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Direct linkWelden, Lynn M. – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2008
Family Group Decision Making (FGDM), also known as Family Group Conferencing, is a process that brings together extended family networks--aunts, uncles, grandparents, neighbors, and friends--to make important decisions that might otherwise be made by professionals. Prior to a FGDM conference, a facilitator engages extended family members and…
Descriptors: Family (Sociological Unit), Demonstration Programs, Decision Making, Family Counseling
Download full textStroul, Beth A.; And Others – 1992
The case studies contained in this document were developed as part of a national project to identify communities that have made substantial progress toward developing comprehensive, coordinated, community-based systems of care for children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances and their families. After initial identification,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Children
Community Action Southwest, Waynesburg, PA. – 1995
A staff development project created a series of family science activities to be used in adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) and family literacy programs and a training guide for staff and volunteers. The training guide provides background principles and concepts for science activities. The activities identify materials and indicate ways the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Classroom Techniques
Neuman, Susan B. – 1996
These two documents discuss two related family literacy projects that were conducted to develop a model for providing sustained literacy and developmental activities to economically disadvantaged families throughout Pennsylvania. The first document details the development/implementation of the Families Reading Together program, which built upon…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Demonstration Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
Doctor Gertrude A. Barber Center, Erie, PA. – 1994
A family literacy program was developed for families containing young children and learning-challenged adults whose limited reading skills made it impossible for them to read aloud to their children. The program's primary objective was to upgrade the parents' reading skills and knowledge of children's literature. The program was staffed by a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Demonstration Programs, Family Literacy
Center for Literacy, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1996
A project was undertaken to develop a model that adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) programs throughout Pennsylvania could use as a framework to develop and implement collaborative family literacy programs in cooperation with human services agencies and community-based organizations, including providers of Even Start, Head Start, and other…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Community Organizations
McAlister, Annette, Comp. – 1990
This document contains descriptions of 55 adult education experimental demonstration projects and 18 adult education staff development projects conducted in Pennsylvania in fiscal year 1991. The projects are funded through Section 353 of the Adult Education Act of 1988. Each description includes a project number, project costs, contact person with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Correctional Education, Counseling
Werner, Evelyn, Comp. – 1991
This document contains descriptions of 66 adult education experimental demonstration projects and 18 adult education staff development projects conducted in Pennsylvania in fiscal year 1992. The projects are funded through Section 353 of the Adult Education Act of 1988. Each description includes a project number, project costs, contact person with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Correctional Education, Counseling
