child welfare

"This guide offers practical advice on influencing policy and practice to the benefit of young children and the early childhood community"--Cover.

Explores the story of Pam Cope, who after losing her son Jantsen to heart disease in 1999 decided to travel to Vietnamese orphanages to ease her pain, and ultimately was inspired to found the Touch A Life organization to help needy children around the world.

Tells the story of Haregewoin Teferra and her effort to care for the children of AIDS patients in her country of Ethiopia.

Experts debate what school policies would help children, how to protect children from abuse, the effects of working parents on children, and if children are disproportionately poor in the United States. Includes critical thinking skills activities.

Describes the work done by such well-known personalities as Dave Thomas, Shaquille O'Neal, Mariah Carey, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee to raise money for organizations that make a difference in the lives of children.

Discusses the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, focusing on the articles that ensure the right to good health, and looks at conditions in various places of the world that prevent children from getting the medicine, water, and food they need to stay healthy.

Details hundreds of practical tips and strategies for child advocacy. Includes a list of organizations.

Presents a study of children's rights around the world and provides information on the UN Convention in 1989 that defined the rights of the child, the rights of unborn children, child labor, and children in war-torn countries.

Contains excerpts from primary source documents that provide insight into the role of the child in the American labor force from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution to the late twentieth century.