Since the entry of the government into child care funding in the early 1970s there has been strong adherence to the principle that funding should be community-based. The author briefly discusses some of the problems that have arisen from this decision and suggests some ways to deal with these problems. (Author/MP)

Reapportionment will be a key issue determining whether the Hispanic community will have significant political power and influence on the political decision-making process; therefore, Hispanics must enter the 1981 reapportionment process determined to extract as many concessions as possible from both parties. (Author/CM)

Families (N=102) of disabled children in an Israeli kibbutz were interviewed. Parental stress was found to be reduced by the availability of material and financial resources, sharing in day-to-day child care, and overall community acceptance. Parents did experience a sense of loneliness and concerns about their children's social integration and…

The article describes the Oregon Transition to Employment Project, a three-year federally supported project, which investigated and identified strategies school programs can use to prepare students with physical and multiple disabilities for the transition from school to community-based employment. (DB)

Examines the issue of community involvement in reformulating educational systems. Historical perspectives on community involvement in schools are reviewed; the roles of community members in educational settings and in educational systems design settings are discussed; and experiences from fieldwork observing community participation are related.…

Notes that spouse-abuse families may have service needs that span fields of medical, legal, and social services; law enforcement; and employment. Provides brief overview of multiple service needs of spouse-abuse families and describes framework for developing, organizing, and implementing community-based spouse abuse protection and family…

Analysis of communicative interactions of community residents using interviews, diaries, and tape recordings revealed how learning may occur incidentally in social organizations, chance meetings, and other community interactions. Such community learning serves to transmit skills, knowledge, and values. Community groups provide pathways to skilled…

Three areas of reform have been under national scrutiny: school reform, community services reform, and health-care reform. Few have discussed how these three areas interface and can be organized toward more effective services for children and youth. Describes organizational and planning methodology that coordinates these three reform areas into a…

Describes how one community (1) realized it had a problem with disaffected and troubled youth; (2) began to learn about the problem; (3) gradually shaped a youth program and then expanded it to reach younger teens; and (4) regained its young people. (SR)

Explores a socially resilient system of care and two key elements of the wraparound process: cultural competence and discovering family strengths, preferences, voice, and choice. Demonstrates the basic elements of an organized, resilient system of care and community strengths and includes exercises in social resilience, cultural competence, and…

Considers research literature, which suggests that a learning community can be a powerful agent in helping students reflect on their beliefs, and that computer-mediated conferencing tools can be effective in developing an electronic learning community. Investigates a web-based intervention that encourages dialogue about mathematics between an…

This fourth and concluding article in a series on information technology in the schools explores how a complete educational organization can function when using already-available information technologies to take advantage of the natural independence of individuals' roles in the schools and communities. (Author/LRW)

This chapter describes how by adopting a cultural theory of learning, members of a community-based research team deepened their understanding of the nature, pervasiveness, and contribution of everyday learning processes of people affected by HIV/AIDS in Nova Scotia, Canada.