This second edition of the directory contains information collected from 249 public libraries for use by the handicapped, i.e., blind, physically disabled, aged, shut-in, and institutionalized persons. Several changes in format have been made in response to users' reactions to the first edition. For quick reference to library services, materials…

This report addresses the denial of suffrage to mentally disabled persons institutionalized in Pennsylvania. The case study of Pennhurst Center patients who tried to vote in the 1976 election is described. Pertinent Pennsylvania statutes and current voting practices are analyzed. A national overview of the problem along with community and…

Since the advent of institutional care in the nineteenth century, there has been extensive discussion concerning the relative merits and constraints inherent in such service provision. In the twentieth century, the trend toward institutionalization began to be reversed. Patients or clients were released or returned to communities and community…

Research evidence indicates that counselors rated as more effective are lower in dogmatism. Additional research suggests that the counseling relationship with deliquent populations is different from that with nondelinquent populations. It is the intent of this study to investigate perceptions of counselor effectiveness held by clients in a major…

The traditional psychological assessment approach leaves much to be desired if one considers man to be more than a body or a machine. It fails to consider his humanity, self-respect, intentions, and goals. The author discusses his own assessment procedure which involves a six-hour structured group with up to 20 patients and eight staff members.…

To investigate the relationship between performance on a word association test and on a reversal/nonreversal shift discrimination task, institutionalized educable mentally handicapped children were tested. The study did not confirm the hypothesis that children who show evidence of rule-mediated performance on the word association test should also…

This article describes a program which reduced the number of elderly needing hospitalization. A team screening referrals for admission to a state hospital evaluated 434 consecutive cases. Over 51 percent were diagnosed depressed. By treating patients in the community, including brief local hospitalization where indicated, total geriatric…

This study examined the performance of middle aged and elderly adults on the Piagetian tests of class inclusion and multiple classification. (GO)

This research sought to ascertain predictors of well-being and survival among "elite" residents in long-term care facilities. Analysis showed that primary predictors of morale, life satisfaction, satisfaction with treatment, and survival were residents' subjective perceptions of the facility and their preference about living in it or elsewhere.…

A semi-longitudinal approach was employed with 378 Ss in this partial replication of a larger study of MA changes in institutionalized retarded persons. (Author)

Behavior modification's technology has been shown to be effective for a variety of the aging's problems. The present study documented the value of behavior modification as treatment for social isolation in three nursing home residents; as employed, the procedure was compatible with practical constraints ordinarily present in geriatric…

A survey of 131 rehabilitation programs, agencies, and institutions was conducted in order to obtain their assessments of the importance and need for attendant care among their clients; their response to the need for attendant care among their clients; and their perceptions of creative options and ways of making dependable in-home attendant care…

The use of behavior reduction methodologies with institutionalized retarded persons involves some ethical issues in the following areas: (1) the reasons for intervention, (2) protection of the rights of residents, and (3) protection of the rights of other involved persons. (IM)

Data gathered from a questionnaire sent to 81 TMR (trainable mentally retarded) certified teachers and 46 paraprofessional management aides (teacher aides) who worked with mentally retarded residents of four state hospitals indicated that the Ss showed only partial understanding of the normalization principle. (IM)

A program that provided counseling to inmates in a correctional setting is described. Two approaches were used: the relationship approach stressed the interpersonal encounter of counselor and client and exploration of feeling by the client; the reality approach stressed behavior change for client growth. Outcomes were positive for both approaches.…