Describes how the aid of interview instrument embodying behavioral criteria, responses from selected respondents are assigned to specified areas of the paradigm, bringing into sharp focus role agreement, role conflict, and role accommodation. (Author)

Suggests need for a clearer perception of the role of the school social worker. This can partly be accomplished through professional training programs for educators and school social workers. Stresses the urgency for more dialogue between the two professions. (Author)

Focuses on need for renewed emphasis upon: (1) prevention in training programs; (2) expansion of school services to provide more attention to mental health not only for potential problem child but also the overlooked gifted one; (3) cooperation with community in areas of research, social action. (CJ)

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)