An Overview of the Rockland County Network of Self-Help Groups: A Case Study Presentation

摘要

This paper is one of a series emanating from a self-care conference held in New York City June 15-16, 1977. Part I by Bill Claflin, Alcohol Education Coordinator, Rockland County Community Mental Health Center, New York, describes his work with self-help programs in Rockland County. He discusses the community's occupational and racial makeup, his background/experiences in working with self-help groups, and Rockland County's philosophy concerning self-help systems. Part II by Pat Koch Thaler, director, Continuing Education, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, describes her work with the Rockland County Widow and Widowers Group -- how this group grew out of a need within the community, how information about the group was disseminated through the media, how the group provided support to participants recently widowed, and how the group increased in size and became self-sustaining.