A brief discussion of major concerns of school principals with suggestions of how the supportive staff may help the principal understand and deal effectively with these problems. (JC)

This article was a summary of presentations from the annual International Pupil Personnel Workers Convention, Maryland, 1972. Topics included were human relations, identification of learning problems, behavior change, disruptive children, coordination of community activities and behavior modification in the schools. (JC)

Discusses systems theory and concepts in relation to pupil personnel services. Systems thinking can provide a framework for pupil personnel managers to: (1) conceptualize their department as a system; (2) assess the performance of the department; and (3) coordinate the problem-solving activity of pupil personnel practitioners. (Author)

The Pupil Services Team Conference, as practiced in the 159 schools of the Board of Education of Baltimore County, has over the past decade reached a high level of sophistication and refinement. This is a compilation and statement of current team theory, concepts, practices, and procedures that have developed over the years. (Author)

A summary of a panel discussion on the school drop-out in which the panelists were school drop-outs. Presented at the IAPPN Convention, Washington, D.C., 1972. (JC)

Schools can give-and are now beginning to give-successful experience in work of increasing responsibility, work appropriate to the talents and interests of the young person, work which is more closely related to adult responsibility than is much of what goes on in traditional schooling. Presentations were given at the IAPPW Convention, Maryland,…

This article describes an experimental STOP Program centered around a regularly equipped classroom which provides containment of pupils on a temporary basis due to misbehavior. Its goals are to contain the child in school by removing him from his regular classroom, on a temporary status. (Author)

A series of articles on how a Maryland school system utilized the team conference concept in fostering humaneness in its schools. Discussions on the role of the principal; an alternative program for disruptive, low-achieving students; a teaching program in human behavior; and a sociopsychological approach to drug education were included. Presented…

The Supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance (SLWA) in Louisana works with parents, children and school personnel. He co-ordinates community services and resources concerning school adjustment and achievement problems. The development of special programs, displays and awards to promote schoolwide awareness of regular attendance and research on…

Describes five years of experience in classes designed to improve attendance and curtail truancy. The program is focused on helping maladjusted children in a big city through the interdepartmental coordination of various divisions of the school system, involving interdisciplinary cooperation and structured on the pupil personnel services concept.…

This article discusses a mandate for school social workers to provide demonstrably effective services. The author examines the role of accountability, interdisciplinary teaming, differentiated staffing, and new or innovative practice models in developing effective social work services. (EJT)