The history of the Peabody Graduates' Preparatory and High School of Music founded by May Garrettson Evans in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1894 is discussed. Evans's efforts to get music to the people of Baltimore, especially the disadvantaged, are also described. (RM)

The Paraprofessional Outreach Program shows parents more effective ways of managing behaviors and teaching new skills to their disabled children. The program uses as paraprofessionals other parents of developmentally delayed children living at home. A 10-day training process for parent trainees focuses on such topics as goals of community…

Describes a geropsychiatric outreach team that evaluated and treated psychiatrically impaired elderly (N=66) in their home. Initial diagnostic reports and three-month follow-up interviews suggested that most patients had improved or stabilized and were able to remain in the community. Intervention strategies and patient characteristics are…

Describes the Women's Mobile Campus, an outreach program designed to bring faculty, resources, and information to women living in seven rural Minnesota communities. (JOW)

A presentation is made of the techniques used in four community-based support groups for elderly persons experiencing moderate stress as a result of the aging process. Results indicated that the majority of clients experienced decreased anxiety, became more effective in problem solving, and began to make use of community resources. (Author)

This paper describes a self help telephone service for women. The primary focus was the woman within the traditional nuclear family with peer counseling provided by volunteers. The service sees itself as a self help association of women banding together and pooling resources. It has been successful in reaching many women. (NG)

Rarely do stakeholders ask about the effectiveness of outreach programs or whether they are an efficient use of tax dollars and philanthropic funds. As government budgets continue to be constrained and philanthropic investment gets more competitive, there is a growing acknowledgment of the need to look at the cost/benefit of these programs and…

The causes for the failure of the High John project--an attempt by liberal white librarians to make a significant contribution to the redress of American blacks' grievences, and to make the public library a more relevant institution--lie in librarianship itself. (11 references) (Author/SJ)

The "March for Fitness" community recreation program, developed and implemented for Long Beach, California, is described. The program stressed the importance of physical fitness to health and well-being. (CJ)

This paper outlines a paradigm in the following fashion: select an issue for investigation; conduct theoretical analysis based on an extensive literature review; generate hypotheses; select a research methodology; design instrumentation; and coordinate action research projects on the selected issue in a variety of distance education settings. (SSH)

Pamphlets, bibliographies, resource collections, newsletters, visual displays, and limited telephone hotlines are examples of outreach approaches to inform the community about gifted education. (CL)

A statewide mobilized continuing education effort for hospital nurses in rural Arizona was intended to upgrade emergency care knowledge and skills. Instructors travelled to rural sites in a specially equipped van to teach a 36-hour course and work with emergency room staff. (SK)

Examined support services facilitating use of free and reduced tuition programs for older adults. Surveyed 83 colleges about simplified registration, counseling, special programs, organized groups, and outreach activities. Data indicated lack of support services for older adult enrollment in free or reduced tuition programs. (RC)

The article describes the process and activities of the outreach phase of the Model Vision Project (Tennessee) for multihandicapped and visually impaired children and youth. The project has two replication sites for the purpose of stimulating awareness and for which the model provides technical assistance. (PHR)

Describes a program initiated by a high school chemistry teacher in which high school honors chemistry students do chemistry demonstrations for local elementary school students. The program has had great success in sparking enthusiasm and interest in chemistry among both high school and elementary school students. (DKM)