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Brener, Nancy D.; Wheeler, Lani; Wolfe, Linda C.; Vernon-Smiley, Mary; Caldart-Olson, Linda – Journal of School Health, 2007
Background: The specific health services provided to students at school and the model for delivering these services vary across districts and schools. This article describes the characteristics of school health services in the United States, including state- and district-level policies and school practices. Methods: The Centers for Disease Control…
Descriptors: Prevention, School Nurses, Mail Surveys, School Districts
Hale, Sylvie van Heusden – 1991
This article provides resources for school-community collaboration to support at-risk students and their families in rural settings. Rural schools and their communities must work together efficiently and economically to counteract problems such as geographic isolation, shortage of resources, economic decline, lack of political power and…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Cooperative Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students
Powell, Douglas R. – 1979
The Child and Family Neighborhood Program, located in a suburb of Detroit, is an early childhood intervention project aimed at strengthening informal and formal family suoport systems and increasing parents' knowledge of child development. The program works with clusters of 10 parents and their young children (0-3 years) twice weekly in a…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Developmental Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Family Programs
White, Leigh Cree, Ed. – 1981
The 4-H/Community Resource Development workshop was designed to help people conducting Extension 4-H programs on sensitive and complex community issues improve their ability to create a better climate for discussion of alternatives and development of community projects. Topics of the presentations included the role of the 4-H administrator,…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Involvement
Purcell, Elizabeth A., Ed.; Nagle, Terry Lynn, Ed. – 1981
Information on 12 exemplary volunteer programs is gathered in this manual for school officials, teachers, and volunteer coordinators. An introductory chapter discusses the place of volunteerism in middle and secondary schools, covering categories of volunteers; the services volunteers can provide; the benefits of volunteer programs to students,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Career Guidance, Community Involvement
White, Susan J. – 1981
Only recently has the need to link rural education programs for workers and economic planning been recognized. This interest in linkages has resulted in a variety of intermediary mechanisms for collaboration. Included among the elements or activities necessary for linking education and economic development are the following: a solid base of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Characteristics, Community Resources, Community Support