Barbara Feinstein is a graduate of Duke University and Boston University School of Social Work. She has worked in a variety of settings, including medical centers, mental hospitals, family agencies, and school systems. She has held faculty positions at Boston College Graduate School of Social Work and Boston University School of Social Work. She is now the director of People to People Associates, a private social service agency in Newton, Massachusetts. Catherine Cavanaugh graduated from Hunter College of the City University of New York and received her professional social work education at Columbia University. She has worked in several family agencies and child guidance clinics in the New York City area. Now engaged in private clinical practice in Westchester and Putnam counties, New York, she specializes in the treatment of family problems and alcoholism.

• Introduction, Chapter I: “Will You Open the Door for Me?”: The Program, Chapter II: The Reason: The Patients, Chapter III: The Vehicle: The Case Aides, Chapter IV: The Backbone: Supervision, Chapter V: New Dimensions: Paraprofessional Group Leaders, Chapter VI: Bring on the Dancers: The Fallout, Chapter VII: The Place: The Hospital, Chapter VIII: The Community Connection, Chapter IX: “What Ever Happened To. . .?”, Chapter X: The New Volunteerism , Appendix A: Case Aide Handbook, Glossary

Barbara Feinstein is a graduate of Duke University and Boston University School of Social Work. She has worked in a variety of settings, including medical centers, mental hospitals, family agencies, and school systems. She has held faculty positions at Boston College Graduate School of Social Work and Boston University School of Social Work. She is now the director of People to People Associates, a private social service agency in Newton, Massachusetts. Catherine Cavanaugh graduated from Hunter College of the City University of New York and received her professional social work education at Columbia University. She has worked in several family agencies and child guidance clinics in the New York City area. Now engaged in private clinical practice in Westchester and Putnam counties, New York, she specializes in the treatment of family problems and alcoholism.

• Introduction, Chapter I: “Will You Open the Door for Me?”: The Program, Chapter II: The Reason: The Patients, Chapter III: The Vehicle: The Case Aides, Chapter IV: The Backbone: Supervision, Chapter V: New Dimensions: Paraprofessional Group Leaders, Chapter VI: Bring on the Dancers: The Fallout, Chapter VII: The Place: The Hospital, Chapter VIII: The Community Connection, Chapter IX: “What Ever Happened To. . .?”, Chapter X: The New Volunteerism , Appendix A: Case Aide Handbook, Glossary

Barbara Feinstein is a graduate of Duke University and Boston University School of Social Work. She has worked in a variety of settings, including medical centers, mental hospitals, family agencies, and school systems. She has held faculty positions at Boston College Graduate School of Social Work and Boston University School of Social Work. She is now the director of People to People Associates, a private social service agency in Newton, Massachusetts. Catherine Cavanaugh graduated from Hunter College of the City University of New York and received her professional social work education at Columbia University. She has worked in several family agencies and child guidance clinics in the New York City area. Now engaged in private clinical practice in Westchester and Putnam counties, New York, she specializes in the treatment of family problems and alcoholism.

• Introduction, Chapter I: “Will You Open the Door for Me?”: The Program, Chapter II: The Reason: The Patients, Chapter III: The Vehicle: The Case Aides, Chapter IV: The Backbone: Supervision, Chapter V: New Dimensions: Paraprofessional Group Leaders, Chapter VI: Bring on the Dancers: The Fallout, Chapter VII: The Place: The Hospital, Chapter VIII: The Community Connection, Chapter IX: “What Ever Happened To. . .?”, Chapter X: The New Volunteerism , Appendix A: Case Aide Handbook, Glossary