This handbook is intended to provide local school personnel, teachers, and parents with guidelines for developing a partnership for improved programs. It is divided into seven sections. Section 1 discusses the range of concepts in school-community partnerships. This section, as well as the next two sections, includes rating scales, worksheets, and…

The role of a group facilitator implies observation of the group's interaction and intervention based on these observations within the group. This paper discusses the need for a facilitator to operate from a theoretical frame of reference in group settings that also provides a systematic method of observation. The author discusses category systems…