Discussed in terms of instrumental and expressive functions are citizen advocacy programs for mentally or physically handicapped children and adults. Instrumental functions are defined as meeting the practical needs of everyday life while expressive functions are said to involve an exchange of affection which meets emotional needs. Major types of…

The portable videotape recorder has made television a fast and cheap medium which can be used in social change and community development. This collection provides a practical handbook for planning a community development project in the form of detailed references and a programed test. Techniques for setting up a project and working with the…

Commissioned by the New York State Center for Migrant Studies, this study examined the rate and causes of agricultural mechanization in New York State and its effect upon the economic and living conditions of migrants, as well as the possible solutions to the problems uncovered. Examined in various stages of mechanization were 3 specific areas…

Reported were the results of a national study designed to identify and locate activity programs for retarded adults in the United States, to study comprehensively identified programs, to examine national, regional, state, and area standards, and to complete a monograph on activity programs. Findings of a 1964 report were compared with findings in…

Presented are guidelines on planning and establishing a small, residential halfway house for the male adolescent/adult retardate in which mental health and use of the halfway house to replace institutionalization of selected retardates are emphasized. The halfway house is explained to be planned on premises of community participation and program…

This report gives a full description of the broadcasting and operation of WHRS-FM, a FM radio station established by federal grant to serve migrant workers and their children in Palm Beach County, Florida. The goal of the project was to evaluate FM radio as a solution to the serious economic and educational problem of communicating with the…

This booklet has been prepared to aid communities that wish to start Voluntary Action Centers. It is a digest of experience to date. The 10 questions answered in the booklet are as follows: (1) What is a Voluntary Action Center?; (2) What does a Voluntary Action Center do?; (3) Who can start a Voluntary Action Center?; (4) What is the usual…

Part II of the Directory of Programs and Services for the Deaf in the United States consists of information on rehabilitation programs and services. (LS)

A rape task force at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) is described with priorities including interagency coordination, a multiple entry system for victims, support for the development of a counselor-advocate program, and community education. (JMF)

Aiming to keep the land in the hands of the people, the Cooperativa del pueblo's first venture of steer grazing on land held communally was abandoned due to financial pressure and the community's social needs. Today its plans include teaching families to grow vegetables for longer periods in an organic manner and developing a marketing…

The author discusses the rapidly changing demands by institutions of higher education on the functions of counseling centers and how these demands affect the interaction between counseling centers and counseling psychology training programs. He relates some aspects of the identity of counseling psychology that must change. (Author/JEL)

Continual monitoring of the community is required if community colleges wish to offer meaningful community-based programs. The college must also constantly evaluate the extent to which it achieves its community program objectives. (JDS)

Four major dimensions of the philosophy and ideology of L'Arche, a center for mentally handicapped persons using a "community" approach, are: the value of a person with mental handicaps; the importance of mutual relationships; the importance of a sense of community; and the spiritual dimension. (Author/CB)

This article focuses on adult education and unemployment in Britain and on specific projects at Leeds University and at Wayne State University in Detroit. It discusses different approaches used by these projects, other initiatives, and factors for success (interagency cooperation, outreach work, flexibility, no cost to students). (CT)