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Florida State Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Tallahassee. – 1977
This report evaluates the pilot Intensive Counseling Program which serves juvenile delinquents with community-based group (eight to ten youths) counseling sessions that meet at least four times a week, and are less expensive and more personalized than traditional residential treatment. Youths and parents contract for the program and must be able…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Counseling Effectiveness, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Followup Studies
SPEVACK, HARRY – 1961
ABSTRACT NOT AVAILABLE.
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Emotional Disturbances, Guidance Programs, Institutional Schools
AIKEN, MICHAEL; HAGE, JERALD – 1967
IN A STUDY OF ORGANIZATIONAL INTERDEPENDENCE, INTERVIEW RESPONSE DATA WERE OBTAINED IN A LARGE MIDWEST CITY FROM 520 STAFF MEMBERS OF TEN PRIVATE AND SIX PUBLIC SOCIAL WELFARE AND HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING SPECIAL SERVICES FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED. INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM RESPONDENTS WAS POOLED TO REFLECT PROPERTIES OF THE 16…
Descriptors: Communications, Conflict, Cooperative Programs, Decentralization
Delaware Occupational Research Coordinating Unit, Dover. – 1967
THE LITERATURE ON THE DISADVANTAGED IS REVIEWED IN FOUR RESOURCE PAPERS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION USEFUL IN UNDERSTANDING AND DEVELOPING PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED PERSONS AND TO PROVIDE LOCAL SCHOOLS WITH RESOURCE MATERIAL TO HELP IN WRITING PROPOSALS. IN "REHABILITATING THE DISADVANTAGED, A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE," R. A. EHRLE DISCUSSES THE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavior Change, Disadvantaged, Educational Programs
Mayer, Steven E.; And Others – 1979
This handbook outlines procedures for planning and conducting follow-up studies of clients involved in chemical dependency programs. It is organized into eight chapters. Chapter I discusses purposes and applications of client follow-up studies. Studies may be used in program evaluation, program design, and staff development. Also, the study itself…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Costs, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Rhoads, Deborah L.; And Others – 1980
Recent advances in the study of life stress and social support suggest a new approach to the drug abuse client recidivism problem which encompasses the need for naturalistic, interactional studies. A longitudinal study was conducted with 49 ex-clients of a heroin detoxification program to test the hypothesis that experiencing life stress in the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Drug Abuse, Drug Rehabilitation, Longitudinal Studies
Wichmann, Theodore F., Ed. – 1977
This report chronicles a workshop intended to speak to the needs of directors and instructors working in established wilderness rehabilitation programs for delinquent youth. Issues such as the formation of a professional association, the need for future conferences, and the development of reliable communication channels within the field are…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Counselor Role, Counselor Training, Delinquency
Faegre, Christopher L.; And Others – 1978
This manual is designed to assist those helping professionals who work with drug abusing offenders, either as counselors or mental health aides from drug abuse treatment systems or probation officers or jailers from the criminal justice system. This course first provides a conceptual framework or "Perspectives" on the subject area in…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Correctional Rehabilitation, Counseling Services, Counselors
Gordon, Wayne; And Others – 1978
The course of psychosocial adjustment to cancer was examined in 105 adults with cancer of the lung, breast and skin. Half of the patients received a program of systematic psychosocial rehabilitation plus evaluation, and the other half received only an evaluation, consisting of a series of psychometric instruments and a problem-oriented structured…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Coping, Diseases
Catholic Univ. of America, Washington, DC. National Rehabilitation Information Center. – 1978
This report of a conference cosponsored by the National Rehabilitation Information Center and the Clearinghouse on the Handicapped provides background on the need for a network system to make effective use of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) funded information services, defines and explains networking concepts and terminology, and…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Directories, Disabilities, Federal Aid
EMPEY, LAMAR T. – 1967
THIS EXTENSIVE REPORT DISCUSSES VARIOUS CORRECTIONAL PRACTICES FOR ADULT AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS, AND DESCRIBES POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES. ALTERNATIVES TO PRETRIAL INCARCERATION OF ADULT OFFENDERS ARE SUPERVISED RELEASE, DAYTIME RELEASE, RELEASE IN THE CUSTODY OF A THIRD PARTY, SUMMONS INSTEAD OF ARREST, AND REVISED BAIL PROCEDURES. ALTERNATIVES TO…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Action, Community Programs, Correctional Institutions
Harrison, Don K.; Miller, Juliet V. – 1977
This conference report provides a summary of the work of the Participatory Planning Conference for Rehabilitation Program Evaluation. It is organized into four major sections relating to the Rehabilitation Services Administration sub-goals of: (1) recruitment and selection; (2) restoration and training; (3) employment; and (4) capacity-building.…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Conference Reports, Mental Retardation, Models
Welker, L. Conrad, Jr.; Ginn, Clyde N. – 1974
The concern of educational and political leaders as to the extent and nature of impact made by Institutional Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) programs provided the basis for the study. The research report describes the degree of influence that the MDTA programs had on vocational and technical education in the State of Mississippi…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Labor Force Development, Program Evaluation, Questionnaires
Gruebel, Jerold Morris – 1975
The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of utilizing closed circuit television as a rehabilitative tool in any or all seven of Ohio's state correctional institutions. Criteria for feasibility were based on a review of the historical background and philosophy of the State of Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Audiovisual Instruction, Closed Circuit Television, Correctional Institutions
Johnson, Janet W.; And Others – 1975
A Study of 18 handicapped males (mean age 7 years) and their parents was conducted to ascertain initial characteristics on entering a physical development clinic, and to detect changes in the functioning level coinciding with their first exposure to the clinic program. Both prior to and following completion of the 8-week clinic program, Ss were…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Children, Clinics, Demography
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