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Stocker, Claudell – New Outlook Blind, 1969
Part of the monthly Saturday Review supplement, "Education in America, sponsored by the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.
Descriptors: Community Action, Educational Improvement, Experimental Schools, Individual Instruction
Download full textHarrison-Burns, Bettye; And Others – 1981
This guide focuses on developing effective strategies for multicultural drug abuse prevention programs. The guide is designed to provide information that can assist minority communities in setting up drug abuse prevention programs in their neighborhoods. It discusses a holistic framework for empowering client populations and outlines four program…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Action, Community Programs, Drug Abuse
World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1981
This document, a result of the October 1979 joint meeting of the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (WHO/UNICEF) on Infant and Young Child Feeding, provides both a report of the themes discussed by the participating working groups, and a compendium of background information relevant to these themes. The five…
Descriptors: Community Action, Global Approach, Health Needs, Infants
Dutton, Edward P.; Shelley, Scott – 1978
Aurora, a village of 147 residents in north central Kansas, was the focus of a 1978 investigation of the community development potential for Kansas rural villages. Students and staff from the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare worked with community residents to identify three programs the village wanted (a recreation program, a…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Development, Community Involvement
Illinois Univ., Urbana. – 1979
This citizen's guide is designed to provide suggestions to those individuals or groups concerned with the removal of children from adult jails. The guide presents an overview of the problem, a list of actions which can be taken by an informed and active citizenry, including: (1) monitoring and publicizing admissions practices and living conditions…
Descriptors: Children, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Programs
MALLERY, DAVID – 1962
THE PROBLEMS AND AREAS OF COMMUNISM THAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOLS WERE PRESENTED. CHAPTER I, "THE SCHOOLS AND THE STUDY OF COMMUNISM," EMPHASIZED THE NEED TO STUDY COMMUNISM IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF THE INTENSE FEELING COMING OUT OF COMMUNITIES FOR SUCH EDUCATION. THE SECOND AND THIRD CHAPTERS WERE SELF-EXPLANATORY,…
Descriptors: Communism, Community Action, Course Organization, Curriculum Guides
Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD. – 1965
A PROJECT WHICH PROVIDES ENRICHED LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR 4-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN FROM ECONOMICALLY IMPOVERISHED HOMES IS PRESENTED. THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM ARE (1) TO PROVIDE ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO FACILITATE LANGUAGE, COGNITIVE, PERCEPTUAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTS, (2) TO OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEANINGFUL INTERACTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND FOR…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Coordination, Coordinators, Economically Disadvantaged
ESSER, GEORGE H., JR. – 1964
AN EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED IN MOBILIZING COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR SUMMER ASSISTANCE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY PROGRAMS. APPROXIMATELY 100 STUDENT VOLUNTEERS WERE CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE ON THE BASES OF THEIR STABILITY, MATURITY, ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE, AND DEDICATION. THEY WERE PLACED IN SIX AREAS WHERE COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY ACTION…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Programs, Community Recreation Programs, Community Services
Griffith, Robert; And Others
The school administrator directed document discusses organizing advisory committees and provides general guidelines for their utilization by educational personnel in developing career education programs. Defining an advisory board as a group of representative laypeople from the community, the guide discusses the needs, functions, and selection of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Guides, Advisory Committees, Career Education
Davis, Albie – 1974
The first rule for setting up and working with an advisory is to know that their advice is needed and should be valued. An advisory ensures that advice is received from segments of the community that usually have no voice in policy making. The purpose of the advisory should be established immediately. Familiarization with holidays, vacations,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Cooperation
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1969
The Community Coordinated Child Care (4-C) Program is a system under which local public and private agencies interested in day care and preschool programs develop procedures for cooperating with one another on program services, staff development, and administrative activities. This publication series (3 papers) explains how to organize local child…
Descriptors: Administration, Agencies, Community Action, Day Care
Murphy, Ottis; Street, Paul – 1968
A random sampling of 398 heads of households was selected from eight community center areas out of a total of 1,136. Three hundred eighty-four of this group were interviewed. Two hundred fifty-seven of those interviewed claimed to be acquainted with the CAP, and 127 claimed not to be, while 14 refused to be interviewed. Findings indicate that the…
Descriptors: Community Action, Educational Objectives, Heads of Households, Interviews
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. – 1973
Opportunities for citizen participation in federal environmental decisions relative to air pollution and its control are assessed in this booklet. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as the federal agency charged with enforcement of the Clean Air Act, offers guidelines for responsible citizen action. Designed for groups already organized…
Descriptors: Activities, Air Pollution, Citizen Participation, Community Action
A Study in Child Care (Case Study from Volume II-A): "Good Vibes." Day Care Programs Reprint Series.
Elbow, Linda – 1970
The Haight-Ashbury Children's Center described in this booklet has these important aspects: (1) It is a community center, offering day care for children 2 1/2 to 6 years of age and community services for parents; (2) Its curriculum uses a modification of the British Infant School system; and (3) Parents are an integral part of the planning and…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Services, Day Care
Zeller, Frederick A.; Miller, Robert W.
This report describes the training provided by West Virginia University in cooperation with the AFL-CIO Appalachian Council, of 114 union leaders in the Appalachian Region for work in community action. Some objectives of the training periods, divided into four 1-week sessions, were to help the leaders organize low-income groups for effective…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Action, Labor Utilization, Leadership Training
