Examined how services are provided to families enrolled in Early Head Start (EHS). Surveyed EHS staff from four waves of the programs in six Midwestern states regarding the process of developing goals using documents such as Family Partnership Agreement (FPA). Found that the majority of staff who develop FPAs are family service providers and staff…

Describes the use of small-scale change projects by Philadelphia's Department of Human Services to generate new outcomes and new skills and experience that improved basic day-to-day operations, strategic planning, and cumulatively produced larger-scale changes in service, financing, and performance. (Author/LRW)

Performance improvement practitioners can be stymied to solve clients' problems. Clients may fail to recognize problems, would rather address symptoms than root causes and practitioners unable to convince clients to institute a meaningful solution. Practitioner can use internally developed data to build a case for action, create a clear vision of…

Racial identity has been theorized to significantly influence cross-racial counseling relationships. In this study, the authors examined the influence of White racial identity on working alliance perceptions in a cross-racial vicarious counseling analogue. A significant interaction effect was found between race of the counselor vignette and White…

Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered (GLBT) persons and their families present unique ethical challenges for marriage and family counselors. A series of brief case vignettes touch on a range of ethical issues for couples and family counselors, including training, supervision, custody evaluation, ethical decision making, counselor bias,…

Examines differences in perceptions between Euro American and ethnic minority respondents on the role of counselor multicultural competency. Results showed a strong positive correlation between clients' ratings of counselors' multicultural competencies and ratings of counselors' general competency and empathy. On comparisons of satisfaction,…

Seeks to define anti-Semitism; demonstrate the necessity for accurately labeling anti-Semitic behavior as such; and provide evidence of anti-Semitism and the mistreatment of Jews and the absence of addressing Jewish issues by the counseling profession. Posits that the failure of those committed to multicultural counseling to rail against…

Evaluate three proposed models of the rehabilitation counselor judgment process. Counselors made multiple judgments about clients whose information systematically varied across three dimensions. These data were then analyzed using path analytic techniques to determine which of the models was the best description of the process rehabilitation…

Assesses the predictability of two client employment outcomes from personal background information, counselor-rated functional limitations of the client, and rehabilitation services provided. Results indicated that rehabilitation education programs should put more emphasis on training in job placement activities and rehabilitation counselors…

Examines the impact of outpatient counseling on clients' psychological symptoms and on their image of God. Counseled participants experienced significant reductions of psychological symptoms over the course of treatment whereas the control group showed no changes. Furthermore, ratings of God's agreeableness significantly increased for clients in…

Although the multicultural counseling literature includes numerous references to working with Native Americans, this population continues to be misunderstood and underserved. A series of interviews with Native Americans provides insight in to the deep spiritual pain experienced as a result of the historical and current events that continue to…

Examines a care pathway guideline developed to ensure consistency in the evaluation and treatment offered when domestic violence is identified in the course of screening and counseling. Provides a summary of at-risk factors counselors should recognize in screening for abuse, a syndrome often associated with domestic violence, and the physical and…

Explores the ethical and practical considerations of conversion therapy when counseling families and individuals within families with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual concerns. Emphasis is placed on the need for counselors to assess personal biases in the area of working with sexual minorities. Presents a reflective exercise and case study…

Examines length of treatment and degree of symptom improvement of clients as a function of therapist ethnicity. When analyses were collapsed across client-therapist ethnicity combinations, ethnic similarity was associated with a slightly longer duration of treatment. However, when a procedure was used to render the number of dyads within each…

Examines assessment, intervention, and follow-up phases of treatment process with lifestyle criminals. Recognizes that every therapeutic relationship is unique and should take into account individual characteristics of therapist, criminal, and environment. Subdivides assessment and intervention phases to reflect importance of lifestyle analysis,…