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Callahan, Christine – 1986
This booklet describes the work of the Alaska Women's Commission, a state agency dedicated to the achievement of equal legal, economic, social, and political status for women in Alaska. Since its inception, the Alaska Women's Commission has provided funding for regional women's conferences in rural parts of the state. The document describes four…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Family Problems, Females, Political Issues
Safran, Daniel, Ed.; Charlot, Edie, Ed. – 1995
The "Families and Schools: A Global Perspective for a Multicultural Society" conference hosted over 500 people from 40 states and 16 countries who shared information and explored aspects of multicultural education. Sixty-one of the more than 100 workshop and roundtable presenters responded to the request for summaries of their…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Characteristics
Delaware Univ., Newark. Cooperative Extension Service. – 1979
These proceedings summarize the important ideas discussed in various workshops of a Delaware forum on the changing nature of the American family. The contents include an opening statement by the Governor of Delaware; a transcript of a panel discussion of lobbying and obtaining grants and other types of funding; a brief address from a…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Rearing, Day Care, Family Problems
Weinberg, Anita – 1989
On June 6, 1988, a statewide conference was held in New Jersey to increase cooperation between public, private, voluntary, and business communities working to expand child care services in the state. Substantive sections of this report of the conference provide: (1) statistics on child care in New Jersey; (2) a description of the day care…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Employed Parents, Employer Supported Day Care, Family Problems
Orthner, Dennis K., Ed.; Chandler, Barbara A., Ed. – 1980
These proceedings of a pre-conference workshop on the quality of family life in the military begin with an overview and the texts of the introduction to the workshop. Three presentations providing an orientation to military family programs and policies are included. Enrichment and support needs of military families and research needs of military…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Change Strategies, Counseling
Johnson, Troy R., Ed. – 1993
This proceedings contains edited transcripts of speeches and workshops given at a conference on the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), held at UCLA in January 1992. Workshop titles were: fetal alcohol syndrome; responding to the family in Indian child welfare; joint in-service training for management of Indian Child Welfare Act cases; domestic…
Descriptors: Adoption, Alcohol Abuse, American Indians, Caseworker Approach