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From Cambodians to Bosnians: Interventions for Refugee Families Suffering from War Trauma.
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Chow, Roger; Yuen, Francis K. O. – Early Child Development and Care, 2000
Provides impressionistic reflection of how human service agencies in San Jose, California have helped refugee families from war-torn Cambodia and Bosnia. Summarizes some of the lessons learned from working with refugee families. Notes that the experiences have influenced the capacity- building, empowering, and mentoring aspects of a new…
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Cooperation, Emotional Adjustment, Family (Sociological Unit)
Augmented Family Support Systems: A Description of an Early Intervention Model for Family Support Services in Low Income Communities.
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Lally, J. Ronald – 1990
This report documents the develoment of a two-pronged, model approach to early intervention with families in low-income communities. Since 1988, the Far West Laboratory's Center for Child and Family Studies and agencies in two low-income communities have been collaborating members of the Bay Area Early Intervention Program (BAEIP). BAEIP organizes…
Descriptors: Advocacy, At Risk Persons, Blacks, Caseworker Approach
A New Approach to Training Child Protective Services Workers for Ethnically Sensitive Practice.
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Stevenson, Kay M.; And Others – Child Welfare, 1992
Identifies factors contributing to difficulties involved in developing ethnic sensitivity training for child protective services caseworkers. Examines frameworks for training caseworkers in ethnic sensitivity. Proposes a new approach to improving caseworkers' ability to complete ethnically sensitive assessments and discusses implications of this…
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare
Foster Care, Child Welfare, and Adoption Reforms. Joint Hearings before the Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation of the Committee on Ways and Means and Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session (April 13 and 28; May 12, 1988).
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Ways and Means. – 1989
A hearing was held to explore issues of foster care, child welfare, and adoption reforms, and to examine the implementation of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Amendments of 1980. The Amendments were designed to emphasize preventive services that would strengthen families, prevent the unnecessary placement of children in foster care,…
Descriptors: Adoption, Caseworker Approach, Child Welfare, Federal Government
Social Services: The Navajo Way.
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Belone, Cecilia; Gonzalez-Santin, Edwin; Gustavsson, Nora; MacEachron, Ann E.; Perry, Timothy – Child Welfare, 2002
Explores the Navajo Nation Division of Social Services' efforts to transform the Bureau of Indian Affairs service delivery paradigm into a more holistic case management paradigm for child and family services congruent with Navajo culture and rural location. Discusses a composite case to illustrate issues experienced by many Navajo clients.…
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Change Strategies, Child Welfare, Children
New Strategies To Promote Stable Employment and Career Progression: An Introduction to the Employment Retention and Advancement Project.
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Bloom, Dan; Anderson, Jacquelyn; Wavelet, Melissa; Gardiner, Karen N.; Fishman, Michael E. – 2002
The Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project was undertaken to identify effective strategies for helping low-income parents work more steadily and advance in the labor market. The 15 ERA demonstration projects that were operating in nine states (California, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, South Carolina; Tennessee, and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Ladders, Case Studies, Caseworker Approach