Computers and Information Technology in Social Work

This book discusses the impact of technological advances on social work practice and education, covering topics from a University of South Carolina conference including technology applications for helping professions, computer use in child protective cases, videoconferencing for social services, and other innovative practices.

Jo Ann R Coe, Goutham M Menon

Contents Introduction, Impact of Information Technologies on Social Work Practice, Using Case-Based Reasoning to Develop Computerized Guidance for Effective Practice, Direct Service Application of Videoconferencing Technologies: Case Examples from Korea and the United States, Utilizing and Evaluating ITV Workshops for Rural Community Leadership Training, The Application of Artificial Neural Networks for Outcome Prediction in a Cohort of Severely Mentally Ill Outpatients, Fashionably Late? Social Work and Television Production, Technology Investment Trends, Impact of Information Technologies on Social Work Education, Moving Toward Technology-Supported Instruction in Human Service Practice: The "Virtual Classroom", Internet-Based Instruction as an Innovative Approach to Managing Prerequisite Curriculum Content in a Graduate Social Work Program, The Virtual Community: Computer Conferencing for Teaching and Learning Social Work Practice, Computer-Facilitated Instructional Strategies for Education: Designing WebQuests, Perspectives from Consumers (Students) in a Distance Education Program, Reframing from Site Bias to Site Identity: Pedagogic Issues in Delivering Social Work Courses via Interactive Television, Index ,