THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK DEVELOPMENT, PRACTICE, AND BASIC PRINCIPLES, THE ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK PROGRAMS IS DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF--(1) THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK PROGRAMS, (2) ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS, AND (3) EXISTING SCHOOL PROGRAMS. REFERRAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE COVERED. THE MANY ROLES OF THE…

This annotated bibliography provides a descriptive representation of selected literature on black families. It identifies some of the research concerns used in studying, servicing, and formulating social policies towards black families in the United States. Among the subject areas addressed are the following: (1) dynamics and functions of the…

This study explored the implications of communication and information flow in relation to various organizational concepts (particularly social service referral and delivery) of 91 social service agencies. Representatives at each hierarchical level within all of the agencies were interviewed and completed a questionnaire. In addition, the perceived…

This pamphlet gives a brief history of federally funded programs related to child abuse and neglect and focuses on descriptions of the projects funded under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974. Descriptions of demonstration, research, and funding activities of the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect are also included. (ED)

Due to the demand for social work manpower, an urgent need exists to restructure the available qualified personnel. The monograph deals with the development of social work delivery systems by using teams. The introduction deals with: (1) an awareness to either reduce services or employ unqualified personnel, (2) finding unique jobs for social…

California is spending over four billion dollars a year to feed, educate, punish, shelter, and care for children. Numerous studies have concluded, however, that these services are frequently uncoordinated, duplicative, wasteful, and ineffective. Yet when corrective actions are proposed, they deal only with fragments of the system. The Assembly…

Activities of the Pakistan Girl Guides Association during the 1969-70 period are discussed in this annual report. The National Commissioner's Thinking Day Message, Membership Figures, Annual Report, and Statement of Audited Accounts for the year ended 30th June 1969 are provided. One activity of the Association is in the field of adult literacy,…

Unemployment of women has scarcely been considered by policymakers. The author discusses differences between women and men in rates and types of unemployment and stresses the special problems and needs of unemployed women that must be taken into account in making social policy. (Author)

Is social planning a specialized area of social work practice or a practice largely borrowed from other professions? The author attempts to define social planning and to explore its relationship to social work in terms of the "Working Definition of Social Work Practice." (Author)

Describes the program of the Demonstration and Training Center for High Risk or Mentally Retarded Infants of Teenage Mothers (ITAM), which aims at providing stimulation to the high-risk infant in order to enhance his/her development, and to offer educational and supportive programs for the teenage mother. (CM)

The chairman of the Select Committee on Aging, U.S. House of Representatives, discusses present and pending federal legislation concerned with the elderly, particularly funds for senior citizen centers, home health care, education, and part-time employment. (MF)

Presenting national statistics on single-parent families, this article illustrates the need for serious study of this phenomenon, suggesting that changing divorce laws, increased single-parent adoptions, and an increase in the number of supportive services for single-parent families are contingencies having significant bearing upon the…

Advances the view that the family is an important social service and that the task of professionals is no longer to provide services that either totally or partly substitute for the family, but to discover what help families would like. Discusses implications for policy and for care of handicapped persons. (BR)

Perceptions of local social dimensions are hypothesized to be more efficient predictors of community satisfaction than are perceptions of services. To test this, a mail-questionnaire study of residents of small Iowa communities was conducted. Correlation and regression analyses suggested that social dimensions relate to three…

Using the Gini Coefficient measured at three points in time, a 20-year trend in income inequality is presented for 300 U.S. counties. (Author/JC)