In 2017, the National Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Neglected or Delinquent Children and Youth (NDTAC) released its first in a series of professional development briefs that focus on the professional development needs and interests of Neglected or Delinquent (N or D) State coordinators, correctional educators, and providers of…

Various programs listed under the categories of instructional components, supportive components, and summer activities are evaluated here. Programs under instructional components include corrective reading programs, primary-intermediate mathematics, neglected children's institutional programs, business education for delinquent children, and…

A questionnaire survey intended to clarify the status of educational arrangements in Illinois institutions serving disturbed, delinquent or predelinquent, or dependent/neglected children. Information on patterns of service, potential needs for specially trained teachers and related professional personnel were related areas of interest. (CS)

Describes a three-month study of a family reunification program for abused and neglected children that explored the process and outcomes of service delivery. The coding scheme measured both the time used in and purposes of activities of the service workers. Discusses the implications of this method for practice, planning, and research. (TM)

Analysis of 206 cases of severely abused and/or neglected children over a 4-year period resulted in the conclusion that children are poorly served by delays in the existing Massachusetts social service/legal system. Among specific findings were that two-thirds of parents were poor, 84 percent were psychiatrically disordered, and foster care…

This report describes a Federally-financed project to improve the self-image of disadvantaged pupils living in two institutions for neglected children. After a week of orientation the children were exposed to 3 weeks of camping environment. Program activities included small group counseling, independent study, physical education, and music, drama…

Evaluations of ESEA Title I activities are presented in separate sections of this report. Included are information on the objectives, procedures, and evaluation strategy of each activity, presentation of data, and comments about results. Programs were developed for delinquent and neglected children, art instruction and education, physical…

Along with general information on the 1966-67 Title I compensatory education programs in the Sacramento City Unified School District and on the instruments used in evaluation the effectiveness of these programs, this report contains descriptions of individual activities: (1) language arts development and reading remediation (also information on…

An evaluation system for measuring the cost effectiveness of protective services for abused and neglected children was developed and field tested. The system permits the collection and analysis of definitive, quantifiable data to determine: (1) which service agencies, individually, or as aggregated by states or regions, are most effective in…

A Title I/ESEA summer project for educationally deprived children (K-6) in Wichita, Kansas, is described and evaluated. One major objective of the project was reading improvement. Other objectives included improving the children's verbal functions, self-image, attitude toward school and education, daily attendance, physical and nutritional health,…

The report summarizes the findings from a 3-year evaluation of 11 child abuse and neglect demonstration service projects. The 11 projects are described in terms of their goals, service activities, organization and management styles, staffing patterns, resource allocations and service costs, types of clients served, methods of case management used,…

The report summarizes evaluation findings from 11 3-year child abuse and neglect demonstration projects. The first section includes descriptions of the projects' goals, activities, organization and staffing patterns, resources, and community involvement. Findings from studies of organizational and management processes which contribute to a…

Information included in this report consists of a breakdown of fund allocations to local and state institutions whose programs aimed at the following areas: compensatory education, handicapped children, American Indian children, migrant children, delinquent children, and neglected children. Charts show the number of children by grades…

This index, containing 450 abstracts on human services, is published quarterly to make available a broad range of documents to those responsible for the planning, management, and delivery of human services. The entries are arranged alphabetically by title and indexed by subject matter. Each entry includes the title, order number, source, price,…

A demonstration program of a system coordinating the wide variety of services provided for neglected and abused children in a metropolitan area has produced many gains in the handling of such cases: notably, avoidance of institutionalization. (Author/CS)