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Peer reviewedVentura-Merkel, Catherine; Freedman, Marc – Children Today, 1988
Discusses and reviews intergenerational programs designed to help some of society's most at-risk young citizens and simultaneously enrich the lives of the older adults involved. (BB)
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Community Programs, Helping Relationship, High Risk Persons
Download full textFreedman, Marc – 1988
This study examines the relationships developed between elder mentors and at-risk youth in the following exemplary intergenerational programs: (1) IUE/The Work Connection (Saugus, Massachusetts); (2) Teen Moms (Portland, Maine); (3) School Volunteers for Boston (Massachusetts); (4) Teenage Parent Alternative Program (Lincoln Park, Michigan); and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Counselor Client Relationship, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation
