Download or read book Building and Evaluating Family Support Initiatives written by Carl J. Dunst and published by Brookes Publishing Company. This book was released on 1993 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This enlightening reference details the results of an extensive national study of federal and local policies and practices for the families of persons with disabilities. Beginning with a description of the key elements of family support initiatives and the characteristics of support programs, this probing text defines the goal of family support initiatives and explores how the relationship between beliefs and practices effects the achievement of that goal" -- Back cover.
Download or read book Parenting Matters written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familyâ€"which includes all primary caregiversâ€"are at the foundation of children's well- being and healthy development. From birth, children are learning and rely on parents and the other caregivers in their lives to protect and care for them. The impact of parents may never be greater than during the earliest years of life, when a child's brain is rapidly developing and when nearly all of her or his experiences are created and shaped by parents and the family environment. Parents help children build and refine their knowledge and skills, charting a trajectory for their health and well-being during childhood and beyond. The experience of parenting also impacts parents themselves. For instance, parenting can enrich and give focus to parents' lives; generate stress or calm; and create any number of emotions, including feelings of happiness, sadness, fulfillment, and anger. Parenting of young children today takes place in the context of significant ongoing developments. These include: a rapidly growing body of science on early childhood, increases in funding for programs and services for families, changing demographics of the U.S. population, and greater diversity of family structure. Additionally, parenting is increasingly being shaped by technology and increased access to information about parenting. Parenting Matters identifies parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with positive developmental outcomes in children ages 0-8; universal/preventive and targeted strategies used in a variety of settings that have been effective with parents of young children and that support the identified knowledge, attitudes, and practices; and barriers to and facilitators for parents' use of practices that lead to healthy child outcomes as well as their participation in effective programs and services. This report makes recommendations directed at an array of stakeholders, for promoting the wide-scale adoption of effective programs and services for parents and on areas that warrant further research to inform policy and practice. It is meant to serve as a roadmap for the future of parenting policy, research, and practice in the United States.
Download or read book Evaluating Family Support written by Ilan Katz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The delivery of effective family support is a key global child welfare issue, yet there is little consensus on what constitutes family support or what the best ways are to evaluate it. Evaluating Family Support: Thinking Internationally, Thinking Critically offers a full review of the conceptual and operational problems involved in this complex and topical field. Ilan Katz and John Pinkerton have brought together a team of experienced child care policy analysts and evaluators to present the current state of critical thinking alongside detailed international case studies. The chapters offer revealing glimpses into the nature of family support across the world, as well as an overview of the challenges facing both practitioners and researchers.
Download or read book School Family and Community Partnerships written by Joyce L. Epstein and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.
Download or read book The Evaluation of a Family Support Initiative written by Charles A. Carran and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evaluating Family Based Services written by Peter J. Pecora and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2018. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.
Download or read book Building Villages to Raise Our Children Evaluation written by Harvard Family Research Project and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Developing Individualized Family Support Plans written by Tess Bennett and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Materials for training professionals to write and implement family-centered Individualized Family Support Plans.
Download or read book New Approaches to Evaluating Community Initiatives Theory measurement and analysis written by Aspen Institute. Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives for Children and Families and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sections include: "A theory of change approach to evaluation", "Reflections from evaluation practitioners" and "Issues in measurement and analysis".
Download or read book The Challenges of Evaluating State Family Support and Education Initiatives written by Heather Bastow Weiss and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Providing Mental Health Servies to Youth Where They Are written by Harinder S. Ghuman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book How Are We Doing written by Nilofer Ahsan and published by Family Resource Coalition. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The principles of family support are clear: building on the strengths, resources, culture, and capacity of families and communities is the best way to provide for the optimal development of children. This program self-assessment book gives family support programs specific, short-term and long-term benchmarks to help them enact the principles of family support in day-to-day practice. Using the detailed checklists provided in this tool, programs can systematically assess their own performance in any or all of 10 areas: (1) governance; (2) outreach/engaging families; (3) programs and activities; (4) parent education and child development; (5) working one-on-one with families; (6) relationships with the community; (7) center environment; (8) home visiting; (9) staff roles and capacities; and (10) monitoring and evaluation. The kit includes: 10 self-assessment booklets--one for each of the 10 areas listed above (includes order forms for additional copies); photocopy masters of information-gathering tools (parent, staff, and board questionnaires) for use in conjunction with the self-assessment booklets; a spiral-bound guide with comprehensive, step-by-step instruction for using the assessment booklets and information gathering tools; and a computer diskette, with instructions for use, to help in compiling the information gathered. A 73-item bibliography is included in the guide. (HTH)
Download or read book Planning and Support for People with Intellectual Disabilities written by Christine Bigby and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides comprehensive information for any professional working with people with intellectual disabilities, and outlines the skills needed and common issues in case management practice for working with people with intellectual disabilities at different stages of their life.
Download or read book Guidelines for Family Support Practice written by and published by Family Resource Coalition of America. This book was released on 1996 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family support programs have proliferated in many different settings in response to an increasing emphasis in the public policy arena on a family support strategy. These guidelines for effective family support practice represent the consensus of family support practitioners as assessed in focus groups with over 2,000 staff and parent participants. Chapter 1 of the guide, "The Family Support Story," discusses the need for family support, the development of the family support movement, and family support premises and principles. Chapters 2 through 6 present guidelines and key practices related to the following general areas of practice or themes identified in the family support principles: (1) relationship building; (2) enhancement of family capacity; (3) affirmation of diversity; (4) programs in communities; and (5) program planning, governance, and administration, Each practice chapter provides an introductory overview, guidelines for practice, and challenges in practice. The bulk of each chapter is devoted to guidelines for translating a principle into practice. The guidelines are practice goals, with key practices described as the actions necessary to achieve these goals. Practice examples from actual programs illustrate the application of the various strategies described. Chapter 7, "Looking to the Future," discusses how guidelines for family support can inform practice, training and education of family support workers, research and evaluation, and public policy. Three appendices contain recommended resources, describe the study's methodology, and delineate the premises and principles of family support. (KDFB)
Download or read book Outcomes and Effectiveness of Family Support Services written by June Statham and published by UCL Institute of Education Press (University College London Institute of Education Press). This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do we mean by family support? How can we assess the outcomes of family support services? What evidence is there to show which services are effective in supporting vulnerable children and their families? There is currently widespread interest in how best to support families and young children, especially those who are in danger of being excluded or marginalized. This timely book reviews the evidence on 'what works' in family support services, and describes some of the problems and issues that arise when evaluating social welfare provision in general and family support services in particular. Covering ten key areas such as family centres, parenting education and services for disabled children, this book summarises evidence-based findings from research studies in the UK and the USA and provides an extensive bibliography for those wishing to follow up topics in further detail. It will provide an invaluable resource for Sure Start co-ordinators, children's services managers, providers of early years services and all those concerned with planning or monitoring provision to support young children and their families. It will also be of interest to lecturers and students of child welfare and education.
Download or read book Putting Families First written by Sharon L. Kagan and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1994-08-23 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on their diverse and unique perspectives, the authors examine the evolution of current principles and practices in family support and discuss future directions in quality services, training, and evaluation. They analyze the movement of family support programs into mainstream institutions such as schools, the workplace, churches, and prisons.
Download or read book Autism written by Regina Varin-Mignano Lcsw-R and published by Regina Varin-Mignano. This book was released on 2008-01-12 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of the recent research in autism comes from a scientific viewpoint. The mission of this book, however, is to look at the whole picture in order to capture the meaning of Autism and its effects on the family. In order to capture the impact of autism, one needs to look at the different aspects that make up the culture of autism: its history, the biological and environmental aspects; past and present governmental and educational policies; the social impact of autism and its impact on the family unit. The book is written primarily for social work professionals in the field of autism and developmental disabilities, Students, individuals affected with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their families alike, and anyone who has a special interest in autism spectrum disorders.
