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Peer reviewedRiessman, Frank – Social Policy, 1976
Notes that one of the most significant characteristics of mutual aid groups is the fact that they are empowering and thus delineating. They enable members to feel and use their strengths, their own power, to have control over their own lives. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Individual Power, Program Attitudes, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedPetrillo, Robert – Social Policy, 1976
Rap Room is a peer counseling service which combines self-help, peer help, and professional guidance to develop supportive relations in the midst of a generally depersonalizing and growth-stifling institution. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Objectives, Peer Counseling, Peer Groups, Schools
Peer reviewedPerlman, Janice E. – Social Policy, 1976
Suggests a taxonomy of the grass roots movement and gives a general descriptive over view of the 60 groups studied with respect to origin, constituency, size, funding, issues, and ideology. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Group Norms, Group Structure, Leadership
