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Download full textSan Francisco Public Library, CA. Bay Area Reference Center. – 1973
In a two-day workshop at the San Francisco Public Library, the staff of the Bay Area Reference Center (BARC) led discussions on how the library can serve as a community information and referral center. Various speakers reviewed the problems and possibilities of such a service and presented guidelines for the establishment, volunteer staffing, and…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Community Organizations, Community Resources, Community Services
National Association for Retarded Citizens, Arlington, TX. Research and Demonstration Inst. – 1976
Fourteen papers delivered at the 1976 national forum on residential services sponsored by the National Association for Retarded Citizens are presented. Among topics addressed are historical perspectives on institutional change and normalization, a continuum of residential alternatives, deinstitutionalization, funding resources, funding strategies,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Programs, Community Services, Conference Reports
Perlman, Leonard G., Ed.; Austin, Gary F., Ed. – 1986
Six papers prepared for presentations at the 10th Mary E. Switzer Memorial Seminar focus on topics related to transition from school to work and independence for disabled youth. Each paper concludes with excerpts of reviews and comments, followed by recommendations which are presented to further stimulate thinking, discussion, and action. The…
Descriptors: Community Services, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Futures (of Society)
Solorzano, Sylvia M., Ed. – 1993
This compilation presents edited manuscripts of presentations from a community education conference held in Illinois. Summaries are provided for the following presentations: (1) "Leadership for Diversity," by Theodore L. Gross, outlining classroom goals to lead students out of prejudice; (2) "Building Coalitions," by Pat Kaye Edwards, reviewing…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Community Action, Community Coordination, Community Education
Bossort, Patty, Ed.; And Others – 1990
This conference summary contains 36 presentations. Participants' comments, taken from response cards, are quoted throughout. Presentations from the Opening Plenary include a keynote address--"What Is Literacy?: Critical Issues for the Next Decade" (John Ryan) and four "Panelist Presentations" (Francis Kazemek, Lorraine Fox,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Involvement, Community Services
Peer reviewedFeldman, Saul, Ed. – Administration in Mental Health, 1982
Summarizes conference proceedings and provides an overview of the nature and key issues of cut-back management in community mental health services. Discusses leadership and management, leadership strategies and values, the management of organizational resource reduction applied to human services, the process of reorganization, and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Administration, Agency Cooperation, Annotated Bibliographies
McKinney, Martha M. – 2001
The Northeast Conference on Rural HIV Service Delivery was attended by 51 health and social service professionals, people with HIV, and federal and state health officials with expertise or interest in developing HIV care capacity in rural areas. Low population density, low prevalence of HIV/AIDS, rugged topography and climate, and limited health…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Community Health Services, Delivery Systems
