This descriptive population study was prepared to provide descriptive analysis of the population of vocational rehabilitation (VR) consumers with HIV/AIDS in the years 2002-2007, with comparisons made to the population estimates for numbers of persons identified as living with HIV/AIDS and comparison to the larger population of VR service…

This study shows that high rehabilitation rates correlated significantly with large caseloads, high program expenditures, low expenditures per client, and shorter duration of clients in the program. In sharp contract, rehabilitants' salary correlate significantly with small caseloads, small program budgets, select clients, high training…

This directory of supportive and rehabilitative programs for people with deafness includes federal programs; state vocational rehabilitation offices; regional and local programs; national professional organizations and centers; chapters of the National Association of the Deaf; and professional committee members of two other organizations. (DB)

The principal objective of this project was to respond immediately to the sudden and drastic increase in the need for vocational rehabilitation services precipitated by a major flood disaster. The focus was on delivering vocational rehabilitation services to eligible handicapped individuals in the disaster area. In addition, the project was…

This directory of supportive and rehabilitative programs for the deaf lists federal programs, state vocational-rehabiltation offices, regional and local programs, national professional organizations and centers, state contacts for the National Association of the Deaf, and professional committee members of the Conference of Educational…

This annual report states the goal of the Alaska Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, which is to provide assistance to those who are vocationally disabled so they can secure and maintain suitable employment. The Director of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation of the Alaska Department of Education offers an overview of fiscal year 1989…

THE NUMBER OF MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS REHABILITATED THROUGH STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCIES INCREASED EACH YEAR FROM 1958 TO 1963. MENTALLY HANDICAPPED REHABILITANTS WERE YOUNGER THAN THOSE WITH OTHER DISABILITIES. THERE WERE MORE MALE THAN FEMALE, AND MORE WHITE THAN NEGRO MENTALLY HANDICAPPED REHABILITANTS, ALTHOUGH THE PROPORTION…

Programs in Michigan, North Carolina, and Oklahoma, under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act were reviewed by the General Accounting Office to determine the ability of the programs to meet the needs of all handicapped persons and their effectiveness in helping individual handicapped persons. Under the act, before vocational rehabilitation services…

The article is based on the report of the Massachusetts Vocational Rehabilitation Planning Commission. (JM)

In 1992, a multiagency model of transition planning was developed and implemented to meet the identified needs of Michigan students who are deaf-blind. This article outlines the project's activities, accomplishments, challenges, and goals for the future. (Author/DB)

A QUESTIONNAIRE, SENT TO DIRECTORS OF 89 PUBLIC, STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCIES AND OF AGENCIES WHICH SERVE THE BLIND, WAS DESIGNED PRIMARILY TO SURVEY PRESENT PRACTICES USED IN EVALUATING COUNSELORS ON THEIR STAFF. MULTIPLE-CHOICE-TYPE QUESTIONS REQUIRED TWO TYPES OF ANSWERS--THE VARIOUS COUNSELOR CHARACTERISTICS CONSIDERED OR REQUIRED…

Describes comprehensive planning of vocational education at the state level. (SB)

Assessed the impact of consolidating drug and alcohol programs and agencies at individual and clinic levels. Little relationship between state or clinic level consolidation and clinic level treatment is found. Data confirm that drug/alcohol consolidation can be accomplished without affecting the treatment process at clinic or client levels.…