Adults with developmental disabilities are at significant risk for health problems. Effective health promotion can improve outcomes--and that's why adult day and residential agencies, schools, and other organizations need this invaluable program development guide. An urgent call to action and a start-to-finish framework for health promotion, this…

The purposes of this study were to determine the impact of a professional development program on the confidence levels and classroom practices of the participants and their attitudes toward the environment. The program had immersed teachers in a watershed study that took them from the headwaters of a 310-mile river to its confluence with the Ohio…

Results of interviews with 152 neglectful mothers and 154 non-neglectful mothers, matched on race, economic status, urban/rural status, and other life circumstances, revealed that neglectful mothers reported less support available from informal networks and described their neighborhoods as less friendly and helpful than did the controls.…

Describes a service to parents that connected those experiencing urgent parenting needs with individuals and agencies capable of providing help. (RH)

Examines the idea of using community resources to relieve the pressures on students, parents, and teachers. (JOW)

Neighborhood Extension of Activity Therapy (NEAT) is a structured transitional-discharge activity program for psychiatric patients which uses existing community resources. (Editors)

Carkhuff has systematically traced the development of human resource development models. Numerous responses to his theories are presented. (BY)

Described briefly are community resources (educational, material, and recreational) used by a rehabilitation teacher of the blind in one state district during one year. (KW)

Services provided by 40 pastors on behalf of mentally retarded persons and their families were investigated. Data displayed a wide range of services provided by the sample as a whole, revealed substantial individual differences, and showed clear preferences for some areas of service over others. (Author)

Community asset mapping is one approach to community assessment. According to Kretzmann and McKnight (1993), discovering the assets, capacities, and resources embedded in a community leads people to take responsibility for and ownership of rebuilding and renewing their community. Community mapping is a tool for consideration by family and consumer…

In March 2006, Premier Wen Jiabao acknowledged that the situation in the Chinese countryside is desperate and claimed new resources would be devoted to healthcare and education. This announcement should have pleased architects of the Chinese "learning initiative" who are building learning cities and villages. The authors describe why…

This "Afterschool Action Kit" contains tips on what the community can do to support afterschool programs. The kit is a useful tool for parents, community members or practitioners, and gives advice on finding or starting a quality program, identifying program needs and what resources to tap for help. The kit notes that Americans agree that…

Describes a small Charlotte, North Carolina, bookstore specializing in black literature. Aside from selling books, the author/owner provides the community with a meeting place for local workshops, a bulletin board promoting local black businesses, a newsletter for patrons, a mail-order service, and conversation with customers. (SA)

Describes a Harlem-based community bookstore and the services that the owner, Una Mulzac, offers the community. The shop stocks one of New York City's largest selection of books on Afro-American and African history and culture. (SA)