A Guide for Developing Self-Help : Advocacy Groups for Parents of Children with Serious Emotional Problems. Workbook Series for Developing Self-Help/Advocacy Groups for Parents of Children with Serious Emotional Problems / Richard Donner and Glenda Z. Fine.
This workbook is a guide for the development of self-help/advocacy groups for parents of children and adolescents who have serious emotional problems. The workbook offers background information and then offers guidelines for: (1) creating a beginning plan for the development of a self-help/advocacy...
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Language: | English |
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Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse,
1987.
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Physical Description: | 43 pages |
Format: | Microfilm Book |
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This workbook is a guide for the development of self-help/advocacy groups for parents of children and adolescents who have serious emotional problems. The workbook offers background information and then offers guidelines for: (1) creating a beginning plan for the development of a self-help/advocacy group; (2) developing concrete plans for accessing parents of children with emotional problems; (3) dealing with barriers faced in organizational development; (4) identifying agencies and professionals in the community that serve children with emotional problems and determining their level of commitment to parents; (5) writing an agenda for the first parent meeting; (6) developing ideas for the group's direction after the first several meetings; and (7) developing an idea of what the group will do together. Appendices contain examples of promotional posters and flyers, examples of newspaper notices, and a list of eight references and national organizational resources. (JDD) |
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Note: | Availability: CASSP Technical Assistance Center, Georgetown University Child Development Center, 3800 Reservoir Rd., N.W., Washington, DC 20007 ($4.00). Sponsoring Agency: National Inst. of Mental Health (DHHS), Rockville, MD. Contract Number: MCJ-113806-01-0. Microform. |
Call Number: | ED330166 Microfiche |
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Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive. |