A collaborative format between school and agency for the production of videotape records is described. Specific examples for involving the learner, both affectively and cognitively, through videotaped records are presented and the use of videotape playback in the treatment process is considered. (Author/LBH)

Describes current child care legislation in Hawaii and how it may impact on the provision and coordination of services for children. (Editor)

Summarizes themes of welfare reform in America and policy shifts that have resulted in the introduction of state-focused workfare programs. (MW)

Examined the effectiveness of long-term treatment foster care placements. Results indicated that: much depends on change as well as stability in a family; a small number of children accounts for a disproportionate number of placement changes; supports after permanent placements into adoption or reunification are desirable; and a continuum of…

Describes support services offered to family day care providers by family day care associations, accreditation programs, the Child Care Food Program, child care resource and referral agencies, supportive corporations, education agencies, child care centers, and voluntary support organizations. Also considers support of family day care in other…

One elementary school located in a depressed area (Norfolk, Virginia) created a computerized service directory and referral system providing immediate, accurate information on available children's services. The principal or counselor accesses the database by indicating individual student characteristics, such as low achievement or family problems,…

This study queried caseworkers for 77 New York children in out-of-home care still waiting for placement to determine obstacles to permanent adoption. Questionnaires sought demographics, placement efforts, and caseworker opinions. Findings indicated several obstacles, including the following: child's strong emotional ties to family (foster or…

Discusses types of Internet services and service providers. Urges rural social service agencies to evaluate use of the Internet as a means to alleviate professional isolation, become part of a larger community, and extend computing resources to clients. Lists 44 rural gopher sites, 37 freenets, 14 listservs, and 13 rural health links. (SAS)

This handbook addresses the activities of community volunteers in providing such services as orientation, counseling, enrichment programming, and English language training to foreign students. It is designed for those who would like to start a community organization of this type or who feel their present program would benefit from review and,…

This manual is designed to educate human service agency management personnel involved in transportation about basic risk management principles and insurance issues. Chapter I illustrates the liability factors that create the insurance and risk management needs. Both legal and humanitarian obligations of human service agencies involved in…

During the 1960's, there emerged innovative human service programs for youth. Among the actual differences in these programs compared to their older, established human service agencies was (is) the prominent position of the social value of client anonymity. This anonymity is examined in an attempt to understand its role. (RC)

This user's manual, designed to meet the needs of adoption exchange administrators and program managers for a formal tool to assist them in the overall management and operation of their program, presents the Model Adoption Exchange Payment System (MAEPS), which was developed to improve the delivery of adoption exchange services throughout the…

Recognition of alcoholism as a treatable illness is a result of public education based on scientific facts. This publication, a digest of a more detailed survey of research about drinking and alcoholism, presents information about alcohol and its effects on individuals and society. It provides facts about the short-term and long-term effects of…

Through a review of basic literature in the family policy field, recent state documents and budget submissions, this paper was compiled to give direction to the Massachusetts Advisory Committee on Families. The formation of the Committee is examined in Part One of this paper and it is argued that the committee should not engage in endless family…

Although coordination among programs funded by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) is occurring, it can be improved by removing barriers and specifying what is to be coordinated and how. HEW's National Coordination Study telephoned 187 agency personnel at federal and local levels in 54 HEW programs and talked in-person to…