Many youth-serving organizations are engaging young people in youth organizing and/or in interventions to support specific identity development in response to a need for meaningful opportunities for older and diverse youth to be civically involved in their communities. This paper explores differences in developmental outcomes and supports and…

Scouting continues to enjoy the cordial endorsement of school men everywhere in the US. More and more those interested are coming to see the enormous possibilities of cooperation between the scout movement and the schools. Many schools now give credit for scout work done outside of the schools. Many more are in hearty sympathy with the program as…

This paper describes the evolution of the helper therapy principle into a popular idea in community psychology and argues for the increased use of helping by the client as a therapeutic tool. Further, the paper attempts to explain the helper therapy principle by use of current psychological theory and research. (Author)

Describes the development and operation of the Hazel Park community education program, the effects of the program on school support, and shows how community education became "internalized" into the "establishment." (DN)

Describes the problems and procedures one school district has in communicating to the public and its need to find a system to gather and disseminate information about the school so that knowledgeable choices can be made regarding a proposed voucher plan. (Author/DN)

Wright State University in Dalton, Ohio, seeks to serve and relate to the Dalton community by working toward harmony and educational renewal with the public schools. (DS)

This critical review of the 1961 report of the Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health concludes that the report and its adherents promised more than could be delivered and its claims regarding community mental health could not be supported by the available data. (Author)

Reports on a joint project of the San Antonio, Texas Independent School District and the Southwest Craft Center Creative Arts School in which volunteer work by professional artists helped to enrich art classes. (DS)

Assesses opportunities and problems of a number of integrated social service programs housed in public schools throughout the nation. (Author/JH)

Described is a program, ENCOR, which aims at total community integration of all retarded citizens in a five county region. (GW)

Described is a step by step approach involving (1) establishing responsibilities of school, parents, students, and community, (2) reviewing legal and moral issues of a potential program, (3) defining drug abuse", (4) discovering sources of available help, and (5) developing needed resources. (CJ)

Article describes the Cleveland State Hospital's school to teach patients the basic skills needed to have their wants satisfied, social skills and practical living skills. The program's goal is to turn patients into people who can live and be helped in the community, not an institution. (Author/PD)

Describes community service model which focuses upon the causes of problems rather than upon results. The model proposes intervention before crisis by means of an ongoing program for the prevention of future social dysfunctioning. The primary technique employed in prevention is consultation with parents in the setting of the community. (Author/CJ)