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Stark, Jack A., Ed. – 1980
Proceedings are presented from a 1980 conference on community based services for families of developmentaly disabled children. The following ten papers are included: "Leading Edge Services to Families of Persons with Developmental Disabilities" (R. Perske); "Family Resource Services and Support Systems for Families with Handicapped…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Family Programs, Mental Health Programs
Cato, Carol; And Others – 1991
This report from a study group on long-term mental illness (LTMI) examines three components of the vocational rehabilitation process (the client, the counselor, and the programs) and the systems through which the three components interact. The first chapter discusses the history and evolution of the vocational rehabilitation (VR) and mental health…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Chronic Illness, Community Programs, Delivery Systems
Benjamin, Marva P.; Morgan, Patti C. – 1989
This document summarizes issues presented by 16 scholars, researchers, and practitioners from the United States and Canada at a conference on refugee children traumatized by war and violence and suggests a service delivery model for these children and their families. A large percentage of the legal and illegal immigrants who have entered the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Agency Cooperation, Childhood Needs, Cooperative Programs
Dunn, Christopher S., Ed.; Steadman, Henry J., Ed. – 1982
This document presents papers prepared for the 1978 Special National Workshop on Mental Health Services in Local Jails. The articles provide information on several topics: (1) the nature and extent of mental health needs in local jails; (2) assessment and intervention approaches for addressing these needs; (3) mental health service delivery…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Criminal Law, Delinquency, Delivery Systems
Center for Population Options, Washington, DC. – 1990
This report summarizes the findings of a conference that examined the problem of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) among street and homeless youth. Street and homeless youth, by virtue of their circumstances and the behaviors they engage in, are at great risk of becoming infected with HIV,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Cooperative Programs
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Feldman, Saul, Ed. – Administration in Mental Health, 1982
Summarizes conference proceedings and provides an overview of the nature and key issues of cut-back management in community mental health services. Discusses leadership and management, leadership strategies and values, the management of organizational resource reduction applied to human services, the process of reorganization, and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Administration, Agency Cooperation, Annotated Bibliographies
Murata, Alice K., Ed.; Salvador-Burris, Juanita, Ed. – 1980
This document comprises a collection of workshop papers addressing the issues of doing research on the complex social and human problems faced in any community from an Asian American perspective. The following topics are discussed: (1) the nature of community research; (2) the pros and cons of pure basic and applied research; (3) the nature and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Advocacy, Asian Americans, Community Responsibility
Kra, Eleanor, Ed. – 1986
The following papers are included: "Opening Remarks" (McTernan); "Conference Goals and Plans" (Douglas); "Challenge to Leadership" (Pearson); "Implications of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for the Practice of Respiratory Care" (Axton); "Health Promotion Strategies in Dietetic Practice"…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Cross Cultural Training, Disease Control
Liberton, Cindy, Ed.; Kutash, Krista, Ed.; Friedman, Robert M., Ed. – 1996
This proceedings document includes papers presented at a conference on children's mental health, systems of care, and research. Papers are grouped into 11 chapters which address the following topics: (1) program and system evaluations (nine papers); (2) managed care in children's mental health (six papers); (3) accountability and information…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Children