Reviews the clinical conditions and medications used with children who have emotional and behavioral problems including hyperactivity, enuresis, anxiety, depression, mental retardation, and Tourette's Syndrome. Discusses the role of the social worker, ethical issues, and training needs. (JAC)

Explored the similarity between training received and placement obtained for 141 clients served by a state-federal vocational rehabilitation program. Results indicated that approximately one-half of the clients were trained in occupational areas incongruent with their vocational outcome. (Author/LLL)

Noting that child welfare professionals can improve the quality and integrity of the services they provide if they develop ethical decision making skills, this book provides child welfare administrators and caseworkers with a framework for assessing ethical dilemmas, making sound ethical decisions, and delivering services with integrity to…

A project carried out by a group of graduate social work students in a facility within a mainly black low-income area offers evidence of the effectiveness of innovative techniques, and discloses problems facing black and white staff members. (Author/ST)

Paper prepared for presentation at the Second International Congress of Social Psychiatry, London, England, August 4-9, 1969.

Describes a service model aimed at alleviating isolation among foster families and increasing family support and resources. The general purpose of the model was to support placement of otherwise hard-to-place handicapped children and to improve the quality of care these children receive. (RH)

Surveyed 94 social organizations to describe and analyze recordkeeping. Results show records typically contain: (1) a social history; (2) worker's assessment; (3) goals; (4) service plan; (5) progress notes; and (6) summary. Records function first to facilitate service delivery. (JAC)

Addresses problem areas encountered by families with learning-disabled children: parental self-blame and mourning, family life, the child's biological-psychological-social growth, and the child's achievement of independence. Argues that social workers have skills needed for effective remedial intervention. (RH)

Presents clients' perceptions of aspects of the foster care system. Includes quotations from written testimony submitted to the Governor's Task Force on Foster Care for Children (Maine 1980), taped interviews with foster children and biological parents, taped testimony delivered at public hearings, and written responses to foster parent…

A multifaceted outcome design was used to investigate the results of brief, system-oriented family therapy. Describes the methods used and provides an overview of clients' status on a variety of outcome measures. Results indicate that the majority of families did well on most of the measures considered. (Author)

A study of 293 child abuse reports was conducted to determine if the age of the abused child affected caseworker attention. It was found that younger children received more overall services and caseworker activity and that the substantiated cases of younger children were more likely to be kept open for continuing caseworker involvement. (CR)

Literature is reviewed on rehabilitation counselor and client characteristics and prospective factors for failure in counseling Black disabled clients. Inadequacies of the Eurocentric theoretical basis of training and practice are discussed, followed by an overview of the Africentric approach which potentially provides for improved service…

Discusses a social work practice research model by introducing a preliminary model for training research practitioners in social work. Begins with a summary of the Boulder model from clinical psychology, moves to related practice research models that can contribute to social work. Practice research models are highlighted. Applications for the…

Examined rates of acceptance for vocational rehabilitation (VR) services for European Americans and African Americans. This unique study investigated the proportions of each racial-ethnic group accepted for services to determine any inequities. Results showed no statistically significant difference between the groups. Findings' implications are…