Thesis (M.C.S.)--Regent College, 1990. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 123-129).

Thesis (M.A.)--Humboldt State University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-99). Also available via Humboldt Digital Scholar.

[pt] A presente tese é um estudo descritivo sobre o Trabalho de Socialização de meninos de rua em Belém do Pará desenvolvido pelo Movimento República do Pequeno Vendedor - RPV. Tem como objetivo descrever o trabalho de atendimento aos meninos de rua partindo da prática da República do Pequeno Vendedor na socialização e valorização dos mesmos. Para isso, estudou primeiramente, a concepção e a história da infância pobre no Brasil, o processo de socialização de meninos de rua, políticas públicas para infância, assim como, os princípios norteadores que fundamentam o trabalho da RPV. Parte da hipótese que a RPV vem construindo estratégias e práticas pedagógicas que inserem os meninos de rua na sociedade. Para coleta de dados da pesquisa, foram consultados documentos do Conselho Municipal dos Direitos das Crianças e Adolescentes de Belém - CMDCA, Fundação Papa João XXIII - FUNPAPA, Fundação do Bem Estar da Criança e do Adolescente do Pará – FUNCAP, Lar de Maria, Centro de Valorização da Criança – CVC, os dois pólos de atendimento da RPV – Jurunas e Benguí - e as bibliotecas das três grandes universidades paraenses: UFPA, UEPA e UNAMA. O estudo fundamenta-se no pressuposto da abordagem qualitativa e os instrumentos de coleta de dados foram: o levantamento documental, a entrevista e a observação participante. O levantamento documental constituiu-se na técnica de seleção de documentos históricos, tais como: cartilhas, estatutos, regimentos, panfletos, relatórios e projetos, com a finalidade de relatar criticamente a trajetória da República do Pequeno Vendedor no trabalho de socialização de meninos de rua. As entrevistas e as observações constituíram outros instrumentos metodológicos da pesquisa. Foram feitas entrevistas respectivamente com o fundador, a coordenadora, a ex-coordenadora, educadores e sócios solidários da República do Pequeno Vendedor, obedecendo um roteiro de perguntas pré-estabelecido para cada entrevistado. A análise dos resultados mostra que o processo de socialização dos meninos de rua feito pela RPV é positiva, possibilitando a inserção desses meninos na sociedade e no mercado de trabalho através de sua profissionalização, assim como, resgatando à dignidade de pessoa humana dos mesmos. / [en] This thesis is a descriptive study on the socialization work with homeless children in Belém, developed by the Movimento Republica do Pequeno Vendedor - RPV. For this, it has studied firstly the conception and history of poor children in Brazil, their socialization process, public policies for them, as well as the guiding principles that underlie the work of the RPV. The study starting point was the hypothesis that the RPV has been building strategies and pedagogical practices that introduce the homeless children into society. To collect the survey data, documents from the Municipal Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents in Belém - CMDCA, Pope John XXIII Foundation - FUNPAPA, Foundation of Welfare of the Child and Adolescent of Pará· - FUNCAP, Home of Mary, Child s Recovery Center- CVC, the two poles of assistance of RPV - Jurunas and Benguí - were consulted, as well as the libraries of the three major universities of Pará·: UFPA, UEPA and UNAMA. The study is based on the assumption of qualitative research and data collection instruments were documentary survey, interview and participant observation. The documentary survey selected primers, statutes, bylaws, brochures, reports and projects, in order to report the trajectory of the RPV. The interviews and observations formed other methodological tools of research. Interviews were processed with the founder, coordinator, former coordinator, educators and general partners of the RPV, following a script of questions predetermined for each interviewee. The data analysis demonstrated that the socialization process developed by RPV is positive and enable the integration of these children into society.

M.A. / The aim of organizations working with street children is to reunite the children with their families and communities. Previous research pertaining to street children has focused on the causes and extent of the street child phenomenon, life on the streets, programmes for street children, and host communities (localities where children sleep on the streets). The focus of this study is on source communities (neighbourhoods where the children’s families are located). The attitudes of source communities towards children who are returning to their families is indicative of the level of support these children are likely to experience within the community. The aim of this study has been to explore the attitudes of role-players within a source community towards former street children. The role-player groups identified for the study were educators, neighbours, youth groups, church groups, peers and spaza shop owners. These role-players were perceived as the ones that the children were likely to interact with directly. Focus group discussions were held with educators, neighbours, youth group representatives, church group representatives and peers. Individual interviews were held with spaza shop owners for logistical reasons. For the purpose of this study the concept “attitudes” was understood as having both cognitive and affective components. The study took place in Refilwe, a satellite of Cullinan. The conclusions drawn from this study were as follows: 1. Attitudes towards former street children seem to be based on participants’ perceptions of children living on the streets. 2. Lack of accurate information about street children contributed to the rejection and labelling of the children. 3. There was a widespread assumption that street children inevitably become involved in crime. 4. Fears were expressed that children returning from the street would influence other children in the community negatively. 5. There was ambivalence about whether or not the child could be trusted once he returned home. 6. Participants believed that it was important for the child to return home. 7. Several role-players were identified as being responsible for the child’s well-being and his reintegration into the community. 8. The return of former street children was perceived as an additional burden on an already under-resourced community. 9. Participants perceived a need for programmes to prepare the child, the family and the community. The following recommendations were made: 1. A survey of the attitudes of other source communities would be useful in identifying common themes. 2. Organizations working with street children need to organize awareness campaigns in order to educate source communities about street children. 3. It is important to involve the community in the preparation for the children’s return home 4. Community development programmes are needed in Refilwe. Employment opportunities and additional resources would increase the community’s capacity to care for vulnerable groups. 5. A full-time social service office needs to be established in Refilwe. The focus group discussions unleashed the raising of a range of social issues. The seriousness of these issues warranted the inclusion of a chapter on additional findings. / Ms. H.F. Ellis

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The federal government enacted the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (MVA) to equip schools with services to help alleviate the many barriers students experiencing homelessness face in pursuit of educational opportunities. Educational agencies use federally mandated liaisons to uphold the provisions of the MVA. Despite the homeless liaisons' importance in facilitating the policy, few studies have examined how liaisons perceive their service area's response to homelessness. This study explored homeless liaisons' perceptions of MVA implementation in their service areas. Researchers invited every homeless liaison in three southern states to complete an online survey focusing on perceptions of MVA implementation and their service area's response to homelessness. Of the 369 practitioners identified as a homeless liaison solicited for study participation, 32 percent completed surveys. Results indicated significant differences in perceived implementation in the level of collaboration with teachers and school administrators, liaisons' job titles, school's receipt of federal Education for Homeless Children and Youth funding, and awareness of homelessness in terms of general awareness, interaction, policy, and needs. Findings indicate that collaboration and awareness are major factors that affect perceptions of implementation. Furthermore, the results indicate that liaisons must take steps to ensure a collaborative environment to implement the MVA.

This exploratory study looked at Child Protective Service workers' perceptions of how housing issues affect their decisions in the removal of children from their parents, and the reunification of children with their parents. The survey examined San Bernardino County Child Protective Service workers in the Inland Empire region of California.

The phenomenon of children living and/or working on the streets is universal, in particular in developing countries in Africa including South Africa. Causal factors are complex, multidimensional and inter-related and are mainly social and economic. They impact on three social institutions: school, community and family, which are the primary agents of socialisation. Children living and/or working on the streets are exposed to hazardous challenges: diseases; poor health; poor living conditions; crime and violence; arrest and incarceration; alcohol abuse; drug and sexual abuse; poor and exploitative working conditions. Consequently, they learn and internalise the survival culture as a coping mechanism. They suffer socio-economic exclusion in that living on the streets excludes them from participating meaningfully in life of mainstream society. The exclusion is derived from the general public's perception of children living and/or working on the streets, which is derived and shaped by media and sees them as criminals or in need of care. Society responded to the challenges of the phenomenon through shelter programs of intervention and reintegration. However, the efforts of NGOs and shelters have become inconsequential due to the rising numbers and increase their population. This intensifies demands on existing facilities and resources. Research on shelters did not gain any momentum comparative to studies on causative factors of the phenomenon. This situation plausibly could have arisen due to society's acceptance that shelters intervention and reintegration programs were adequately meeting and addressing the plight of children living and/or working on the streets. Yet shelters viewed as human service organisations have their organisational procedures and structures, which either hinder or facilitate the intervention and reintegration of children into the mainstream society. This study focuses on four shelters for children living and/or working on the streets in Durban. Social exclusion and/organisation theories informed the theoretical framework of the research. The enquiry applied a qualitative paradigm whereby individual interviews with shelter managers were conducted. Focus group discussions were conducted each separately with staff and children from the four shelters. The technique revealed valuable information about the experiences of children, staff and shelter managers as they interact and interface in the course of providing and receiving shelters services and in the implementation of intervention and reintegration programs. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2004.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2007. / Title from file title page. Gregory J. Jurkovic, Gabriel P. Kuperminc, committee co-chairs; Lisa Armistead, Sarah Cook, committee members. Electronic text (117 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed June 6, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-83).

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T16:34:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Christianne Kamimura.pdf: 932183 bytes, checksum: b7d70a49ede3722a4d83a56ae6d349e8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-09-20 / This study investigates the stress level of foster children victims of domestic violence, before and after ludic-musical interventions in group, through an exploratory descriptive research of quali-quantitative character. Initially, the institution population of 100 foster children is characterized by: their socio-demographic profile, type of violence and the reason for being fostered. After that, the Child Stress Scale, CSS, is applied with 20 individuals, conveniently selected. An intervention is then performed with eight of those 20 participants, also conveniently selected, in eight weekly sessions, based on techniques of music therapy, including relaxation and recreational activities, with Winnicottian approach. Finally, the CSS post-test is performed with the 20 participants. Data from the socio-demographic profile of the 100 children presented 65% percent female and 35% male; average age of 6,66; violence was suffered by: negligence (52%), phy cal violence (19%), financial difficulty (15%), abandonment (12%); sexual abuse (2%). In the CSS pre-test, stress was found in 80% of cases, predominantly in girls, and the post-test showed no significant difference (p = 0.944). The analysis of the intervention proved to be positive, however, showing good acceptance by participants, who expressed their feelings and emotions in a cozy setting which promoted creativity and spontaneity through sonorous games, open to new experiences and socialization, characterized as a measure to promote health of the foster children, and reducing their stress. / Este estudo investiga o nível de estresse de crianças acolhidas vítimas de violência doméstica, antes e após intervenções lúdico-musicais em grupo, através de pesquisa exploratória descritiva de caráter quali-quantitativo. Caracteriza inicialmente a população da instituição, de 100 acolhidos, seu perfil sócio-demográfico, tipo de violência e motivo do acolhimento. Aplica a seguir, a Escala de Stress Infantil, ESI em 20 sujeitos, selecionados por conveniência. Realiza em seguida, intervenção com oito desses 20 participantes, também selecionados por conveniência, em oito sessões semanais, baseadas em técnicas de musicoterapia, que incluem relaxamento e atividades lúdicas, com abordagem winnicottiana. Ao final, realiza pós-teste da ESI nos 20 participantes. Os dados do perfil sócio-demográfico dos 100 acolhidos revelam 65% por cento do sexo feminino e 35% do masculino; faixa etária média de 6,66; violências sofridas por: negligência (52%); violência física (19%); dificuldade financeira (15%); abandono (12%); abuso sexual (2%). No pré-teste da ESI, foi constatado estresse em 80% dos casos, com predomínio nas meninas, sendo que o pós-teste não mostrou diferença significativa (p=0,944). A análise da intervenção mostrou-se positiva, revelando boa aceitação dos participantes, que expressaram seus sentimentos e emoções num setting acolhedor que promoveu a criatividade e a espontaneidade por meio de jogos sonoros, com abertura para novas experiências e socialização, caracterizando-se como medida de promoção da saúde da criança acolhida, com redução de seu estresse.