Conference attendees arrive at the registration desk at 9:00 a.m. sharp, eager to start their day. While standing in line, they talk excitedly about the sessions they've chosen to see, the original investigation they'll be presenting, off-site field trips for which they've registered, and the businesses scheduled to have booths in the Exhibitor's…

A large literature finds that resources are not significant determinants of student performance. These results may arise because resources really do not matter in public education or because local school districts allocate additional resources to poorer performing schools. To shed light on this issue, a unique data set for the Metropolitan…

Results of interviews with 152 neglectful mothers and 154 non-neglectful mothers, matched on race, economic status, urban/rural status, and other life circumstances, revealed that neglectful mothers reported less support available from informal networks and described their neighborhoods as less friendly and helpful than did the controls.…

Describes a service to parents that connected those experiencing urgent parenting needs with individuals and agencies capable of providing help. (RH)

Examines the idea of using community resources to relieve the pressures on students, parents, and teachers. (JOW)

Neighborhood Extension of Activity Therapy (NEAT) is a structured transitional-discharge activity program for psychiatric patients which uses existing community resources. (Editors)

Carkhuff has systematically traced the development of human resource development models. Numerous responses to his theories are presented. (BY)

Described briefly are community resources (educational, material, and recreational) used by a rehabilitation teacher of the blind in one state district during one year. (KW)

Services provided by 40 pastors on behalf of mentally retarded persons and their families were investigated. Data displayed a wide range of services provided by the sample as a whole, revealed substantial individual differences, and showed clear preferences for some areas of service over others. (Author)

Community asset mapping is one approach to community assessment. According to Kretzmann and McKnight (1993), discovering the assets, capacities, and resources embedded in a community leads people to take responsibility for and ownership of rebuilding and renewing their community. Community mapping is a tool for consideration by family and consumer…

To creatively and competently utilize community resources and to work successfully for the benefit of all students requires that educational leaders develop positive diversity dispositions. This study explores the effect of school community relations instruction in enhancing educational administration candidates' skills, beliefs, and connections…

The recent increase in prison populations has given rise to an unprecedented number of children in the school system with incarcerated parents. To cope with stressors before, during, or after parents' incarceration, children can exhibit a range of problematic and maladaptive behaviors. This article explores the negative behaviors these children…

Adults with developmental disabilities are at significant risk for health problems. Effective health promotion can improve outcomes--and that's why adult day and residential agencies, schools, and other organizations need this invaluable program development guide. An urgent call to action and a start-to-finish framework for health promotion, this…

The purposes of this study were to determine the impact of a professional development program on the confidence levels and classroom practices of the participants and their attitudes toward the environment. The program had immersed teachers in a watershed study that took them from the headwaters of a 310-mile river to its confluence with the Ohio…