School Social Work in Hartford, Connecticut: Correcting the Historical Record

This paper corrects the historical record on why and how school social work began in Hartford and who was instrumental in establishing the new service. The findings, based on a study of primary sources, revealed that a school principal, and not a psychologist as previously claimed, initiated the process that led the Hartford Charity Organization Society to appoint its Visitor, Winifred Singleton Bivin, a social caseworker, to also become the first social worker in the schools in January 1907. The social work profession, which owes its origin to the Charity Organization Movement, is also obligated to the Hartford Charity Organization Society for its cooperative work with the schools, which led to the inception and subsequent development of school social work by the schools and, in 1909, the appointment of Miss Sara Holbrook who subsequently became a national leader in the development of the fledgling profession

Satisfaction with the Profession and Career Status among BSW Social Workers

This study replicates a measurement of social workers\u27 professional satisfaction and expands the findings to include career status among BSW graduates. It was hypothesized that (1) graduates of BSW programs who practice social work were more satisfied with selected symbolic rewards than those who did not remain in the profession, and that (2) MSW\u27s will express more professional satisfaction than BSW\u27s. A 50 percent random sample of the 538 graduates from a midwestern university for the period 1971-1980 was surveyed. A total of 172 graduates participated, representing a 68 percent response rate. BSW graduates who remain in the profession were significantly more satisfied with selected symbolic rewards than those who left the social work profession. MSW\u27s are significanlty more satisfied with their professional choice, their work performance, and find the monetary rewards to be more satisfying than BSW practitioners

Challenging the Proposed Deregulation of P.L. 94-142: A Case Study of Citizen Advocacy

Public Law 94-142, The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, considered by many to be the most significant federal legislation for children in need of special education, was proposed for deregulation by the Reagan administration in 1982. This study examines actions taken by citizen advocates-consumer/advocacy/parent (CAP) organizations and groups, parents, and other advocates for exceptional children-who gave testimony in opposition to the proposed changes at public hearings held by the United States Department of Education in late 1982. The most controversial proposed rules were withdrawn on September 29, 1982, while the remaining proposed changes were not implemented. Citizen advocates\u27 overwhelming presence at the hearings and their other activities were instrumental in defeating the administration\u27s efforts at deregulation

Students\u27 Views on the Future of Social Work

The need for the social work profession to understand the meaning of socio-economic and political trends has never been more important than at present. However, the application of future projection technology has lagged behind this need. The authors studied the views of students from eighteen universities and colleges on present socioeconomic trends, as represented by future specific scenarios. The implications of the future scenarios are discussed in relation to social justice, social work practice and education

Professional Retention of BSW Social Workers: Planned and Actual Career Choices

The assumption that BSW students will remain in social work was examined with a survey of 107 current students and 177 graduates from 1977 through 1980. The findings suggest that most of the current students planned to practice social work and most of the graduates entered social work practice upon graduation. Recent graduates, however, had more difficulty obtaining social work jobs than graduates in 1977. Characteristics of social work education are not associated with retention, leading to the hypothesis that factors outside the control of social work education are more predictive of BSWS\u27 retention in the profession

Experimental evaluation of Cubic-TCP

In this paper we present an initial experimental evaluation of the recently proposed Cubic-TCP algorithm. Results are presented using a suite of benchmark tests that have been recently proposed in the literature [12], and a number of issues are of practical concern highlighted

Experimental evaluation of Cubic-TCP

In this paper we present an initial experimental evaluation of the recently proposed Cubic-TCP algorithm. Results are presented using a suite of benchmark tests that have been recently proposed in the literature [12], and a number of issues are of practical concern highlighted