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Download full textProvencal, Gerald – 1984
This paper offers reflections from the author's experience with community placement for developmentally disabled persons, specifically addressing practical and philosophical issues. Drawn from the author's personal involvement with the Macomb-Oakland Regional Center (MORE) in Michigan, this document notes nine illustrations of progress from…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Normalization (Handicapped), Personal Narratives
McRedmond, Louis – EBU Review, 1974
A discussion of community uses of radio in Ireland. (HB)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Services, Developed Nations, Educational Responsibility
Mack, Faite – Educational Technology, 1975
A look at school training centers, which provide teachers, paraprofessionals, preservice individuals, administrators, and parents and community representatives an opportunity to upgrade skills related to their role in the school milieu. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Inservice Teacher Education, Models, School Community Programs
Bettis, Moody C.; Roberts, Robert E. – Ment Hyg, 1969
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting and Mental Health Assembly of the National Association for Mental Health (Boston, November 21,1968).
Descriptors: Community Programs, Conceptual Schemes, Labor Needs, Mental Health Programs
Metcalf, Vernon – New Outlook Blind, 1969
Descriptors: Community Programs, Exceptional Child Services, Home Economics, Nonprofessional Personnel
Mitra, Sudhansu B. – 1980
The paper examines select state plans of deinstitutionalization, mandated by federal regulations. The current status and projected needs of programs and services for mentally retarded people are reviewed in particular to find out the states' guidelines in implementing the deinstitutionalization efforts. The review covers community residential…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Federal Legislation, Literature Reviews
Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. – 1981
The document provides summaries of 53 programs from around the country demonstrating innovative approaches to identifying needs and developing and delivering services and materials to families. Chapters are organized according to broad themes which underlie their programs' design. Chapter 1 (10 programs) examines programs which explore informal…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Willms, Jon Douglas – 1978
The study discusses the development of attitudinal measures regarding community based residential facilities for retarded adults and presents results from two tests administered to 75 adults living near a facility housing 36 retarded adults. It is explained that interviews were conducted with the adults to determine their previous contact with…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Attitudes, Community Programs, Group Homes
Pallotta, Rico F.; And Others – 1980
The Re-ED experience of the Positive Education Program (PEP) in Cleveland, Ohio, utilizes educational, mental health, social service, and juvenile justice resources to provide a community based day treatment program for disturbed children and adolescents. Program components include team/counselor team staffing of classrooms, the Parents Training…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Emotional Disturbances, Interdisciplinary Approach
Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC. – 1979
A consumer product safety monthly planning guide for community organizations is provided. The material is organized into suggested monthly topics with seasonal emphasis. Each section highlights selected information about how to identify potential hazards associated with categories of products. Each section also includes recommendaitons of ways to…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Community Education, Community Organizations, Community Programs
Nesbitt, John A., Comp.; Seymour, Clifford T., Comp. – 1978
The fifth of nine volumes (EC 114 401-409) on recreation for the handicapped examines special recreation in rural areas. The following 11 papers are included: "Recreational, Cultural and Leisure Services for the Handicapped in Rural Communities in Iowa" (D. Szymanski); "Recreation for Handicapped in Rural Communities" (J. Nesbitt); "Programming…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Community Programs, Disabilities, Handicapped Children
Office of Economic Opportunity, Washington, DC. – 1967
PUBLISHED BY VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA (VISTA), THIS JOURNAL ISSUE CONSISTS OF FOUR ARTICLES WHICH DESCRIBE LIFE AMONG THE URBAN AND RURAL POOR. THE ARTICLES DISCUSS (1) A SLUM AREA IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, (2) GHETTO GANGS, (3) AN ORGANIZATION OF ARCHITECTS AND LAWYERS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING SLUM HOUSING CONDITIONS IN NEW YORK CITY AND TO…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Disadvantaged, Ghettos, Housing Deficiencies
MORTON, PAUL W. – 1966
THIS STUDY (1) IDENTIFIES MAJOR COLLEGE COMMUNITY SERVICES, (2) DEFINES THE AREA SERVED BY A COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND (3) MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INITIATING AND OPERATING THESE SERVICES IN PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGES. DATA FROM INTERVIEWS WERE USED TO DESIGN A QUESTIONNAIRE SENT TO 90 PUBLIC 2-YEAR COLLEGES ACROSS THE NATION. TABLES DISPLAY THE REPLIES,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Community Programs, Community Services
Zober, Edith – 1967
The aim of the project was to demonstrate a deliberate effort to reach illegitimately pregnant teenage girls, using the period before and after birth to help the girl achieve a future pattern of behavior that would meet her needs constructively. The period before the birth of the baby was used to reduce immediate life pressures, to provide a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Continuation Education, Continuation Students
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House. – 1978
A hearing before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the House Committee on Education and Labor is transcribed. A discussion is presented which centers on H.R.12146, whose purposes are: (1) to establish a program for developing networks of community-based services to prevent initial and repeat pregnancies among adolescents; (2) to provide care…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Contraception, Federal Legislation
