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Short, Brant; Hardy-Short, Dayle – 1984
"Communication workshop" refers to the public-service oriented course that civic organizations, services, and clubs and political groups often request from professional educators. Ethical communication demonstrates a desire for the good of all those involved in the communication process, rather than just the personal gain of the speaker or the…
Descriptors: Adults, Codes of Ethics, Community Organizations, Ethics
Goreham, Gary A.; And Others – 1987
A model was developed to explore the relationship between the personal characteristics of rural community residents, their social involvement, and their social awareness. Specific personal characteristic variables were educational level, gender, gross family income, and marital status. Social involvement variables were personal impact of farm…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Change, Community Organizations, Individual Characteristics
Siegelman, Marvin – 1976
This report evaluated the Harlem Tutoring Program which was designed to give individual home tutoring in reading and mathematics to elementary school students in New York City. The students were at least two years below grade level in reading and/or mathematics. Forty-three students between the ages of six and thirteen participated in the program.…
Descriptors: After School Education, Basic Skills, Community Organizations, Home Instruction
Caplan, Frank, Ed. – 1978
This directory, compiled by the Princeton Center for Infancy, inventories a wide variety of organizations and services which parents can utilize in child rearing. More than 130 topics are discussed, including problems relating to health, daily routines, illness, family life, discipline, socialization, environment planning, education, family…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Community Organizations, Community Services, Directories
Jaipaul – 1976
Among the ethnic groups dealt with by this comprehensive directory are Albanians, Armenians, blacks, Chinese, Danes, Filipinos, Germans, Greeks, Hungarians, Irish, Italians, Japanese, Jews, Koreans, Latvians, Lebanese, Lithuanians, Norwegians, Poles, Portuguese, Puerto Ricans, Russians, Scots, Serbs, Swiss, Turks, Ukranians, Vietnamese, and…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Resources, Educational Resources, Ethnic Groups
City-Wide Educational Coalition, Boston, MA. – 1977
The City-Wide Educational Coalition was founded to serve the needs of parents working to effect major change in the Boston school system. An account of the program activities of the Coalition during the 1976-77 school year is presented in this document. The responsibilities and work of various projects are described. Staff members of the projects…
Descriptors: Activities, Annual Reports, Budgets, Community Coordination
Campbell, M. Donald – 1978
A study investigated ways that adult educators might introduce educational activity into a community problem-solving situation and attempted to determine the influence of this activity on growth of the community-problem-solving group. Adult educators by definition included cooperative extension agents, social workers, community mental health…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Community Organizations, Community Problems, Consultants
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Lamb, H. Richard; Mackota, Cecile – Journal of Rehabilitation, 1975
The authors, a psychiatrist and a vocational rehabilitation counselor, discuss the role of the vocational rehabilitation counselor in relation to the role of the psychotherapist. (EA)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Community Organizations, Counselor Role, Job Placement
Unger, Myron B.; Karlin, Muriel – Vocat Guidance Quart, 1969
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Community Organizations, Community Resources
Educational Priorities Panel, New York, NY. – 1981
This paper analyzes community involvement in education and specifically discusses the activities of the Educational Priorities Panel of New York City. In the monograph's first chapter, citizen involvement in schools is studied in both an historical and contemporary context. The second chapter details New York City's fiscal crisis and the…
Descriptors: Budgets, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Community Role
Campbell-Thrane, Lucille; Jahnke, Jessica Jo – 1981
Based upon interviews in a number of community-based organizations in several states, this report describes community-based organizations from several perspectives. The report begins with a discussion of the origins of community-based organizations. This historical perspective sets the background for a discussion of the nature of community-based…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Community Organizations
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Drug Education. – 1978
This booklet is intended to provide teachers with a selective list of instructional aids and resources for use in drug education programs. It provides some guidance in choosing, from the items listed, those to use at the local level. Items listed are: printed materials for children; audiovisuals for children; printed materials for teachers and…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Community Organizations, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
Druian, Greg – 1978
This booklet addresses persons who would like information about leadership of community groups. It is meant to be read both by current community group leaders and by persons who aspire to be leaders. Roles and functions of community group leadership are presented, along with suggestions about how to carry out the leadership role in ways that…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Leaders, Community Organizations, Decision Making
Alley, Sam; And Others – 1978
A group of 12 federally funded community mental health centers which make effective use of paraprofessionals is described. The purpose is to make mental health policy makers and service agency staff members aware of the wide range of innovative service models in existence in which paraprofessionals play diverse and crucial roles. A case study for…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Mental Health Programs, Paraprofessional Personnel, Policy Formation
BEAUCHAMP, MARY; AND OTHERS
BROTHERHOOD IN THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOULD ENCOURAGE THE APPRECIATION AND UTILIZATION OF THE DIFFERENCES AS WELL AS THE SIMILARITIES OF PEOPLE. CHILDREN CAN BE TAUGHT TO UNDERSTAND THE BASIC TENETS OF BROTHERHOOD THROUGH SUCH METHODS AS READING APPROPRIATE LITERATURE AND ROLE-PLAYING. MEASURES OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM INCLUDE MEMBERSHIP IN…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Educational Improvement, Elementary Schools, Individual Differences
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