This research examined the issue of community capacity development in a university. The main way communities were empowered was through the education management programmes offered at Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya. The research is among the first to examine the issue of community capacity development through university programmes. The…

Determining the worth and effectiveness of training used within a military environment is the same accountability responsibility that educational organizations, businesses, and social agencies are charged with for improving programs and services to society. The need for accountability implies the process of evaluation, particularly in governmental…

Critical pedagogy is an instructional approach to teaching that employs a theoretical framework by which social injustices are critiqued. This type of pedagogy encourages the learner to critique obstructions to the learner's full participation in society, and encourages critical collective action, through the engagement of the learner's…

Describes Statewide Adoption Network (SWAN) of Pennsylvania and its impact on increasing and improving quality of special-needs adoptions. Notes that program resulted from increases of children in out-of-home care, program is a public and private initiative, and that since its inception, special-needs agencies have increased, financial and…

A sociological framework is presented for analyzing the role of sport in modern society in terms of the social functions sport may be providing. These include emotional release, affirmation of identity, social control, socialization, social change, collective conscience, and success. (JMF)

Considers the increasing involvement of counselors as consultants to effect organizational change. Presents a case example to demonstrate how Egan's systems model, "Model A," can be applied effectively for both the development of a consultation relationship and for organizational change. (JPS)

The social work profession has paid little attention to the role of the income maintenance line worker in the past decade. This service is a necessary component for the social worker and the profession. (Author/LAB)

SOCIAL AGENCIES SHOULD BE ORGANIZED, NOT TO OFFER SPECIFIC SERVICES, BUT RATHER TO DEAL WITH SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND RELATED AREAS. SOCIAL WORK HAS TENDED TO DEVELOP TECHNICIANS WITH SPECIALIZED POINTS OF VIEW. SOCIAL PROBLEMS CAN OCCUR AT THE SOCIAL LEVELS OF THE INDIVIDUAL, THE GROUP, THE ORGANIZATION, OR THE INSTITUTION. EACH LEVEL INVOLVES A…

The monograph is based upon a series of papers presented at a 1967 staff development workshop on the Conceptual Frameworks of the Social Sciences: Implication for Laboratory Programs. The four major areas investigated by these papers are: (1) the nature of culture and its relationship to educational processes; (2) the application of social…

Proposes a social service model based on Community Progress, an antipoverty program in New Haven, Connecticut, aimed at helping the poor achieve upward social mobility by facilitating their use of existing opportunities in employment, housing, and education. (Author)

The Community-Based Linkage Model unites local education agencies, business and industry, social service agencies, and parents in coordinated efforts to meet the vocational needs of handicapped students. (SK)

Presents model of adolescent parenting, emphasizing multiple influences that social support has on maternal personality, health and nutritional status, cognitive readiness for parenting, and actual parenting behavior and child development. Concludes life span perspective is useful in evaluating teenage mother's social support needs and individual…

Notes that open adoption is less typical in adoptions of special-needs children; presents a model for openness in special-needs adoptions. Notes that the primary benefit of openness for an adopted child is loss minimization and maintenance of familial connections even in cases of abuse or neglect, as children continue to form significant…

The literature on interorganizational relations is reviewed. Four distinct research traditions are examined, and the prescriptive literature on coordination is reviewed. A comparison of models of coordination, five preconditions for successful coordination, and an action model for increasing coordination are reviewed. (Author/MLW)

Two major trends mark the transformation of industrial society into postindustrial society--increased social complexity and rapid social change. This article projects an image of social work in the future by describing some major problems people may face and presenting a model of an agency that might deal with them. (Author)