Date

Asmt due in dropbox

Reading Assignment (read prior to class period)

Mon Aug 25

Intro

Introduction to class

Wed Aug 27

Theories

 Basic Facts

Ecological Systems Theory       Ecological Systems Summary.pdf

Mon Sep 1

LABOR DAY

UNIVERSITY CLOSED

Wed Sep 3

Definitions/

Statistics

Asmt 1

2008 Federal Poverty Guidelines

HHS: differences between poverty thresholds and guidelines

Poverty Figure - Historical Trends

Despite more jobs, US poverty rate rises | csmonitor.com

 Poverty gap in US

Mon Sep 8

Housing

Housing Challenges

http://www.cbpp.org/5-15-03hous.pdf

Ohio's Foreclosure Crisis

Public Housing (video)

Extra: Housing Bubble Rollercoaster (Video) — it’s a wild ride!

Wed Sep 10

Homelessness

Asmt 2

Homelessness                          Family Homelessness

Homeless Youth

Mon Sep 15

Working Poor

Asmt 3

 Predatory Lending Practices

Earned Income Tax Credit

Budget for Working Poor Family in Ohio

Video: The Working Poor

Wed Sep 17

Feminization of Poverty

Asmt 4

 Mothers on Public Assistance

Demographic Table Poverty

Women's Health USA 2005>Women and Poverty

Changes in women's labor force participation

ERA: History

Mon Sep 22

Minority Status/Ethnicity

Asmt 5

Census Poverty Data 2006 (scroll down to income and poverty statistics)

Young Children in Immigrant Families

Working with Young Children

Immigration, Assimilation, Policy Implications

Stereotypes

Racial Gap in Parent Education

Wed Sep 24

Childhood Poverty

Key Indicators of Child Wellbeing 2008                  CASA  (video)

Childstats.gov - America's Children at a Glance

Children In Poverty

U.S. Government Does Relatively Little to Lessen Child Poverty Rates

Mon Sep 29

SERVICE LEARNING/RESEARCH DAY

Paper/Project Proposals Due in Dropbox

Wed Oct 1

Mid Childhood & Adolescence

Asmt 6

JAMA -- Abstract: Trends in the Association of Poverty With Overweight Among US Adolescents

 Medical News Today News Article

Mon Oct 6

Early Adulthood & Parenthood

Asmt 7

Childstats.gov - Economic Security Indicators

 Single Parent Families

Family Stress and Discipline

Poverty and Family Stress      Duration of leave

         FMLA          mat & pat leave in OECD20 countries.pdf

Wed Oct 8

Later Adulthood & Relience

Asmt 8

older women            Income & Poverty: Older Americans

grandparents

 ageism

resilience

Mon Oct 13

SERVICE LEARNING/STUDY DAY

Wed Oct 15

EXAM 1 (under “quizzes” in Springboard)

Mon Oct 20

Education

Asmt 9

Public education                         high stakes tests

Modernizing Ohio's Schools

Benefits of Universal PreK Ed                McKinney Vento

Wed Oct 22

Charter Schools/

Vouchers

Asmt 10

charter schools

vouchers: overview

Mon Oct 27

Violence

Asmt 11

Children & Guns                   Effect of Violence on Children  (video)

CDF: Cradle to Prison

Wed Oct 29

Justice

Asmt 12

 Children in Adult Court

Frontline: When Kids Get Life video. (will show in class)

Are Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences Cost-Effective?

frontline: burden of innocence: frequently asked questions | PBS

Mon Nov 3

Healthcare

Asmt 13

Employers shift health insurance costs onto workers

http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/11213.pdf

U.S. Spends Most, Covers Least

CDF: Immunization                              Health Care Crisis (video)

CDF: Ohio Healthy Start Healthy Families

Wed Nov 5

Welfare

Asmt 14

 How did welfare originate

Children's Defense Fund: Welfare

Ohio Works First

TANF Work Incentives

Mon Nov 10

Early Intervention

Asmt 15

 readings\effectprevention.htm

Early Intervention

HeadStartBrief.pdf

HeadStart-Basic.pdf

Wed Nov 12

Effective Programming

Asmt 16

Evidenced Based Programming

http://www3.uakron.edu/schulze/401/readings/recruiting.pdf

Mon Nov 17

SERVICE LEARNING/RESEARCH DAY

Wed Nov 19

Family Policy

Asmt 17

How to Impact Public Policy for Families, NCR 443

Family Work Life Policy

http://www3.uakron.edu/schulze/401/readings/childsupport.pdf

http://www3.uakron.edu/schulze/401/readings/SocialSecurityPB.pdf

Mon Nov 24

STUDY/ WRITING DAY

Wed Nov 26

EXAM 2 (under “quizzes” in Springboard)

Mon Dec 1

WRITING DAY

Wed Dec 3

FINAL PAPER DUE IN DROPBOX