Disadvantagedness is known by many names including socially handicapped, culturally deprived, educationally disadvantaged, minority groups, socio-economically deprived, poverty stricken, lower class, and culturally alientated. The disadvantaged are often additionally handicapped by color, ethnic group, or cultural caste status. Many programs have…

This report covers the first six months of the Los Angeles Public Library's federally funded project to extend library service to the disadvantaged. Section I covers the recruitment and training of staff members for the project, including monthly staff orientation meetings emphasizing technical and sensitivity training. Section II describes the…

The third of the Los Angeles Public Library's semi-annual reports on its federal project for the disadvantaged includes individual staff reports from the Central Region, Bookmobile Division, Lincoln Heights, Venice, The Display Artist, and a student worker. In these reports are discussions of (1) conditions and people in the communities served,…

In this six month period of the Los Angeles Public Library's project to extend service to the disadvantaged a full time public relations assistant was hired. Attempts were made to evaluate special activities and the Library Administration considered implications of the project for the Library's service program. This document includes reports from…

The theoretical orientation based on perceptual development, proposed by Piaget in 1961, is the starting point of this investigation. According to Piaget, the perception of the young child is "centered" on dominant aspects of the field. With maturity, perception becomes "decentered" and progressively freed from the field. The…

This report describes a Title I summer program which sought to develop a success-oriented self-concept in disadvantaged students with academic deficiencies. Drama was used to encourage freedom of expression, sensitivity, and creativity. The bulk of the report is a weekly outline of the program; the students were taught such acting techniques as…

The Elementary Library Project was undertaken in order to establish and expand fifteen school libraries in areas of high concentration of low income families. The objectives of the project were to increase pupil use of the library, to increase teacher use of library materials, and to improve student work-study skills. For children lacking a home…

This report provides the results of a survey conducted by the Southwest Research Team whose goal was to provide information concerning the issues and concerns of young people in Southwest Portland. The study was part of an attempt to set a foundation for an on-going process of involving Southwest Portland youth in the planning activities of the…

One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter maintains that social labeling is a pervasive and necessary social phenomenon. However, inaccurate social labeling plagues contemporary juvenile justice systems. Relevant examples include legal adjudication categories such as status offender, persons in need of…

One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter claims that considering school crime as primarily a manifestation of conduct disorder permits a better understanding of its nature, origin, and treatment. Research into the nature and origin of conduct disorder is discussed. Studies demonstrating successful…

Many reasons may be offered to explain why the disadvantaged have little interest in reading. Among these are: attitudes inherent in the family, an inability to afford reading material, a failure to perceive practical value in reading, a limited experiential background that limits understanding, and a lack of interesting and meaningful reading…

One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter contends that the Appalachian child has a set of values not yet understood by outsiders that influence behavior and lead to misbehavior that is not understood. Greater understanding of Appalachian values would assist observers in understanding that those…

This paper describes the operation and results of an individualized center funded under an Office of Education grant for the provision of special services to disadvantaged students. This center is designed to apply individualized instructional techniques to remedial, developmental, and general education courses for disadvantaged students enrolled…

This evaluative report includes a brief description of the project, the identification of the program objectives (product and process) for the year involved, and the process evaluation findings concerning the elementary, middle and junior high school components, and concludes with observations on the extent to which the program has fulfilled the…

This research study conducted by the Bureau of Higher Education Opportunity Programs and supported by the Bureau of Research in Higher and Professional Education attempted to gain a longitudinal perspective on the effectiveness of Higher Education Opportunity Programs (HEOP) established in 53 private institutions of higher education aimed to the…