The essential question to which this research and demonstration project was directed was whether disabled trainees who received a vocational rehabilitation service with a substantial workshop component, and who were helped thereby to enter the labor market, would profit from a subsequent counseling service. It was originally hypothesized that such…

Reports on a multisource identification and an in-depth analysis of exemplary state agency rehabilitation counselors so as to describe the characteristics associated with being exemplary. Results indicate no differences between the two types of rehabilitation counselors -- therapeutic and case manager -- on-job satisfaction or on-task demands.…

The origin and development of Project NewGate are described from 1971-74. (The project presents a model program of higher education for incarcerated offenders, consisting of the in-prison phase, transitional phase, and release phase.) Specific project characteristics are discussed and include a 4-year academic program for prison inmates; an…

Discusses a treatment-oriented foster care project, including its evaluation design, in which parent-counselor families were matched with children with emotional or behavioral problems. Specific treatment goals were determined for the children and their natural families, and treatment plans were designed. (BR)

The purpose of this project was to design, execute, and evaluate a film to be used as a public education program in rehabilitation counseling. The film "Will It Be You?" was produced to interest undergraduate students in a career in rehabilitation counseling and to inform the general public of the goals and services of rehabilitation counseling.…

This report reviews the 31 exemplary vocational guidance and counseling projects in Virginia during the 1981-82 school year and includes a brief summary of each project, its objectives and methodology, and the name, address, institutional affiliation, and phone number of the project director. Nine of the abstracts deal with programs to increase…

The purpose of the project reported on and evaluated in the document is to develop new approaches in Adult Basic Education to motivate undereducated, alienated, and disadvantaged American Indian adults. The project is located in central Arizona, serving a population of about 8,000. High school-dropout rates, unemployment, alcoholism, and health…