VIII. Fill in the gaps with the proper words:

1. The term child welfare … to a broad range of social programs that contribute to the well-being of children.

2. In the United States, the … of the U.S. Children’s Bureau in 1912 marked the beginning of modern child-welfare programs and public recognition of children’s special needs.

3. A variety of child-welfare service programs can be categorized as … services, … programs, or … care.

4. Day-care services … supervised care outside the home.

5. Day-care centers sometimes offer assistance with a … child whose family needs some relief from the burden of constant care.

6. Substitute-care facilities include individual homes, group homes, and institutional care.

IX. Fill in the proper preposition:

1. Child welfare is the term used to refer … a broad range of social programs that contribute … the well-being of children.

2. In the United States, child-welfare programs are adapted … the needs of children whose families do not have the means or the inclination to take proper care of them.

3. Few efforts were made … any government to protect the health and welfare of children before the 20th century.

4. A variety of child-welfare service programs are conducted … public and private auspices in the United States.

5. Family-service agencies attempt to sustain a child … a family that is undergoing stress because of illness, unemployment, divorce, or the presence of only one parent.

6. Day-care services provide supervised care … the home.

7. Substitute-care facilities include individual foster homes, group homes, and institutional care, as well as adoption services, all of which provide temporary or permanent care … children.

8. The role … institutional care has diminished in the United States, although institutions still provide specialized care for some children who are physically handicapped, developmentally disadvantaged, emotionally disturbed, or delinquent.

X. Find the adjective which were used with the following nouns in the text and reproduce the whole sentence.

Programs, supplementary, homes, appropriate.

XI. Answer questions to the words in bald type and ask them to your group-mates.

1. Child-welfare programs are adapted to the needs of children whose families do not have the means or the inclination to take proper care of them.

2. In the United States, the establishment of the U.S. Children’s Bureau in 1912 marked the beginning of modern child-welfare programs and public recognition of children’s special needs.

3. A variety of child-welfare service programs are conducted under public and private auspices in the United States.

4. These service programs can be categorized as support services, supplementary programs, or substitute care.

Text VIII Suicide

I. Practice the reading of the following words.

Suicide, suicidal, percent, homicide, exceed, vary, prevalence, unreliability, psychotherapy, diagnosable, intervene.

II. Translate the following derivatives and fill in the blank with the proper ones. Learn them and use in the sentences of your own.

a) To intend – intent – intention – intentional – intentionally.

1. I would never … hurt your feelings. 2. We may not succeed but I … to try. 3. His … was to undermine their confidence. 4. She is full of good … , but unfortunately they rarely work out.5. I’m sorry I left you off the list – it wasn’t … .

b) To vary – variety – various.

1. We all need … in our diet. 2. Opinions … widely on this point. 3. Her hobbies are many and … . 4. There is a wide … of patterns to choose from. 5. Her mood … from optimism to extreme depression. 6. Our routine never … .

c) To debilitate (ослаблять, истощать) – debility.

1. This patient suffers from high fever and general … . 2. Huge debts are … their economy. 3. She has been … by dysentery. 4. The quarrel has completely … her. 5. The climate is … for me.