Critical Issues in Social Work Education.
Abstract The following critical issues facing social work education are reviewed: lack of an instructional methodology, effectiveness of practice, admissions to social work education programs, theories of people, assessment of competence, and generic curriculum. Possible avenues to effective education for practice are elaborated: relationship-building training, empirical bases of interpersonal helping, degree correspondence, and research on the instructional process. Where relevant, prototypes of effective training procedures and requisites are discussed briefly.
Implications of the NASW Standards for Social Service Manpower.
Abstract This paper presents the history and background that led up to the publication in 1973 of the document Standards for Social Service Manpower by the National Association of Social Workers. It provides an overview of the intent of the publication, which currently constitutes the universal standard or model for differential classification of social services manpower. It outlines the six-level classification plan and the objectives set forth, and then studies in detail the implications for social agencies, education, the public, and the profession.
Findings from Experiments in Treatment in the Correctional Institution
This paper reports an attempt to assemble and evaluate available reports upon experimentally designed research upon the effectiveness of treatment programs carried out during the 1960s in correctional institutions for juveniles or adults.