In this booklet information is presented on how family day care can best be utilized as part of a larger treatment plan in cases of child abuse and neglect. Child protective services are defined and described and reasons for considering family day care as a resource in child protection cases are discussed. The advantages for the child, the parent,…

The conference participants agreed on the great need for workers in the helping services. The manpower shortage continues to grow because of diverse pressures for new patterns in health, education, and welfare. The conference emphasized the role of liberal arts colleges in the education, at the undergraduate level, of helping service personnel.…

The author suggests that the emerging fields of social practice (such as recreation, social work, and adult education) must all go through a sequential pattern of research needs, first superficially, and then in ever deeper cycles. The six phases of these research needs are: definition of the field (survey and descriptive studies, census studies,…

Hearings on a bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 are reported. The intent of the bill is to provide grants to States for the establishment, maintenance, operation, and expansion of low-cost meal programs, nutrition training and education programs, opportunity for social contacts, and for other purposes. The text of H.R. 17763,…

The author examines the concept of advocacy as a new helping relationship. (Author)

This brief study utilizes the source of referral as a means of assessing agency effectiveness. (Author)

This article presents research on what social workers actually do. Results indicate that about 51 percent of the reported behavior is direct service or clinical in nature and that about 64 percent of the reported behavior requires professional training to perform. (HMV)

A journal-based information service was developed to access appropriate work-related articles for social services personnel. Short summaries of selected articles from 60 journals are published in a monthly bulletin, and copies of the articles supplied upon request. Initial user responses are analyzed. (JAB)

Noting some of the reasons for the slow adoption of coordinated services among rural social workers, this article emphasizes models which call for client involvement and use of detailed written plans describing goals, objectives, and intervention strategies that spell out the service responsibility of each provider. (JC)

Contrary to its image, rural America has both crime and delinquency. While there are services for families and individuals involved in deviant behavior, opportunities abound for additional rural programs such as group homes for juveniles, career development program, and in-home or family-based care. (JC)

The elderly can be contributing members of the community through a senior volunteer program. (JD)

Results of a questionnaire completed by 100 social service agencies indicated that the agencies held positive attitudes toward adoption placements for mentally retarded children. (CL)

This article analyzes the unique set of interacting factors that make burnout likely in social services and describes a management development strategy for addressing the problem through training and through the creation of a climate for learning and growth. (JOW)

Review of quantitative outcome research on permanency planning for foster children examines extent to which permanency planning resulted in higher rate of placement of children into presumably permanent homes; presumably permanent placement did not result in return of children to foster care; and children whose placements were guided by permanency…