“…77 new and unfamiliar technologies, take responsibility for the nature and direction of the changes and advances available in computer technology, confront the ethical issues, and be willing to creatively apply computers in their respective practice settings. (Parker, Chynoweth, Blankinship, Zaldo, and Matthews, 1987) In the face of such a sweeping mandate, the objective of computer literacy for social workers represents only the first step. It is, however, the necessary starting point without which this mandate for the profession cannot be realized.…”