Family Support

Family Support
Author: John Canavan
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2000
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1853028509

The contributors to this topical volume explore the role of family support in promoting the welfare of children and their families. The book integrates concepts and experiences from an international perspective, different levels of analysis (society, community and family) and different loci of intervention.

Our Children's Future

Our Children's Future
Author: Gordon Cleveland
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780802082756

Assembling key experts and activists in the area of Canadian child care policy, this book makes an important contribution to understanding how Canada, with its particular institutions, politics, and values, should design a national child care strategy.

Glass Ceiling Task Force Report

Glass Ceiling Task Force Report
Author: DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1995-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780788124792

A study, in Minnesota, of the manner in which organizations in Minn. fill management decision-making positions; the practices used to foster the necessary qualifications for advancement; & the compensation & reward programs currently used in the workplace. Results obtained from a survey sent to nearly 2,000 Minn. organizations. Also studied the effects of the educational & socialization processes on attitudes & stereotypes. Charts, tables & graphs. Extensive bibliography.

Child Care in Context

Child Care in Context
Author: Michael E. Lamb
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 563
Release: 2014-01-02
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1317760077

Child care is an integral part of the web of influences and experiences that shape children's development. Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach that covers both historic and economic contexts, this unique book characterizes child care in 18 countries on five continents. Specific historical roots and the current social contexts of child care are delineated in industrialized as well as in developing countries. To increase the depth of crosscultural analysis and integration, commentators from countries and disciplines other than the authors comment on the issues raised in each chapter.

Hearings, Reports, Public Laws

Hearings, Reports, Public Laws
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1694
Release: 1967
Genre: Educational law and legislation
ISBN:

Caring for Your School-age Child

Caring for Your School-age Child
Author: Edward L. Schor
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995
Genre: Child care
ISBN: 9780553379921

This book is filled with essential parenting advice for understanding the challenging middle years of childhood, during which children master the skills and habits that determine future health and well-being. 100+ two-color illustrations.

Appalachia

Appalachia
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 348
Release: 1989
Genre: Appalachian Region
ISBN:

Child Welfare Services

Child Welfare Services
Author: Malcolm Hill
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781853023163

The contributors to this book provide a comprehensive review of child care policy and practice. They present evaluations and critiques of new or impending legislation and policies, and describe innovative services for children and young people who are deemed to be in need of protection, care or control as a result of abandonment, neglect, ill-treatment, offending or other difficulties. They also examine changes in adoption law, where such issues as placement policies in relation to children from ethnic minorities, intercountry adoption and the trend towards greater openness have become prominent and controversial in recent years.