The paper reviews research and experience in human service integration and examines the impact of federal grant consolidation upon services for the disabled. Reasons for the existence of categorical aid are noted. An idealized integrated services system is proposed, and factors such as excessive red tape and lack of coordination which reflect a…

Assesses applied relevance of research on home care, reviewing literature on predictors of use of home care services, experience of receiving home care, and efficacy studies. Notes that efficacy studies have not concluded that home care is less costly or better for quality of life of older adults when compared with institutional care. (Author/NB)

Summarizes two popular models for increasing sensitivity to sensory impairment in the elderly and details a third model used in training human service students and practitioners. Ideas and techniques presented work toward understanding the impact of sensory impairment on the daily life of older adults and to identify coping techniques to improve…

Investigates risk factors for current suicidality in clients diagnosed with schizophrenia (N=223). Results indicate that severity of depressive symptoms most strongly correlated with degree of suicidality. Younger age and recent traumatic stress each significantly predicted suicidality independent of depressive symptoms. Suggests that the…

Proposes an expressive-cognitive approach to the resolution of unfinished business as an eclectic adaptation of the experiential model for resolving unfinished business. Suggests that this approach may be used as a complementary or alternative choice to the empty-chair intervention, particularly for clients who have difficulty engaging in or…

Reviews existing studies of use of formal care by families of Alzheimer's sufferers with special attention to findings relevant to access, particularly perceptions of appropriateness and acceptability or consistency with other needs and values. Applied conceptual model represented by these findings to narrative that serves as proxy for real case.…

Proposes a conceptual framework for understanding the immigration experience. Outlines critical variables in the departure (premigration), transit, and resettlement stages of migration. Includes examples from the experiences of Soviet Jewish immigrants. Discusses changes in Soviet and U.S. policies that affect immigrant adaptation and delivery of…

Racial identity models emphasize the assessment of clients' racial identity and its dynamic interaction with counselors' racial identity. With an emphasis on Helms' (1995) model, this article discusses how racial identity models may be applied to support multicultural counseling practice. (Contains 59 references.) (GCP)

Presents an evaluation pf a training model that introduces graduate students from the professions of clinical psychology, education, physical therapy, and social work to interdisciplinary practice. Results indicate that, when compared with a control group, students who participated in the training model exhibited significant differences in…

Evaluate three proposed models of the rehabilitation counselor judgment process. Counselors made multiple judgments about clients whose information systematically varied across three dimensions. These data were then analyzed using path analytic techniques to determine which of the models was the best description of the process rehabilitation…

Provides an overview of the task-centered model of social work practice. Reviews findings that support the model's effectiveness, as well as studies that identified several correlates of positive outcomes, such as client commitment to do the task. Claims that new research will focus on the model's application to new problems. (RJM)

Traces the development of a four-pronged approach to a collaborative interprofessional educational effort within a state university's College of Education and Human Services. Describes the potential barriers, the process of building interprofessional support to overcome those barriers, and planning a variety of activities to engage faculty in…

Presents a model of conceptualization and intervention for juvenile delinquency. Model includes the characteristics of the adolescent, ecological context in which the adolescent lives, and the interaction among these variables. Describes a specific integrated service, training, and research project based on the model. The project utilizes a…

Human service education students who are interested in pursuing a career in rehabilitation need to be cognizant of the prominent theoretical models that guide rehabilitationalists. This paper consolidates and synthesizes the literature and provides a quick reference for students to investigate each model in more detail. (Contains 28 references.)…

Expounds on practical implications of racial identity development models for counseling biracial individuals. Briefly reviews ethnic identity development models, conceptualizes the case study, and discusses practice suggestions. Touches on other concepts from the multicultural counseling literature such as bicultural competence and racial and…