As mentally retarded adults have become more independent as a result of governmental policy directives and vocational training, the need for social work services has increased. Examines the effect of improved vocational training and independent living on the lives of mentally retarded adults and provides recommendations to improve social work and…

Families of disabled children (N=32) using respite care over a four-month period reported positive impact on family relations, social activities, emotional and physical strains, and plans for institutional care. Families caring for younger children viewed the services as more helpful than parents caring for older children or adults. (Author/CL)

Discusses changing attitudes toward work and how they affect guidance counselors. (JOW)

Struggling job seekers want to know what work will give meaning to the 40-plus years they spend at it and a measure of happiness. The author suggests that career practitioners and supervisors can help if they know who we are when, what someone is in the career game for, and how we decide where next to grow. This paper will review the career stage…

Some of the varied resources in the general area of economics and in the special area of economics and the environment are listed. Most contain extensive bibliographies. Some materials are free or available for a nominal charge. (KM)

This paper suggests a biopsychosocial model as an alternative to the use of medical or health models for occupational therapists. The model moves away from the illness-health continuum to an emphasis upon information, abilities, and values necessary for productive community living. (Author/JA)

General Education is viewed as education for life and improvement in one should stimulate improvement in the second. (JB)

Perceives utopia as the quest for the promised land. Proposes such quests derive from Moses delivering his people from captivity to a new place on earth. Cites true fictional accounts enjoining the need to strive for perfection and search for a site to build a perfect society (Editor/DMM)

Analysis of the mean ratings of 12 life satisfaction domains demonstrates that there is age similarity for some domains, but substantial age differences for other domains. The number of factors varies across age groups, and the content of those factors also varies considerably. Life satisfaction is a multidimensional construct. (Author)

Investigated the relationships between the daily occurrence of aversive events, depressed mood, and the enjoyment of pleasant events in a sample of depressed patients. Significant associations were found between depressed mood and unpleasant events, and between unpleasant events and the pleasantness of pleasant events. (Author)

Although the elderly in this country are often thought of as isolated and forgotten by family and friends, the study reported here found that this image differs significantly from reality in most cases. The authors discuss the various aspects of the support systems on which most elderly people rely. (Author)

The authors stress the need to design an individualized living plan for handicapped individuals which would protect the needs of this special population and create a variety of programs to foster alternate living arrangements. (PHR)

Reviews articles in the 1976 Journal of Counseling Psychology concerned with causal questions without broad consideration for the context or history of the variables under investigation. Notions of Brunswick and Snow regarding distal, proximal, and central regions for research concerned with ecology are presented with adaptation for counseling.…

Surveyed medical/surgical patients concerning life events during the preceding year. Subjective evaluations of events were obtained for dimensions of desirability, adjustment, anticipation, and control. Psychological impairment was associated with subjective evaluations, specifically desirability and adjustment. Inclusion of anticipation and…

Based on a needs assessment survey (66 responses from 101 nursing home activity coordinators), a recreation manual and training program was developed and tested with 25 coordinators/recreation staff. The 14 who completed evaluations increased their understanding of such topics as depression; goals of nursing home recreation programs; motivation of…