title: [Potentials of the Berufliche Trainingszentren, BTZ--participant centered vocational rehabilitation of persons with chronic mental illness].
abstract: Potentials, opportunities of performance--a spectrum of alternatives which can be activated when required as a single measure, varied or in total, low- or high-powered, specifically adjusted or compressed. There are dynamism and power to it! This sounds and feels different from what is demanded all over the world: "standards" or even "minimum standards", minimum quality standards and minimum performance levels, standard equipment, reducing things to the lowest possible common denominator, uniformity, not meeting clients' needs but serving all in the same way, not in the sense of optimum but of minimum. These short polemics are to elucidate the fundamental difference between client focus and client orientation. At certain times in the process of vocational rehabilitation, men and women with mental problems or illness need individually conceived, if necessary improvised, individually composed and well-coordinated services. What kind of men and women we cope with is stated in the chapter on "Target groups", neither completely nor exhaustively--there are no limits to the fantasy and the opportunities of development of clients. In a second major chapter, an attempt is made to show--regarding to some carefully, not arbitrarily selected but not all--the criteria for whom the Berufliche Trainingszentren (BTZ) have developed adequate, client-focused, individual potentials.
authors.affiliation: Berufliches Trainingszentrum Hamburg. hhallwachs@btz-hamburg.de
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hallwachs
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005858:Germany; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010348:Patient Care Team; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012944:Social Support