for working with homeless students. Teachers must recognize the power of school, focus on family needs, provide academic aid, suggest help for the parents, and marshall all available forces. Teachers must also begin with each child's basic needs (food and clothing), enhance social skills, then work on attendance. (SM)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Family School Relationship, Homeless People, Individual Needs, School Role, Special Needs Students, Student Needs, Teacher Responsibility, Teacher Student Relationship

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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