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ERIC Number: EJ513605
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0014-4029
Supporting Families Who Provide Care at Home for Children with Disabilities.
Agosta, John; Melda, Kerri
Exceptional Children, v62 n3 p271-82 Dec-Jan 1995-96
This article explores the current status in the United States of support to families who care for children with disabilities at home. It summarizes essential program features, program effects, and outstanding issues (such as, ensuring family involvement in policy formation, sufficient funding, and system collaboration). (DB)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Rearing, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Family Involvement, Family Programs, Financial Support, Program Development, Public Policy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Family Needs
Note: Special issue: Families of Children and Adolescents with Special Needs.