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)

Demonstrates the effectiveness of interactive cable television in the delivery of social services to senior citizens. Increased awareness of community problems, expanded knowledge about social services, and greater involvement in social processes are noted in a survey of the viewers of the New York University--Reading (Pennsylvania) Consortium…

The suggestion is made that social workers in rural areas who find themselves dealing with extremely difficult problems should look to a very basic local institution, Agricultural Extension, for increased help. (Author)

Ways are suggested in which schools, teachers, and communities can constructively deal with the problems of runaway youth. (MJB)

A broadened scope of career possibilities for teacher education graduates in settings other than the classroom is discussed, and a curriculum designed to prepare them for work in industrial corporations, museums, hospitals, health and social service organizations, and prisons is described. (JD)

Home and social services, financial aids, information and referral, counseling, and special housing information for older adults are offered by the Senior Services Center in Palo Alto, California, including a guide to housing and alternative living and a rental housing directory. (MF)

This position paper of the Canadian Council on Social Development, a private research group to improve social policy, reviews the usual Canadian retirement age and income. The paper recommends major revisions to Canada's pension system to allow for more flexible retirement policies and for more adequate retirement income. (MF)