Basic information on media forms which are commonly encountered by community groups is presented. The work as a whole is designed to serve as a reference manual for community organizations and volunteer groups which are inexperienced with respect to media and which lack the resources or the desire to hire professional experts; the emphasis…

The document considers several unfortunate cycles: (1) belligerent students cause desperate teachers, who cause more belligerent students; (2) ineffective parents cause bewildered youth who never take advantage of existing opportunities and who create, in turn, more bewildered children; (3) browbeaten tenants cause callous landlords to neglect…

The manual is a descriptive survey of the currently operational aspects of the community development work carried on by St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology in Windsor, Ontario. Separate chapters are devoted to each function within the program: the Vocational College Preparatory Programs; the Corrections Program for instruction of…

The California Main Street Program (MSP) provides technical assistance to rural communities facing rapid growth and downtown decay, serving as a vehicle for local stimulation and revitalization of downtown area businesses. This five-part handbook presents strategies for creating partnerships between California's MSPs and the state's community…

Intended for agency field personnel who assist in local community development (CD) efforts, this publication is the second of three making up an intensive training manual for community development. Using an inservice training approach, this part of the manual contains four instructional units: rationale for CD training, what CD is (CD as process,…