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Ooms, Theodora; Herendeen, Lisa – 1989
This document contains a summary of a policy seminar, "Family Centered Social Policy: The Emerging Agenda," a background briefing report on the seminar, and a 50-item reference list. The first section summarizes presentations by K. M. Harris on a Baltimore study of teen mothers' welfare experience; Robert Lerman on young fathers; and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Early Parenthood, Employment Programs, Family Life Education
Dedmon, Rachel, Ed.; Saur, William, Ed. – 1983
These 11 papers begin by discussing the delivery of mental health services to non-urban black consumers, focusing on traditional education for practice, ethnocultural sensitivity, and geography and victimization. The expanding clinical social work roles in nontraditional approaches to rural aging are discussed also, and mental health, social work…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Blacks, Ethnic Groups, Family Programs
Maas, Frank, Ed.; Sach, Susan, Ed. – 1984
This publication is an edited record of a series of public seminars held between June and October of 1983. The seminars, entitled "Community Based Services for Children and Families," were based on two policy background papers commissioned by the Institute of Family Studies (ISF) on the topics of family support and children's services.…
Descriptors: Children, Community Services, Family Life, Family Programs
Ochiltree, Gay, Ed. – 1981
Reported in this document are proceedings of a forum on the relationships between the child and the family. Held March 1981 in Melbourne, Australia, the forum was jointly sponsored by the Institute of Family Studies and the Victorian Child Development and Family Services Council (CDFSC). Specifically, the purpose of the forum was to enable…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Development, Childhood Attitudes
Florida State Mental Health Inst., Tampa. – 1996
Why, despite society's common understanding of the problems of children, have individuals failed to act decisively and powerfully to bring them security and hope? This report, which includes articles excerpted and adapted from presentations and discussions at a 1996 symposium, addresses this question. After an introduction by Rosalynn Carter, the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Child Advocacy, Child Development