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Peer reviewedCorey, Gerald; And Others – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1980
Describes a workshop providing tools for self-confrontation and for acquiring self-help methods of making the desired changes in participants' daily lives. Many participants came to the realization that they are not passive victims of life, that they do make choices, and that they shape their lives by those choices. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Individual Development, Individual Power, Program Descriptions
Download full textUnwin, Richard – 1974
SHE is a rural California home building corporation founded on the principles of self-help. Lacking sufficient capital to purchase or finance a home by conventional means, a low-income family may elect to "self-construct with SHE". A participant family agrees to invest its labor, up to 1,500 hours, in the supervised construction of its…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Housing Needs, Housing Opportunities, Low Income Groups
Direct linkHumphreys, Keith; Macus, Sue; Stewart, Eric; Oliva, Elizabeth – Journal of Community Psychology, 2004
Accumulating research attests to the benefits of self-help groups for people who have various chronic health problems. Expansion of self-help group participation may enable a broader portion of society to experience these health benefits. The Media and Education for Self-Help (MESH) Project was an effort to increase interest in health-related…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Evaluation, Self Help Programs, Urban Areas
