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Peer reviewedMacleod, Flora – Early Child Development and Care, 1984
Evaluates the project, emphasizing (1) the recruitment, training, and support of volunteers; and (2) the collection, preparation, and dissemination of educational materials. (CI)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects, Program Descriptions
Little (Arthur D.), Inc., Washington, DC. – 1978
This report presents important issues involved in the use of volunteers in the juvenile justice system. Chapter I discusses volunteer program designs, organizational structure, potential program applications, and public relations. Chapter II reviews the volunteer: who he is, his motives for volunteering, and suggestions for recruiting, screening,…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Guides, Juvenile Courts
Faiola, Theodora; Riva, Ann – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1978
In the Marin County Regional Occupation Program (ROP), in the school year 1976-77, 15 trained volunteers taught job seeking skills to over 1500 students; the total cost was $5,600. (Author)
Descriptors: Course Content, Job Search Methods, Program Descriptions, Recruitment
Dutro, Kenneth R. – 1981
This paper describes the planning and implementation of a veterans' hospital career center program that offers a comprehensive career counseling, vocational assessment, vocational rehabilitation planning, job placement, and follow-up program to inpatients and outpatients, under the direction of a counseling psychologist. Recruitment of volunteer…
Descriptors: Career Centers, Career Counseling, Older Adults, Paraprofessional Personnel
Download full textMeehan, Donald B.; Berta, Susan – 1993
Volunteers can serve as a means to educate the public about environmental issues and increase stewardship ethic. This booklet is designed to provide much of the key information about designing and managing environmental volunteer programs to educate the general public. The booklet is based on the experiences of a volunteer program called Island…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Community Education, Environmental Education, Extension Education
Graefe, Richard – 1984
From October 1982 through May 1984, the Council for Community Services--a private, not-for-profit community planning council--carried out an Institutional Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Project, in close cooperation with the state of Rhode Island's Office of the Child Advocate. The project approach relied heavily on monitoring teams of…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Foster Care, Guidelines
Griggs, Robert J. – 1973
Objectives of the 3-year Volunteers in Rehabilitation Project (VIR) were to (1) document the scope and extent of volunteer participation within rehabilitation facilities, (2) prepare and test the effectiveness of handbooks designed to promote and improve volunteer programs, and (3) provide training experiences that could modify negative attitudes…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Health Facilities, Hospitals
