Excerpts are presented from the March 1983 hearings on oversight and reauthorization of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Prepared statements are included from federal officials; representatives of professional rehabilitation and education associations and state and local agencies; students; and other interested persons. In addition to the…

Maintains that the breeding ground for adult inmates is juvenile correctional institutions which are greatly in need of reform. Discusses some alternatives to institutions for juveniles. (Author/HMV)

This bibliography, compiled by the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives, encompasses a wide spectrum of documents related to juvenile deinstitutionalization. Although the bibliography is selective, it is a comprehensive listing of sources that deal with the negative effects of institutionalization, the movement toward…

A statement on the training and placement of blind individuals as social workers or vocational rehabilitation counselors, prepared by the Committee on the Employment of Blind Inidviduals in the Professions of the New York State Federation of Workers for the Blind, is presented in a question and answer format. The blind have repeatedly demonstrated…

One of the essential services in rehabilitation centers is offered in the prevocational unit. This unit explores the client's abilities through specific activities in a variety of work experiences directed toward evaluating the client's vocational potentialities. The six major objectives of such a unit are described and organization and program…

As part of a Phase 1 evaluation study of the Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime (TASC) program, The Lazar Institute visited ten TASC projects, including the one in Miami, Florida. Results of this stage of the study have been provided to LEAA's National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice in three volumes. The materials in those…

This report, submitted as an appeal for continuation of funds, summarizes the achievements of the Miami Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime (TASC) project. The project is designed to identify drug-abusing arrestees and divert them to either jail treatment or one of the Miami community's drug treatment programs. Included in this report are cost…

Physical disability from disease or injury often results in a permanent state of social insufficiency, especially when the disability is reinforced by individual or environmental factors. In a study of almost 700 persons treated at a Norwegian rehabilitation center, regression analysis was used to compare those who benefited from the program with…

The Minnesota Importance Questionnaire (MIQ) is a 210-item pair-comparison instrument designed to measure 20 vocationally relevant need dimensions: (1) ability utilization, (2) achievement, (3) activity, (4) advancement, (5) authority, (6) company policies and practices, (7) compensation, (8) co-workers, (9) creativity, (10) independence, (11)…

Vocational rehabilitation counselors were assigned on a full-time basis to the Federal Probation Office in Tampa, Florida, to work with probationers and releasees as soon as the case files were received in the probation office. This 3-year project was part of a cooperative research program conducted in seven states. A total of 247 offenders…

A review of the operation of and prognosis for a program of higher education and counseling, in and out of the institution and additional follow-up support services in post-release period, for inmates of a maximum-security prison is given. (NF)

To insure the success of rehabilitative education in correctional institutions, it is necessary to give these institutions the type of personnel equipped to do the job. Suggestions to train teachers for correctional institutions concern the need for a highly individual, cohesive program for each trainee; careful selection of trainees; a battery of…

In May 1974, Fresno County's Narcotic Abuse Treatment Program began a 21-day outpatient methadone detoxification treatment modality. The purpose of this paper is to examine this alternative treatment modality, its characteristics, its therapeutic outcomes and the rationale for its use. (Author)

Examined impact of four different follow-up strategies (interviews, telephone, questionnaire, and secondary sources) used in a sequential order over a one-year period with psychiatrically disabled persons (N=142) living in the community. Contact rates tripled when multiple follow-up methods were used in addition to the single method of telephone…

Highlights three advantages of the multiple-baseline design for evaluating work performance in vocational training programs: (1) allowing the trainer to determine the success of a vocational program without withdrawing training; (2) ruling out effects of history; and (3) providing a versatile evaluation procedure. (BH)