The paper examines the need for improvement in accountability and evaluation in rehabilitation programs for handicapped persons, with an emphasis on formative, or internal evaluation. Three factors significantly related to program management and accountability are explored: a client's need status, staff functions and attitudes, and outcome…

This planning guide is divided into two sections. Section I presents a rationale for and definition of outreach for the field of rehabilitation. Section II is a training guide which provides specific information and planning procedures necessary to design and evaluate outreach programs. This section leads the agency management staff through…

This handbook outlines procedures for planning and conducting follow-up studies of clients involved in chemical dependency programs. It is organized into eight chapters. Chapter I discusses purposes and applications of client follow-up studies. Studies may be used in program evaluation, program design, and staff development. Also, the study itself…

Advocates the need for a systematic approach to evaluating services for those practicing private rehabilitation. Uses examples of services commonly performed in the private sector. Discusses summative and formative evaluation strategies. (Author/RC)

This user's guide, the first of four modules for similar benefits usage, is the result of a project of the University of Michigan Rehabilitation Research Institute in conjunction with the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services (DRS) model program evaluation unit to examine the issue of similar benefits in the state-federal rehabilitation…

This user's guide, the second of four training modules for similar benefits usage, is the result of a project of the University of Michigan Rehabilitation Research Institute in conjunction with the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services (DRS) model program evaluation unit to examine the issue of similar benefits in the state-federal…

This user's guide, the third of four training modules for similar benefits usage, is the result of a project of the University of Michigan Rehabilitation Research Institute in conjunction with the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services (DRS) model program evaluation unit to examine the issue of similar benefits in the state-federal…

This user's guide, the last of four training modules for similar benefits usage, is the result of a project of the University of Michigan Rehabilitation Research Institute in conjunction with the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services (DRS) model program evaluation unit to examine the issue of similar benefits in the state-federal…

This manual describes how to set up and operate a pretrial intervention program for female first offenders which offers an intensive career counseling service and puts emphasis on placing participants in nontraditional jobs. Divided into three sections entitled--The Way It Is; What You Can Do; and How You Assess It--the guide gives an overview of…

Oriented to rehabilitation facilities that are interested in maintaining and expanding their markets, this pamphlet presents publication excerpts that provide an understanding of the impact of organizational quality. The excerpts emphasize development of quality products and services through motivation of staff, effective communication, use of…

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…

This document aims to help agencies adapt to supported employment by considering how to manage both the timing and the processes used in facilitating change. It provides a systematic evaluation of the administration of supported employment. Supported employment administration is compared to administration of traditional vocational rehabilitation…

This guide aims to help rehabilitation facilities develop effective self-evaluation systems to improve quality assurance for supported employment. The guide proposes that quality be measured by emphasizing direct outcomes that meet consumers' specified needs and concerns in terms of decision making, determination of quality, and access to choice.…

This manual is designed for use by staff development personnel and other trainers in presenting an orientation to independent living programing for rehabilitation agencies and other human service organizations. The three chapters in unit 1 define independent living, identify the major historic events contributing to the development of independent…

This manual provides step-by-step directions for developing an inservice staff training program in a rehabilitation facility. The manual is organized in five chapters. Following an introduction that defines inservice training, the first chapter discusses inservice problem identification procedures (conduct a needs assessment and determine present…