Community‐based rehabilitation (CBR): problems and possibilities

Despite the increasing recognition of the magnitude of the problem of disability worldwide still, in many parts of the world, the services are meeting no more than 2 per cent of those in need. The limitations of the Institutionally-Based model of service are explored from both a developing and developed country perspective. The potential of the Community-Based Rehabilitation model is explored. The WHO evaluation of the model is questioned on methodological and philosophical grounds and the need for an independent evaluation of the CBR approach is discussed.     

Book Notes

Education is seen from an historical interpretation, is related to religion, and is often split between a rigid classical view and a dynamic pragmatic view. Religion and education are mutually interdependent     

AN EXPERIMENT IN ADOLESCENT WORSHIP

The purpose of this column is to keep religious educators abreast of the relevant significant research in the general field of psychology. Its implications for methods and materials in religious education are clear. Religious educators may well take advantage of every new finding in scientific research.

Each abstract or group is preceded by an evaluation and interpretative comment, which aims to guide the reader in understanding the research reported.

All of these abstracts are from PSYCHOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS, and used by permission of that periodical. The abstract number is Volume 29, Number 3, June, 1955.     

SECURING FIRST‐HAND DATA AS TO THE RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN

Ritual theorist Ronald Grimes notes a lack of rites of passage in Western society, yet a parallel longing for them. Although Grimes hesitates to invent new rites, such invention is the interest of this article. Building on research that juxtaposes ritual theory and Evangelical values, this work narrates the invention and implementation of a rite of passage into womanhood for undergraduates. It is based on Grimes’ markers of effectiveness and four relationships that form the essence of an Evangelical woman. Qualitative markers of its efficacy suggest that this is a viable method of encouraging Christian maturity in women.