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Pentz, Mary Ann – Journal of School Health, 1986
Four intervention models are reviewed for their applicability to initiation of community-based programs for drug abuse prevention in youth. An expanded model is offered and applied to an existing program to suggest methods of organizing communities for sequenced long-term drug prevention programming. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Drug Abuse, Intervention
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Johnson, C. Anderson – Journal of School Health, 1986
This article points out that well-defined objectives are essential to developing an articulate community drug abuse prevention program and to evaluating its effectiveness. Discussed are: definitional, program breadth, endpoint, program content, policy, implementation and continuation, and evaluation objectives. (MT)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Objectives
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Orlandi, Mario A. – Journal of School Health, 1986
Racial, ethnic, and sociocultural diversity presents a formidable challenge to substance abuse prevention efforts. An intervention planning model, which addresses these barriers from the perspective of a communication-behavior change theoretical framework, is presented. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cultural Influences, Drug Abuse, Prevention
National Transportation Safety Board (DOT), Washington, DC. – 1986
The National Transportation Safety Board conducted a 2-day public forum (March 11 and 12, 1985) on alcohol and drug safety education to examine school and community programs designed to prevent alcohol and other drug abuse, discuss the major issues surrounding alcohol and drug abuse prevention, and develop recommendations to governmental and…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Community Programs, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
Funk, Robert – 1984
The report is based on a 1982 conference on the status of independent living programs, community based programs run by disabled persons to provide advocacy and support services to the disabled community. The philosophy of independent living is reviewed and its attributes of community responsiveness, provision of support services and advocacy, and…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Civil Rights, Community Programs, Community Resources
Illinois Univ., Urbana. – 1979
This citizen's guide is designed to provide suggestions to those individuals or groups concerned with the removal of children from adult jails. The guide presents an overview of the problem, a list of actions which can be taken by an informed and active citizenry, including: (1) monitoring and publicizing admissions practices and living conditions…
Descriptors: Children, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Programs
Holden, Elizabeth – ESL Magazine, 1999
Discusses multiple challenges faced by community-based English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and adult-literacy programs, explaining how to integrate ESL instruction into existing literacy programs, respond to diverse student needs, create community partnerships to support and fund the ESL program, contribute back to the community, and build capacity…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Programs, Diversity (Student), English (Second Language)
Illinois Univ., Urbana. – 1979
This planning guide is designed to assist those individuals or groups concerned with the removal of children from adult jails, and is intended to provide a methodology for needs assessment and implementation of a flexible network of alternatives at the local community level. The guide includes an overview of the problem and a narrative description…
Descriptors: Children, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Programs
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Caulfield, Thomas J.; Perosa, Linda M. – Counselor Education and Supervision, 1983
Counselor education programs are faced with a perplexing problem: with minimal staff, how can counselors be prepared to function competently in both an educational and a community-based mental health environment? Presents two approaches to deal with this issue and suggests a model of counselor education. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Core Curriculum, Counseling Services, Counselor Role
Merkel-Keller, Claudia; Herr, Audrey – 1979
A model for planning and evaluating community education programs--Stufflebeam's context, input, process, product (CIPP) evaluation model--was described and field-tested with the community education programs in Lakewood, New Jersey. Community education was defined as a concern for everything that affects the well-being of all citizens within a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Education, Community Involvement
Horejsi, Charles R. – 1978
Strategies and techniques for developing community-based programs for mentally retarded persons in rural areas must take into consideration local circumstances, resources, and characteristics. Rural norms such as overt racial segregation, social conformity, the importance of church, and the stigma of obtaining human services for personal problems…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Programs
Scannell, Tess; Roberts, Angela – 1994
This document is designed to enlarge and expand the intergenerational community service mission and serve as a practical tool to anyone (including policymakers and program planning professionals) who wishes to learn about or start intergenerational community service programs (ICSPs). The following ICSP topics are discussed: rationale (building…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Community Needs, Community Programs