The problems facing a rehabilitation counselor in successfully working with survivors of brain trauma are myriad. This review examined evaluation techniques, rehabilitation therapies, and existing services that have proven effective with traumatic brain injury (TBI) clients. There is a gap in rehabilitation services that results in the TBI…

The costs associated with alcohol abuse are staggering. Because of the pervasiveness of alcohol abuse, virtually every psychological practitioner will encounter it. This paper reviews literature about a number of common treatments for abusive drinkers. Specific treatment procedures are evaluated from both research and clinical perspectives.…

The impact of Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, prohibiting educational discrimination against the handicapped by institutions receiving Health, Education, and Welfare funds, was investigated specifically as it related to Leeward Community College (Hawaii). Information compiled by the Self-Evaluation 504 Task Force at the college,…

This document investigates both immediate and long-term effects of childhood sexual abuse in order to help counselors identify victims and survivors. It is based on a search of the literature on child sexual abuse in the ALICE system in the Alden Library at Ohio University, and the Psychological Literature and Social Sciences Index. Key words used…

Examining delinquency problems/services in rural Tennessee, existing secondary data on rural-urban delinquency patterns in the U.S. and Tennessee were compiled; officials and professionals (N=51) working with juveniles in East Tennessee were surveyed; and a preliminary estimation of costs associated with possibilities for improving juvenile…