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Home-Based, Family-Centered Intervention: Evaluation of a Foster Care Prevention Program.
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Bribitzer, Marjorie P.; Verdieck, Mary Jeanne – Child Welfare, 1988
Evaluates the Family Program, a family-centered program in northern Virginia which provides intensive in-home support and treatment to families with children in the custody of county child welfare departments. The sample comprises 42 closed cases. Results show that families that are at risk benefit significantly from extensive support systems.…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Children, Family Characteristics
Programming for Preventing Sexual Abuse and Abduction: What Does It Mean When It Works?
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Kraizer, Sherryll Kerns; And Others – Child Welfare, 1988
Describes an effective program for teaching children about the dangers of sexual abuse and abduction. The program does not introduce negative stories, examples, and other warnings that tend to create anxieties in children. Reports a study evaluating the program's effectiveness. (SKC)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Child Abuse, Community Programs, Primary Education
Designing Effective Programs.
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Kettner, Peter M.; Daley, John M. – Child Welfare, 1988
Examines the impact of program design on the development of research-based practice models. The concept of program design is reduced to elements that can be examined for their reliability, validity, relevance, and internal consistency. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Input Output Analysis, Intervention, Methods Research
Successful Foster Parent Recruiting: A Voluntary Agency Effort.
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Smith, Eve P.; Gutheil, Robert H. – Child Welfare, 1988
Emphasizes that foster parent recruiting is becoming increasingly difficult. Describes a successful alternative foster parent recruitment effort which includes the provision of fiscal incentives for foster parent recruiters. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Children, Foster Family, Incentives, Parent Attitudes
Telephone Support for Latchkey Children.
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Nichols, Ann Weaver; Schilit, Rebecca – Child Welfare, 1988
Analyzes age and sex differences among children and adolescents who call KIDLINE, a community telephone service that provides information, support, and assistance to latchkey children. Finds that most calls come from younger children, are conversational in nature, and are from females. Recommends hotlines only as supplements to organized child…
Descriptors: Adolescents, After School Programs, Elementary Education, Hotlines (Public)
Social Services and Social Support: Blended Programs for Families at Risk of Child Maltreatment.
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Miller, Janet L.; Whittaker, James K. – Child Welfare, 1988
Although fundamental in helping multiproblem families avoid placement, social support is a complex construct not easy to define and difficult to carry out conceptually and practically. Four family support programs are described that illustrate certain common denominators for implementation. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Family Environment, Family Problems