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Holliday, Patricia – Offender Rehabilitation, 1978
The Garden State School District, the agency responsible for correctional education programs in New Jersey, has attempted to eliminate the urban-prison syndrome through implementation of the Continuous Assessment Programs. This program is designed to ameliorate negative effects of urban life by giving each inmate an individuality and purpose.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Correctional Rehabilitation, Criminals, Individual Needs
Peer reviewedEmener, William G., Jr.; Pankowski, Joseph M. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1978
Describes a training program which operationalized the assertion that when identifiable, necessary, and specific training is not available for rehabilitation personnel, their employers have an obligation to provide it for them. This training was provided specifically for rehabilitation secretaries. (Author)
Descriptors: Inservice Education, Program Descriptions, Rehabilitation Centers, Rehabilitation Programs
Brown, Janet K. – Manpower, 1970
A rehabilitation project at the Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury which provided job training for inmates in such occupations as maintenance men, farmhands, cook helpers, and general maids. (BC)
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Mental Disorders, Moderate Mental Retardation, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedCrawford, Jeffrey L. – Mental Retardation, 1980
The paper describes an automated behavioral rehabilitation system for mentally retarded persons, designed to help staff implement the clinical process. The system consists of three components: client assessment, treatment selection, and treatment plan documentation. (PHR)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Computer Oriented Programs, Management Systems, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedSelenski, Charlotte M.; Kaufman, Alan G. – Business Education Forum, 1976
Horizon House, a psycho-social rehabilitation center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has developed a Clerical Preparatory Program which has simultaneously raised achievement levels in the areas of social competency and job skill proficiencies for its clients. (LH)
Descriptors: Business Education, Emotional Disturbances, Individualized Instruction, Interpersonal Competence
Lacey, Lee – J Home Econ, 1969
Descriptors: Home Economics, Home Management, Homemaking Skills, Interdisciplinary Approach
Download full textBoorkman, David; And Others – 1976
In addition to providing a detailed description of the method in which the Des Moines project operates, this handbook explores the key elements in a community-based corrections approach. It presents evaluation data, describes the experience of several communities which undertook to replicate this approach, and discusses the process by which other…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Correctional Rehabilitation, Criminals, Demonstration Programs
Barrasso, Judy – Offender Rehabilitation, 1977
Shows that a Rehabilitative Planning Services Unit can provide invaluable assistance to a Public Defender's Office and enhance the quality of representation provided to indigent defendants. Such a unit could prove to be essential, particularly in situations where the defendant is ineligible for Pretrial diversion programs. (Author)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Correctional Rehabilitation, Legal Aid, Legal Problems
Johnson, V. Scott – Offender Rehabilitation, 1977
Describes goals of the Robert F. Kennedy Youth Center (KYC) and the philosophical stance and the implementation of that philosophy within the center. Issues discussed range from administrative structure through descriptions of inmate classification and treatment. Educational and vocational programs as well as the token economy systems are…
Descriptors: Correctional Rehabilitation, Criminals, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Coffey, Osa D.; Knoll, John F. – 1998
Suggestions for teaching selected life skills to adult and juvenile offenders are presented in this document. The general purpose of life skills programming is to help persons live more successfully and to function better in their multiple roles as members of a family, community, and workforce. Life skills training is treated as an educational…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Correctional Institutions, Daily Living Skills
Peer reviewedPattison, Joyce E. – Educational Perspectives, 1976
Describes the Rehabilitation Evaluation and Adjustment Facility, designed to create and offer effective strategies for vocational/psychological evaluation and personal adjustment of disabled individuals. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Inservice Education, Physical Disabilities, Program Descriptions
Burress, James R.; Perlman, Leonard G. – 1980
The document describes a research and demonstration project to identify and develop information about rehabilitation programs for handicapped people in African countries. Initial chapters deal with introductory information (need for the project, project objectives, summary of work plan); a description of the project; project procedures; and…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Developing Nations, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Nelson, Ronald G.; Janzen, William B. – 1977
This report presents research studies from the past 15 years which indicate that some alcoholics have been able to return to controlled, moderate drinking after behavioral treatment. Presented in this report are: (1) the techniques used to train alcohol abusers to moderate drinking; (2) the research methodologies used to measure the treatment…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcoholism, Counselors, Drinking
National Inst. of Mental Health (DHEW), Bethesda, MD. Center for Studies of Crime and Delinquency. – 1974
This short report provides a brief description of a research project presenting an alternative approach to delinquency treatment. Achievement Place is a family-sized residential treatment home for predelinquent and delinquent youngsters. Six to eight boys, aged 12-16, live in a renovated house located in their own community. A specially trained…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Community Programs, Delinquency
Collingwood, Thomas R. – 1971
The report details specifics of developing and implementing a rugged 3-week camping program for problem boys (delinquents and dropouts) ages 15-18 years. The survival camping experience functioned as an integrated part of the total rehabilitation agency. Described is how the camping program is therapeutic in the sense that the youths learn…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Camping, Delinquency, Emotional Development
