Many school children and their families are faced with multiple health, education, and social service needs that no single agency is in a position to address alone. One intervention strategy that many schools are now beginning to use in these situations is a case management approach which emanates from the schools’ concern for children who are failing in school due to a variety of interacting school, home, and community influences. The purpose of this publication is to introduce school personnel concerned with early intervention with potential school dropouts to a promising school-based…
The Sure Start Plus pilot program was implemented in England to target support services to teen parents. The initiative was intended to reduce social isolation and improve parenting skills, health care, housing opportunities, and child care. Through a variety of models, Sure Start Plus offered individual advisors, advocacy, group therapy, and parenting classes. This executive summary presents an overview of the program and highlights the findings of an evaluation. The review indicated that crisis services, parenting activities, and health assistance were successful in helping the young women…
This brief reviews new research in Early Head Start on father involvement. The research finds that fathers are involved, identifies barriers to their involvement, and provides recommendations to surmount those barriers. Findings from a sample of more than 200 participants are cited that indicate 30.4% of nonresident fathers have participated in the Early Head Start program; of those, 9.5% are highly involved with Native Americans having the highest rates of attendance followed by Hispanics. Overall, there was no significant difference in level of involvement by fathers of different races,…
