Community Social Agencies Research Articles

A comprehensive approach to drug-free schools and communities.

A comprehensive approach to developing and maintaining drug-free schools and communities is discussed. Five sequential phases, needs assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination, are described. An effective implementation program meets the needs of students at various stages of drug use and abuse. Prevention strategies are effective with students who have only experimented or never used drugs, while early intervention strategies are most effective for students who have a more regular use pattern. Chemically dependent students need referral for treatment at a community social agency. After treatment and rehabilitation, returning to a supportive aftercare school program proves most effective. The approach described in this article advocates a team effort including well-trained school core teams collaborating with parents and community representatives from law enforcement, social agencies, business, religious groups, and the media.

An Experimental Project to Prepare Mature Women for Work in Community Social Agencies

Vocational Guidance QuarterlyVolume 18, Issue 4 p. 285-288 An Experimental Project to Prepare Mature Women for Work in Community Social Agencies CHARLES L. LACY, CHARLES L. LACY Charles L. Lacy is Assistant Professor of Education, University of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, and was Training Coordinator for the Detroit phase of the Experimental Project for Administrative Trainees, held at the University Center for Adult Education in Detroit.Search for more papers by this author CHARLES L. LACY, CHARLES L. LACY Charles L. Lacy is Assistant Professor of Education, University of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, and was Training Coordinator for the Detroit phase of the Experimental Project for Administrative Trainees, held at the University Center for Adult Education in Detroit.Search for more papers by this author First published: June 1970 https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2164-585X.1970.tb00255.x AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume18, Issue4June 1970Pages 285-288 RelatedInformation

Guardianship: Every Child's Right

Basic guarantees of American law for protection of the person against unauthorized control by others, respect for the dignity and rights of the individual, and effective par ticipation in community life are safeguarded for the child by a special protective status and protective relationship. In his status as a minor, the child is deprived of self-determination and self-management. The guardian, whether parent, adoptive parent, or judicially appointed person, represents the child's rights and interests in a personal relationship with the child. Studies show, however, that this protective law is almost com pletely neglected in the actual practice of courts and community social agencies serving children, despite mounting evidence of the effect of improper guardianship in child neglect, abuse, exploitation, nonsupport, running away, falling into trouble with the law, and so on. The United States Children's Bureau has made a start toward corrective legislation and practices by suggesting principles and language for legislation which defines and distinguishes key terms at law and clarifies authority and professional relationships with children.

Adoption practices: An operational and evaluative study in an outpatient department

Association/or Ambulatory Atlantic City, May 9, 1962 Pediatric Services, Adoption practices: An operational and evaluative stu@ in an outpatient department Morris Green, M.D., and Carolyn Godfrey, M.A. T I-I E last decade has witnessed a greatly increased interest in adoptions. Recent experiences in the Outpatient Department of the Riley Hospital have repeatedly demonstrated both the opportunities and the need for pediatric research in this area. The present study was designed to evaluate certain problems in adoption practice in the community and to determine the possible contributions that a diagnostic center could make to their solution. The study was conducted in the period From the Department o] Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, and the James Whiteomb Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Ind. eAddress, Dr. Richard W. Olmsted, ehalrman, Department o[ Pediatrics, University of Oregon Medical School, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland I, Ore. 276 from September, 1960, through December, 1961, and involved the collection of data on 40 children referred to the pediatric diagnostic clinic for evaluation in relation to adoption. In 12 of the 40 cases the authors judged that previous utilization of professional services by the responsible agency had been inadequate. Previous professional advice was judged to have been inadequate or incorrect in 20 per Cent of the cases. Five such instances were the result of undue reliance on infant developmental tests. An attempt was also made to assess the previous total planning for each child by the agency concerned. A rating of good, fair, or adequate was assigned to 35 per cent of the cases and a rating of poor or very poor was given in 65 per cent of the cases. Volume 62 Number 2 Abstracts--A. Ambulatory Pedlar. Services 2 7 7 The data document the presence Of serious deficiencies in adoptive practices and help define a new role for an outpatient department in relation to (1) diagnostic services, (2) preventive services, (3) professional education, (4) research, and (5) social action. In regard to diagnostic services, the outpatient department appears to be in the most advantageous position to provide consultative services to agencies in the case of children with multiple handicaps where a variety of medical consultations, infant developmental tests, genetic counseling, or psychiatric appraisal are indicated. These special examinations are not readily available in many communities. The preventive services supplied by the clinic chiefly involve counseling with agencies to help eliminate unwarranted delays in permanent planning and placement. The provision of services to adoption agencies also provides an uncontrived opportunity for medical students and pediatric residents to gain realistic experience in the important area of adoptions as well as some knowledge of the functioning of community social agencies. This investigation also represents a type of operational and evaluative research in the field of child welfare services, a type of research that may have a wider application in communityoriented outpatient departments. Finally, the paper demonstrates how the staff of a children's hospital can join with others to help gain the increased support necessary for the provision of adequate services to children through investigation and publication of the facts in relation to deficiencies in child welfare practices. This activity would appear consonant with the role of the university in research and social action.

Home care scheme for sick children in London

The data document the presence Of serious deficiencies in adoptive practices and help define a new role for an outpatient department in relation to (1) diagnostic services, (2) preventive services, (3) professional education, (4) research, and (5) social action. In regard to diagnostic services, the outpatient department appears to be in the most advantageous position to provide consultative services to agencies in the case of children with multiple handicaps where a variety of medical consultations, infant developmental tests, genetic counseling, or psychiatric appraisal are indicated. These special examinations are not readily available in many communities. The preventive services supplied by the clinic chiefly involve counseling with agencies to help eliminate unwarranted delays in permanent planning and placement. The provision of services to adoption agencies also provides an uncontrived opportunity for medical students and pediatric residents to gain realistic experience in the important area of adoptions as well as some knowledge of the functioning of community social agencies. This investigation also represents a type of operational and evaluative research in the field of child welfare services, a type of research that may have a wider application in communityoriented outpatient departments. Finally, the paper demonstrates how the staff of a children's hospital can join with others to help gain the increased support necessary for the provision of adequate services to children through investigation and publication of the facts in relation to deficiencies in child welfare practices. This activity would appear consonant with the role of the university in research and social action.

Where Are Additional Psychiatric Services Most Needed?

accessible points of referral for clients with special problems, especially when those problems are emotional and mental. This paper reports and analyzes a set of para doxical findings from a survey of the opin ions of a cross section of a community's social agencies with respect to the propor tion of mentally and emotionally disturbed clients handled and the psychiatric facilities needed for their referral and consultation

A Survey of Field Experiences in Institutions in A.A.C.T.E.

THE PURPOSE OF the present study is to deter mine the nature, purposes, structure, procedures and problems of the student experiences in in stitutions holding membership in the American As sociation of Colleges for Teacher Education. Dur ing the latter part of October, 1957, a questionnaire and an accompanying letter requesting the participa tion of the member institutions were mailed directly to the 356 institutional representatives to A AC TE. 2 Of the 356 questionnaires circulated, 162 or 45.5 per cent were returned in time for inclusion in this analysis. Fifty-seven institutions or 13.2 per cent reported that they have a experience program and are included in this study. Fifty-four of these 57 institutions prepare both elementary and secon dary teachers. Slightly more than twenty-six per cent of the institutions, 105, stated in their replies that they do not have a experience program. The expression field experiences, as use din this study and as defined in the letter aforemention ed, refers to all of those non-school experiences of students in the community, in social service agen cies, and/or in recreational and community agen cies. The questionnaire included some seventeen ques tions; the replies to twelve of these quest ions are summarized in this paper. The remaining questions were concerned with types of activities in which stu dents engage, evaluation, and unsolved problems and will be discussed in later papers. Question one was concerned with the purposes of the experience program. The variety of re plies received have been classified by the writer in to four broad, inclusive objectives: l)to acqaint students actively with the contributions and programs of the several community social agencies which c o operate with the school to provide educational ex perience, 2) to provide pre-student teaching exper iences of working with children and youth, 3) to i n crease the student's understanding of the nature of