The state of Maine has made a commitment to expand current programs for families with young children to ensure that the state is doing all that it can to help children reach their highest potential. This document is comprised of the June 1998 report of a Maine task force to study strategies to support parents as children's first teachers and the…

Since the family physician coordinates and follows family referrals to the social services, the University of Nevada School of Medicine's curriculum for the community health course emphasizes community resources. The course's case method selected for the class session on community agencies is described. (MLW)

Describes a community college's efforts to develop a range of educational services for the aging. Discusses cultural, educational, and recreational activities provided within a college setting and through a network of neighborhood centers. Explores continuing education and in-service training programs for persons who work with the elderly. (Author)

Describes the development and operation of a multi-disciplinary center of gerontology at North Country Community College (New York), focusing on its tasks (education; community services, development, and planning; and research) and its structural development, e.g., integration into the college, internal governance, staffing, linkages with other…

Describes the Career Guidance Center at Thornton Community College (IL) and its cooperative relationship with the South Central Suburban Council on Aging, in providing options for the older job seeker through Operation TASK, Project Reentry, and Work Experience programs. (AYC)

British Career Guidance depends heavily on the careers officer, a community-based counselor. Because of changing needs, recent efforts have sought to standardize the professional training of careers officers and to establish support agencies which will enable careers officers to provide career guidance, information and placement on a broader…

The major career guidance service offered by Belgium schools is orientation to general career fields. This aspect is augmented on a more specialized basis by community guidance agencies which utilize psychological, medical, educational and social data about the client in developmental career counseling. (KP)

After a brief history of vocational guidance in Luxembourg, the author explains the functions of vocational guidance offices which, directed by the National Labour Office, specialize in placement of apprentices after analysis of their educational, medical, and psychological characteristics. Little emphasis is currently placed on vocational…

A study involving over 480 interviews in five diverse communities (Atlanta, Georgia; Duluth, Minnesota; Providence, Rhode Island; Riverside, California; Roswell, New Mexico) identified barriers facing physicians and other health care providers in identifying, treating, and referring victims of family violence, and illuminated the relationships of…

Urges community colleges to be originators and providers of video teleconferences, bringing information and training to other colleges, business and industry, and the general public. Describes De Anza College's involvement in the Community College Satellite Network. Offers guidance on topic selection, marketing, and national network building. (GFW)

The connection between the conditions of education and the total condition of children needs to be bridged. Schools would be a logical hub to integrate and coordinate youth services. (MLF)

Offers a review of the literature and research studies on the role of community colleges in promoting economic and human resource development, providing occupational education, promoting community involvement in economic development, and surveying and meeting the training needs of business and industry. (DMM)

Argues that such student services as counseling, financial aid, and student health be made available to all students at times and days necessary to accommodate full- and part-time, credit and non-credit students. Urges lifelong learning and student services professionals to exert leadership in developing appropriate student services. (DMM)

Difficulties in transitioning students with disabilities in rural areas include poor postschool outcomes, transportation problems, limited job market, negative attitudes toward job training programs (resulting from high unemployment), lack of job training sites, and lack of information concerning job accommodation for disabled workers. Includes…

Describes how the Civic Achievement Award Program, a new initiative of the Close Up Foundation, combines reading, writing, research, and community service in teaching citizenship to fifth through eighth grade students. (PRA)