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1. A new kind of consumer watchdog.

Subjects
CONSUMER law, PARAPROFESSIONALS, CUSTOMER services, LABOR laws
Abstract

The article reports on the neighborhood-based consumer investigators in Boston, Massachusetts trained by the National Center for Consumer Law of Boston College. Program head William Willier describes the consumer watchdogs as paraprofessionals who specialize in helping consumers with their problems with retailers. There are 18 full-time investigators in the city paid under the Emergency Employment Act program.

Published
1972

2. TRAINING PARAPROFESSIONALS AS COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS THROUGH CONSULTATION: A CASE HISTORY.

Author

Mullin, Maureen L., Blakeney, Roger N., and Bell, Eugene C.

Subjects
MENTAL health services, ALLIED mental health personnel, PARAPROFESSIONALS, SOCIAL services, HOUSING, SERVICES for teenagers, LABOR supply
Abstract

The article focuses on a training program conducted in the U.S. for paraprofessionals who are engaged in mental health services. The need for trained workers delivering social service drove the creation of the Adolescent Service Organization (ASO). The ASO has several goals including the diversion of troubled adolescents from criminal justice system and the supplementation of temporary housings for its clients. However, ASO's budget did not suffice the employment of its social workforce. As the solution, two consultation programs were developed. Because of the initial program's failure, four significant factors were also identified and discussed.

Published
1974
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3. TRAINING AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.

Subjects
TRAINING, VOCATIONAL education, PARAPROFESSIONALS, OCCUPATIONS, STATE universities & colleges
Abstract

The article presents abstracts related to training and vocational education. They include "Vocational Education Booms as Jobless Seek to Acquire New Skills," "The Changing State College," "Readying the Unready: Postindustrial Jobs," "The Multiple Payoffs of Paraprofessionalism," and "Minority Training Programs Lurch Ahead."

Published
1971

29. A Triumph for CAI

Author

Hall, Keith A., Cartwright, G. Phillip, and Mitzell, Harold E.

Published
1974

44. READERS REACT TO SPECHT

Author

Polansky, Norman A., Hush, Howard, O'Reilly, Charles, Papo, Michael A., Myers, John P., Cate, Gerald E., Abels, Paul, and Barkan, Theresa W.

Published
1972

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