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Robbins, Wayne R.; Whitaker, Donald – 1975
Community education addresses itself to the involvement of community people in decision-making processes. By opening the local school to all members of the community, determining its needs, wants, and problems, setting priorities, and then finding the appropriate delivery systems to address these issues, the concept is becoming a significant…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Advisory Committees, Annotated Bibliographies
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1978
This eighth in a series of ten learning modules on school-community relations is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers competence in effectively utilizing the opportunities available in their community to provide service to, and maintain liaison with, the organizations and agencies within the community. The terminal…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Services, Community Support, Competency Based Teacher Education
Armijo, J. Frank; And Others – 1978
Produced as part of the Targeted Outcomes Field Development Project, this handbook provides basic guidelines that can be used by community colleges for organizing and conducting community impact studies. An introductory chapter touches on the broad range of economic, educational, social, and technological impacts which community colleges have upon…
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Community Colleges, Community Surveys, Data Analysis
Yoast, Richard; McIntyre, Kevin, Ed. – 1989
This manual is an introduction to organizing schools and the community into an alliance for the prevention of alcohol and other drug abuse. It was written for people who have had little or no experience in organizing. It is hoped that this guide will help readers to analyze their situations so they can plan prevention and early intervention…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Community Involvement, Cooperation, Drug Abuse
Petrow, Steven, Ed.; And Others – 1990
This book was written to provide public health leaders, community organizers, policymakers, community-based agency directors, and health educators with the most accurate information available on developing prevention strategies to reduce the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in communities throughout the United States. In the late 1980s…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Community Health Services, Community Role, Health Promotion
Baltimore Community Coll., MD. – 1989
Designed for black students attending the Community College of Baltimore (CCB), this booklet provides a guide to services, organizations, and entertainment in the Baltimore area affiliated with blacks or of particular interest to the black community. The first section offers an introduction to CCB, including information on student associations,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Black Businesses, Black Community, Black History
United Community Planning Corp., Boston, MA. – 1975
Comprehensive mental health programs should be designed on the basis of identified mental health needs and locally established priorities so that the resulting combination of services is geared to the specific and unique requirements of the catchment area. In addition to being comprehensive, local programs should be physically accessible, ensure…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Programs, Community Services, Delivery Systems
Muth, John W.; Senesh, Lawrence – 1977
This guide is designed to aid social studies classroom teachers develop and implement programs using the community as a social sciences laboratory. The document describes how to prepare a social profile of the community. Based upon the Colorado System-Based Social Science Project which was sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the study…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Involvement, Community Role, Community Study
Siegler, Theodore R.; Meyer, Neil L. – 1980
Growth or development affects a rural community in three separate but interrelated areas: private, social, and public sectors. Private impacts are economic shocks to businesses and citizens of the community. Social impacts affect the community structure as well as individuals within the community, i.e., increased property tax costs may create…
Descriptors: Community Planning, Community Problems, Community Services, Decision Making
Prince George's County Board of Education, Upper Marlboro, MD. – 1973
Prepared to assist school staff in the development of community resources in the career education process, the document provides suggestions and guidelines for the recruitment of community resource personnel to help orient students to the world of work. The program implemented by Prince George's County Public Schools, Maryland, serves as the basis…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Community Resources, Community Role
DeJong, William; And Others – 1984
For individuals or groups interested in developing a comprehensive community plan to address the problems of teenage pregnancy and parenthood, this paper provides a process built around a community diagnostic conference, for mobilizing local decision makers. The process is divided into these six phases, which are discussed separately: (1)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Involvement, Community Planning, Conferences
Croan, Gerald M.; Lees, Joan F. – 1979
Coalitions of service providers are playing increasingly large roles in developing policies and programs affecting youth. Community coalitions are cost-effective, efficient ways to expand services and to increase the capacity of the community to plan and program for young people. This manual provides a basis for examination of the coalition…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Resources, Community Services, Information Networks
Moore, Cory; Seashore, Charles N. – 1977
The role of support services in providing respite care for families of handicapped children is discussed. Areas in which families need assistance are explained to include basic tasks of family living and crisis management, while sources of support are seen to include role models, close friends and information agents. Exercises are described to…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Community Services, Exceptional Child Services, Family Attitudes
Eakle, Arlene H.; And Others – 1976
The pamphlet traces the social history of Woods Cross, Utah from pioneer arrival in 1847 through 1976. Each street of the town serves as the focal point for a discussion of the role of each family in the town's history. Content includes establishment of railway lines and a depot, growth of water companies and recurrent local water problems,…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Study, Family Involvement, Local History
Dale, Duane; Mitiguy, Nancy – 1978
This manual is intended to help citizen groups set up their own on-the-job training activities, tailored to their own individual needs, issues, learning styles, and experiences. Specifically, it discusses planning for change in the community and program development. Chapters are written chronologically, from the first step in the planning process…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Community Planning, Community Programs
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