{"title":"Information Technology in the Care of the Mentally Handicapped","authors":"H. Grebel","doi":"10.1300/J407V09N03_13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V09N03_13","url":null,"abstract":"Summary The use of information technology has reached the professional care for mentally handicapped. Students in schools of social work in the Netherlands will use a prototype of a care information system, learning to appreciate these applications for planning and evaluating the care process. Curriculum material will be developed according to the Dutch ‘National’ Curriculum Computer Applications for schools of social work.","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121103632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interactive video programs: crisis counseling and organizational assessment","authors":"Brett A. Seabury","doi":"10.1300/J407V09N03_09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V09N03_09","url":null,"abstract":"Summary This paper describes two interactive video disc programs that have been designed to teach social work practice skills. One program is designed to teach students how to apply crisis concepts in a simulated interview with a client, and the other program is designed to teach students how to assess institutional racism and sexism in an agency context The purpose in presenting diese two programs is to demonstrate how interactive video can be used as a training tool in social work education, and also to encourage other educators and trainers to begin to develop their own interactive video programs.","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"23 10","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113970548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computer ethics: moral philosophy or professional propaganda?","authors":"Joseph E. Behar","doi":"10.1300/J407V09N03_25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V09N03_25","url":null,"abstract":"Summary As human service waiters implement computerized information technologies, they operate in areas in which problems of power, de-personalization, and the invasion of privacy are central. In attempting to understand and resolve these issues, studies of computer ethics deal with moral values, economic policy, and other social change impacts associated with computerization. Unfortunately, the diffuse focus of ethical discourse in computing is contusing. This paper, in clarifying the relation of “computer ethics” to issues of personal freedom, social control, and social inequality, seeks to provide human service workers and other professional computer specialists with a framework for identifying the social effects and moral dimensions of computerization.","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"7 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120994733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computer information and human knowledge: new thinking and old critique","authors":"B. Kolleck","doi":"10.1300/J407V09N03_26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V09N03_26","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131870353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Dutch “national” curriculum: computer applications for schools of social work","authors":"Peter Roosenboom","doi":"10.1300/J407V09N03_12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V09N03_12","url":null,"abstract":"Summary This paper describes the current situation of computer education in the schools of social work in the Netherlands, new policy in curriculum development, and the development of a new comprehensive curriculum on computer applications. The basic philosophy of the curriculum and a firm relation to social work practice are discussed. To illustrate these developments, an outline of the curriculum for social casework is presented as a kind of status report.","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"355 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115848504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Innovative use of computers for planning in human service organizations","authors":"A. Matheson","doi":"10.1300/J407V09N03_20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V09N03_20","url":null,"abstract":"Summary This paper deals with the question of why some human service organizations are more innovative in their use of computers than others, particularly in the area of strategic planning. Rather than focus upon the technology, per se, it explores the propensity for and context within which human service managers apply computers to matters of strategic importance. It begins with a summary of the two dominant theoretical traditions within which organizational behavior has been viewed. These contrasting perspectives are then applied to the extensive body of empirical findings related to organizational innovation. The result is a discernment of key variables or variable clusters, which provide the basis for alternative accounts of innovative behavior. The emergent use of computers for strategic planning serves as the focus of the study.","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128169835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information Systems and Mental Health Services","authors":"Paul R. Bintier","doi":"10.1300/J407V09N01_08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V09N01_08","url":null,"abstract":"Summary This paper examines issues related to applying information technology in behalf of mental health service delivery systems. Each of these issues has an impact on how well information technology has been able to serve the mental health system. These are not primarily information technology issues. They are concerns that have to do with the structure of the mental health system; the way management might use an information system; and the role of money and power in the mental health system. How these issues are resolved will have a major impact on how well the promise inherent in information technology is realized in the coming decade.","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131394203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computer Management in a Substance Abuse Resource Center","authors":"Judith E. Bloch Msw","doi":"10.1300/J407V09N01_19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V09N01_19","url":null,"abstract":"Summary This paper describes the use of computers to manage the Connecticut Clearinghouse, a resource center on alcohol and other drugs. Software packages were used to manage information on resources; to develop a database for monitoring client activities; to create a mailing list; and to publish a newsletter. The paper addresses the selection process, equipment requirements and technical support for computer software. It focuses on introducing computer technology to a small staff, including staff resistance and techniques to overcome barriers to implementation. Discussion centers on the role for supervisors in providing support and making training available to staff to facilitate computerization.","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125330874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CCVC: an innovation in successful coordination","authors":"Joseph Junior Scaria","doi":"10.1300/J407V09N01_22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V09N01_22","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124635056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implementing a data base management information system for hospital social work directors","authors":"P. Raffoul, J. T. Burns","doi":"10.1300/J407V09N01_10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V09N01_10","url":null,"abstract":"Summary With the increase in specialization of our health care delivery system has come the increased demand for accountability and information. SwdB(c), a tailor-made data base application, is designed to assist the hospital social work director in managing daily operations, planning and tracking resource utilization, monitoring the impact made by social workers, and meeting hospital social work accountability requirements. Both patient data and worker productivity data are included with reports individually prepared to suit the needs of the particular hospital administration. Implications for how such a program can modify social work management information systems as well as (he impact such programs can have on social work practice are discussed.","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125330896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}