Trade Negotiations in the 108th Congress

CRS ReportCRSTradeNegotiations108Cong25Sept03.pdf: 553 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

If All Youth Served: Empowering Youth to Build Community Through Service

This document contains: List of Tables; Acknowledgements; A Vision Statement; Research Findings; Liability Issues and Engaging Young People as Volunteers; Supervising Young People as Volunteers; and Appendix A: Publications About Engaging Young People as Volunteers

Improving the Well Being of At-Risk Families: Exploring Clients’ Perceptions of Preventative Services

Low income and working poor families are exposed to tremendous stressors, which in turn can impede their ability to care for their children (Dyk, 2004). In 2000, reports of abuse and/or neglect of over five million children were made to Child Protective Services (CPS) Agencies (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2002). These families are often termed “at-risk” because of the possibility that the children could be placed in foster care. One prevention strategy used to help at-risk families is in-home family therapy. The Young Investigator Award through the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research (UKCPR) enabled me to qualitatively study in-home family therapy services from the perspectives of the families themselves. Specific objectives of this project were: (a) to include a graduate student in the study of low-income, at-risk families; (b) to examine client’s perspectives about the effectiveness of in-home family therapy; (c) to use the results of this study to inform larger scale quantitative investigations related to preventative treatment for at-risk, low-income families. This study explored the perceptions of 20 low-income and working poor families residing in Northeast Florida who have completed in-home family therapy services. Results indicate that although families unanimously expressed benefits of receiving in-home family therapy, they also found that the length of time services were provided was too brief to meet their long term needs. Families provided suggestions for the improvement of services. Implications for researchers and practitioners are provided

Role Definition and Procedures and Evaluating the High School Librarian

In 1984 the Missouri Committee for Performance Based Evaluation together with the Missouri Association of School Librarians developed criteria for evaluating the school librarian. The model consists of 20 criteria with descriptors that are appropriate to the responsibilities of the librarian. It was recommended by the committee that all school districts in Missouri adopt or adapt this method for evaluating the librarians in their schools. The purpose of this study was to determine how many school districts in St. Louis County evaluate librarians according to the Missouri Performance Based Evaluation for Librarians, and if not by this method, what methods were used. In November, 1986 a letter was mailed to one head librarian in each of the 23 school districts in St. Louis County requesting information regarding forms and procedures for evaluating the librarians in their school districts. Follow-up phone calls were made in December , and by the end of that month, information had been received from 19 of the 23 school districts. It was found that 12 school districts in St. Louis County evaluated the librarian on an evaluation form designed specifically for the school librarian. Seven of these 12 districts evaluated the school librarian according to the Missouri Performance Based Evaluation for Librarians format recommended by the state. Based on the returns of 19 school districts, it appeared that half the librarians in St. Louis County school districts were evaluated according to a form specifically designed to cover the responsibilities of the school librarian. The remaining seven districts which continued to evaluate the librarian according to a teacher evaluation form or not at all, seemed to be failing to recognize the varied responsibilities and the unique role of the school librarian in the total school program

If All Youth Served: Empowering Youth to Build Community Through Service

This document contains: List of Tables; Acknowledgements; A Vision Statement; Research Findings; Liability Issues and Engaging Young People as Volunteers; Supervising Young People as Volunteers; and Appendix A: Publications About Engaging Young People as Volunteers

Measuring the impact of health problems among adults with limited mobility in Thailand: further validation of the Perceived Impact of Problem Profile

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