This paper outlines a paradigm for relating research and theory in the study of organizations and organizational behavior. The paradigm is directly related to problems in the design and management of human service organizations, and it directs the scholarship of the field to the structure and control of agencies such as schools and hospitals. By…

There are probably over 300,000 persons working as paraprofessionals now, most of them in public schools, health institutions, and the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO). In the past year major strides have been made in organizing these human service workers to satisfy their concerns for better services, closer community ties, and new avenues of…

This book is a description of a three-year project to develop and sustain a network of very diverse people who could mutually contribute to each other's resource needs through ideas and resource exchange. People from schools, colleges, and universities, and public and private agencies joined together to form the Essex Network for two major…

This study reports on a rural developmental project based on local coordination and Addiction Research Foundation (A.R.F.) community consultation. The purpose of the project is to develop addiction services and general community awareness in a small, northern, rural setting in Hastings County, Canada. The effect of the effort has been the…

One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter describes an interdisciplinary treatment program called the Pendleton Project. In this discussion, certain salient dimensions of the problem and its treatment are developed in some detail, namely, the diagnosis and treatment of learning disabilities and methods…

This booklet presents a research plan of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW) aimed at understanding aging in the United States. The following subjects are discussed: (1) demographic information that outlines major issues affecting aging; (2) priorities for aging research in the biomedical, behavioral and social science and…

A supplement to six previous bibliographies, this bibliography provides access to some of the latest resource material, research findings, and/or developments in migrant education. Part 1 contains 82 citations and abstracts which appeared in "Resources in Education" (RIE) from January 1975 through December 1975. Part 2 includes 21…

The distant nature and purposes of social work education programs at different educational levels, which prepare persons for social service roles at different levels of practice, lack systematic and generally acceptable difinitions. The newest and least understood direct service practitioners are graduates of community college social work…

H. G. Wells pointed out that "human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe." In the next two decades we must rely even more on education, training, human resource development, and effective counseling to keep our commune of creatures working together with harmony and purpose. However, if counselors are going to be…

This is a description of a training course for human services personnel which covers a major function of comprehensive manpower development programs. Techniques of Consultation provides training in skills which promote client growth and self-sufficiency through the adjustment of the environment of the client. Human services personnel are often…

This practical guide for training and personnel specialists working in the human service agencies provides an understanding of how the Human Service Task Bank and the Manpower Management Information System (MMIS) (described in HE 007 310) can be used to address personnel and training problems. The Manpower Management Information System and the…

This report gives the findings of a study designed to identify obstacles to career mobility among paraprofessionals in social service agencies and to make recommendations for opening channels for advancement. The experiences of a group of paraprofessionals hired in a special project in 1965 and 1966 by the National Committee on Employment of Youth…

These two papers concentrate on criteria for judging nonprofessional jobs or new careers for the poor, steps in developing a career advancement plan, and the systems approach to manpower development in the human services. Attention is given to the need for meaningful and challenging assignments, flexibility in recruitment and program planning,…

A reference bank of persons with expertise in educational, socioeconomic, and cultural matters as they relate to non-English speaking Spanish-surnamed adults has been compiled. Approximately 700 persons residing in 33 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Italy are listed. A brief resume of each person listed includes…

Described are the proceedings of the National Citizens Conference on Rehabilitation including brief opening remarks and the text of the keynote address by Whitney M. Young. Topics of reported sessions are the unmet needs of special groups, case finding through public service advertising, environmental barriers and transportation, consumer…