The recent increase in prison populations has given rise to an unprecedented number of children in the school system with incarcerated parents. To cope with stressors before, during, or after parents' incarceration, children can exhibit a range of problematic and maladaptive behaviors. This article explores the negative behaviors these children…

Adults with developmental disabilities are at significant risk for health problems. Effective health promotion can improve outcomes--and that's why adult day and residential agencies, schools, and other organizations need this invaluable program development guide. An urgent call to action and a start-to-finish framework for health promotion, this…

Describes a small Charlotte, North Carolina, bookstore specializing in black literature. Aside from selling books, the author/owner provides the community with a meeting place for local workshops, a bulletin board promoting local black businesses, a newsletter for patrons, a mail-order service, and conversation with customers. (SA)

Describes a Harlem-based community bookstore and the services that the owner, Una Mulzac, offers the community. The shop stocks one of New York City's largest selection of books on Afro-American and African history and culture. (SA)

Describes the use of cable television for social service presentations to serve the community and enhance the status of the profession. Four areas are discussed: information and referral, education and prevention, programs for special groups, and community organization issues. (JAC)

While all the county offices are recommended as worthy of individual class visits, the author makes specific suggestions for using the offices of the clerk of court, register of deeds, and county attorney as resources in teaching business law. (AG)

Discusses ways to make possible the fuller use of home and community resources by students and teachers in schools, and ways to tie all of these resources together more closely. (Author/GB)

Learning for the student in today's world is dependent on enrichment other than that provided in the classroom. The world within and outside classroom walls must be united, including the utilization of daily increasing resources available outside the school. (Author)

The author, president of the National Society for Autistic Children (NSAC), reviews reactions for and against NSAC's resolution on deinstitutionalization which encourages community- based services for autistic individuals. (CL)

The article presents answers to questions asked by parents of handicapped children. Stress is placed on finding the right community or governmental agency to provide medical, educational, financial, legal, vocational, and long- term care needs. A form for recording the appropriate telephone numbers of various agencies is offered. (SBH)

The purposes of this study were to determine the impact of a professional development program on the confidence levels and classroom practices of the participants and their attitudes toward the environment. The program had immersed teachers in a watershed study that took them from the headwaters of a 310-mile river to its confluence with the Ohio…

In March 2006, Premier Wen Jiabao acknowledged that the situation in the Chinese countryside is desperate and claimed new resources would be devoted to healthcare and education. This announcement should have pleased architects of the Chinese "learning initiative" who are building learning cities and villages. The authors describe why…

This "Afterschool Action Kit" contains tips on what the community can do to support afterschool programs. The kit is a useful tool for parents, community members or practitioners, and gives advice on finding or starting a quality program, identifying program needs and what resources to tap for help. The kit notes that Americans agree that…