Visual impairment and blindness are issues facing the veteran and non-veteran populations in a variety of ways. Currently, the number of veterans in the U.S. diagnosed with low vision is estimated to be more than one million. The number of veterans diagnosed with legal blindness is estimated to be more than 160,000. Over 45,000 veterans diagnosed…

This article discusses the current role and status of recreation in corrections. (PD)

A two-day workshop, conducted to study the different meanings of the concept of work evaluation, was participated in by representatives from rehabilitation facilities, work evaluation training programs, institutional organizations, and rehabilitation research and training centers. In addition, different types of patient populations were…

The purpose of this study was to develop a scale to assess client satisfaction with rehabilitation services and to identify correlates of client satisfaction. The first phase involved the development of the instrument, the Scale of Client Satisfaction. Subjects were 483 culturally and medically handicapped rehabilitates. In the second phase data…

Since it is the visually handicapped consumer who makes possible the existence of specialized social and educational institutions for the blind, he or she must be free to exercise certain rights. (Author)

This article discusses the merits of the innovative rehabilitation efforts utilizing recreation at the Maryland Rehabilitation Center in Baltimore. (SK)

This study describes the influence of highly intense aerobic circuit training on the cardiorespiratory fitness of 31 coronary artery disease patients who had undergone bypass surgery. Results show improvement in heart rate and other measured responses and no abnormal responses related to cardiovascular or musculoskeletal complications. (Author/MT)

A discriminant function analysis identified eight statistically significant variables which differentiated adolescents placed in mental health or juvenile justice systems. In order of decreasing importance they are: ethnicity, gender, depression, previous mental health history, productivity, drug use, parental marital history, and parental…

Conducted a follow-up interview for 57 former vocational rehabilitation clients regarding factors bearing on their vocational success. Responses to questions regarding their perceptions of rehabilitation services, work-related problems, employer-hiring attitudes, and support of family and friends suggested 12 recommendations for enhancing the…

Basic skills and life skills'' are incorporated in an innovative effort to upgrade dropouts. (Author)

Massachusetts has eliminated all its reform schools, usually the first way station on the road to lifelong institutionalization. It has created the DYS as a progressive substitute to instill responsible action rather than repressive prevention, an inhumane and apparently ineffective practice. (Editor/RK)

This study investigated the relationship between client motivation or lack of motivation for rehabilitation services and rehabilitation counseling outcome. Using the case-closure system of the Minnesota Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, the results were that motivated clients were more frequently closed employed'' than unmotivated clients.…

The volunteer fathers'' are inmates of a medium security prison, and the Scouts live in a home for the mentally retarded; both groups have benefited from the program. (SP)