Suggests that Employee Assistance Programs (EAPS) offer new and expanded work opportunities for counselors. Reviews the history of EAPS, current philosophy and program components, and implications for counselors as EAPs move from crisis intervention toward prevention. (JAC)

Racism still abounds on the college campus. Thomas and Yates have implemented two paraprofessional programs in an attempt to alleviate this problem. Their work speaks to all persons involved in human service delivery systems. (Author)

What's happening in training programs on campus? And where do the graduates go? True and Young's pioneer work in the Center for Human Services Research provides many of the answers. (Author)

This model stresses the special needs of professional skills required by the mental health consultant. The Caplanian Model describes case and administrative consultation. Consultee-centered approach aims to enhance the mental health skills of the participants. Consultee-client improvement is desirable but not the primary goal. (Author/MFD)

Reviews literature dealing with current legislation, interpretive litigation, and court cases relevant to the employment of disabled women. Human service professionals must be aware of current issues in order to be advocates for disabled women seeking competitive employment and an improved quality of life. (JAC)

Surveyed juvenile justice personnel in Michigan to determine their educational background. Counseling was indicated as a priority curriculum for graduate education. Interdisciplinary education did not have a significant impact. Data support the mental health specialist concept as a descriptor of personnel in the juvenile justice system.…

Challenges the way outcomes of human service programs are described in existing accountability methodologies. Establishes basic assumptions and propositions that should be made to implement a competency approach. Proposes a theoretical approach to accountability in human service programs based on the attainment of competencies. (Author)

Gestalt therapy is an existential helping approach that assumes human beings have the potential to choose their behavior and thus define their own meaning in life. Applying Gestalt theory, disabled persons can define the meaning of the disability to their total person. (Author)

As man faces larger number of people, he will tend to disregard individualism more and more, and ultimately to reduce man to nothingness. This article explores some of the long term implications of such decisions and the professional responsibility for the resulsts. Fresh look at the morality of decision making appears urgent. (Author)

The author has worked in public schools, colleges, communities, and New Careers programs. Though enthusiastic, she also notes that paraprofessional programs don't always work. The article presents an analysis of what still needs to be done. (Author/PC)

Examines some of the problems encountered when paraprofessional personnel are employed in human service organizations. (Author)

Reviews literature about symptoms and causes of burnout. Most offer little theoretical foundation but assume an energy scarcity model. Offers an alternative model based on the assumption that energy is highly expendable. Marks (1977) argues that the critical variable is commitment, enhanced by loyalty, enjoyment and rewards. (Author/JAC)

The model presented in this article is intended to assist correctional counselors and others in facilitating communication among prison guards of a different race from inmates and, further, to illustrate how to train guards in the fundamentals of developing a helping relationship with inmates. (Author)

A paraprofessional and a professional team up to look at the best and the worst in current human service, and they challenge us to support the evolution of the "new professional." (Author)

Counselors are becoming more aware than ever that they must have impact, not just on individual counselees, but on the environment as well. (Author)