ABSTRACT

The twenty-first century can be characterized as the centerpiece of computer technology (Friedman, 2006). Clinicians and practitioners in human service agencies are thus participating in the transition to an “information society.” The increased use of computers in the human services profession makes it necessary that practitioners and administrators become responsive to the computer aptitude. Social and political events have demonstrated the necessity of establishing human services based on data that provide rationale for planning and delivering services, evaluation of data, and fiscal support. Also, status indicators for the human services have changed as well. It will be rare if, in the future, social agencies do not incorporate computer use in their daily profession.