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This booklet offers parents, caregivers, and other adults suggestions on how to help children cope with the effects of disaster, as well as how to be prepared before a disaster strikes. Children can feel very frightened during a disaster and afterwards some children will show temporary changes of...

Launched in 2002 by the Polis-Schutz family, Starfall is a free educational website with an optional low-cost membership program that teaches phonics. Young children diagnosed with learning disabilities will load fun activity lessons from letter recognition to reading full-length books. Students can...

In India, as in other countries, the rise in the number of street and working children is associated with the phenomenon of rapid urban growth, especially of sprawling slums and shanty towns. The predicament of the urban child "in difficult circumstances" is inextricable from these conditions of...

2001 ZIM: Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children and Adolescents in Zimbabwe UNICEF Zimbabwe conducted four studies and one literature review in collaboration with various local and governmental entities to develop a national strategy for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in the country. Children were...

With a focus on how to improve the lives of children victimized by or affected by forced labour, this article from the BMJ although dated, concentrates on the care and development of these children from a medical lens. In criticizing inadequate policies, the article highlights the importance of...

This case study describes the CHAST methodology, which is part of an integrated approach working on different but parallel levels for greater impact. The challenge: education for behaviours Children need to do things—to participate—and not only memorize facts if they are to develop consistent...

This psychological study tracked the influx of money provided to a community when a Casino opened nearby. The study found that as families moved out of poverty, children with behavioral disorders became asymptomatic. This study demonstrates the repercussions of poverty and its relationship with...

A pilot project promoting sanitation and hygiene education in schools in Vietnam will expand significantly over the next two years, to help communities plan and implement their own schemes. A new strategy has been proposed to reach all schools in a gradually expanding, demand-responsive programme...