The third and final volume of a project designed to help North Carolina counties plan community based facilities for status offenders describes an approach to evaluating existing programs and proposed new ones. Instructions are given for collection of data on service resources through completion of worksheets specifying information on such topics…

DAY BY DAY REPORTS BY DIFFERENT VISITORS TO THE FLINT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS DURING 1962 ARE PRESENTED ALONG WITH PRESS CLIPPINGS, INTERVIEWS, AND PICTURES RELEVANT TO EACH VISIT. TWO MARCH VISITORS, AN OFFICIAL OF THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC AND AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, BOTH SPOKE TO TO A GROUP OF FLINT CITIZENS ENROLLED IN…

The seventh in a series (EC 114 401-409) of reports on community recreation for the handicapped presents descriptions of information sources on special recreation. Among the organizations covered are the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation; Boy Scouts of America; Committee on Recreation and Leisure of the U.S.…

This handbook on migrant education is for educators in the state of Iowa who are currently responsible for the operation of migrant education programs, for those who anticipate such a role in the future, and for those who are generally interested in this topic. Chapter 1 deals with the emergence of migrant education in the state of Iowa. Discussed…

Considered are service needs of the aged mentally retarded. Needs are discussed in terms of the historical emphasis on the retarded child, current needs (such as health and housing needs), impediments to service provision (such as lack of trained personnel), the lack of research on gerontological aspects of mental retardation, and innovative…

This study of the Windsor Aquatic Club (WAC) was undertaken to investigate the following problems and questions: (a) identification of goals; (b) conflict in the interface of age class and school class swimming, as well as the interface of municipal, regional, provincial, federal, and international organizations; (c) identification of task,…

A framework is proposed by which Oregon will provide professional leadership and funds to assist community programs for the mentally retarded. Following a rationale for such services, an inventory of existing programs in each of five designated state regions is presented. On maps of each region are indicated locations of various types of programs:…

Through its educational programs, extension is increasingly concerned with helping people know better how to live as well as how to make a living. Extension works with local people on problems calling for community consideration and group decision. The need for this type of education is particularly pressing in rural areas; hopeful signs are…

The author details differences in programs for emotionally disturbed children among three communities of different size and socioeconomic status. (SBH)

This article outlines a cooperative community approach that produced an accurate and attractive slide-and-tape program for a foster agency. (GO)

Among 10 principles arising from a symposium on health services for mentally retarded persons in the community are the need for: multiple options for health care delivery; a stable primary care "medical home"; a health care network; presence of resource centers for specialty care; and establishment of a health care clearinghouse. (DB)

The article describes the potential impact of a prevention model on reducing unintentional childhood injuries. Following a review of major childhood injuries and related risk factors, the model, which borrows from prevention, behavioral, and community psychology frameworks, is elucidated. An example using fire emergency skills is offered.…

This paper presents four arguments for a community-wide approach to drug abuse prevention. Community-based strategies, psychosocial behavior theory, community substructures, and stages of change are discussed. (Author/MT)

This article points out that well-defined objectives are essential to developing an articulate community drug abuse prevention program and to evaluating its effectiveness. Discussed are: definitional, program breadth, endpoint, program content, policy, implementation and continuation, and evaluation objectives. (MT)

This paper reviews the process of disseminating health promotion programs, identifies factors critical to successful dissemination, uses a community-based heart disease prevention study to illustrate how programs can be disseminated across a community, and suggests ways these methods could be applied to an adolescent drug use prevention program.…