Journal of Technology in Human Services
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This peer-reviewed, refereed journal explores the potentials of computer and telecommunications technologies in mental health, developmental disability, welfare, addictions, education, and other human services. The Journal of Technology in Human Services covers the full range of technological applications, including direct service techniques. It not only provides the necessary historical perspectives on the use of computers in the human service field, but it also presents articles that will improve your computer literacy and keep you abreast of state-of-the-art developments. The Journal of Technology in Human Services focuses on:

* therapeutic applications such as interviewing and assessment tools, treatment planners, case managers, direct client interventions, and virtual helping communities
* organizational applications such as information systems, decision support systems and building organizational intelligence
* software theory, design, and development, including the life cycle of technology applications
* application development, including needs and capacities analysis, design, implementation, evaluation, and enhancement issues
* the impact of technology on human service clients, direct service practitioners, manager, and policy makers
* current developments in hardware that have implications for human services, e.g., smart cell phones and robotics for people with disabilities
* education, training, multimedia, and Internet-based distance learning
* technology issues facing the human services professions, such as confidentiality, data sharing, and job displacement

Special thematic issues have covered such topics as:

* Web-based education in the human services
* human services in the Information Age
* technology in people services
* computers for social change and community organizing
* computer literacy in human services
* the impact of information technology on social work practice