In working with drug abusing youths over the past several years, the authors have utilized a program of vocational rehabilitation counselling in groups. This article is a description and discussion of the development and operation of this program. (Author)

An examination of recent data and trends indicates that the American system can be characterized more accurately as a juvenile social control system. Presented on Feb. 22, 1976, at Rutgers University, at the Conference on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. (Author)

An all-out effort by the Texas Education Agency and Department of Corrections to bring opportunities for academic education and vocational training to 16,000 inmates of the state prison system. (Editor)

Anxiety is a critical factor present in initiating and maintaining drug-dependent behavior. This study examines test anxiety to determine if behavioral approach can be applied to treatment of test anxiety in a vocational rehabilitation program for drug abuse clients. Results indicate treatment strategies selected were effective in reducing…

Investigated the impact of vocational opportunities on maintenance of sobriety of socioeconomically disadvantaged alcoholics discharged from an alcoholism halfway house. Results support the hypothesis that full-time vocational activities have a positive impact on this population of alcoholics. (Author)

Team approach methods in providing rehabilitation services are reviewed and a training method for rehabilitation teams is described, based on experience in a vocational rehabilitation facility for the mentally retarded. Practical suggestions for constructive team functioning and facility research results are also presented. (MF)

Summarized the results of 15 experimental studies of 10 small-group skills training interventions developed for use with vocational rehabilitation clients. Concluded that the typical participant in skills training interventions received substantial benefit from the activity. Skills training programs should be implemented more widely with clients…

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…

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

Examined the pre-injury employment status of 102 individuals with head injuries, profiled the employment status of those actually working at the time of their injuries (N=48), and examined various correlates of employment reentry. Found neuropsychological functioning at one month post-injury best differentiated between those who had reentered…

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…

Currently, women represent 30 percent of the drug-abusing population but are entering the prison system at a rate two times that of men. How can practitioners meet the pressing needs of offender women in treatment, prisons, and jails through the 1990s and the millennium? The correctional environment poses special advocacy challenges. The role of…

Results of this study suggest that current inservice training programs need to be reviewed and improved if better services to clients are the goal of the state rehabilitation agency and its counselors. (Author)