| Description |
xvii, 396 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Introduction -- The promise and problems of family support programs / Sharon L. Kagan and Alexandra Shelley -- Part II. The context for family support -- Social support systems : Families and social policy / Robert M. Moroney -- A brief history of family support programs / Bernice Weissbourd -- Head Start : A pioneer of family support / Edward F. Zigler and Johanna Freedman -- Part III. Types of family support programs -- Family beginnings : Infancy and support / Jack P. Shonkoff -- Family support and the prevention of child maltreatment / James Garbarino -- Day care as a family support system / Douglas R. Powell -- Family support and education in early childhood programs / Heather Weiss -- Home-school linkages : History's legacy and the family support movement / Sharon L. Kagan -- Parent involvement : Support for families of children with special needs / Ronald Wiegerink and Marilee Comfort -- New directions for parent education / Lois Pall Wandersman -- Parent-to-parent support groups : Advocates for social change / Peggy Pizzo -- Part IV. Program development and implementation /-- Design, staffing, and funding of family support programs / Bernice Weissbourd -- Innovative funding and private/public partneships / Susan Muenchow -- Ethnicity and family support / Shirley Jenkins -- Cultural diversity in family support : Black families / Kenton Williams -- Part V. Research and evaluation -- Methodological and conceptual issues in research / Douglas R. Powell -- Outcome evaluation of family support programs : Research design alternatives to true experiments / Victoria Seitz -- Problems for the experimenting society in the interface between evaluation and service providers / Donald T. Campbell -- Evaluating family support programs / Edward F. Zigler and Johanna Freedman -- Part VI. Summary and recommendations -- Past accomlishments : Future challenges / Sharon L. Kagan ... [et al.] |
| Subject |
Family social work -- United States.
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Family policy -- United States.
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| Indexed Term |
United States Welfare services for families |
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Families Welfare services |
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United States |
| Added Author |
Kagan, Sharon Lynn.
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| ISBN |
0300038577 alkaline paper |
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0300057857 paperback |
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