SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN THE SCHOOLS - THE SCHOOL OF THE 21ST-CENTURY

Authors
ZIGLER EF FINNSTEVENSON W STERN BM
Citation
Ef. Zigler et al., SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN THE SCHOOLS - THE SCHOOL OF THE 21ST-CENTURY, American journal of orthopsychiatry, 67(3), 1997, pp. 396-407
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
American journal of orthopsychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029432
Volume
67
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
396 - 407
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9432(1997)67:3<396:SCAFIT>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The School of the 21st Century, a model designed to address the soarin g need for child care, is housed in an institution already present in every neighborhood-the public school. Its potential to serve as a prim ary prevention program, through provision of child-care and family-sup port services far children from birth through age 12, is described, Ex amples of program effectiveness are offered, and the additional benefi ts of integration with related programs are outlined.