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Crisis Nurseries
Resources and information about crisis nurseries, including:
Crisis Child Care: An Intervention for At-Risk Families
Cowen
Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, 21(3), 1998
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Study of a crisis childcare project in a rural midwestern State.
Crisis Nurseries: Important Services in a System of Care for Families and Children
Cole, Wehrmann, Dewar, & Swinford
Children and Youth Services Review, 27(9), 2005
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Reports the results of an evaluation of five crisis nurseries in Illinois from 2000 to 2003.
Crisis Nurseries: A Promising Approach to Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect in the United States
Vaughan & Loadman (1990)
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Discusses the development of crisis nurseries in the United States and the experiences of the State of Ohio in determining the effectiveness of the demonstration crisis nursery model as a child abuse and neglect prevention approach.
General Information About Crisis Nursery Care
ARCH National Resource Center for Crisis Nurseries and Respite Care Services (1992)
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Provides general information about crisis nursery care, including the development and purpose of crisis nursery programs and the definition of crisis nursery care.
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Starting a crisis nursery
Recommendations for Licensing Crisis Nurseries
Vaughan (1991)
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Presents recommendations for licensing crisis nurseries that were developed by participants at the 19th Annual Licensing Institute.
Starting a Crisis Nursery Program
ARCH National Resource Center for Crisis Nurseries and Respite Care Services (1993)
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Provides detailed information on how to establish a community crisis nursery.
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Examples of crisis nursery programs
Comprehensive Crisis Nursery Project Final Evaluation Report: A Description of Families Served and Outcomes of Crisis Nursery Services
Goertz (1995)
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Describes the evaluation of the Comprehensive Crisis Nursery Project in Texas.
Crisis Nursery Care for Infants and Children Who Are Medically Fragile
Landdeck-Sisco (1992)
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Overview of crisis nursery care for infants and children who are medically fragile.
Emergency Child Care and Overnight Respite for Children From Birth to 5 Years of Age: Development of a Community-Based Crisis Nursery
Andrews, Bishop, & Sussman (1999)
In Young Children and Foster Care: A Guide for Professionals
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Describes a crisis nursery program developed by Youth Service, Inc. in Philadelphia that provides temporary care for families under stress as well as other support services to prevent child maltreatment.
Establish More Crisis Intervention Centers
Fontana & Moolman (1994)
In Child Abuse: Opposing Viewpoints
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Describes a crisis nursery established by the New York Foundling Hospital that provides emergency care for children who are at risk of abuse by overstressed parents.
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