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Direct linkEidson, Faith; Weatherston, Deborah J. – ZERO TO THREE, 2020
This article offers excerpts from a live, reflective supervision between supervisor (Deborah Weatherston) and supervisee (Faith Eidson) and is followed by their intimate exploration of the process. In revisiting the supervision, they share personal and professional observations that reveal their vulnerabilities and their strengths. They identify…
Descriptors: Supervision, Supervisors, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Reflection
Gartland, Debi; Strosnider, Roberta – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2023
The National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) affirms the importance of transition as a critical component of successfully progressing from secondary school to college or university for students with learning disabilities. Although NJCLD has addressed secondary to postsecondary education transition planning in a previous paper,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, College Bound Students, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
Thiers, Naomi – Educational Leadership, 2017
Karen L. Mapp--former Deputy Superintendent for Family and Community Engagement for Boston's schools and noted researcher and author on how schools can partner with families--talks with "EL" editor Naomi Thiers on the need to approach engaging family caregivers in students' learning in a new way, starting with emphasizing active…
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Family Involvement, Goal Orientation, Family Programs
Medina Luna, Lorena; Bartel, Beth; Hubenthal, Michael; Haacker, Rebecca – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2019
Education and outreach bring science to the general public, engage families, and ignite a passion for science in youth to seek careers in STEM. However, engagement in science depends on access, and language can be a major barrier. To ensure a welcoming, inclusive, and diverse community in the geosciences, we are calling for a community of practice…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Earth Science, Communities of Practice, Science Careers
Bruce, Michael; Chance, Ron; Meulemans, Laurie – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2015
The authors reflect on how they, as social work practitioners, support the school systems in supporting homeless youth and families. They emphasize the importance of relationships and trust in working with this vulnerable population. The reflexive vignettes highlight the challenges and success of developing community-based programming for homeless…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Poverty, Social Work, Homeless People
Garfat, Thom – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2011
Historically there has been a huge gulf between families and residential programs serving their children. This contradicted classic studies showing that family involvement is the cornerstone for successful outcomes with children in out-of-home care. But in spite of frequent early calls for such inclusion, the family was historically considered to…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Residential Programs, Family Involvement, Family (Sociological Unit)
Hjorngaard, Tina – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2011
This commentary is informed by the author's multiple perspectives as a parent of a 12-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, as a social worker, and as a critical disability advocate and activist. While the author occupies these subject positions simultaneously, they are not necessarily always confluent with one another. She struggles with, and is, at…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Disabilities, Social Work, Family Programs
Download full textRavitch, Sharon M.; Tillman, Cathi – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2010
Collaboration in an applied development context has the power to be transformative at the institutional, communal, interpersonal, and individual levels. This commentary seeks to share one story of collaboration-building as a way to explore the concept of reciprocal transformation in cross-national collaboration more broadly. The authors discuss…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Values, Cooperation, International Cooperation
Allen, Kimberly I.; Dunn, Carolyn; Zaslow, Sandra – Journal of Extension, 2011
As North Carolina FCS celebrates its 100-year centennial, it is time to reflect. For a century, FCS professionals have helped families apply research-based knowledge and principles. This article describes how American families have changed and how we have met those changes in our Extension roles. We also challenge FCS professionals to view the…
Descriptors: Family Life Education, Consumer Science, Family (Sociological Unit), Time Perspective
Turnbull, Ann P.; Summers, Jean Ann; Turnbull, Rud; Brotherson, Mary Jane; Winton, Pam; Roberts, Richard; Snyder, Patricia; McWilliam, Robin; Chandler, Lynette; Schrandt, Suzanne; Stowe, Matt; Bruder, Mary Beth; Divenere, Nancy; Epley, Pam; Hornback, Mergy; Huff, Barbara; Miksch, Peggy; Mitchell, Linda; Sharp, Lisa; Stroup-Rentier, Vera – Journal of Early Intervention, 2007
This article utilizes four knowledge sources to characterize a current gap in policy and practice related to serving families in early intervention (birth to 5) programs. It argues that the field of early intervention has focused primarily on implementing family-centered practices by focusing on how families and professionals should interact. The…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Family Programs, Young Children, Disabilities
Campbell, Alan – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2008
This article arose from the author's experiences as a researcher exploring children's reactions to their parents' separation. Between 1999 and 2004, the author undertook to find out what a sample of Australian children thought of their abilities to participate in decisions that directly affected them following family breakdown. Before beginning…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Ethics, Foreign Countries, Family (Sociological Unit)
Peer reviewedBrazelton, T. Berry – Children Today, 1980
Comments on a previous article written by two mothers concerning their experience of intercountry adoption. Advocates that people in helping professions identify areas in which support for adoptive families might be required. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Family Programs, Responsibility, Social Services
Scherer, Marge – Educational Leadership, 2010
From the nefarious achievement gaps, to the racial isolation in increasingly segregated schools; from the digital divide that results in kids not having access to computers, to the poverty gulf that results in kids not having homes; from boys' reading difficulties and girls' problems with math, to the disparities among rural, suburban, and urban…
Descriptors: Health Services, Urban Schools, Rural Schools, Suburban Schools
Harris, Patricia Roberts – 1979
This document contains the text of the welcoming address given by the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare at the White House Conference on Families. The address emphasizes the importance of the family and delineates the family assistance measures taken by the federal government during the Carter years. (JMB)
Descriptors: Family Programs, Family (Sociological Unit), Federal Government, Government Role
Peer reviewedMcWhirter, J. Jeffries – Counseling Psychologist, 1989
Praises Worthington's article "Religious Faith across the Life Span" (1989) for providing framework for including religious faith as part of professional and scientific endeavors. Stresses importance of willingness of counseling psychologists to provide consultation and collaboration to clergy. Suggests areas (family enrichment programs…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Counselor Role, Family Programs, Reader Response
