In a speech delivered at the National Easter Seal Society's Annual Convention (1974), the author discusses progress toward full citizenship for the handicapped focusing on the roles of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW) and the Office for the Handicapped, Constitutional guarantees of equal rights for all citizens, and national…

From the legislative point of view special education in Norway today is geared up to do a commendable job for all of the individuals who have a need for special services. The definition of special education has been broadened to include all kinds of special help, training, institutionalization and intervention programs. Along with this has come a…

The origin of the idea that public libraries ought to provide social service and entertainment can be traced back to the voluntary uplift and cultural societies of the nineteenth century. The book-reading public was never large, leading librarians to seek a function in other areas, especially those better served today by social workers. From an…

This training course for welfare case aides outlines a process and offers support material in areas in which trainees may need help. Phases of training are: using welfare case aide skills; relating effectively with clients; working harmoniously with staff members; using one's own potential effectively; and relating to the welfare department and…

The NIE (National Institute of Education) Design Proposal Review Board required advice to be used in selecting the Educational Satellite Communications Demonstration (ESCD) contractor. Therefore, a series of 25 "Lessons Learned and Problems Anticipated" (LLPA) sheets were prepared which seek to summarize the major insights relative to…

The Department of Social Services has designed a systems model to integrate the services provided for the child by the foster home, school, and community agencies so that each child in its charge can gain the skills necessary to develop the motivation and emotional maturity for self-direction and self-discipline. Multilevel reinforcers are used by…

Presented is the second report of the North Carolina Governor's Advocacy Commission on Children and Youth which examines problems of state agency programs for handicapped and normal children. Copies of letters sent with the report to various state officials and the governor are provided. Listed are names of commission members, commission staff,…

Studies of various aspects of Appalachian life are listed in this 396-item bibliography. Works are listed alphabetically by author, and include journal articles, books, conference proceedings, theses and dissertations. The selections cover the period 1930-1972 with examples from each decade. (PS)

The Director of Homemaker Service at the Children's Aid Society relates the process by which paraprofessional homemakers are prepared through inservice training and continuing supervision by the professional staff. Because the homemakers' backgrounds range from five years of grammar school to some experience in college, the training program must…

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…