Psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers (N=132, a 53% response) responded to a mailed questionnaire assessing their beliefs and practices concerning self-help as it is affected by professional source of income, practice arena, and demographic variables. The 20-item questionnaire attempted to tap beliefs about the effectiveness and…

Introductory materials for these proceedings list acknowledgements and roundtable participants, provide the roundtable agenda, and present both the roundtable goal--to improve the quality of community information services in California public libraries through the development of a plan and program focus for the California State Library--and four…

The need for a more responsive service system for people who are both mentally ill and homeless is a salient concern in America today. Preliminary research was conducted to examine how homeless mentally ill persons are processed by the currently organized network of human services in the nation's capital. Data were gathered in the summer of 1985…

The manual suggests procedures for speech and language programs in Michigan. The six stages of the special education process are examined: referral; evaluation (including the role of the multidisciplinary evaluation team and eligibility requirements for determining speech and language impairments); the individualized educational planning committee…

The manual offers suggestions regarding the assessment process for handicapped children. Seven chapters address the following topics: the assessment process (a decisionmaking model); the referral process; planning for an individual assessment (formal and informal processes); determining eligibility (the presence or absence of a disability, an…

This manual was written to assist States and other governmental units wishing to replicate the Maryland Day Care Voucher Program, a system of providing child care subsidies to eligible families. Chapter I provides brief histories of day care in Maryland and that State's grant to demonstrate the viability of a day care voucher system. Chapter II…

The Innovative Instructional Incentive Plan represents a set of goals and action strategies for implementing the school improvement plan of the Fairway Elementary School in Miramar, Florida, where instructional time was being lost due to disruptive student behavior, and where behavioral infractions were not always dealt with quickly or…

The San Diego (California) Saturation Work Initiative Model (SWIM) was part of the Social Security Administration's two-site demonstration of saturation work programs in an urban area. The multicomponent program operated from July 1985 until late 1987, when it was replaced by a new statewide initiative called the Greater Avenues for Independence…

A guide to consulting in higher education designed for consultants and college personnel interested in engaging consultants is provided. It is based on principles distilled from actual consultation experiences in college settings. In 1980, the Association of American Colleges (AAC) began a consulting service for member organizations (Project…

Compared were the academic achievement, personal and social adjustment, and special education referral rates of early, middle, and late school entrants. It was hypothesized that: (1) there is a significant relationship between entry age and achievement and adjustment variables; (2) achievement and adjustment are significantly different among…

The manager of an on-site corporate child care center located at a medical center in the southeastern United States implemented an in-house information and referral service to assist parents attempting to locate appropriate temporary child care near their homes or work-sites. Medical center employees were given a detailed listing of all child care…

The understandings and perceptions held by school-site administrators and teachers about the process and procedures followed in referring students for special education were studied as part of the required annual evaluation of the special education program in San Diego Unified School District (California). Analysis of descriptive and qualitative…

To investigate the influence of handedness in the referral of elementary school students to a school psychologist, 120 left-handed referrals were matched with 120 right-handed referrals by sex, full-scale intelligence quotient, and chronological age. Comparison of the groups revealed that twins were more numerous among the left-handed students.…

This article discussed the roles of the various participants in the referral process as well as several other of its dimensions including the holistic/atomistic, the horizontal/vertical, and the personal/institutional. It is suggested that referral be seen in human terms and as a "transfer of trust." (Author)