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Using Research and Evaluation to Support Programs That Promote Parents' Economic Security and Children's Well-Being. OPRE Report 2018-04
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Ross, Christine; Sama-Miller, Emily; Roberts, Lily – Administration for Children & Families, 2018
The "Integrated Approaches to Supporting Child Development and Improving Family Economic Security" project was conducted by Mathematica Policy Research and Northwestern University for the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human…
Descriptors: Well Being, Family Programs, Family Income, Children
When Parents Are Incarcerated: Interdisciplinary Research and Interventions to Support Children. APA Bronfenbrenner Series on the Ecology of Human Development
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Wildeman, Christopher, Ed.; Haskins, Anna R., Ed.; Poehlmann-Tynan, Julie, Ed. – APA Books, 2017
In the United States today, roughly 1 in 25 children has a parent in prison. This insightful volume provides an authoritative, multidisciplinary analysis of how parental incarceration affects children and what can be done to help them. The contributors to this book apply a wide array of tools and perspectives to the study of children of…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Parents, Educational Research
Programs That Work, from the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities. RAND Tool
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Kilburn, M. Rebecca, Ed. – RAND Corporation, 2014
The Promising Practices Network (PPN) on Children, Families and Communities (www.promisingpractices.net) began as a partnership between four state-level organizations that help public and private organizations improve the well-being of children and families. The PPN website, archived in June 2014, featured summaries of programs and practices that…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Well Being, Web Sites, Child Development
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disordered Youth: A Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating Child and Family Modalities
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Kendall, Philip C.; Hudson, Jennifer L.; Gosch, Elizabeth; Flannery-Schroeder, Ellen; Suveg, Cynthia – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
This randomized clinical trial compared the relative efficacy of individual (child) cognitive-behavioral therapy (ICBT), family cognitive-behavioral therapy (FCBT), and a family-based education/support/attention (FESA) active control for treating anxiety disordered youth ages 7-14 years (M = 10.27). Youth (N = 161; 44% female; 85% Caucasian, 9%…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification, Children, Therapy
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
Service Integration: An Annotated Bibliography.
Chaudry, Ajay; And Others – 1993
This annotated bibliography describes 53 books, papers, and articles written about efforts toward integrating and improving human services for children, youth, and families living in poverty. The bibliography has been developed for individuals working on and interested in service integration, including policymakers, program administrators,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Annotated Bibliographies, Children, Cooperative Planning