Whatever the reason, trouble with the law is a matter of considerable importance to contemporary Indian Americans. This study, a component of Havighurst's National Study of American Indian Education, seeks to gain a better understanding of Indian offenders in Minnesota. Data concerning new court commitments from July 1, 1967 through June 30, 1968,…

This bulletin attempts to assess the effect of rural rehabilitation clients' and counselors' self concept systems, perceptions and expressions of feelings upon the rehabilitation process. Client family involvement and interaction were also analyzed. Secondary concerns center upon the effects of perceived similarity of attitude, social…

Historically, handicapped people have been caught in a job trap. Statistics of selected groups of handicapped people indicate a history of unemployment, underemployment, lack of job satisfaction and frustration. Even when professional training is introduced handicapped people generally receive lower wages than their non-handicapped peers. If this…

This paper describes methods developed by the University of Wisconsin Regional Rehabilitation Research Institute (UW-RRRI) to help identify difficult and challenging rehabilitation cases before services begin. Several scales are described in the paper; the first, the Handicap Problems Inventory, a forerunner to UW-RRRI measurements, is published…

The use of career-based adult basic education to achieve rehabilitation in persons in correctional insitutions is discussed in this report. This program, based on a model design developed by corrections personnel, is a cooperative effort in teacher training, experimentation, demonstration, operation, and evaluation. Goals are defined, the model is…

Five observable and measurable course outcome criteria were developed for a graduate-level course in psychosocial aspects of physical disability; restructuring of the course achieved four of the five goals. The importance of setting observable goals for every rehabilitation counseling course is discussed with respect to the advantages. (Author)

This article reports on a study conducted during 1971-72 under a fellowship grant from the Social and Rehabilitation Service, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D.C., which examined the rehabilitation delivery systems in the United States and in 14 European countries. The national policies of these countries regarding the…

Part II of the Directory of Programs and Services for the Deaf in the United States consists of information on rehabilitation programs and services. (LS)

This paper describes some of the problems encountered in the delivery of human services to a county jail population. The authors' primary intention is to suggest the need to examine the effect of rehabilitation programs on reducing tension and anxiety levels among the jail populations. (Author)

The need for training counselors specifically for intervention with the physically handicapped is the major focus of this article. Definitions of disabilities, rehabilitation and emotional factors are stressed as important variables in physical and psychotherapeutic treatment. The authors review some of the psychological aspects in counseling the…

The special issue presents a collection of 10 studies presented at a major workshop on Usher's Syndrome (a condition of congenital deafness accompanied by progressive loss of vision) which was sponsored by the South Central Regional Center for Deaf-blind Children in Dallas, Texas, September, 1977. (IM)

This paper examines rising crime rates, findings on the relative effectiveness of deterrence and rehabilitation, and the rise of a civil rights movement in correction, all of which have led to greater emphasis on deterrence and incapacitation and less emphasis on rehabilitation in correctional philosophy and practice. (Author)

The present study is a nationwide survey of study-release programs in the United States. Study-release attempts to bring the inmate back into the community by providing him with educational skills that are important and highly valued in achievement-oriented modern societies. (Author)

A role theory model of consultation in adolescent group homes is explored. An appropriate degree of role distancing and an interactional focus of (a) resident relationships, (b) staff relationships, and (c) staff/resident relationships are explained. (Author)

The 26,316 patients who entered drug therapy programs participating in the DARP from June, 1971, to March, 1973, and who had used drugs for at least two years were grouped into three drug use categories. Differences were observed among these three groups regarding the first drug used daily and the age at first drug use. (Author)