Defines handicapism "as a set of assumptions and practices that promote the differential and unequal treatment of people because of apparent or assumed physical, mental, or behavioral differences.""Demonstrates how handicapism manifests itself in personal interaction, in the organizational structure of the larger society, and in human service…

Examines whether the use of artistic expression in counseling heightened clients' emotional awareness. Analyzed the content of the dialog of six clients who used artistic expression and found that their level of experiencing increased as they discussed their pictures. Recommends art therapy as an adjunct to verbal modes of counseling. (RJM)

Summarizes issues relevant to empirical investigations of client and counselor preferences. Explores the effects of similarity and difference on relationship development and focuses on the attraction and repulsion hypotheses' applicability to multicultural counseling research and theory. It is hoped that differences between counseling and social…

Attitudes of 340 staff members in 120 community living programs for people with mental retardation, mental illness, and dual diagnosis were assessed using the Community Living Attitudes Scale, a measure of attitudes toward inclusion. Findings identified attitudinal differences toward inclusion between managers and staff and between those working…

Argues that human services needs its professional core broadened to include a liberal curriculum. Explores the idea of the human services generalist and how many of the skills needed in human services are achieved through a liberal (general) curriculum, which emphasizes communication skills, critical thinking skills, adaptive skills, and more.…

Discusses the importance of stories as teaching/learning tools. Claims that stories can illustrate concepts, honor cultural diversity, introduce new goals and directions in student thinking, and provide transitions within a class. Connections are drawn to work in social constructionism regarding the making of meaning. (RJM)

Explores the development of human services in one country by examining international trends and national patterns. Considers intellectual and practice influences upon current human services and discusses event and trends within the context of human services history. Claims that historical understanding may help human service professionals better…

Examines the relationship between race, vocational rehabilitation (VR) services, and the rehabilitation outcomes of persons with severe/profound mental retardation. Analysis revealed that European Americans were significantly more likely to achieve closure success, and that persons with severe/profound mental retardation who were provided with job…

Investigates the attitudes of future members in human service professions toward victims, based on the qualities effected by trauma victims and their helpers. Reports that the high-trauma and poorly adapted victims elicited more negative attitudes than did the low-trauma and well-adapted victims. (CMK)

Discusses case study of Fabian, nontraditional college student who sought assistance at university counseling center in choosing a career path. Looks at influence of life roles, conceptualizes case using Super's Model of Readiness for Career Decision Making, identifies missing information, and suggests career counseling interventions. (NB)

Discusses case study of Fabian, nontraditional college student who sought assistance at university counseling center in choosing a career path. Offers a returning adult student perspective, suggests questions to ask client, and formulates a plan for counseling. (NB)

Measured effectiveness of career counseling as perceived by college student counselees (n=79) using evaluation questionnaires. Results indicated 75 percent of the respondents rated the counseling they received as satisfactory; respondents were more positive about gains in self-understanding than about help in reaching career decisions. (Author/ABL)

Discusses how attachment theory can be useful strategy for producing therapeutic change and more productive client functioning. Addresses basic attachment theory concepts and parallels between counseling and attachment. Provides case example to focus, integrate, and elaborate elements presented. (Author)

Compared effect of workshop presenter personal self-disclosures with hypothetical examples used to convey the same didactic material. Sixty-nine students watched a videotaped workshop presentation in self-disclosure or hypothetical example condition. Found that perceptions of presenters who used self-disclosures did not differ from those who used…

Examined changes in severity level for personal, vocational, and educational problems demonstrated by college students (between 1,444 and 1,575 each year) seen in a university counseling services center using intake records. Found that, when counselors spoke of severity of problems, they usually referred to personal problems. Data did not show…