Informing Agency Decision Makers: AIDS Education for Senior Management and Boards (From Courage to Care: Responding to the Crisis of Children with AIDS, P 247-258, 1990, Gary Anderson, ed. -- See NCJ-127599)

• NCJ Number: 127607
• Author(s): G R Anderson; K McGowan
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 12 pages
• Sale Source: Child Welfare League of America, Inc.
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

An overlooked audience for AIDS education programs consists of senior decision makers and board members of child welfare agencies.

Abstract

AIDS education for agency board members can be presented in five categories: an overview of AIDS focusing on the incidence of AIDS and demographic factors, psychosocial factors, issues of particular relevance to child welfare agencies, legal issues (service accessibility, personnel policies, confidentiality, program policy and procedures, training, insurance, and liability), and the response of particular agencies to the AIDS epidemic. Recommended educational strategies to employ with this audience include scheduling intensive seminars on management issues, using facilitators to explore attitudes toward the clients served and problems addressed by agency services, attending national conferences or regional seminars, providing specialized training to a few selected board members, and incorporating AIDS information at board meetings on a regular basis. 1 figure and 5 references