Community Helpers Research Articles

Community involvement in prevention programs: The use of a telephone survey for program development

Prevention programs that require active involvement of community residents must stimulate awareness, interest, and participation in their activities. Disappointing participation in one such project, the Community Helpers Project, resulted in a telephone survey being conducted in order to distinguish lack of awareness from disinterest on the part of community residents. Two hundred residents in the project field sites were surveyed. The results showed that most residents were unaware of the project but that, upon learning about it, most expressed strong interest. These findings support the need for more systematic efforts to be made in the marketing of prevention programs.

A new approach to community helpers: Butcher, baker, candlestick maker

Community helpers have been discussed in early childhood education for many years. Young children are familiar with the police officer, fire-fighter, postal worker, nurse and doctor. They are able to describe the workers' uniforms as well as their work places. Yet they know very little about the skills and attitudes these helpers possess. Teachers can expand the study of community helpers by using a Career Education approach.

The Community Helpers Project: A description of a prevention strategy for rural communities

Because of the prevalence of psychosocial distress and the difficulties involved in delivering services to rural areas, prevention programs are especially important for rural communities. The Community Helpers Project was designed as a model prevention program for rural communities since it builds upon informal local helpers. Through a system of community-based training, local helpers' helping skills are enhanced using three training packages—basic helping skills, life development skills, and crisis resolution skills. The assumptions underlying the design of The Community Helpers Project, the components of the intervention, the locale of the effort, and an overview of its implementation are presented.

Teaching Primary Children the Location of Neighborhood Services

Abstract The study of community helpers in second grade can be enriched by a unit on the location of neighborhood services. The school itself is a community service. Within a short distance of the school are located such services as a post office, a police station, a fire station, and a library. In addition to these public services, there are many small business establishments. Second-grade teachers can take advantage of these enterprises to help pupils learn the reasons for their locations. Additional benefits can be derived from this study; for instance, young children will be able to gather information from primary sources and to extract relationships from the data.

The Young American Civic Readers: Community Helpers. Samuel Berman , Jane Eayre Fryer , J. Lynn BarnardThe Young American Civic Readers: Community Activities. Samuel Berman , Jane Eayre Fryer , J. Lynn BarnardThe Young American Civic Readers: Community Interests. Samuel Berman , Jane Eayre Fryer , J. Lynn Barnard

<i>The Young American Civic Readers: Community Helpers</i>. Samuel Berman , Jane Eayre Fryer , J. Lynn Barnard<i>The Young American Civic Readers: Community Activities</i>. Samuel Berman , Jane Eayre Fryer , J. Lynn Barnard<i>The Young American Civic Readers: Community Interests</i>. Samuel Berman , Jane Eayre Fryer , J. Lynn Barnard