The typical student who completed the Phoenix Program, a pilot program for treatment of students with drug and/or alcohol problems, at the time of referral by the high school counselor, was 16 years old, failing all courses, known to local police and juvenile authorities, and receiving short-term counseling with his/her family. To determine…

UNICEF's 1984-85 program review describes ongoing child health and nutrition programs and other community-based services for children. Specific attention is given to primary health care, child survival and development, and child nutrition, as well as to safe water supplies and sanitation, formal and nonformal education, urban community-based…

This report evaluates the Seattle Public School District's 1983-84 re-entry program for suspended and expelled students in terms of seven expected student behavioral outcomes and Outreach/Intake Services Unit objectives. The program's purpose is to assist these students in improving the attitudes and/or behaviors which lead to disciplinary action.…

A literature review is presented of client outcome measures in rehabilitation programs for the physically disabled in Canada and the United States. Following an introduction to the changing need for program evaluations and accountability, articles dealing with the traditional outcome measurement system are reviewed that deal with the traditional…

This collection of client outcome measures is designed to enhance the program evaluation capacity of state vocational rehabilitation agencies and to assist program evaluators in the selection of appropriate instruments through information about client measures in the areas of functional limitations, client change, client satisfaction, and client…

The use of adventure based education is a new and relatively unresearched but apparently successful practice in the rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents. Courses offered by schools, state social service systems, juvenile courts, youth service bureaus, and other agencies are generally patterned after the standard Outward Bound course and involve…

The lack of rigorous evaluations and variations in operation of adolescent diversion programs has led to a state of confusion concerning the effects of diversion. In a program at Michigan State University, youths referred to the project from the juvenile court are randomly assigned to undergraduates who are trained and supervised by project…

The mini reviews in this collection synthesize current information regarding three timely topics in outdoor education: utilizing adventure education as a treatment mode for juvenile delinquency; providing outdoor education for the handicapped; and developing outdoor education nature centers. In "Outdoor Adventure Education and Juvenile…

This paper raises the question, "Do rehabilitation counselors know that handicapped clients have families?" Based on the contention that work with families is an important component in rehabilitation and that efforts must be made to include families of the handicapped in rehabilitation planning and process, the author reviews findings that relate…

Intended as guides for planning rehabilitation facilities, the six volumes treat respectively: (1) a comprehensive center or a unit in a hospital, (2) services for the mentally ill, (3) services for the mentally retarded, (4) work-oriented facilities, (5) services for the blind and visually impaired, and (6) services for individuals with speech…

Data on the amount of United States federal funds used for programs assisting children and youth under 21 both directly and indirectly are collected in this report. A list of the six cabinet departments and five other agencies which support or administer the educational, medical, and welfare programs is supplied. Summaries of federal expenditures…

Provincial institutions for the retarded and other residential facilities are listed for the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Descriptions are provided of these residences which include varing degrees of information concerning administrative…

This study investigated the relationship between the professional orientation of the counselor and his attitudes toward the following responsibilities: (1) eligibility determination, and (2) employment placement. Subjects were 279 counselors employed in state rehabilitation agency offices. Significant relationships were found between…

Contained in the bibliography are 55 abstracts and descriptive terms of documents concerned with all aspects of vocational education, work study programs, and rehabilitation techniques for use with virtually all handicapping conditions. Also included are a subject and author index, user information, and information on ordering specific documents…

Six pages of text highlighting the Federal-State Program of Vocational Rehabilitation for disabled persons in the fiscal years of 1967-71 accompany 32 tables of statistical data. The publication furnishes answers related to the personal and program-associated characteristics of persons rehabilitated under the program. Information for individual…