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to Reach Parents
of Delinquents
Proposed in C.H., U.H
Reaching hard-to-approach parents and their delinquent children through a family life education program has been proposed to combat juvenile delinquency in Cleveland Heights and
University Heights.
Ronald Brown, chairman of
the Heights Committee on Youth, i
asked University Heights Coun-1
cil Monday night to share the'
cost of the experimental program
outlined by a group of experts in
the community. The lawmakers
took it under advisement.
University Heights, together
with Cleveland Heights and the
combined school board of the two
communities gave approval to j
drawing up the program earlier i
this fall.
8-Week Course
The project would establish an j
eight-week course in family relationship for children in trouble
with the police or about to be expelled from school and their parents, Brown said. Groups of 10 or
I 12 parents and their children
would be accommodated in the
course, which would have IY2
hour sessions, he said.
Brown told council four major
{ areas of parent-child breakdowns
i would be covered: communications, understanding, responsibility, and trust: between parents
and adolescents.
.Cost Is $1,825
He proposed that two courses,
estimated to cost $1,825 each, be
offered, the first to begin in February. An evaluation would follow, University Heights would
pay 20 percent of the cost, he
suggested, with Cleveland
Heights and the board of education each paying 40 percent. The
cost could be reduced if parents
were charged a fee for the
course, he said.
He also indicated that the tab
might be nominal if the Greater
Cleveland Associated Foundation,
which is interested in the program, would share in its cost.
The Foundation trustees are to
consider the project at their December meeting, Brown said.
Cleveland Heights Council and
the board of education also are
expected to act on the proposal
next month.
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