Interviews were conducted with 38 representatives of child protective services in Wales to investigate the balance of prevention, investigation, and treatment in child protection services. Results found that the agencies focused on investigation and ignored treatment services. Recommendations for future child protection services are provided. (CR)

Reviews the development of comprehensive and collaborative service systems for children with serious emotional disturbance and their families from the advocacy of the 1960s to the present. A detailed description of an empirically supported model system operating in Vermont is presented along with other state models. (Author/CR)

The U.S. is one of the few economically developed nations without a national policy supporting children and their families. This paper suggests that the U.S. has a unique national ideology, based on the Calvinist ethic, that results in opposition to all government-supported welfare programs. (CB)

This paper explores interactions between social welfare programs and associated supportive taxation programs. Focus was on the effect of one program on another, effects of one program on a set of other programs, effects of tax and benefit reduction rates, and effects of interacting programs on the governments that create/maintain them. (TJH)

Randomly selected learning-disabled graduates (n=64) of self-contained classes were surveyed via questionnaire to assess vocational and community adjustment. Most received very few community services or agency support, and 38 were in competitive employment. Most lived with parents or other relatives, and most had a driver's license and car.…

Describes technical-assistance program offered by University of Kansas School of Social Welfare to community social-service and mental-health agencies. Describes roles of style and communication strategies in technical assistance. Discusses assistance methods, planning, and change. Indicates preliminary success of Kansas effort. (TES)

Describes the beginnings of Head Start in detail. Discusses Head Start's record in providing health care for low-income children. Compares early Head Start with the program of recent years. Discusses ways in which Head Start emphasizes children's health and helps Head Start parents and family members. (BG)

Single mothers' coping behavior, psychological functioning, and communication to their children about financial matters and personal problems predicted the degree of psychological distress experienced by the children. (PCB)

Summarizes results of reports and resources concerning the reform of social welfare policy. Focuses on a profile of Indiana children, hospital policies and programs designed to meet the psychosocial needs of hospitalized children and their families, a senior center/latchkey program, and lead poisoning prevention. (BB)

A sabbatical spent doing social work in a family and children's agency is described. Emphasis is given to conceptualizing the evolution of practice skill from observing one's work, the enhancement of teaching competence, the opportunity for scholarly achievements and the fostering of school-agency relationships. (Author/MLW)

Examines three areas of Lawrence Kohlberg's work and suggests that this information might have future application in the field of moral development. Discusses the cognitive model underlying morality, the exploration of other psychological constructs of morality, and the new approaches to moral education. (KO)

Discusses a reading project, Beginning With Books, designed to promote literacy among low-income preschool children and provide them with books. Describes the project's development and the procedure for operating the Gift Book Program. Lists 51 books suitable for a toddler book collection. (RJC)

Describes employment outlook, working conditions, and training requirements for three types of jobs: language related (teachers, interpreters, finance), working with older adults (social and health services), and working outdoors (agriculture, construction, engineering, fishing, forestry, mining, recreation). (SK)

Examines the development of integrated child-care services in Scotland with a particular focus on the role of residential child-care provision. Describes three particular examples of service integration--residential outreach work, a center for young people under an integrated management, and multiagency youth strategies. Discusses the impact of…

Notes that the challenge for state child welfare services when young people leave care is to prepare them to cope with pressures surrounding this transition. Reviews existing research to explore current practice in England and Northern Ireland, and considers whether recent legislative reform in the two jurisdictions will help develop policy and…