International Conference on Social Development and Social Work Education Catholic University of America, Washington, DC Muharram 15-19/July 13-19, 1992

Abstract

The Twenty-Sixth Congress of the International Association of
Schools of Social Work (IASSW) and the Seventh International Conference
of the Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development
(IUCISD) was held during 13-19 July 1992, in Washington, DC.
These biennial international conferences are held simultaneously in the
same location to encourage interested social work educators to participate
in the activities of both conferences.
IASSW represents the interests of almost two thousand schools of social
work and training institutes worldwide. The theme of the 1992 conference
was "Realities of Global Interdependence: Challenges to Social
Work Education." Papers presented spanned the wide range of interests
of social work educators, from practice theory formulations to curriculum
development to indigenous case materials. They also dealt with many diverse
fields of social work practice, for example, from family and child
welfare to rural and urban community development. Papers also dealt with
clinical practice interests, polity, planning, and social development issues.
IUCISD is a younger multidisciplinary organization of social work
educators and other allied professionals with an interest in the broader
area of international social development. The theme of the IUCISD 1992
conference was “Strategies of Social Development for Improving the Human
Condition.” Papers presented covered diverse topics, including social
welfare provisions in Eastern Europe and countries of the former Soviet
Union, peace and development, sustainable agriculture, refugees, social
development skills, social development and indigenous populations, social
development and aging populations, social development and children, and
many others ...