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…

The author suggests that the hard to reach youngster, potential dropout, and depressed child need the buffer of their peers to begin to work with the school social worker in the process of finding and taking more from the educational system. (Author)

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)

A survey was conducted to ascertain how school personnel perceived a visiting teacher -- school social work service. Attitudes were positive when student interns were present in the school and performing tasks perceived as being necessary for the service. (BY)

The present study points to the pressing need for continuing research covering the behavior of the school social worker in a variety of situations and professional contexts. (Author)

The authors contend that school social work must look in new directions which could include expansion of services through selected nonprofessionals, increaded emphasis on concrete assistance, lessening of resistance to the teamwork approach, and greater involvement in curriculum planning and problem solving. (Author)

The authors found that indefinite suspension from school results in negative feelings and behavior on the part of the child's family. Parents of referred children were less alienated. Recommendations for dealing with problem children and plans for future research are given. This paper was delivered at the 99th Annual Meeting of the National…

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…

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)

The primary areas in which Broward County, Florida visiting teachers (one for about 6000 children) serve the schools are student welfare and attendance. Student welfare problems usually fall into one or more of these categories; financial, emotional, scholastic, health. Student attendance problems fall into two categories: truancy and…

The author conducted a survey of localities in the State of Virginia to discern present procedures for personnel evaluation of school social workers. Based on this survey, it appears that in the state relatively few divisions have developed procedures for school social workers or even pupil personnel workers in general. (Author)

Students at two inner city elementary schools who were consistently truant were divided into six groups according to the reasons they were absent. The school social worker describes techniques used to combat truancy in each category. (HMV)

School social work functions within a framework of limited casework involvement. Direct assistance is restricted to an individual's experiencing temporary disruption of function related to the learning process and whose coping resources and ego strengths can be mobilized in the limited time available for social work intervention. (Author)