Resident Assistants at a midwestern university answered a questionnaire on the nature and extent of their identification, confrontation, and referral of problem drinkers in the residence halls. Nearly 60 percent believed there was a problem drinker on the floor, 20.8 percent had confronted a resident about the sole issue of alcohol abuse, and 11.5…

The incidence figures of handicapped children in a sample of school districts were calculated. During the 1977-78, 1978-79, and 1979-80 school years, four to five percent of the students were referred or evaluated; three percent were placed in special education programs, with wide variation in the data supplied by individual school districts.…

This booklet assumes that the first question that a mental health professional asks should not be what's wrong with this person, but what's making this person function like this. The answer may be that something's wrong with the way the person's environment is functioning, and, therefore, it is the environment that really should be changed, if…

Adults with mental retardation often grieve the loss of their loved ones. However, many times this grief goes unnoticed and individuals are never given the chance to express their grief and recover from the death of those close to them. This guide is designed for helping professionals, including therapists, clergy, nurses, psychologists, hospice…

Author states that his best asset is the value his faculty places upon his services. (RK)

To deal with the problem of communicating needed information to students, many schools are sponsoring telephone information and referral services such as the model described in this article. (JC)

Data show that minorities are underrepresented in high skilled trades. (BH)

A statewide project in South Dakota has screened the vision of 2,578 elderly persons in 90 nursing homes, finding 13 percent legally blind and referring 32 percent for services either from agencies for the blind or from physicians or optometrists. (KW)

This article deals with the description and use of a referral form for the behaviorally-oriented school psychologist in the elementary school. The advantages of using performance related descriptions of school problems are dealt with as well as the sequence of training necessary to use this type of form. (Author)

The Toronto Board of Education developed a program to educate teaching and nonteaching staff about management of abuse and neglect in the schools. Reporting procedures emphasize coordination, team consultation, and professional responsibility. Staff training consisted of seminars which were met with generally positive response. (CL)

Referral advice was requested for mildly mentally retarded infants, profoundly mentally retarded infants, or Down's syndrome infants. Years of practice and population of town where the practice was located were the two variables that showed statistically significant relationships to physicians' advice. (Author)

Study examines extent to which client sex and presenting problem are related to sex of counselor to whom client is referred for individual counseling. Results suggest that sex is a salient factor in the assignment of clients to counselors. (Author)

Uses data from a survey of 316 social service agencies in 17 communities to examine factors affecting the influence attributed to an organization, including the organization's centrality in a resource network, the outside constraints on its relationships with other agencies, and its strategies of relationship formation. (Author/RW)