This analysis sought to determine the extent to which therapeutic recreation service is indeed a service as compared to a theoretical model of service delivery. (MM)

Schools should be a place where formal and informal learning occurs for all ages and operational headquarters for those who provide education and human services throughout the community. (JD)

Vocational rehabilitation clients face three major decisions as they enter the rehabilitation process: whether to seek rehabilitation services, what vocational goal to pursue, and to what extent they will cooperate in the rehabilitation process. An intensive structured interview was conducted with 100 vocational rehabilitation clients to determine…

Presents overview of Lazarus's multimodal therapy model and the Q-sort, an observer-evaluation scoring instrument. Outlines feasibility of integrating Q-sort within multimodal model. Describes both a preliminary attempt using expert raters to categorize Q-sort cards within the model and a case study on how to assess client by incorporating Q-sort…

Reviews facts about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and its epidemiology. Discusses implications for families (social stigma and isolation, fears of contagion, infection and abandonment, guilt, anger, grief, and economic hardship) and for human service professionals (public education, voluntary, anonymous testing with counseling, and…

Presents developmental therapy as supplement to life span theory which can provide specific suggestions for clinical-counseling interventions that may be used to assess developmental level of clients, select counseling skills and theory to match client cognitive-developmental level, and obtain feedback on intervention effectiveness. Discusses…

Claims black adolescent fathers deserve attention of social work profession because they are a vulnerable population. Describes costs of adolescent parenthood, help seeking behavior of the black adolescent father, historical restriction of opportunities, and implications for social work practice. (ABL)

Examined mental health service providers' (N=80) evaluation of deaf patients in various programs. Found staff at specialized inpatient mental health programs for the deaf had more positive attitudes than staff serving the general population. Found mental health staff evaluated some deaf patients differently from hearing patients with respect to…

Grantham and Gordon (1986) contend that preference is inadequately understood as a construct and that a more incisive conceptualization is needed to promote research and theoretical considerations. Critiques Grantham and Gordon's notions, offering an alternative conceptualization and schema. (Author/KS)

The Characteristics of Lifelong Learners in the Professions instrument was administered to 195 human service professionals, and responses were subjected to principal components analysis, Varimax rotation, and multiple regression analysis. Two factors emerged as potential predictors of lifelong learning: educability and future orientation. (JOW)

The Client Verbal Response Category System classifies client responses into Temporal, Directional and Experiential categories. The categories with their subcategories are defined, interjudge reliability data is presented, and the instrument's utility in psychotherapy process research is demonstrated. Initial results indicate that the instrument is…

Discusses aspects of the changing economy and the ideological challenge facing the welfare state. Explores implications of these transitions for both the delivery and future character of human services. (JAC)

Organized assessment procedures are used as preface to therapy to help in transmittal of information structuring of relationships, and information gathering. The results can be a mix of descriptive information and value judgment, confusing tester values with facts about those tested. Caution in use of such procedures is suggested. (Author/NRB)

Attempts to facilitate understanding of unique mental health problems faced by Mexican-American women, through a discussion of their demongraphy, cultural characteristics, sources of psychological stress, underuse of services, and factors reducing self-referral. In the final section recommendations are provided for counseling Mexican-American…

Discusses drawbacks to courses that target specific populations such as women, minorities, or disabled people. And argues that counselor education programs should include an integrated course that facilitates student self-awareness in conjunction with practical experience with a variety of clients. (Author/ABB)