The two highest risk nights for teens are prom and graduation. Many students feel as if they have not really celebrated if they have not been drinking or using other drugs. Virginia Operation Prom/Graduation (OP/G) addresses the issues of youth drinking, drugging, and driving behavior during these high-risk social seasons. It encourages a positive…

Educational transformation in South Africa not only brought about Outcomes-based Education and Curriculum 2005 but also a new Learning Area/Subject, called Life Orientation (LO). A major challenge for LO as a new Learning Area/Subject is the preconceptions that exist about it, and the fact that the attitude of school principals is not conducive to…

Outdoor recreation programs are valuable because they always permit, and always can promote interactions between participants and natural elements of the environment. Because such programs provide direct, personal experience in the outdoors, they should also seek to provide participants with a basic understanding of, and an appreciation for the…

The paper examines the applications of microcomputers to recreation programing for blind persons. The accessibility of microcomputers to this population is discussed, and the advantages as well as disadvantages of speech synthesis equipment are noted. Information is presented on the modification of hardware for Radio Shack and Apple computers.…

A recreational voucher system can be a mechanism for increasing the responsiveness of the provider of recreational goods and services to consumers, particularly low income consumers. (RC)

Providing recreational opportunities at historical sites creates an opportunity to combine pleasure with education. (JD)

Recreational programs in New Hampshire that are fiscally conservative and rely heavily upon citizen cooperation and ingenuity are described. (JD)

In spite of its obvious deficiencies, the club system in West Germany represents a powerful model for lifelong education in the sphere of sports and recreation. (Author)

Using modified versions of games and sports, satisfying recreational programs can be organized in convalescent homes. (MM)

Persons facing retirement quite often do not know how to use their leisure time; their interests and abilities are so diversified that it is difficult to form community programs for them and more research and thought is needed to help them in coping with this problem. (JD)

The article discusses ways that recreation and parks programs could and should serve the Hispanic community and includes descriptions of religious and cultural activities of this ethnic group. (CB)

Responses of community residents, park and recreation employees, and city council members (N=800) to a survey regarding equitable allocation of public resources for park and recreation services revealed that the groups' opinions differed according to their decision-making role and the services provided. (Author/CB)

Time, or the lack thereof, is a central problem for most Americans. After fairly rare access to free time, retired people suddenly have too much time. Recreation and leisure service delivery to older persons is discussed. (MT)