Al-Anon Family Groups: Newcomers and Members

Newcomers to Al-Anon family groups: Who stays and who drops out?

Al-Anon Family Groups (Al-Anon), a 12-step mutual-help program for people concerned about another's drinking, is the most widely used form of help for concerned others (COs) in the US. This study assessed the prevalence of dropout, and predictors of dropout, in the six months following newcomers' initial attendance at Al-Anon meetings. Al-Anon's World Service Office mailed a random sample of gr...

Family Separation and Reunification of Newcomers in Toronto

Overview What is family separation and reunification? Historically, when immigrating to Canada, one family member often came first to assess opportunities, find a job, and establish a foundation, all the while sending remittances back home. After this initial period, other family members followed from the country of origin. In contemporary Canada, the forms of these family separations and reuni...

Developing and Maintaining Mutual Aid Groups for Parents and Other Family Members: an Annotated Bibliography

Visual - Guided Planning and Control for aNon

This technical report summarizes the work I have achieved in the \Vision and Control" Strategic Research Program, directed by Dr. Xie Ming, from February to September 1998. It is articulated in two parts, the rst one describing my team work and the second presenting my research work. In the rst part, I explain how I worked to improve the collaboration between NTU and the French institute Inria,...

Family fun--family tragedy: ATV-related deaths involving family members.