The Administration on Aging is developing a plan for a nationwide network of information and referral (I & R) Centers to help older people increase their knowledge and awareness of the kinds of services and programs available to them and to provide them with a linkage to these services and programs. This manual, directed toward the information…

Information-giving limits itself to the simple giving of information while referral represents the hand that assists the client in contacting the service he wishes to reach. In addition to information-giving, referral may include: directing the person to a specific agency, how to get there and whom to see; providing encouragement to the person to…

Follow-up seeks to renew contact with a person who has been informed about and/or referred to a service to determine if he has been linked successfully to the service he needs. Thus, follow-up is designed to: get services for people who did not get them the first time; make agencies more accountable for their service, secure planning information…

This book is primarily concerned with the quality of professional human services. To this topic are addressed two basic questions. First, what does the paraprofessional do? And second, to what effect does this quality relate to the consumer of these services? The book includes seven chapters, in which the following fields are considered:…

A document to assist persons who work in the field of aging is given. It is a current list covering the books, periodical articles, and pamphlets published in the years 1968 inclusive. It is divided into six main subject areas: Aging, Process of Aging, Economic Aspects of Aging, OASDHIand Related Programs, Health and Medical Care, and Social and…

Some of the ways in which cable communications may affect society's ability to help individuals who, in one way or another, are less fortunate than most are explored. The services contemplated here include job training and placement, family counseling, rehabilitation, and home management assistance. The proposed audience would include those who…

PHYSICALLY AND/OR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN MAY NEED PLACEMENT IN BOARDING HOMES WHEN TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN CHILD'S HOME AND SCHOOL IS NOT POSSIBLE. PROVISIONS OF WISCONSIN STATUTES ARE OUTLINED. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR ENROLLMENT IN SPECIAL CLASSES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BUREAU FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND OTHER AGENCIES ARE LISTED.…

This paper offers a humorous parody of the way in which evaluation teams often enter clinical institutions to do program evaluation studies. The parody emphasizes the over-use of sophisticated techniques and methodologies; as well as expensive equipment. The authors then define evaluation as "determining the degree to which a program is meeting…

The author argues that despite difficulties of implementation, meeting the public interest remains a worthy goal and needed criterion for higher education. His suggested public interest concept stresses consideration of the interest of society as a whole, not derived solely from the sum of individual interests. (JT)

The author discusses education as an example of the new services facilitated by the centralized modern state. The author's goal is to help us understand more clearly the benefits and disadvantages of such an extension of political activity. The political impact on educational policy in England is briefly discussed. (Author/RM)

Describes the organization and operations of the Community Services Team of the Juvenile Welfare Board. Through consultation, planning and funding to child-serving agencies, the team assumes responsibility for identifying weaknesses in service programs for children. (ED)

Increased government contracting for social services has raised new concerns about the changing relationship between government and the voluntary social welfare sector. Do the potential benefits of such contracting outweigh the hazards? And perhaps more important, is the social work profession prepared to take on the intricacies of contract…

This article describes several community and parent programs which have been developed to meet children's needs in such areas as day care, nutrition, and tutoring. (BRT)

A discussion of some of the children's rights, issues and the responsibilities of professionals in child welfare. (BRT)

Peer services of the sixties responding to the needs of the drug culture have evolved in the seventies to focus on problems associated with sexuality and the sexual revolution. They provide information, counseling, and referral for those experiencing sex-related difficulties. (JMF)