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Direction service: Linking handicapped individuals and their families with needed services
Author(s) -
Halpern Robert
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(198307)11:3<187::aid-jcop2290110302>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - service (business) , component (thermodynamics) , human services , psychology , service system , computer science , applied psychology , business , political science , marketing , law , thermodynamics , physics
Direction Service, a program designed to assist handicapped individuals and their families in locating and acquiring services, and to enhance individual and family capability to use the human service system, is described. Its component elements, philosophical approach, implementation in one county in Michigan, and early evaluation findings are presented.