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Peer reviewedNicoletti, John; Flater-Benz, Lottie – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1974
Volunteerism has a poor reputation these days, because many human service programs have "used" volunteers and given them nothing in return. Discusses a different approach, one in which both service recipients and volunteers gain. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Mental Health Clinics, Needs, Nonprofessional Personnel
Download full textBoudin, Henry M.; And Others – 1974
Contingency contracting, as a viable treatment modality for the rehabilitation of drug abusers, has been investigated, and promising results have been attained. During the past two and one-half years drug abuse treatment and paraprofessional training models have been developed. Treatment for drug abuse has been facilitated within the natural…
Descriptors: Accountability, Behavior Change, Drug Addiction, Nonprofessional Personnel
Peer reviewedBradley, Marjorie K. – School Counselor, 1979
Extending the guidance circle to include career counseling by parent volunteers can improve the counseling department's public image; make the most efficient use of counselors' time, enabling them to concentrate on more difficult problems and fulfill traditional guidance functions; and help counselors better meet students' needs. (Author)
Descriptors: Counselors, Elementary Secondary Education, Nonprofessional Personnel, Parent Participation
National Inst. of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (Dept. of Justice/LEAA), Washington, DC. – 1974
The Lincoln, Nebraska Volunteer Probation Counselor Program is an example of community involvement in the corrections process. Through careful screening, volunteers are selected and then trained to assist the local probation staff in counseling and supervising probationers. After being extensively interviewed, both volunteers and probationers are…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Delinquency Prevention, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Nonprofessional Personnel
Griggs, Robert J. – 1973
Objectives of the 3-year Volunteers in Rehabilitation Project (VIR) were to (1) document the scope and extent of volunteer participation within rehabilitation facilities, (2) prepare and test the effectiveness of handbooks designed to promote and improve volunteer programs, and (3) provide training experiences that could modify negative attitudes…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Health Facilities, Hospitals
Hensley, Gene, Ed.; Patterson , Virginia W., Ed. – 1970
Selected papers from the conference on changing patterns of professional preparation and services in special education held in San Diego, California (March 9-11, 1970), contain topics of teacher assessment of students, by Wayne Lance, and educational services based on learning characteristics of pupils, by William Hall. Also included are Joseph…
Descriptors: Administration, Ancillary Services, Conference Reports, Educational Trends
Janowitz, Gayle – 1968
This is the report of a three-year demonstration program designed to explore the potentials and limitations in the use of volunteers in inner-city education. Four centers in Chicago supplied sites for training and research. Program emphasis was on one to one tutoring at least once a week for predominantly black and poor primary school children no…
Descriptors: After School Education, Black Students, Case Studies, Demonstration Programs
