This handbook provides a model approach to the implementation of community education; it outlines and discusses field-tested steps and establishes the rationale for their implementation in a sequential order. An introductory chapter that explores the unlimited potential of the community education concept is followed by a chapter that identifies…

This manual aims to help communities develop a plan to improve services to children from birth to 3 years of age who are chronically ill or disabled, and their families. Section I provides background information needed to begin a Community Approach to an Integrated Service System (CAISS) committee in a community. It addresses the issue that…

This handbook offers step-by-step guidelines for practitioners and community leaders who desire to upgrade the human services available to students and their families. Specifically, the book offers strategies for developing school and community collaboration to improve the benefits provided to students in a school district. The book describes the…