Occupational therapy is one of the hottest growing professions around. The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) cites on its website (www.aota.org) that "the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals that the job outlook for occupational therapists will improve substantially in the next several years and will…

In this article, I use data collected from research conducted in the summer of 2001 at the Grass Roots Arts and Community Effort (GRACE) in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. I present case studies of artists with developmental disabilities, who along with other isolated groups, are considered to be Outsider Artists. I begin the article by defining…

What does it mean for a community writing assistance program to bridge the gap between the university and the community? What makes for a successful alliance between these two worlds usually considered distinct? Our paper addresses these questions by reflecting on the factors that have contributed to the growing success of our CWA program at the…

The Digital Divide is alive and well in America. What this means is the technology haves and the have-nots are continually growing further apart. Due to the pace of change in the field of computer technology, this divide widens faster in less time. Playing catch-up becomes an increasingly more difficult game to endure, with the government, public,…

After-school programs attempt to provide safe havens that keep youth off the streets and offer them a variety of opportunities to enhance their experiences and skills, including educational outcomes such as grades. What the programs actually accomplish has been somewhat different. Major evaluations of after-school programs have shown that they do…

Qualitative methods were used to identify problem situations encountered by adolescents in urban middle schools serving a predominantly African American student population. Interviews focusing on identifying problem situations and the context in which they occur were conducted with 60 adolescents including students and peer mediators at middle…

This paper describes some of the ways in which Hispanic elderly in East Harlem in New York City are advancing as a result of advocacy program involvement. Major problems and needs endemic to the Hispanic elderly in East Harlem are identified and some of the basic causes of these problems are discussed. The areas discussed include housing, health,…

A survey of existing community centers governing bodies, activities, and directors was made in order to prepare a graduate course for center directors at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Difficulties in defining and identifying a "community center" were found due to the great diversity of organization. (MF)

After a long battle against the construction of a Harvard Medical School hospital complex, the Roxbury Tenants of Harvard formed a limited partnership to construct 774 units of re-location and mixed-income housing in conjunction with the new medical facilities. (Author)

This paper examines the evaluation of a project developing computer applications with unemployed people in community settings. The analysis concentrates on (1) the organizational factors found to influence the impact of information technology on community centers and (2) the response of participants to computer information. (JOW)

Examines links between senior citizen centers (N=755) and other community agencies. Found that the elderly were often referred to other organizations, but that collocation of services were rare. Cites lack of transportation, time, communication, and an understanding of the needs of the elderly were the most common barriers to senior center…

Several institutions of higher learning combined their efforts and resources to develop a Neighborhood Program that would reach the disadvantaged people in the Savannah Model Cities. Discusses program design, problems, and results of taking the program to the people under conditions and situations to which they could easily identify or relate. (RB)

A Federally sponsored storefront drug information center is described which is located adjacent to the business district of a medium-size industrial city in the Northeast. (Authors)

Excerpts from a full report which appeared in the City Almanac, a publication of the Center of New York City Affairs of the New School for Social Research. (MB)

Author comments briefly on articles on compensatory education which appeared in the January 1972 issue. (SP)