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Levi, Yair – International Review of Community Development, 1974
A discussion of regional community development through self-help programs in rural developing areas presents the need for a diversified system of institutions to ensure a developmental process based on qualitative rather than quantitative criteria. Available from: Editorial and Business Offices, Piazza Cavalieri di Malta, 2, 00153 Rome, Italy. (EA)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Cooperation, Community Development, Community Influence
Katus, J., Ed.; Toth, Janos, Ed. – 1986
Twenty essays are provided from an educational scientific symposium organized within the frame of the Festival for Dutch Culture in Hungary. Titles and authors include "Environmental Movement and Environmental Information" J. C. Th. Alles); "Principal Educational and Self-Educational Problems of Independent Activity and Autonomy in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Cultural Education, Developed Nations
Hammerman, Myrna Lynn – 1986
Although the origins of self-help groups can be traced back to early history, the self-help movement as we know it today began almost 50 years ago. Approximately 15 million Americans currently belong to about 500,000 different self-help groups. Adults in transition are likely to seek both formal and informal sources of help when faced with…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Group Structure, Independent Study
Brandon, Thomas H.; And Others – 1985
Recent smoking treatment programs have shifted emphasis from initial cessation rates to long-term abstinence, with aversion therapy and coping response training having had the most success. A smoking cessation treatment consisting of rapid smoking and behavioral counseling was supplemented with two maintenance treatments. After completing the…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Change Strategies, Coping
Mattaliano, A. Peter – 1982
Teachers in inner city schools today are usually unprepared for dealing effectively with a mobile, rapidly changing, culturally varied population. A program to provide such training, based upon the concept of staff self help through collegial supervision, was implemented in the Francis M. Leahy Elementary School in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Over a…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Principals
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst. (DHHS/NIH), Bethesda, MD. Div. of Lung Diseases. – 1986
The Living with Asthma Program is designed to teach asthma self-management skills to children (ages 8-12) with asthma and to give their parents the knowledge and behavior modification skills to help their children take over responsibility for managing the condition. Both groups receive training in problem solving and in ways to improve family…
Descriptors: Asthma, Behavior Modification, Drug Therapy, Elementary Education
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst. (DHHS/NIH), Bethesda, MD. Div. of Lung Diseases. – 1986
The Living with Asthma Program is designed to teach asthma self-management skills to children (ages 8-12) with asthma and to give their parents the knowledge and behavior modification skills to help their children take over responsibility for managing the condition. Both groups receive training in problem solving and in ways to improve family…
Descriptors: Asthma, Behavior Modification, Drug Therapy, Elementary Education
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1985
This report details findings of the Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources Subcommittee concerning the strengths and weaknesses of current and proposed Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) work programs for promoting self-sufficiency among poor women; the role of support services such as day care; successful innovations in State…
Descriptors: Day Care, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Females
McCartney, K. Ann; And Others – 1983
Designed for use with accompanying videotapes as single presentations or as a series for professionals or laypeople, or as supplementary modules in academic courses in psychology, marriage and family, health occupations, etc., these four learning modules focus on common phases of dying and grief as part of the normal cycle of living. The modules…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Counselor Training, Death
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McElhattan, Glenn R.; Klopfer, Leo E. – Science Education, 1974
Described is an autoinstructional chemistry course for elementary school teachers, taught at the Venango Campus of Clarion (Pennsylvania) State College. Discussed are course goals, chemistry content, laboratory experiences, instructional objectives, management techniques required, methods for obtaining student feedback, and some conclusions…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Curriculum Design, Elementary School Teachers
Gross, Edward – Personnel Guidance J, 1969
Published in a recent issue of Employment Service Review.
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Theories, Disadvantaged Youth
Kinch, Richard, Ed. – 1979
To discuss ways to help strengthen family systems was the purpose of a Wingspread Conference held in Racine, Wisconsin. The conference was sponsored by the Coalition for the White House Conference on Families, in cooperation with the Johnson Foundation. There are ten sections to the report, including a brief introduction which provides background…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Family Life, Family Problems, Family Programs
Bartee, Edwin M.; Kelly, Jacquelyn M. – 1978
Critical reasons for frustration and circularity in the formulation and implementation of mental health policy are analyzed. The primary reason proposed is the lack of equal, systematic and structurally-reinforced participation of mental health services consumers and their communities in the planning and implementing of policy and programs. This…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Health Services, Conference Reports, Delivery Systems
New York City Economic Development Council, NY. – 1978
Self-Renewal is a systematic process now being used by many New York City High Schools to solve problems, to improve their planning of programs and policies, and to manage change. Renewal places special emphasis on participative planning and the use of Organizational Development techniques. The concept applies principles of the behavioral sciences…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Facilities Improvement, High Schools, Institutional Autonomy
Lewis, Michael D.; Lewis, Judith A. – 1978
A paraprofessional training program designed to provide community controlled mental health services to the Woodlawn community of Chicago, Illinois, is described in this monograph. The neighborhood and The Woodlawn Organization (T.W.O.A), a self help project formed in early 1960, are described from an historical perspective. Some of the areas…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Programs, Community Responsibility, Curriculum
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