Abstract

Paul Abels, Ph.D., is Associate Dean and Professor, School of Applied So cial Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. A version of this article was presented at the 100th Annual Forum, National' Con ference on Social Welfare, Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 1973. In days of old, when mapmakers recall, a unified code for reporting were not certain of the exact typogdata was only established in 1980. raphy of the areas they were mapping, The unified code recluires that the rather than leave them blank-or diagnostic category, the type of service . . . i , , i i offered, the length of service, the tech make up a shape—they would label . , , . r . niques used, and the relative success the area terra incognita. i The of the service ^ fed int0 computers. analogy is appropriate to this article, Not only has this provided ongoing because we are about to enter unrecords of service to the individual, charted territory, and any forecasts but it has enabled the field to assess of the future are at best thoughtful which types of treatment seem most hunches. successful for which types of clients.

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