Intended primarily for persons or agencies responsible for providing training to professionals and interested citizens involved in delivery of services to abusive and neglectful families, the manual addresses the importance of training in the identification, reporting, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of child abuse and neglect. Chapters focus…

Decision makers and psychologists (N=224) who had previously participated in at least two placement team meetings individually completed a computer simulated decision making program on a child referred for a suspected handicapping condition. Ss were randomly assigned to 16 different conditions varying on the basis of the referred child's sex,…

This paper presents an overview of problems confronting crime victims, identifies service approaches to assist crime victims, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of providing victim advocate services as part of comprehensive crisis intervention centers. Victims not only may bear the suffering of financial loss and emotional trauma as a…

The handbook is presented as a method for evaluating individual exceptional children and selecting the best program for their needs. Discussed are the responsibilities of state and local programs, methods of selection, local referral systems, arrangements for testing on the state and local level, procedures to be used by evaluators and the local…

The research conducted by the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies of the American Rehabilitation Foundation is summarized. The first phase of this study is divided into three parts: (1) an examination of all functions that might be engaged in by an information and referral center, (2) an examination of the potential role of an information and…

This paper is an extension of "Referential Consulting Networks" which explicated the concept of a network of referential consultants each of whom could "field" questions by: (a) answering them on the basis of his own expertise; (b) answer them with the help of library resources at his command; (c) refer the question to a…

When it is necessary for a person to be personally escorted to an agency if he is ever going to get there, the center should consider the use of volunteers for this service. One possible source of volunteer help might be the volunteers who participated in the center's community resources survey. Another source would be organizations that provide…

Intended for Head Start personnel, the manual outlines a recruitment campaign for identifying and enrolling children who have health impairments requiring special education and related services. Briefly covered are the following topics: rationale for the recruitment compaign; targets of recruitment (which include Head Start families, the general…

Basic considerations in defining and clarifying consultation are discussed, as that role is emerging in schools. Resistance to change is caused by fear of the unknown, existing satisfactions, and conflicts of interest. Required changes may be personal behaviors or systems changes, but probably interactions of both. (Author/CTM)

The development and running of a student health shop allied with the student health service of the State University of New York at Stonybrook are described. The shop sells nonprescription health care products, provides basic health information, and refers students needing further health care or information. (MJB)

This study compares children referred for psychiatric reports by the Scottish Children's Hearings with other children known to the reporter (an official) and with anti-social children referred to psychiatrists from other sources. (CM)

This article brings attention to the referral process and provides a set of materials needed to conduct a staff inservice workshop on this underdeveloped service. (Author)

Asked each of 41 psychologists to "refer" each of six case vignettes (two schizophrenic, two neurotic, and two "other") to the colleague he/she believed would be most effective with that case. A therapists received more schizophrenic than neurotic referrals, whereas B therapists received more neurotic than schizophrenic referrals. (Author)

Teachers (N=347) from 29 elementary schools in Vancouver completed a questionnaire covertly assessing bias toward visible ethnic minority groups in special education referrals. Results indicated that many teachers demonstrated a positive bias toward a child fictitiously described as Caucasian or Oriental and a negative bias if described as Native…