We examined behavioral markers of caregiver involvement and the ways in which family participation was related to treatment outcomes in 47 elementary school children with SED enrolled in a school-based intensive mental health program. Measures of caregiver involvement included therapeutic home visits, attendance at therapeutic meetings, completion…

The impact of family mobility from domestic or international moves can be challenging for families. Some families adjust and other families experience crisis. For some families, relocation may be due to a job promotion and transfer, while for other families moving may be due to divorce, loss of employment or other stressful circumstances.…

Directed at the staffs of art institutions, community centers, libraries, historical societies, and schools, this practical guide is intended to help in the selection and use of films for children. "Film," in this handbook refers to 16mm films presented in public screenings--not videotape versions of films, and not material originally…

This annotated bibliography contains two sections. The first section includes 49 nonevaluative abstracts on issues in supported employment for the disabled. The second section, containing 18 abstracts, focuses on publications of special interest to parents of young adults with disabilities. Within each section citations are arranged alphabetically…

This article describes Families Play To Grow, a new program of family play and recreation activity sponsored by the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation. (PD)

Deals with incorporating community skills into the field of education using a non-formal educational framework and active participation by young people and families. (NH)

Two examples of a letter (linear and paradoxical) used to engage nonattending spouses for marital therapy are featured as well as recommendations for research. Engagement rates, using the linear and paradoxical letters are compared. (Author/BL)

Discusses the results of a questionnaire aimed at Utah 4-H contest winners, asking about family life, friendships, amount of involvement by family members in 4-H, the perceived image in the community and in peer groups about 4-H, and other related items. (CT)

This study proposed to determine if time-based learning-associated visitor behaviors at interactive science museums differ across weekend/weekday groups and family/nonfamily groups. Results separate weekday visitors into two distinct groups: family visitors spent more time per exhibit than did nonfamily visitors. Conversely, weekend family and…

This article provides tools to help clients understand anger and responses to it individually and as a family unit. Clients are then encouraged to apply anger management principles to their own situation. (GCP)

Examined effectiveness of strategy for engaging adolescent drug users and their families in therapy. Assigned drug-using Hispanic adolescents (N=108) and families to strategic structural-systems engagement (experimental) condition or to engagement-as-usual (control) condition. Experimental subjects engaged at rate of 93 percent, with 77 percent…

Study of sense of community based on survey of parents, teachers, and administrators of nine middle schools implementing parent-involvement programs found that parents' sense of community was positively affected by certain aspects of the program, for example, regular communications about student progress, and by the principal's leadership style.…

Purpose: Barriers to family involvement in the nursing home with the potential for change through intervention are examined, including transportation, caregiver health, relationships with staff, and resident characteristics. Design and Methods: Data were collected for 93 family caregiver-resident pairs by means of telephone interviews and chart…

Purpose: The objective of this study is to develop an instrument to evaluate satisfaction with care for older adults in capitated environments. Although satisfaction with care is now widely accepted as an important outcome measure, there are relatively few satisfaction measures developed or validated on older persons. Because many older persons…

Ten years ago, in 1996, poet and children's book author, Pat Mora began celebrating "book joy" by founding a children's book and reading day, El Dia de los Ninos/El Dia de los Libros or Children's Day/Book Day. Dia is modeled on National Children's Day Celebrations in Mexico held since 1925 when it was launched in conjunction with a…