Discusses issues illustrating the development of adjustment services within the field of rehabilitation and issues emphasizing some of the problem areas. Topics include the vocational rehabilitation process, adjustment services as a profession, eligibility for services, training of personnel, and specialty areas in adjustment services.…

Distinguishes between therapeutic values (inherent in a theory) and therapy values (held by particular therapists) and between clients' specific value positions and their principles for valuing. Suggests value conflicts involving religious clients often occur because of confused perceptions. Identifies approach to human authorities and to doctrine…

Examined effects of therapist actions and techniques, and patient behaviors and attitudes, on psychotherapy outcome. Treated patients suffering from stress-response syndromes in brief, 12-session psychodynamic psychotherapy. All specific factors influenced treatment outcome, usually in interaction with patient pretreatment disturbance level, with…

The Canadian government has established three centers of educational excellence especially for hearing impaired and deaf college students at the University of Alberta, the University of Western Ontario, and the Atlantic Centre at St. Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The centre has initiated such activities as a faculty awareness program,…

Compared clients who returned for scheduled appointments following intake and clients who did not. Client satisfaction and perceptions of counselor trustworthiness and expertness were related to clients' returning for scheduled appointments. No differences between continuers and dropouts were found with respect to client perceptions of counselor…

University counseling center clients who terminated prematurely were less satisfied with counseling services and viewed their counselors as less expert, attractive, and trustworthy than did clients who terminated successfully. Subjects who responded anonymously to the evaluation form also viewed their counselors as less attractive and trustworthy…

Examined demographic characteristics of students (N=719) who used the services of an on-campus counseling program. Results showed that while males did not use the counseling service as often as females, clients' ethnicity was in direct proportion to the number of minority students (Mexican Americans) on campus. (JAC)

Local child welfare and public housing agencies have the resources to collaborate in helping the growing number of American families for whom stable housing is beyond reach. This Child Welfare League of America manual offers suggestions for helping child welfare and housing agencies build strong collaborations to improve services for families in…

A study examined the degree to which families with disabled children in remote areas of the Navajo Reservation were aware of and used family support services. Twenty-five undergraduate students enrolled in special education teacher training courses designed, implemented, and assisted in data analysis. Interviews and surveys were completed by 89…

This issue of WIN (Welfare Information Network) Issue Notes focuses on helping low-income mothers with criminal records achieve self-sufficiency. Section 1 offers background. Section 2 answers these policy questions: why states might want to focus on serving low-income mothers with criminal records; how states can encourage employers to hire…

Achieving Change for Texans (ACT) was a demonstration program designed to help participants achieve independence from welfare through employment, training, temporary assistance, and support services. The ACT included the following four primary components: Time-Limited and Transitional Benefits (TL); Responsibilities, Employment, and Resources…

This compilation of Federal Education Laws pertaining to higher education presents the full text of each statute. Statutes are organized in four sections: (1) general higher education programs; (2) Native American higher education; (3) National Science Foundation; and (4) assistance to specified institutions. The following is a unified listing of…

With the growth of the health industry and the expansion of specific human services programs, a need exists not only to assist those individuals with mental health problems, but also to provide assistance to others. There is a demand for a means to provide better living for otherwise functioning people in matters of communication, grief, work…

This paper examines aspects of leadership in four Canadian and U.S. organizations that provide justice-related services to Indigenous people, focusing on the influences of culture and colonial legacy on Indigenous leadership. Located in western Canada and the Southwest United States, the agencies provide culturally sensitive and knowledgeable…

The first of a 3-volume series describing the 17 Early Head Start (EHS) programs in fall 1997, this report discusses the main features of the research programs and identifies the key challenges and successes they experienced during their first year of serving families. Chapter 1 of the report discusses the historical and national context of the…