The report is said to provide a plan for meeting the total needs (educational, personal, and vocational) of the mentally retarded for both service and residential living in Indiana. The plan proposes to bring the state hospital and community closer together and to offer several options that include the natural, foster, and small group home and the…

There is a recognized need for more effective access by citizens to the proliferating multitude of available community services and facilities. The starting point of such access is being aware of the services themselves. Citizens need specific information quickly and a means of discussing it in terms of their own problems. Community information…

Rural development in Canada is discussed in terms of finding a rural development strategy in this report. The prerequisites for a rural development strategy are enumerated; these prerequisites include (1) the development of an agency at the Federal level with the responsibility for defining national strategy, (2) the formulation and implementation…

This article provides a close-range study of conditions leading to illegal migration from a rural village in Mexico. Its primary concern is the social network of relationships and mutual obligations conditioning the decision to migrate. (Author/EB)

This project attempts to show that a coordinated, data based planning process for youth services can be developed and it will be effective in lessening the frustrations and alienation of young people. (Author/AM)

The results of this study suggest that the impact of the family on delinquency varies directly with the quality of the environment. (Author)

Business and industry have compounded corporate isolationism by creating a laissez-faire relationship with education, according to the author, who says that career education can be an educational strategy to improve community participation as well as the quality of education. To illustrate he describes a Colorado model for community-education…

Ways are suggested in which schools, teachers, and communities can constructively deal with the problems of runaway youth. (MJB)

Provides a description of Montbello, an integrated community in Denver. (Author/AM)

Virginia's program to build statewide consensus and participation in supported employment for the disabled from boards, service providers, counselors, parents, consumers, and the business community is described. Activities have included establishment of offices of supported employment in key agencies and establishment of five technical assistance…

Notes the rising number of latchkey children and describes several after-school programs designed to meet their special needs. (FL)

Cites a study of both a small, homogeneous community and a large, heterogeneous community in the midwest and discusses the measurement of the opinions of the general population and the leaders about distribution of scientific information and its use in public decisions. (MH)

Discusses the traditional lack of systematic planning in school curriculum development and argues that effective curriculum planning requires the study of curriculum research literature and the representative interaction of professional educators, students, and the community. Available from Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,…

This guide is intended to help collaborative groups work together more effectively to promote children's readiness for school and provides useful information on the many factors that affect school readiness. The guide notes North Carolina's definition of school readiness as the condition of children as they enter school, based on five…

Currently, Africa stands out as the world's poorest and most educationally deprived region. Where communities are empowered to identify their own needs and priorities, participate in decisions about resource allocation, and hold education providers accountable for ensuring that children receive a minimum acceptable standard of education, schooling…