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Richi Simon – Higher Education for the Future, 2024
Field action projects are a distinguishing feature in social work education and practice and can serve as a live lab for social work students. Many renowned social work educational institutions began with the field action projects and developed them to a significant level. The state of Madhya Pradesh, India has several problems, and field action…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Work, Counselor Training, Field Studies
Washington, Ahmad R., Ed.; Goings, Ramon B., Ed.; Henfield, Malik S., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2019
Although teachers, school counselors, and administrators are all situated within educational settings tasked with supporting students' educational development, rarely do these professionals have sufficient opportunities to learn from and collaborate with one another before entering these schools. Unfortunately, many of these professionals are…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, African American Students, Minority Group Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Mongeon, Rebecca, Ed.; Tambascio, Donna, Ed. – Wellesley Centers for Women, 2010
The "Research & Action Report," published twice a year, is a window on the activities and initiatives at the Wellesley Centers for Women. The report typically features news about the Centers, interviews with researchers, commentary on recent events or social trends affecting women and girls, announcements of new publications, and…
Descriptors: Females, Educational Research, Life Style, Health Behavior
Benioff, Sarah – 1997
This manual is a guide to setting up a project to work with disadvantaged urban youth. It is based on the Dalston Youth Project, an English program that combines mentoring with an education program to reconnect young people to mainstream education, training, and employment opportunities. The manual is designed to be used by statutory bodies,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Education
Kinneavy, Tom – 1989
This document describes a project conducted by Britain's Further Education Unit, at Cleveland Technical College in Redcar, England, to deliver adult education for the unemployed in local community facilities. The report is intended to help college administrators who are interested in delivering college programs for adults on an outreach basis. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Education, Community Involvement

Ooi, G. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
The article traces the experiences of the Malaysian Association for the Blind in developing rehabilitation services for rural blind persons. It explains the rationale for a community-based approach to rehabilitation and concludes that center-based and community-based approaches to rehabilitation complement each other in bringing services to rural…
Descriptors: Blindness, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Developing Nations
Dennis, S.; Stierhoff, K. A. – 1985
The study examines the status of behavioral management services for disabled persons in Alberta, Canada, and offers recommendations regarding alternative service delivery models for the Northwest Region of Alberta. Existing systems are addressed in terms of centralized service models, outreach service models, and combined residential and outreach…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Disabilities

O'Toole, Brian – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1988
The paper presents a rationale for and evaluation of community-based rehabilitation (CBR). A CBR program implemented with 53 preschool disabled children in rural areas of Guyana found that the children's development improved significantly; the parents were willing to be involved; and parents' attitudes toward their children, themselves, and their…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Developing Nations, Disabilities, Foreign Countries

Dixon, Glen T. – History and Social Science Teacher, 1985
In a built environment program, parts of the community are brought right into the classroom for detailed study, and all activities are related to the specific characteristics of the local environment. A built environment project for primary schools in British Columbia is described and evaluated. (RM)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Comparative Education, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Hanrahan, Marian, Ed.; Prinsen, Bert, Ed. – 1998
This booklet is about the Mothers Inform Mothers program (MIM), a network of local early childhood care and development support programs in five provinces in The Netherlands. These programs are carried out in eight different towns (two large, four medium, and two small) in deprived areas. A short overview of the theoretical basis for the program…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Family Programs, Foreign Countries, Mothers

Holdsworth, J. K.; Winkley, B. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
Establishing community-based rehabilitation projects for visually impaired populations in developing countries in the South Pacific presents challenges in communication, logistics, security, and other factors. Program development must consider differences in geography, population distribution, resources, cultural and religious values, and needs.…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Gray, Paul; Seddon, Toby – Health Education, 2005
Purpose: To report on findings from the evaluation of two innovative community-based prevention projects in the UK targeted at children disaffected from school, one involving football the other horticulture. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative inquiry focusing on three areas: "theories of change" underpinning the projects; referral…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Team Sports, Program Effectiveness, Horticulture

Duff-McCracken, Donald; Fretz, Barbara – 1992
This manual is designed as a resource for involving learners in literacy programs. Although the report is written at a high reading level, highlights for each section that are written in clear language are found at the beginning of the manual. Section 1 introduces the topic of learner involvement; it also describes the benefits of learner…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Attitude Change, Community Programs

Evans, Gerry; And Others – Disability, Handicap and Society, 1988
In developing evaluative methods within the field of mental handicap services, evaluators should be more explicit about values they adopt and about lifestyles that services should be enabling people to achieve. An approach is described for evaluating the "All-Wales Strategy for the Development of Services for Mentally Handicapped…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Ontario Dept. of Education, Toronto. – 1989
This guide was developed to help new literacy practitioners in Ontario, Canada, become familiar with designing, developing, and delivering literacy programs in the community. The guide is organized in 10 sections according to subject area. The three sections of part 1 deal with the developmental stages of planning, designing, and launching a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Organizations, Community Programs