Discover Vital Family Support Services: A Research Guide

Abstract

After grading, you will be instructed to share this assignment with your classmates through the “Discussion” link, so that everyone can access the resources you collected. Assignment #1: Resources File For this assignment, you are asked to create a resource file that identifies various services and supports provided for children and their families. The resources refer to intervention and support programs for children and families from disadvantaged backgrounds that are available at local, state, or national level, and either public or private. The aim of the assignment is to get you familiar with various early intervention programs, and this knowledge will be useful when you work on the final case study project of this class that involves an intervention design. Your file will include SIX resources that you would feel comfortable sharing with families. Please choose from the following categories (SIX total): Government support services relating to poverty, financial crisis, and homelessness Parental incarceration Parent-child relationship building, including attachment and separation issues Maternal depression and mental health issues Healthy pregnancy Family stresses including divorce, death, hospitalization, illness Child exceptionalities including both disabilities and gifts Child abuse and neglect Family literacy Your resource file should include the following: Name of the program Contact information, including web links, if applicable Type of services provided: A brief overview of the program (e.g., history and mission statement) DETAILED descriptions of the services. This is the most important part of this assignment and holds the highest weight in your grade. If there are no details available for the program, then you should choose a different program to report. The website may have lots of information, but you have to choose relevant information related to the specific services to include in your assignment. Please label and organize the service information clearly. The introduction of the program and its mission statements are DIFFERENT from service description. You should focus on specific service components. This is the part that students tend to lose points, so please make sure to refer to the example provided below and know the extent of details required for service presentation. Cost of the program, if any Target population: Family as a whole, parents only, or children only? If the service is for children, which age group it focuses on: birth-preschool, elementary, K-8, older children, etc.? Additional requirements: One distinct program is required for each...