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Godley, Susan Harrington; Hatch, Cate – New Outlook for the Blind, 1976
Outlined are procedures for implementing a community based orientation and mobility program for blind persons within a vocational rehabilitation agency. (Author)
Descriptors: Blindness, Community Programs, Program Development, Rehabilitation Programs
Peer reviewedOoi, G. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
The article traces the experiences of the Malaysian Association for the Blind in developing rehabilitation services for rural blind persons. It explains the rationale for a community-based approach to rehabilitation and concludes that center-based and community-based approaches to rehabilitation complement each other in bringing services to rural…
Descriptors: Blindness, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Developing Nations
Peer reviewedLevin, Tom – Social Policy, 1971
Most drug-abuse-treatment programs fail because they have no community base, no clear social perspective, and because they rely on rehabilitated addicts lacking professional expertise and professionals isolated from the communities they serve. (JM)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Therapy
Peer reviewedHoldsworth, J. K.; Winkley, B. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
Establishing community-based rehabilitation projects for visually impaired populations in developing countries in the South Pacific presents challenges in communication, logistics, security, and other factors. Program development must consider differences in geography, population distribution, resources, cultural and religious values, and needs.…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Download full textKatz, Shlomo, Ed.; Florian, Victor, Ed. – 1990
This monograph describes community rehabilitation services available to persons with traumatic brain injury in Israel. Following a foreword by Leonard Diller which cites the incidence of traumatic brain injury and notes existing intervention models, an introductory chapter by Shlomo Katz and Victor Florian provides a historical survey of the…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Foreign Countries
National Inst. on Drug Abuse (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. – 1981
This report provides basic facts about The Door, a multifaceted youth center in New York City, which serves 300-400 young people each day. The origins, early stages, guiding philosophy, activities, and organizational structure are described. Recommendations for initiating and operating multiservice youth projects based on the experience of The…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Crisis Intervention, Delivery Systems, Drug Abuse
Peer reviewedMcConkey, Roy; O'Toole, Brian – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1998
Describes the training strategy developed by the Community Based Rehabilitation Programme in Guyana. The strategy has three components: the identification of training needs of families and support workers, the production of video-based training packages on specific topics, and the utilization of available personnel to act as local tutors.…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Community Resources, Developing Nations
Johnson, Carolyn, Comp.; Kravitz, Marjorie, Comp. – 1978
This bibliography on halfway houses contains seventy-two entries (includes books, journals, films, technical reports, and government publications) which address the critical issues in halfway house operations, evaluations, and innovations. Each entry includes an annotation preceded by the appropriate bibliographic information, such as author,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Programs, Correctional Rehabilitation, Cost Effectiveness
Miles, M. – 1993
This report focuses on a project in Afghanistan that coordinates the efforts of several agencies to develop community-directed disability, rehabilitation, and education services. The program stresses community mobilization aided by skills transfer from expatriate specialists, and includes physical therapy, prosthetics, living skills and mobility…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Daily Living Skills, Delivery Systems
Spastics Society, Tamil Nadu (India). – 1997
This report describes the proceedings of a three-day workshop on community-based rehabilitation (CBR) models and training in India. The workshop included 72 professionals from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Sessions and papers from the workshop are summarized and address the following topics: (1) a training module for the…
Descriptors: Adults, Birth Weight, Children, Community Programs
Levine, Mark, Comp.; Kravitz, Marjorie, Ed. – 1979
This is a bibliography of documents selected from the data base of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service that provide an overview of comprehensive treatment programs in local jails. The citations follow an explanation of how to obtain the documents and are arranged under the following topics: (1) state of the art, (2) jail management and…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Citations (References), Community Programs
West Virginia State Commission on Mental Retardation, Charleston. – 1966
Recommendations of the West Virginia Commission on Mental Retardation are summarized for both legislative action and major supplementary requests, and basic principles of the state plan are given. Descriptions are given of the state plan organization as a whole and programs for community facilities (diagnostic and treatment centers and community…
Descriptors: Children, Community Programs, Educational Programs, Employment Programs
Thompson, James W.; And Others – 1981
Analysis of the relationship between employment and crime has been undertaken in several different disciplines. Included among these are economics, sociology, anthropology, and manpower program evaluations for criminal justice populations. Examination of economic perspectives on employment and crime reveals two competing views of their…
Descriptors: Age, Community Programs, Correctional Rehabilitation, Crime
Kakalik, J. S.; And Others – 1976
Summarized are the findings and recommendations of a 2-year study of all major services and service delivery systems in Nevada for persons with mental health disorders, mentally retarded persons, and abusers of alcohol and other drugs. Considered are the following areas of basic service needs: prevention of the mentally handicapping conditions,…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Drug Abuse
MEYEN, EDWARD L., ED. – 1967
DESIGNED AS A SUPPLEMENTARY TEXT FOR BASIC COURSES ON MENTAL RETARDATION, SPECIAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION, VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION, AND SOCIAL WORK, THIS COLLECTION OF 35 READINGS PRESENTS BACKGROUND ON THE MAJOR SERVICE AREAS WHICH ARE NECESSARY IN PROVIDING A CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR MENTALLY RETARDED CITIZENS. THE READINGS ARE DIVIDED INTO FIVE…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Children, Clinics
