Visual impairment and blindness are issues facing the veteran and non-veteran populations in a variety of ways. Currently, the number of veterans in the U.S. diagnosed with low vision is estimated to be more than one million. The number of veterans diagnosed with legal blindness is estimated to be more than 160,000. Over 45,000 veterans diagnosed…

Focus is on the community of La Colonia in Oxnard, California because it has (1) a high concentration of Mexican Americans, (2) a high incidence of drug addiction, and (3) reliable statistical data available. (NQ)

The focus of the homemaking program at the Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine is twofold--to retrain disabled homemakers in basic skills and to replan the patients' homes to fit their new physical needs. (Author/BP)

This paper reports on a three year follow-up study of 43 heroin addicts who received detoxification services with a startling success rate of only 2percent. (Author)

This paper presents an overview of the Counseling/Health Psychology Program at the West Haven Veterans Administration Medical Center (WHVAMC). The organizational structure of the counseling program and its clinical services are briefly described, including consultation, and inpatient and outpatient programs. Historical roots in human…

Michael Scott, starting from the bottom as a dropout and using the Job Corps, the Marines, the State Employment Service, the Veterans Administration, and the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA), has moved up from trainee at the MDTA Skill Center to office manager. (BP)

This publication on Federal Employee Alcoholism Programs, printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations, contains hearings on Federal agency compliance with the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1970. (JLL)

The rehabilitation process at the California Institution for Women at Frontera is discussed, especially in relation to the Chicana inmate. (NQ)

A three-part model is presented which has been developed for use in teaching a basic course in placement as a component of the rehabilitation process. Its primary foci are the interaction of traditional treatment strategies, placement as a process, and the concept of the client in the environment. The model allows for the presentation of a variety…

THE GOALS OF THIS STUDY WERE TO USE WORK TO HELP PATIENTS LEAVE THE CAMARILLO STATE HOSPITAL SOONER, BECOME A PART OF THE COMMUNITY, AND BECOME SELF-SUPPORTING. THE PROJECT SELECTED 146 SCHIZOPHRENIC MALES WHO HAD A HISTORY OF POOR WORK ADJUSTMENT. AS PART OF THE TREATMENT, THE MEN WERE PLACED IN THE HOSPITAL BAKERY. AFTER ADJUSTMENT TO THE WORK…

THE COOPERATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITH PROGRAMS FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED (MR) AND THE REGIONAL OFFICES OF THE DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION (DVR) WAS REPORTED. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE MAILED TO DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS, TEACHERS OF THE MR'S, REGIONAL OFFICES OF DVR, AND COUNSELORS. A TOTAL OF 507 WERE MAILED AND 86.8 PERCENT…

INITIATED AS AN EXPERIMENTAL EFFORT TO HELP REDUCE THE HIGH RATE OF RECIDIVISM TO ALABAMA'S PRISONS, THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING PROJECT HAS GRADUATED 173 YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS AS ENTRY-LEVEL TRADESMEN. JOBS WERE SECURED FOR 142 GRADUATES AS THEY BECAME ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE, SIX GRADUATES WERE RELEASED TO FACE OTHER CHARGES, AND 25 AWAIT…

YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS SERVING PRISON SENTENCES WERE EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS IN A MANPOWER TRAINING PROGRAM INVOLVING COURSES IN WELDING, APPLIANCE REPAIR, RADIO AND TELEVISION REPAIR, AUTO REPAIR, BARBERING, TECHNICAL WRITING, AND BRICKLAYING. THESE COURSES LASTED 26 OR 52 WEEKS, AND EACH HAD AN ENROLLMENT OF 10 STUDENTS. STUDENT EVALUATION AND…

YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS SERVING PRISON SENTENCES WERE EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS IN A MANPOWER TRAINING PROGRAM INVOLVING COURSES IN WELDING, APPLIANCE REPAIR, RADIO AND TELEVISION REPAIR, AUTO REPAIR, BARBERING, TECHNICAL WRITING, AND BRICKLAYING. COUNSELING AND TRAINING CONTINUED FOR ENROLLEES IN THESE SEVEN COURSES, AND 130 INMATES APPLIED FOR THE SECOND…