title: Junior life skills: an innovation for latency-age children in out-of-home care.
abstract: Children age seven to 13 in out-of-home care should be given instruction in basic life skills, just as their older counterparts are prepared for independent living. One program that provides such instruction is detailed here.
authors.affiliation: New York City Program, Green Chimneys Children's Services, NY.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mallon
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005581:Foster Home Care; D006801:Humans; D007837:Latency Period, Psychological; D010553:Personality Development; D012114:Residential Treatment; D012951:Socialization