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Download full textRose, Thomas; Ansello, Edward F. – 1987
This document is a report to the Maryland State Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities which provides an assessment of the status and problems of older developmentally disabled and retarded citizens of Maryland. The executive summary describes the project background, basic needs identified by the project, developmental disabilities system…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Client Characteristics (Human Services), Developmental Disabilities, Human Services
Peer reviewedStaton, Michele; Leukefeld, Carl; Logan, T. K.; Purvis, Rick – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2000
Presents findings from a process evaluation conducted in a prison-based substance abuse program in Kentucky. Discusses key components in the program, including a detailed program description, modifications in planned treatment strategies, program documentation, and perspectives of staff and clients. Findings suggest that prison-based programs have…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Correctional Rehabilitation, Counseling Techniques, Prisoners
Pfister, Linda A.; Saunders, Carol – 1985
This module is intended to help guidance personnel in a variety of educational and agency settings increase their skills in assessing desired outcomes, current status, and needs of program clients as well as skills to assess the environmental conditions that influence those needs. The module is one of a series of competency-based guidance program…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Competence, Competency Based Education
Vick, John W.; Houden, Dorothy – 1981
This report contains recommendations of a Wisconsin Task Assignment Steering Committee created to explore solutions to some significant problems facing adult chronic "revolving-detox-door" alcohol abusers (CRA's), persons with repeated admissions for detoxification services; and to examine the system that serves and funds them. This…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Behavior Patterns, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Clinics
Peer reviewedMcKillip, Jack; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
Effects of question length and explicitness of directions (format) were examined for 97 university students answering open-ended consumer satisfaction questions at 9 health promotion workshops. Question format, but not length, was related to the usefulness of answers. Implications for use and construction of open-ended questions are discussed.…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), College Students, Consumer Economics, Evaluation Utilization
Goodman, Jane; Schultz, Kim; Wruck, Helen – 1997
In 1996-97, the Adult Career Counseling Center (ACCC) at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, enhanced its operation by doing the following: implementing a new computer system to network various software packages; creating and implementing a computerized system to maintain ACCC client records and usage statistics; developing an ACCC policy…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Programs, Career Counseling, Case Studies
Champagne, Delight E. – 1984
This guide is designed for use by counselors and teachers working with adult basic education (ABE) students. Discussed first is the importance of viewing adult learners as clients. The unique characteristics of the ABE student are examined. Presented next is an adult counseling model that includes the following program participation phases:…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Client Characteristics (Human Services)
Splete, Howard; Hoffman, Katherine, Ed. – 1994
Oakland University's Adult Career Counseling Center (ACCC) has provided computer-assisted career guidance and career counseling services to more than 8,500 adults since it was opened in fall 1982. During its 1993-94 operating year, the ACCC provided services to 423 females and 133 males, 87.8% of whom were white, 75.6% of whom were between the…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Career Counseling, Career Guidance
Farlin, Cynthia, Ed. – 1996
During 1995-1996, the Adult Career Counseling Center (ACCC) at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, provided the following services at no charge to 779 adult clients: career information, advice in resume preparation/interviewing skills, and referral information. Four graduate assistants from Oakland University's Master of Arts in Counseling…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Annual Reports, Career Counseling
Bloom, Dan; Anderson, Jacquelyn; Wavelet, Melissa; Gardiner, Karen N.; Fishman, Michael E. – 2002
The Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project was undertaken to identify effective strategies for helping low-income parents work more steadily and advance in the labor market. The 15 ERA demonstration projects that were operating in nine states (California, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, South Carolina; Tennessee, and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Ladders, Case Studies, Caseworker Approach
Vail, Ann; Cummings, Merrilyn; Kratzer, Connie; Galindo, Vickie – 2002
Cooperative extension service faculty at New Mexico State University started the Steps to Employment and Personal Success (STEPS) program to help Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) clients qualify for and maintain full-time employment and strengthen their families for long-term success. Clients are referred to STEPS by New Mexico…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Community Resources
Frick, Brian, Ed.; Naik, Reetu, Ed.; Quinn, Kelly, Ed.; Rancour, Paulette, Ed. – 2000
For 17 years, the Adult Career Counseling Center (ACCC) at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, has provided computer-assisted career guidance systems and career counseling services to a culturally diverse clientele of more than 11,000 adults living in the local community. The ACCC's goals are as follows: (1) provide career exploration and…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees
Brown, Amy – 2001
This guide distills lessons from an extensive body of research into practical advice for policymakers and practitioners concerned with helping hard-to-employ individuals find jobs and succeed in the work force. Part 1 examines the following topics: characteristics of the hard-to-employ; the prevalence of various barriers to employment; and the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Agency Cooperation, Basic Skills, Career Counseling
