Special Needs
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Center for Intergenerational Learning
Description: Temple University Center for Intergenerational Learning
1601 North Broad Street, Room 206 Philadelphia, PA 19122. Strengthening communities by bringing generations together to meet the needs of individuals and families throughout the life cycle.
Description: The Global Youth ACTION Network is a collaboration among youth and youth-serving organizations to share information, resources and solutions to promote greater youth engagement. The GYAN creates the opportunity for every young person to be heard, leverages their voices to impact national and global agendas and provides tools, recognition and financial support for youth who take positive action to improve our world - community by community.
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Beyond the Head Count: Evaluating Family Involvement in Out-of-School Time
Author: Caspe, Margaret (1 more by this author); Priscilla Little; Flora Traub
Description: Harvard Family Research Project's (HFRP) Issues and Opportunities in Out-of-School Time Evaluation briefs are short, user-friendly documents that highlight current research and evaluation work in the out-of-school time field. This fourth brief, Beyond the Head Count: Evaluating Family Involvement in Out-of-School Time, offers an overview of how out-of-school time programs involve families and how programs can evaluate family involvement.
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Grandparents raising grandchildren 
Author: Pamela B. Teaster, Tammy L. Henderson
Description: A factsheet that discusses grandparents raising grandchildren, the reason while people do it, statistics about it, and help for people who want to take part in it.
Description: Intergenerational relations refers to any informal interaction between youth and senior adults. A program that brings older generations and younger generations together through letter writing. Children who have a close relationship with their grandparents are less likely to have negative stereotypes of senior adults or fear of growing older.
Description: KidsGrowth.com is a unique Web site tailored specifically toward the concerns and interests of today's parents. The site was developed and created by well-respected medical leaders in the field of pediatrics and adolescent medicine.
Special Needs Inclusive Child Care Fact Sheet “Are You Ready?”
Description: This fact sheet explains the why, how, who and where of incorperating special needs children into programming and how the entire program beneifs. Although specific to New Jersey it has suggestions that may be implemented by any afterschool program.
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Journal of Intergenerational Relationships (JIR)
Description: Journal of Intergenerational Relationships (JIR) is the forum for scholars, practitioners, policy makers, educators, and advocates to stay abreast of the latest research, practice methods and policy initiatives.
Description: A National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities page with resources about children's mental health.
Supports, Modifications, and Accommodations for Students
Description: A National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities page with resources about supports, modifications, and accommodations for students.
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Description: Intergenerational relations refers to any informal interaction between youth and senior adults. A program that brings older generations and younger generations together through letter writing. Children who have a close relationship with their grandparents are less likely to have negative stereotypes of senior adults or fear of growing older.
The Health and Well-Being of Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation 2005
Description: This is an excellent resource for parents and educators of children of all ages. It consists of easy to understand tips on parenting and health care. Also included is statistical information for each state on the health status of children, child health care, the child’s family, and the child and family’s neighborhood. The introduction section of this publication is very enlightening in that it addresses multiple aspects of child health and well-being.
Wanna Be My Friend?: The Ins and Outs of Online Social Networking
Author: Query, Sharon; Linda Hauge; Rachelle Vettern
Description: This program was developed for educators to deliver to parents and caregivers of teens. The objectives are to build awareness of the risks and rewards of online social networking and to foster dialogue among parents or caregivers and young people on the use of online social networking.
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Community, Families & Work Program; Parental After-School Stress Project, April 8, 2004
Author: Gareis, Karen; Rosalind Chait Barnett
Description: The paper is a summary conducted to establish factors that contribute to Parental After-School Stress (PASS) and how it impacts productivity of the parents. The study provided insight into what the costs are to employers of individuals with high PASS and how various employment practices can lower PASS and thus raise productivity.