1st Edition

The Politics Of Linking Schools And Social Services The 1993 Yearbook Of The Politics Of Education Association

Edited By Louise Adler, Sid Gardner Copyright 1994
    220 Pages
    by Routledge

    220 Pages
    by Routledge

    From the time the reform movement began in the progressive era with concerns about public health and universal access to education, arguments have been raised for and against linking schools and social services, and the merits or otherwise of each system.; A new argument for the collaboration is that integration will lead to substantially better services than those provided by separate organizations.; This volume brings together a wide array of cross-national research and public policy issues to focus on a new framework of service provision. It looks at the different networks of organizations of which schools and social services have been a part, and at the political implications or results of bringing together the professionals from such organizations. It takes into account the constraints resulting from the larger institutional network experience by such organizations. The book also presents a range of perspectives on the way preparation is followed by four responses that present somewhat varying points of view.; The contributors come from a wide range of experiences including specialists in politics of education, law, urban studies, children's issues and those providing reflections on practical experience.

    Part 1 - Cross-national perspectives: The Norwegian case - child centred policy in action, Unni Hagen and Felisa Tibbitts; Discovering shared values - ecological models to support interagency collaboration, Hanne B Mawhinney. Part 2 - State and local perspectives: The politics of policy making for children, Julia E Koppich; The professional and institutional perspectives on interagency collaboration, Douglas E Mitchell and Linda Scott; Resource issues - a case study from New Orleans, James Garvin and Alma Young; Implementing collaborative services - new challenges for practitioners and experts in reform, Stephanie Kadel and Dorothy Routh. Part 3 - The role of the universities: University-based preparation for collaborative interprofessional practice, Michael Knapp, Kathryn Bernard, Richard N Brandon, Nathalie J Gethrke, Albert Smith and Edward C Teather. Part 4 - Lessons from the field: California's state partnership for school-linked services, William A White; On the cutting edge - family/youth service centres in Kentucky, Charles Russo and Jane Clarke Lindle.

    Biography

    Louise Adler, Sid Gardner