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Peer reviewedSummers, Jean Ann; And Others – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1997
Describes "Critical Thinking," a training strategy developed to guide staff who are serving families with multiple challenges. Discusses insights that staff generated through the "Critical Thinking" process about the characteristics of families with multiple challenges and the strategies considered effective in addressing those families' needs.…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Disabilities, Family Characteristics, Family Needs
Shapiro, Deborah – 1978
The report documents a study in which parents identified as abusive or neglectful were interviewed to examine the relationship between the dependent variable of reduction of abusive or neglectful behavior and the independent variables describing the families (N=171) and the services given. Chapter I provides an overview of the study design.…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Etiology, Exceptional Child Research
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
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1986
This hearing examined the history, current status and trends, and strengths of American families. Testimony (1) described the complex and intense daily life of members of blended families and pointed out that social, financial, and other supports needed by stepfamilies are often not available; (2) provided accounts of personal experiences with…
Descriptors: Black Family, Employed Women, Family Characteristics, Family Life
Baker, Bruce L.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1991
Forty-nine families of children with mental retardation (ages 2-11) were assessed before and after a parent training program. Parents showed small but significant decreases in reports of depression, parent and family problems, overall family stress, and dissatisfaction with the family's adaptability. Family characteristics were predictive of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Rearing, Elementary Education, Family Characteristics
Herrenkohl, Roy C.; And Others – 1978
A study was made of the repetition of child abuse. (This repetition is sometimes referred to as recurrence or recidivism). The central feature of the research strategy was a followup on a group of families cited for abuse, conducted to determine the degree to which abuse had recurred or had been discontinued and to assess the conditions associated…
Descriptors: Case Records, Child Abuse, Child Rearing, Family Characteristics
