Defends Project EXCEL against criticisms offered in EA 510 647. (IRT)

This paper describes a project that focuses on youth themselves as resources in meeting the problem of maltreatment of adolescents. The 4-part program consists of a youth-staffed hot line, a self-help group, an information pamphlet for recognizing maltreatment and a public awareness campaign. (Author/SE)

Emphasizing that the family unit is the primary force in coping with asthma, the Lungs Unlimited program provides education and counseling and teaches self-management procedures to children and families. The program is described and its effectiveness is indicated. (RH)

The article describes VISION Foundation, a self-help program providing work opportunities for both paid and volunteer persons who are newly blind or have progressive eye diseases. (Author/DLS)

Author looked at one self-help project which has tried to deal with the problems experienced by black youth. (Editor/RK)

Offers a critique of the origins and policies of Jesse Jackson's Project EXCEL. (IRT)

Forty Plus, a voluntary organization for job placement of unemployed executives and professionals over age 40, is described, with special emphasis on the need to know more about it. (AG)

Vocational placement, social needs, and the lack of proper transportation for disabled persons are major problems to be solved if physically handicapped people are to function in community life. Mobilization for Maturity was a 3-year research and demonstration project which utilized a self-help approach to help disabled people to re-enter…

This article describes the possibility of a voluntary group of men, without professional leadership, who wish to help themselves toward growth and freedom from the constraints imposed on their lives by social male sex roles. The article lists possible activities, discussion topics, and considerations for starting new groups. (LPG)

Notes that one of the most significant characteristics of mutual aid groups is the fact that they are empowering and thus delineating. They enable members to feel and use their strengths, their own power, to have control over their own lives. (Author/AM)

Fictional correspondence between counselor and client indicate how counselors can steer their clients into self-help programs. (HMV)

Describes the conducting of three experimental courses by using texts, programmed supplements, lab manuals, behavioral objective sets, study guides, and tutoring and lecturing techniques in instruction. Indicates the feasibility of this model in institutions that can not use strict Keller Plan systems. (CC)

Parent study groups have the potential to reach a large segment of the parent population. These self-help groups do not require a substantial number of professionals to provide help for parents. Parents quickly accept study groups because they can readily see the results of their efforts with their children. (Author)

Describes the history of Women Attentive to Children's Happiness (WATCH), a self-help organization of family day care mothers which has developed an effective method of producing developmental programs for children and families. (ED)

Prompted from several directions, the Stone Foundation sponsored this exploratory workshop on community self-help and mutual aid efforts. The purposes identified for the conference were: (1) to enhance the functions of self-help groups by creating new opportunities for them to learn from others; (2) to find ways to share more widely what is known…