This information packet presents five readings about community participation and social networks of people with developmental disabilities and an annotated bibliography. The first paper, "Building Stronger Communities for All: Thoughts about Community Participation for People with Developmental Disabilities" (Robert Bogdan and Steven J. Taylor),…

This document comprises the nine issues of the 1999-2000 TASH Newsletter. Each issue includes news items, conference information, and articles. Major articles include the following: "1998 TASH Annual Conference: Inclusion Roundtable"; "1998 TASH Conference Keynote Address (Zuhy Sayeed); "Do Not Resuscitate - Whose Choice Is…

This paper describes the positive value of high-school athletics in the formation of social capital. Social capital is described as the resources available to actors that result from their interaction within a social network. Athletics provide many opportunities for parent-to-parent and parent-to-school personal interactions that have the…

The aim of this paper is to present a comparative analysis of five models of social and organizational by examining the way each model deals with the generation and flow of information concerning change. (Author)

Article considers the purposes of social studies instruction and focused on the transmission of knowledge and societal processes. (Author/RK)

Keynote address, 1973 TESOL Convention, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (DD)

Early childhood educators may well debate the challenges presented by this historical review of major goals toward which kindergartens in America have been directed. (Editor)

Article discusses the need to reconsider the female role as student and as educational leader in order to enhance her participation as a complete citizen. (RK)

In 1971-72, desegregation of pupils in Florida schools is approaching totality. Simultaneously, disruption of schools because of interracial friction appears to have increased, though it may directly involve only a small percentage of pupils. Complete integration of schools remains a goal to be sought. (Author)

Anomie theory holds that the provision of new resources and skills to an inarticulate and non-participatory population can produce two distinct responses: increased conformity or increased and more efficient use of deviant methods. Data on vocational education students suggest that there is such a differential reaction to formal training in the…

Considers major studies on the cause of riots and on the rise of Negro militancy in the United States as forming the foundation of an empirically based explanation of riots. (JM)

Attempts to discover the degree to which two organized groups of Chinese in Long Island, New York, feel themselves welcomed by and assimilated into middle-class suburban life. (JM)

Following the invasion of the American Indian worlds by various European nation states, four centuries of colonization, subjugation, and intermingling have produced ample opportunity for the genesis and re-creation of bold new ethnicities and identities. An example is the Metis in the Great Lakes region. (Author/ERB)

Describes the PACE project (Public Access Cable television by and for Elders) which attempts to involve senior citizens actively in television production. (JMF)