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Palker, Patricia – Teacher, 1980
This advice to teachers stresses the need to avoid stigmatizing children whose families do not fit the traditional pattern and to be alert for signs that a child is experiencing emotional problems. A counseling program for children undergoing divorce is described and further resources on this topic are listed. (SJL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Counseling Services, Divorce, Elementary Education
Holzman, Terry – American School Board Journal, 1984
Since the mid-1970s, Newton, Massachusetts, schools have developed support groups and curricular offerings to help children of divorced parents. Newton's Ad-Hoc Committee on Separation and Divorce, developed under the leadership of John Cullinane, now serves as a systemwide clearinghouse for teacher resources. (JBM)
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Counseling, Curriculum Enrichment, Divorce
Peer reviewedSim, Shao Chee – Asian American Policy Review, 1993
Challenges the "model minority" stereotype, and discusses the multitude of obstacles facing Chinese-American students in New York City that impede their success in school. Social service gaps are identified, and a new framework of system delivery is offered to address the problem of this special population. (GLR)
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Chinese Americans, Cultural Differences, Educational Discrimination
Paull, Barbara I. – 1980
This guidebook was developed to aid mothers who are attending school or training programs and also have preschool or school-age children at home, to find new approaches to their complicated life situations. Based on the experiences of 215 women in Allegheny County Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh), the booklet describes some of the problems they faced as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Career Choice, Child Caregivers


