This article suggests ways in which the school social worker can help school administration with the demands of community pressure groups while still performing their usual functions (direct services to parents and children and consultation with school personnel). It is proposed that special teams of social workers be formulated whose specialized…

Explores the use of the Role Analysis Paradigm as it pertains to a study of the role of the school social worker in a four-year college. (Author)

Staffing as a process for dealing with pupil problems appears to have som merit in that it provides opportunity for various participants to express points of view; allows freedom for exchange of ideas; and bolsters the theory that two heads are better than one." (Author)

School social work has short circuited its total effectiveness as the result of nearly exclusive attention to individuals, groups, or situations that fall within the many sided definition of the problem." Attention is directed toward appropriate references in the literature of social work that relate to the dilemma. (Author)

The data seem to indicate that there is less role conflict between and among disciplines that are oriented exclusively to a school as compared with services that may embrace more than one school and have some community orientations. The utility of the paradigm merits further exploration. (Author)

Describes the role of a school social worker with specific details as to functions the social worker should fulfill with students, parents, in the students' homes, and in the community. (EJT)