This article briefly describes and analyzes (in a historical perspective) the role of local neighborhood committees as they exist in hundreds of urban neighborhoods in Israel, describes the study procedures and the research findings, and in the final part discusses and analyzes the findings. (CT)

The Parent Outreach Program was initiated to link parents who are already raising children with disabilities with new parents of disabled children. (SB)

Applied theatre teaches community members to teach others, and helps communities process issues which directly impact them. It can also raise awareness of issues, pose alternatives, heal, challenge contemporary discourses, and voice the views of the silent or marginal. The arts become an important experience as people attempt to deal with tragic…

Author discusses cultural liberation and the process of emancipation necessary before masses of people can participate in a genuine cultural democracy. (GB)

The immediate goal was to train 120 women to work in community agencies. The long range goal was an improved body of knowledge regarding utilization of woman Power, particularly knowledge regarding recruiting, selection, and training for careers in youth serving agencies. (Author)

The role of community developers as contributers to a behavioral science is analyzed. The author discusses the importance of this new science and suggests that more research and discipline in this field of action research is necessary. (RR)

Describes efforts that a local guidance chapter is making toward helping its members achieve status in the local community as well as accomplishing the goals of the state and national group. (Author)

This pilot study concludes that if families still refuse to initiate contact with and/or are unable to benefit from services provided by outside agencies, school psychologists should initiate treatment programs for them in the school. (Author)

Providing leadership for community dialogue may be one of the new roles of Extension. (EB)

"Video tape for training staff of community action agencies." (Editor)

The method of evaluation involves measurement of program objectives and subobjectives in order to ascertain program effectiveness. Evaluation provided useful information with regard to the agencies using the service, the flow of patients through the program, and the subsequent flow, through a hospital outpatient clinic, of a majority of patients…