The methodology and design implemented for the Continuing Education/Community Service Projects of the Gerontology Center at Pennsylvania State University was the first attempt to train a diverse body of service providers in aging. Identification of the population for training was a matter of exclusion rather than inclusion, with the direct service…

Most Americans today have more spare time than ever before, but few have learned how to use it wisely. In an effort to remedy this deficiency and to insure the future competence of the average person to utilize his leisure time with maximum fruitfulness, some recreational theorists have advocated the establishment of a formal program of training…

This issue of Impact is devoted to paraprofessionals in the helping professions and develops the discussion through five major articles. Part 1 offers an introduction to the role of paraprofessionals in classrooms and pupil personnel services. Part 2 relates the historical and legislative developments of paraprofessionals in the mental health…

Designed to assess the validity of the determinations among applications for Social Security disability benefits, a comprehensive evaluation of each applicant was made including medical, psychological, social, and vocational data on each subject and his family. A followup study was conducted for 705 applicants from Ohio two to six years after the…

This bulletin attempts to assess the effect of rural rehabilitation clients' and counselors' self concept systems, perceptions and expressions of feelings upon the rehabilitation process. Client family involvement and interaction were also analyzed. Secondary concerns center upon the effects of perceived similarity of attitude, social…

This project involved employment service personnel in a training program of staff development experiences which attempted to emphasize the special skills required for the expanding human resources mission of the employment service. Particular attention focused on staff relationships, the image of the employment service in the community,…

The bibliography cites 127 publications and periodicals useful for rural development which were in the most current Government Printing Office's price lists. It is divided into 5 categories: (1) People Building; (2) Community Facilities; (3) Environmental Improvement; (4) Economic Development; and (5) Government Periodicals. Topics covered are:…

This newsletter, published six times a year by an independent group of psychologists and students unrelated to any legal agency, is designed to bring relevant social science information to the attention of the practioner in the legal, judicial, and correctional fields. Focus in this issue is on the jury. Research findings, reviews, analyses, and…

Chaired by Bernard G. Guerney, Jr., this program on the development and evaluation of helping skills training included the following presentations: (1) "The Development of a Helping Skills Program" (Steven Danish); (2) "Paraprofessionals Assess the Training Program" (Barbara Wakshul); (3) "Research Conducted on the Training of Basic Helping…

The pamphlet is the most recent in a series of National Chamber of Commerce publications designed to stimulate business and other citizen action to improve corrections as one of the three components of the criminal justice system. The Chamber observes that correctional reform is taking place at various governmental levels but that these efforts…

The primary tasks of intervention activity are introduced in Chapter 1. In Chapter 2, the conditions necessary to develop the competence of any social system are explored. In Chapter 3 the probabilities that client systems will tend to manifest these conditions are examined, and in Chapter 4 it is shown that the research methods used by an…

A three-year home-teaching demonstration project with the geriatric blind was conducted with 171 clients in the experimental group (132 were blind for 10 years or less and were 60 years of age or older, 11 were blind 17 years or longer, 7 were in an apartment group, 7 died, and 14 had incomplete records) and 44 clients in the control group. The…

A study is currently being conducted on rehabilitation occupations for the disadvantaged and advantaged. As defined by the study, the "disadvantaged" are those who have had an irregular work history; they tend to be the poor, or minority group members who have not had the education necessary to qualify for any but dead-end jobs. The "advantaged"…

This compilation of ERIC abstracts dealing with human services is the 11th in a series that identifies research and instructional materials in selected occupational clusters. Forty-four documents were identified by means of computer searches of "Research in Education" from 1967 to December 1972. Instructions on how to use ERIC reference…

The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) at the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) developed a series of Data Element Dictionaries primarily servicing the instructional function. This report, developed by the University of Georgia, clarifies and adds elements relating to research and service…