Direct skills teaching.

Abstract

s the field of community support and rehabilitation matures, and new program models and methods are developed, the need increases for knowledge about the various programs and methods. Recent literature suggests that interventions designed PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION PHILOSOPHY, PROCESS, AND TECHNOLOGY Patricia B. Nemec, Sue McNamara, and Dale Walsh ■ Patricia B. Nemec, Psy.D., C.R.C., is Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Rehabilitation Counseling, Sargent College of Allied Health Professions, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts. ■ Sue McNamara, M.S., is Director of the OffCampus Program in Psychiatric Rehabilitation in the Department of Rehabilitation Counseling, Sargent College of Allied Health Professions, Boston University. ■ Dale Walsh, M.S., C.R.C., is Vice-president of Community Health Care, Eastern Middlesex Human Services, Wakefield, Massachusetts. The authors are or have been instructors in the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Specialization Graduate Programs at Boston University’s Sargent College, and have been involved in developing training materials at Boston University’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Direct Skills Teaching Reprinted with revisions from Psychosocial Rehabilitation Journal, 1992, 16(1), 13–25. 172