The basic linkage service of an information and Referral (I and R) center is discussed in this manual. By itself, information-giving can be very important. It helps make people in a community more aware of the services available to them, and it can go a long way toward making their lives healthier and happier. In addition, if records are properly…

The phases of daily living which are covered in this selected bibliography are alcohol and drug education, life styles, leisure activities, marraige and family relationships, politics, race relations, sex education, statistics/social indicators, and value concepts. Because the subject is so encompassing, no attempt has been made to be exhaustive.…

This report analyzes federal policies and program for aging Americans in view of emerging socio-economic issues to determine if the present federal strategy has future viability. A conceptual framework and methodology were developed to evaluate federal programs in terms of individual needs. Based on this strategic evaluation, alternative…

Teacher training procedures and curricula are described as they relate to social and educational needs throughout American history. The lag between training procedures and the needs of the time is documented, and those elements of curricula not included in training programs are identified. A review of historical events, documents of national…

This study describes behavioral response--both its theoretical specification and its estimation--which relates health service utilization and expenditures to a number of variables: demographic, psychological, economic, medical, and policy-related. By incorporating these behavioral relations into a recently developed microsimulation model, national…

Questionnaires were sent to principals of the Vancouver secondary schools to determine what opportunities were provided for students to study independently. Summaries of results for each question are given. It was concluded that although well-organized and evaluated study programs are rare and principals are ambivalent about their merit, there is…

The purpose of advocacy in an information and referral (I & R) center is to obtain service for older people where such service is not now available to them or is non-existent. This is related to the center's mission of linking older people and services together. Advocacy at the case level is concerned with individuals who have not received the…

It is suggested that although counselors tend to direct services to the middle class, they do so most forcibly toward the white collar middle class. The blue collar worker is typically not included in consideration of the delivery of services to alienated sub-cultures. There are numerous and different demands placed on the blue collar worker in…

Vocational education offers important opportunities for the successful rehabilitation of offenders through programs in training and career guidance. (EC)

Analyses the assumptions made by the Bartley-Daly Act (Chapter 766) about the nature of children, education, the schools and the community outside the school in terms of the law's implications for regular children. (Author/AM)

This study was designed to assess college students' preferences for peer and professional counselors. It was hypothesized that these preferences are a function of the nature of the clients' problem. Findings support the hypothesis though they must be accepted with caution since the sample was psychology students in one school. (Author/EJT)

Through a review of literature and research, definitions of work and leisure and the nature of the relationship between work and leisure are explored. (Author)

The welfare of the elderly seems better served in England than here in the United States. Not only is that society more committed to helping the elderly, but its health care and social service systems also intermesh, giving the elderly easier access to a variety of services. (Author)

Feelings of loneliness result from the lack of opportunity to relate to others on an intimate level and express one's thoughts and emotions freely, without fear of rejection or misunderstanding. American society frustrates this need by emphasizing individual fulfillment and downgrading the importance of commitment to others. (Author)

Laments the effect of educational policies on foreign language teaching, and pleads for a variety of foreign language offerings (in European schools), based on the needs of society and on individual wishes, and not only from the standpoint of a universal language (English). (IFS/WGA)