The importance of identifying effective drug abuse prevention strategies is clear not only from the increasing federal expenses, but also from the costs to individuals and families, and the overall damage to U.S. productivity and competitiveness caused by drug use. This report is about comprehensive community-based approaches to drug abuse…

The bibliography contains approximately 180 references dated from 1976 through 1986 concerning community integration for persons with severe disabilities. Output of computer searches of bibliographic data bases was evaluated according to the degree to which each item reflected principles of community integration. Usually provided for each citation…

Economic analysis of alcohol and drug treatment services usually focuses on understanding the private, profit-oriented, hospital-based setting. Professional publications of the alcoholism treatment field, as well as popular press and electronic media exposure, also focus heavily on the private system. Low cost, quality treatment services, however,…

This article focuses on the need for teamwork in establishing community school programs. (PD)

The third and final volume of a project designed to help North Carolina counties plan community based facilities for status offenders describes an approach to evaluating existing programs and proposed new ones. Instructions are given for collection of data on service resources through completion of worksheets specifying information on such topics…

DAY BY DAY REPORTS BY DIFFERENT VISITORS TO THE FLINT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS DURING 1962 ARE PRESENTED ALONG WITH PRESS CLIPPINGS, INTERVIEWS, AND PICTURES RELEVANT TO EACH VISIT. TWO MARCH VISITORS, AN OFFICIAL OF THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC AND AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, BOTH SPOKE TO TO A GROUP OF FLINT CITIZENS ENROLLED IN…

THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL IS DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO SOLVE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS, IT IS THE CENTER OF SERVICE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF A COMMUNITY REGARDLESS OF AGE, RACE, RELIGION, ETHNIC BACKGROUND, OR SOCIOECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. SCHOOL FACILITIES AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL ARE AVAILABLE FOR SERVICE TO PEOPLE AT ALL TIMES OF THE DAY ON ALL DAYS OF…

The seventh in a series (EC 114 401-409) of reports on community recreation for the handicapped presents descriptions of information sources on special recreation. Among the organizations covered are the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation; Boy Scouts of America; Committee on Recreation and Leisure of the U.S.…

This handbook on migrant education is for educators in the state of Iowa who are currently responsible for the operation of migrant education programs, for those who anticipate such a role in the future, and for those who are generally interested in this topic. Chapter 1 deals with the emergence of migrant education in the state of Iowa. Discussed…

Considered are service needs of the aged mentally retarded. Needs are discussed in terms of the historical emphasis on the retarded child, current needs (such as health and housing needs), impediments to service provision (such as lack of trained personnel), the lack of research on gerontological aspects of mental retardation, and innovative…

This study of the Windsor Aquatic Club (WAC) was undertaken to investigate the following problems and questions: (a) identification of goals; (b) conflict in the interface of age class and school class swimming, as well as the interface of municipal, regional, provincial, federal, and international organizations; (c) identification of task,…

A framework is proposed by which Oregon will provide professional leadership and funds to assist community programs for the mentally retarded. Following a rationale for such services, an inventory of existing programs in each of five designated state regions is presented. On maps of each region are indicated locations of various types of programs:…

Through its educational programs, extension is increasingly concerned with helping people know better how to live as well as how to make a living. Extension works with local people on problems calling for community consideration and group decision. The need for this type of education is particularly pressing in rural areas; hopeful signs are…

This is a compendium of papers from this week-long session. The keynote paper, of the same name as the booklet title, was written by the Honorable Joseph M. Montoya, senator from New Mexico. Other topics discussed are multicultural education, the need for individual involvement in school-community relations, campus change, a forum on the National…