Residential care of the child-mother and her infant: an extended family concept.
A residential programs for single, young mothers and their infants uses the concept of a new extended family to achieve several purposes: training the mothers in parenting skill, giving them a chance of complete educations or vocational preparation, and providing care and developmental opportunity for the infants.
D000293:Adolescent; D002140:California; D002657:Child Development; D002662:Child Health Services; D002669:Child Welfare; D004493:Education; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007086:Illegitimacy; D007223:Infant; D007229:Infant Welfare; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010988:Play and Playthings; D011678:Punishment; D012112:Residential Facilities