As the demand for accountability grows, those in child and family practice are coping with an increasing emphasis on outcome measures. This book responds to the need for accountability by providing human service managers with basic guidance on program evaluation philosophies and procedures. It provides valuable information on developing best…

Based on a 3-week field visit to Sierra Leone and Guinea, this report investigates why children (ages 0-17) have become key figures in Sierra Leone's civil war, and explores the problems that war has caused them. The report describes significant new effects of violence on three groups of Sierra Leonean children, very few of whom have received any…

Noting that the best public policies for children and families cannot be effective without sufficient funding to back them up, this budget guide seeks to help advocates learn the key elements to examine in state budgets. Focusing on the 2002-2003 budget cycle in Arizona, the report considers basic principles as they apply to policy related to…

The purpose of this paper is to explore how career counselors and coaches can identify and honor resistance as they assist and guide individuals and groups in the process of change and transition. The author explores what can cause/lead to resistance, what the effects are and what can be done about it. (GCP)

People with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities are a small but increasing portion of offenders in the criminal justice system. People with developmental disabilities are estimated to comprise 2-3% of the general population, but 4-10% of the prison population, and an even higher percentage of those in juvenile facilities and in…

Interagency agreements among educational and noneducational agencies can help maximize resources and services for transitioning youth. Schools and human services agencies responsible for serving individuals with disabilities have typically operated in isolation or from uncoordinated agendas. However, over the past decade, coordinated planning…

Discussed an innovative curriculum, human services, designed primarily to prepare students for immediate employment in a variety of social agencies. (Author/RK)

Peace Corps volunteers and Missionary Orientation Center graduates were surveyed to discover where training for overseas work was strongest and where weakest. Respondents urged more emphasis on human relations skills, citing those and ability to understand other cultures and adapt to strange environment as most important to Americans working…

The article originally appeared in The Public Interest, n18, Win 1970. (Author)

The 1975 predictions made by William Rhodes concerning the mental health system are critiqued. It is suggested that Rhodes' predictions represent a utopian view and that he underestimated both the power of conservative social stability and the social reality on which the stability is based. (SEW)

The author responds to W. Morse, F. Wood, and R. Peterson's articles (EC 151 382-385) updating W. Rhodes' predictions about care for emotionally disturbed and other disabled individuals. She cites the financial problems facing human services fields at institutions of higher education and decries the impact on future service provision. (CL)

Explores innovations that will make possible expanded roles for reading educators, presents ways reading professionals might enhance their chances of gaining alternative employment, and cites six areas in which employment opportunities are growing. (FL)

A program can be evaluated, and a cost-benefit ratio can be calculated to five decimal places, without ever directly examining outcomes. A useful vocabulary in economics and an understanding of the concepts involved is provided evaluators by an economist. (Author/RL)

Presents a brief historical look at child abuse and at helping professionals' developing awareness of the problem. Describes some efforts to rehabilitate abusive parents and suggests to human service professionals that their role goes beyond simple remediation to include prevention through the general improvement of social and family life. (SJL)

Explores whether a client's preference for a certain therapy effects treatment efficacy. Treatment of 64 agoraphobic patients with either exposure in vivo or exposure combined with hypnosis show that, although patients' preference clearly shifted in favor of a combined therapy approach, no effect of preference on outcome was evident. (RJM)