Featuring new and updated information on computer technologies‎,‎ including networking and using the internet as a necessary tool for professionals‎,‎ human services technology‎:‎ understanding‎,‎ designing‎,‎ and implementing computer and internet applications in the social services will help individual human service professionals and agencies understand‎,‎ design‎,‎ implement‎,‎ and manage computer and internet applications‎.‎ Combining several relevant fields‎,‎ this informative guide provides you with the knowledge to effectively collect‎,‎ store‎,‎ manipulate‎,‎ and communicate information to better serve clients and successfully manage human service agencies‎.‎ Human services technology explains basic technological terms and gives you the history of technology uses before you explore other areas of information technology ‎(‎it‎)‎‎.‎ This essential guide will also improve your ability to find and understand recent research and information on important topics‎.‎ Human services technology will expand your technical know‎-how and help you better serve clients by offering you proven methods and explanations‎,‎ such as‎:‎ * describing terms‎-‎-such as hardware‎,‎ networking‎,‎ and telecommunications‎-‎-with easy‎-to‎-understand analogies and examples * using it applications to support social policies‎,‎ improve service coordination among agencies‎,‎ efficiently manage agencies in order to save time‎,‎ support workers‎'‎decision making with information‎,‎ and assist clients * solving the problems that internal and external issues cause when determining it needs‎,‎ such as working with federal reporting requirements * understanding and dealing with the 10 most critical it issues for managementcontaining dozens of graphs‎,‎ tables‎,‎ and figures‎,‎ this knowledgeable book will help you with any it problem you encounter‎.‎ Symbols by certain subjects in the book indicate that you can find more information and references on that issue through links on the book‎?‎S accompanying web site‎.‎ Human services technology will enable you to thoroughly understand and use it to help you offer improved services to clients and manage agencies with increased efficiency and effectiveness‎.‎