Practices in patient education for spinal cord injured persons in 10 hospital rehabilitation centers were examined. Surveys revealed that a majority of the centers conducted patient education (designed to provide facts about the injury as well as psychological support). Findings revealed a large number of staff involved, but a wide difference in…

The priority recommendations selected from the 1974 annual report of the National Advisory Committee on the Handicapped are briefly discussed. (Author)

This bibliography, compiled by the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives, encompasses a wide spectrum of documents related to juvenile deinstitutionalization. Although the bibliography is selective, it is a comprehensive listing of sources that deal with the negative effects of institutionalization, the movement toward…

This non-annotated bibliography, compiled by the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives, encompasses a wide spectrum of documents related to the violent juvenile offender. Although the bibliography is selective, it is a comprehensive listing of sources that deal with the life-style, treatment, and public misconceptions of violent youth.…

THE PURPOSES OF THIS PROJECT WERE TO (1) COLLECT CURRENT DATA ON SALARIES AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND OF PERSONNEL IN 26 PROFESSIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE OCCUPATIONS SPECIALIZING IN SERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND COMPARE IT WITH 1955 AND 1961 DATA, AND (2) PREPARE AND DISSEMINATE INTERPRETATIVE MATERIAL FOR FUTURE SALARY PLANNING. DATA COLLECTED FROM…

One of the essential services in rehabilitation centers is offered in the prevocational unit. This unit explores the client's abilities through specific activities in a variety of work experiences directed toward evaluating the client's vocational potentialities. The six major objectives of such a unit are described and organization and program…

As part of a Phase 1 evaluation study of the Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime (TASC) program, The Lazar Institute visited ten TASC projects, including the one in Miami, Florida. Results of this stage of the study have been provided to LEAA's National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice in three volumes. The materials in those…

This report, submitted as an appeal for continuation of funds, summarizes the achievements of the Miami Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime (TASC) project. The project is designed to identify drug-abusing arrestees and divert them to either jail treatment or one of the Miami community's drug treatment programs. Included in this report are cost…

The purpose of this investigation was to assess the feasibility of conceptualizing rehabilitation gain as a single scalable variable. Twenty-seven items from the Wood County Project Test Battery which reflected rehabilitation gain were incorporated into a scale. Items sampled weekly earning, dependency on public assistance, work status, amount of…

At the outset, social service agencies and numerous public agencies initiated as a result of the Economic Opportunities Act of 1965 were excluded from the scope of this paper. Several subtopics concerning paraprofessionals deserve consideration: (1) the need for paraprofessionals in public rehabilitation agencies; (2) the attitudes of…

Physical disability from disease or injury often results in a permanent state of social insufficiency, especially when the disability is reinforced by individual or environmental factors. In a study of almost 700 persons treated at a Norwegian rehabilitation center, regression analysis was used to compare those who benefited from the program with…

A review of the operation of and prognosis for a program of higher education and counseling, in and out of the institution and additional follow-up support services in post-release period, for inmates of a maximum-security prison is given. (NF)

During the past few years, education has assumed a dominant position among the many tools used by correctional personnel for the purpose of rehabilitating the criminal offender. The nature of these educational programs has evolved from those that were largely vocational in scope to those attempting to increase the scholastic achievements of the…