Provides guidelines to involve the entire community in a successful reading fair, based on procedures followed in Newport News, Virginia. (RL)

Two nursing students describe how responsibility for a senior citizens' health fair provided an excellent opportunity for them to build on their previous knowledge and skills. Responsibilities included supervising the planning of the fair's activities and coordinating the participation of community agencies. (CT)

To sensitize hearing people to the experience of deafness and to teach them methods of communicating with the hearing impaired, Rochester Institute of Technology and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf planned and delivered a program with the cooperation of merchants at an area shopping center. (SK)

Describes a training program for counselors of alcoholics, presenting factors contributing to program effectiveness, a description of program classes, and outcome data regarding completion and employment. Involvement in and control by local tribal government are the key to a successful program. (Author/NRB)

Golden Age 4-H Clubs provide opportunities for older persons to remain curious and creative. They can become vehicles for communication between the generations both in the family and in the community. Their development requires careful planning, incremental development, and clear participant motivation. (Author/SK)

Contains contributions from three educators concerning the following: (1) child-made books in beginning reading, (2) ideas for celebrating a "reading week" as part of American Education Week, and (3) using doll families to teach phonics to beginning readers. (FL)

This report focuses on the activities of school advocacy groups in the area of school discipline. It concludes that the advocacy approach, while not always appropriate, is the most desirable for problems which neither conventional school programs nor relatively new conflict resolution mechanisms adequately address. (Author/RLV)

Proposes the establishment of a Center for Student Involvement to counteract apathy and cynicism of secondary school students toward the democratic processes. The center would serve social studies programs as a component linking the school with the community. It would function as a resource base, develop materials, and provide instruction. (KC)

Reports on a study that examined teacher attitudes and behaviors in the community the classroom, and the school. Concludes that teachers, although active in their communities, are reluctant to assume a critical stance in relation to school authorities and tend to pass this lesson in conformity on to their students. (Author/GC)

Presents a rationale for introducing multiethnic studies into elementary and secondary social studies classrooms and explains how community resources can help students understand themselves and others. Learning activities based on the televised version of Alex Haley's "Roots" are suggested. (Author/DB)

Membership in deaf communities in a metropolitan area is neither granted to nor sought by all who are deaf. Rather, it is achieved through indentification with the deaf world, shared experiences of being hearing impaired, and involvement with other members. (Author/EB)

The author defines community education and identifies those components which seem to facilitate an ideal relationship between a school and its neighborhood. Criteria for evaluating the community education emphasis of a particular school are included. This article is part of a theme issue on community education in Hawaii. (SJL)

Provides seven recommendations for an effective secondary reading program that will treat reading as a body of skills taught in all subject areas. (MKM)

Suggestions are made for reducing teacher and student alienation in urban schools by encouraging cooperative planning by all concerned individuals. (JD)

Describes efforts to improve provision of community services to handicapped individuals and their families. Looks at both system-targeted and client-centered approaches. Provides lists of community resources, national information sources, and national organizations that provide assistance to the handicapped. (Author)