Argues that the major ways to increase rehabilitation counselor effectiveness with the severely disabled are to provide counselors with high level communication skills, reduce their own anxieties about working with the severely disabled, reinforce counselor action activities for the client as an addition to communication skills. A practicum…

Determines whether in-service programs for the elderly are helpful in providing information about hearing loss and helping them cope with that loss. Results indicate the programs are beneficial for the elderly as well as students of gerontology. The project also increased awareness of financial limitations prohibiting purchase of hearing aids.…

This article describes the development by Jean Liefheit of a program for alcoholics in the Bedford, New York, school district. It also discusses the attitudes and problems particular to the alcoholic teacher. (SJL)

The paper describes an automated behavioral rehabilitation system for mentally retarded persons, designed to help staff implement the clinical process. The system consists of three components: client assessment, treatment selection, and treatment plan documentation. (PHR)

Centers on how to encourage counselor activity in the placement process not only to secure jobs for clients with severe disabilities but also to learn firsthand about the local world of work. Placement training must receive proper emphasis in rehabilitation education programs. (CT)

Intervention effectively ameliorated some of the psychosocial problems reported by patients. Patients evidenced a more rapid decline of negative affect (anxiety, hostility, depression), a more realistic outlook on life, a greater proportion of return to previous vocational status, and a more active pattern of time usage. (Author)

In a treatment facility positive peer culture was operationalized after the completion of a level system. Comparing the programs, positive peer culture had fewer runaways, and less physical aggression, drug abuse, property destruction and suicidal behavior, while having more break-ins on campus and improper affection displays. (Author)

Issue contains annotations of 160 alcohol education publications to provide a current reference source. It can also pinpoint areas not covered by publications and aid organizations and publishers in planning their educational activities. Includes books, pamphlets, curriculum guides and miscellaneous items; excludes audiovisuals. (JAC)

Presents a Gestalt therapeutic approach that has shown promise within a drug treatment program. The major issues discussed include the acquisition of self-support, taking responsibility, dealing with anxiety, contact, and the expression of pent-up feelings. (Author)

Discusses the term "reform" or "rehabilitation" and how the interests of rehabilitation might best be served. Suggests that instead of deliberately modifying the habitual tendencies of offenders, reason as rehabilitation prompts offenders to guide their activities by a set of carefully determined principles. (Author/RK)

In the aftermath of the Attica prison riot, the shooting of George Jackson at San Quentin, and a major prison scandal in Arkansas, an assessment of public reaction to inmate grievances tests basic values in American politics. (Editor)

This paper examines the merits of the interdisciplinary team model in rehabilitation settings and defines the organizational characteristics and operational polices that enhance the performance of a rehabilitation team. Team structure, leadership, process, decision making, communication, and the roles of team members are addressed. (CR)

Explicates development, structure, and functions of Hope Center Wilderness Camp (HCWC). Analyzes qualitative relations among theoretical principles on which the HCWC programs are based to the high success rate of 85 percent of campers who complete the camp's program and do not recidivate within six months after being released. (Author/NB)

The pain-control phase of a rehabilitation program may include flexion or extension exercises, lumbar mobilization, traction and selective injections. When the pain has been relieved, the patient advances to the training phase. (JD)

This directory of supportive and rehabilitative programs for people with deafness includes federal programs; state vocational rehabilitation offices; regional and local programs; national professional organizations and centers; chapters of the National Association of the Deaf; and professional committee members of two other organizations. (DB)