Presented at the 1969 meeting of the American Orthopsychiatric Association in New York. (Author)

Describes issues related to resistance to community based care facilities. Information was gathered through interviews with representatives of residential treatment facilities and local and state officials. Critical variables significant in understanding community resistance and overcoming it include: (1) overconcentration; (2) client…

Describes a program established by the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW) in which high school journalists spend a day on the job with organization members. (AEA)

Describes the growth of a Mien refugee community in Montgomery, Alabama, and the development of community educational and employment services to aid these refugees. Also discusses Mien cultural characteristics. (GC)

Using British examples, the author discusses ways that artists and arts organizations can and should become involved in classroom art education in partnership with teachers. (This paper was presented at the Aesthetic Education Conference, London, September 1980.) (SJL)

In an effort to help prevent crime, teachers can engender in students respect for civic virtue, moral responsibility, and voluntary support of law. Community-focused youth participation projects can increase attachments to the neighborhood and community and thereby help prevent delinquency. (CT)

Student volunteerism can include direct service, research and community education, and advocacy service. Alert observation and informed questioning are at the heart of learning from nonclassroom experience. (Author/MLF)

The career day concept can be a very meaningful and exciting experience for elementary school students. It is an excellent opportunity to bridge the gap between the school and the business community, and can answer a question students often ask themselves, "Why do I have to go to school?" (Author)

The imaginative use of resource persons, field trips, and mentor arrangements by regular and special education teachers can be highly effective in stimulating gifted students' interest in school and commitment to learning. (Author/SB)

A model for a community youth football program that includes disabled youth identifies five divisions of restriction based on: the amount of physical contact; level of activity strenuousness; emphasis on competition and winning; and special accommodations required. Handicapped youth football programs emphasize skill development and provide…

Identifies the components of a supportive community environment for older people. Examines alternative residential types, their impacts on the elderly, and the extent to which they provide the optimal functioning conditions of environmental "Challenge" and "support." (Author/MJL)

The Child and Family Justice Project, designed to help communities improve the quality of life for their children and families, is described in terms of its development, evaluation, and its long range effects. (Author/MP)

Suggests that school music educators might meet the challenge of declining enrollment by cooperating with other community agencies to offer lifelong music education to adults. This article is part of a theme issue on the crisis in music education. (SJL)

Subjects reported significantly lower levels of anxiety and fear and significantly higher levels of assertiveness at posttreatment. The potential clinical significance of the result was reinforced by evidence of significantly lower hospitalization rates among program participants one year after training. (Author)