Include in your discussion the constituency services, communication, and mediation skills.

What can be done to reverse the declining involvement of helping professionals such as social workers in the formulation of social policy? Be sure to discuss the informational needs of our postindustrial society as well as the specific skills required to effectively engage in the means of analysis by which information is developed, organized, and interpreted. In what ways are the skills required for political practice consistent with the skills required for direct practice? Include in your discussion the constituency services, communication, and mediation skills.