10.2190/EXMA-CT9K-W9CF-87JD EXMACT9KW9CF87JD 59 Curriculum Development for Training About Self-Help Groups: Rationale and Realizations 59 67 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 EXMACT9KW9CF87JD.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=EXMACT9KW9CF87JD 1 Richard Wollert North American self-help groups have flourished remarkably over the last twenty years (Katz, 1981) so that they now serve a huge number of persons and address a broad range of problems in living. My own observations of the development of university curricula over this period, however, led me to believe that educational resources about self-help groups have not kept pace with this expansion. Should this imbalance be corrected? I believe that a compelling rationale may be formulated for studying self-help groups. How should self-help training proceed? There are a number of options that might be explored. The following sections serve to elaborate these points, and suggest several actions that might be taken to improve the curricula about self-help groups that are offered under university auspices.