This report deals with studies on utilization of the baccalaureate-level practitioner in social work. It makes available information on the needs of social work practitioners and social work educators in order that better communication and understanding of each group's needs may be developed. The studies reported on include: "The Midway Project on…

This paper explores 3 new approaches to an understanding of social work, agology, animation, and conscientization. The use of any of these concepts in the social work curriculum would make a significant difference in what is expected of students and faculty. (Editor/PG)

Social work training in West Germany and the United Kingdom are compared. In the UK fieldwork is mandatory and practitioners contribute to the pass/fail grade of the student. In West Germany, the social work student has to choose between academic standing or registered practitioner status. (MLW)

Because of a mounting awareness that those most at risk in America today are the rural poor, educating for social work practice in rural areas has become an important and growing concern to many in the field of social work education. This report incorporates the findings and materials germane to developing a specific rural child welfare and family…

This monograph represents the continued efforts of the Council on Social Work Education to give major attention to issues related to ethnic minorities in social work education. The papers included were compiled from a variety of sources: three were presented at the Council's 1973 Annual Program Meeting; one was a paper originally presented at the…

The intent of this report on the Puerto Rican Faculty Development Project is to describe a dynamic, meaningful experience. A group of 25 Puerto Rican social work professionals met under the guidance of leading social work faculty with the objective of preparing themselves for full participation as social work faculty. Although the population of…

This conference report is one of three volumes issued by the Laboratory for Community Programming at the conclusion of its three-year, experimental program. The Laboratory was created to study and initiate programs correlating the field of social work with that of manpower needs. Papers presented explore the major questions concerning processes in…

Explores the origins and development of the Graduate Department of Social Economy and Social Research at Bryn Mawr College, PA. Analyzes social science teaching and research fostered in the department. Includes two tables listing women who received doctorates from the department between 1915 and 1940 along with a faculty listing. (CFR)

In a project designed to improve the recruitment, training and utilization of undergraduate social welfare workers in fourteen of the Southern states an attempt was made to arrive at a better understanding of just what the baccalaureate level social worker was to be. The definition was needed both for setting college curriculum objectives and for…

This article describes the content and design of a model program to prepare social work students to work effectively with severely mentally disturbed children and adolescents. Task analysis of skill areas (assessment, intervention, case management, and critical thinking) informed development of the suggested curriculum. The training program design…

Representing a collective effort by scholars belonging to four ethnic minority groups in the United States (Blacks, Asian and Pacific Americans, American Indians, and Hispanic Americans), this book discusses training, curriculum, and research needs in the education of students who intend to enter the mental health professions and work with these…

This conference report is one of three volumes being issued by the Laboratory for Community Programming at the conclusion of its experimental program. This third volume is a comprehensive report on the three-year Laboratory project, including descriptions of student field work experiences during the Laboratory's definitive last year. This…