The community engagement professional (CEP) plays a critical role in engaging faculty, staff, and students with communities. In order to do this in the most effective way, this essay advocates for CEPs to become familiar with the Cooperative Extension system and develop competency for engaging Extension personnel, even when those personnel are not…

The authors outline a community organization course that develops a casework approach to social change. The course features a community organizing project. (CH)

Six community builders in Edmonton, Alberta, planned, developed, and implemented Listen and Learn II, a reflective research project in asset-based community building, over a 6-month period in 1998. They met regularly over 2 months to plan the research and design a method that was open to participation at any stage, encouraged exchange of…

As older adult organizations stretch to meet the needs of a growing older adult client population, these Senior Citizen Centers, clubs and other programs are increasingly unable to understand and contol their internal as well as external environments. Organizational Development, a body of applied behavioral science techniques, can help older adult…

This final report presents an overview and description of a federally-funded model demonstration project that focused on the delivery of comprehensive services to developmentally delayed infants in rural areas. Efforts during the first year of the project (FY 1982) focused on the development of processes and procedures for establishing community…

Reviews social work consultation models and describes applications of consultation techniques in rural communities. Discusses following steps in developing rural consultation services: making contact, negotiating contract, formulating goals, problem solving, action, evaluation, and termination. Encourages consultation services development as…

The author describes the model community education program at Waipahu Intermediate School, with emphasis on its parent involvement methods, its special activities for immigrant students, and the role of its community facilitator. This article is part of a theme issue on community education in Hawaii. (SJL)

Describes "program without walls" for developing community services in rural areas. Emphasizes importance of creative collaboration and redesign of traditional support programs to offer comprehensive community services tailored to needs of rural families and individuals. Suggests practical applications of "without walls" model. (Author/TES)

The Master Teacher in Family Life model, developed by the University of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension, is intended to provide natural leaders within poor communities with information that will enable them to improve the quality of life in their neighborhoods. Building on strengths from within the community, the program trains leaders to: (1)…

Examines the practical requirements of educational "participation," attempting to define the kind of educational system which would meet these requirements. Describes the role of environmental education for all age groups. Presents some organizational and curriculum models designed to form a collective learning process. Discusses some of…

Nine successful community college programs for small business management training are described in this report in terms of their college and economic context, purpose, offerings, delivery modes, operating and marketing strategies, community outreach, support services, faculty and staff, evaluation, and future directions. The model programs are…