More and more developmentally disabled adults who in the past were institutionalized are now being returned or kept in their communities. Often there are few appropriate alternatives in education to handle their needs. This thesis examines an alternative that has great promise asan appropriate approach to the learning needs of the developmentally disabled adult.Using 4-H concepts as a lifelong education alternative, Elkhart County has demonstrated the success of an informal and flexible educational program that can be offered for as long as the developmentally disabled adult wishes.As a pilot program for the past four years, 4-H has continued to grow in areas of enrollment, projects selected, community awareness, personal growth, state and national interest.This paper takes into account the problems, successes, leadership requirements, materials adaptations, and career development of both youth and adults.Much work remains to be done in the area of lifelong educational alternatives for the developmentally disabled adult so that each person continues to grow through his/her life. The recommendations given in the final chapter suggest avenues leading to this end.

This study addressed emergency management preparedness and local citizen recovery from a disaster event through a case study of the Elkhart County, Indiana 18 October 2007 tornado. A discussion of the disaster recovery process of Amish households in northern Indiana enables local emergency managers to gain a better understanding of disaster recovery needs for specialized populations. The primary objective to be addressed by this thesis was to create a tornado climatology for emergency managers to use as part of a comprehensive, local hazard analysis. Secondary to that was to examine the differences in Amish and non-Amish response to a tornado event in Indiana’s Homeland Security District 2 and formulate suggestions for tailoring local emergency management programs to this diverse community. / Department of Geography

In the United States, in 1953, the manufacture of band instruments in well established with a large part of the industry centered in Elkhart, Indiana. Three major problems will be considered in this thesis: Why the band instrument industry was started in Elkhart, what factors led to the growth and expansion of the industry, and why, after almost eighty years, Elkhart has retained its prominence as the nation's band instrument center.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Ashland Theological Seminary, 1992. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 233-235).