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The Widened Base in Public Assistance
Authors: Berman Jules H.
Published: May 2018

The 1950 amendments are substantial in scope and, when taken together with the changes made to the old-age and survivors insurance program, should have a profound effect on the state-federal assistance programs. State and federal assistance agencies will need time to work with these amendments before their exact effect can be assayed and future trends determined and changes planned.

Several respects in which the state-federal assistance programs are deficient and in need of improvement are now well known. Assistance programs financed from state and federal funds still fall short of the objective of being available to any needy person. The new program for the permanently and totally disabled will meet some of the needs of persons previously not covered by a state-federal program. There are many disabled persons, however, who are equally in need but who are not permanently and totally disabled and who will not be aided under the new program. These individuals will be dependent upon state and local general assistance programs. In a number of states these programs are far from adequate and in some areas nonexistent.

We also know that the direct payments for medical care, potentially, can be an important part of the assistance program. This plan cannot achieve its potential, however, without some additional money from the federal government either in the form of a separate provision in the formula governing the federal share for medical expenditures, or in the form of an increased average maximum on the assistance payments. Without such provisions, the usefulness of the new amendment to make direct payments for medical care will be limited. To the extent that states divert money from supplying maintenance needs to paying for medical care, the new amendment might actually reduce the amount of money available for meeting maintenance needs. With additional money, the medical care amendment can do a great deal to meet medical costs not now met by other programs such as health or rehabilitation.

In this statement, I have attempted to analyze the new amendments and to evaluate their effect on the public assistance programs. Although the new amendments leave some deficiencies uncorrected, they have advanced the programs considerably and should result in a considerably improved state-federal plan for meeting the assistance needs of people.
Educational Process in Supervision
Authors: Hester Mary C.
Published: May 2018

Supervision in social casework is an educational process and teaching, therefore, is the primary function of the supervisor. According to this view, all the aspects of supervision—administering, teaching-consulting, and evaluation—are parts of this total process since each of them involves learning content that contributes to the attainment of the supervisory aim of helping in the development of professional workers who are self-directing, self-disciplined, and increasingly skilful in giving service to clients. The effectiveness of supervisory methods in achieving this aim can be measured by the extent to which these methods facilitate the learning process.

The importance of the relationship between the supervisor and the worker has been stressed, since this relationship is the medium through which learning takes place and through which purpose and goals are achieved.

Recognition has been given to the fact that the worker's emotional involvement is sometimes the cause of problems in practice. On the premise that self-awareness is a necessary part of the knowledge that the worker must acquire, it is the supervisor's responsibility to help him realize the need for it, if feeling reactions are interfering with performance. There are, however, ways to help the worker achieve this self-knowledge other than by focusing directly on his personality. Also, difficulties that frequently are attributed to the personal problems of the worker may be the result of lack of knowledge, or due to the anxiety that arises when the worker's emotional balance is threatened by his lack of knowledge. Teaching is therefore the first choice of the methods available to the supervisor. An educational approach based on a diagnosis of the worker's learning needs helps in assuring that he will have the knowledge he requires to arrive at a full and emotional understanding of the client and his situation, to formulate the long-range casework goals, and to plan the steps he will take in the process of helping the client attain these goals.
“Aggressive” Approach in Preventive Casework with Children's Problems
Authors: Lane Lionel C.
Published: May 2018

The one factor that is characteristic of these case illustrations is our acceptance of greater responsibility. It is quite clear that in our practice we have to begin to move out more firmly to certain clients. We accept the parent's right to make his own decision, but we question the wisdom of having him base it solely on his impulse to resist help and not include his wish to help his child. The community gives authority to the family agency. This is not the authority of the court or the protective agency, but the more subtle one that goes with professional skill and knowledge of the dynamics of human behavior. We are still, often, too hesitant about accepting a role that is essentially a preventive one. The limits imposed on us by the client's right to make his own decision about using help is a valid and essential part of the process. One could, however, pursue this idea to its ultimate end and maintain that a family has a right to pursue its own path to self-destruction. But when the lives of young children are affected, we cannot limit ourselves to such a passive role. To do so would mean that the problems of children are not our concern until the point of crisis and emergency has been reached, a development that we have encouraged by our passivity. There is a need for more concerted and aggressive efforts on our part so that we are more truly offering a preventive service to the community.

A client's decision to use help will be influenced, we believe, by the degree of firmness and persistence with which we approach him. Furthermore, we need not fear that we shall force our help on the client too much, since this is a manifest impossibility anyway. A lack of conviction in offering service, as evidenced by our willingness to withdraw at the first rebuff, can only leave the parent more comfortable in continuing in an unhealthy situation. We need to be more aggressive in our approach, so that if we finally have to accept a client's refusal of our help, we are sure we have used, to the fullest extent, every available means to demonstrate our ability and desire to be of help to him.
The Use of Case Records in Research
Authors: Hochwald Hilde Landenberger
Published: May 2018

It can be stated that case records probably will be more useful for research if the research objectives are conceived within the same frame of reference as that used by the worker in writing the records for purposes of treatment. The research objectives may deal with characteristics of persons or of situations revealed in treatment, or with the dynamics of treatment itself. The adequacy, validity, and representativeness of case records need to be appraised in relation to specific research objectives, through study of function, policies, and procedures of the agency in which they originate.

The analysis of the problems and processes involved in the use of case records of social agencies for research purposes leads to the conclusion that this type of research requires a combination of skills in research and the professional practice of social work.
But what is Social Casework?
Authors: Hartman Ann
Published: May 2018

Tracing the elusive identity of social casework through the words of its creative leaders shows that a broad range of objectives and measures is included
A research and Demonstration Project of Protective Services
Authors: Blenkner Margaret , Bloom Martin , Nielsen Margaret
Published: May 2018

Some of the data pertaining to factors predictive of institutionalization or survival suggest that changes may be introduced in lives least able to bear them
A system of Groups in Institutions for the Aged
Authors: Euster Gerald L.
Published: May 2018

A proposal is made to improve the quality of living by utilizing the contributions of group workers to modify and create new patterns of social interaction
Employer–sponsored Programs for Problem Drinkers
Authors: Heyman Margaret M.
Published: May 2018

Such factors as a written personnel policy, early identification, and available treatment are among the interdependent elements essential for success
Some Pitfalls in Administrative Behavior
Authors: Berliner Arthur K.
Published: May 2018

Sources of the generous admixture of subjective elements interfering with effective transactions between the executive and his staff are identified
Voluntarism, Dead or Alive?
Authors: Blackburn Clark W.
Published: May 2018

In a time of confusion about goals, it is essential to fight to preserve concepts of citizen participation and work hard to strengthen citizen involvement
Mutuality as a Catalytic Power for Growth
Authors: Leonard Margaret A.
Published: May 2018

Pressures of mechanized living make man less capable of human interaction, less aware of dignity and worth, less alive, and less able to share in community life
Reexamination of the Rationale for Sectarian Social Work
Authors: Teicher Morton I.
Published: May 2018

Sectarian agencies represent the ideal of cultural pluralism and their perpetuation symbolizes and sustains the group's experience as a determinate entity
Myths that Intrude on the Adaptation of the Stepfamily
Authors: Schulman Gerda L.
Published: May 2018

Family therapy, prior to remarriage or afterward, enables the family fragments to move from pseudo wholeness through differentiation to unity
Emerging Trends in Social Treatment
Authors: Gelfand Bernard
Published: May 2018

In perhaps half a decade, social treatment theory, concepts, and methods that have helped renew practice have been introduced and developed
Marital Interaction and Posthospital Adjustment
Authors: Schuerman John R.
Published: May 2018

A study is aimed at determining what kinds of frustrations constitute the greatest threat to the adaptation of wives who are former patients
Brief Psychotherapy Using Transactional Analysis
Authors: Brechenser Donn M.
Published: May 2018

The simple and pragmatic language of a relatively new mode of therapy becomes a useful tool to increase the patient's self-understanding
Research on Recording
Authors: Chea Mary Wong
Published: May 2018

Efficiency and effectiveness, two major issues confronting many administrators, are examined in the light of findings of a three-year project
Education for Change
Authors: Cohen Pauline C.
Published: May 2018

An overall picture is given of a project in which the staffs of five family agencies conducted a two-year educational program unique in goals and process
An Agency's Preparation for Internal Advocacy
Authors: Howley John M.
Published: May 2018

Board and staff hold a workshop to begin to loosen the restrictive psychological and institutional mechanisms that prevented high-level service to black families
A New Dimension in Staff Development Programs
Authors: Levitan Lucille T.
Published: May 2018

The ability to work together unhampered by rank and in a climate free of any administrative control results in a successful group-learning experience
Puerto Rican Social Workers and Racism
Authors: Mizio Emelicia
Published: May 2018

White professionals have not utilized a cultural perspective that would enhance practice and capitalize on the uniqueness of an indigenous professional
Casework with Japanese and Korean Wives of Americans
Authors: Kim Bok-Lim C.
Published: May 2018

Relationships formed under conditions of misery and hope, needs and gratifications, led the persons to deny negative aspects of present or future realities
Adaptations in the Delivery of School Social Work Services
Authors: Costin Lela B.
Published: May 2018

The focus of work with pupils must be shifted from an emphasis on emotion, motivation, and personality toward learning, thinking, and problem solving
Early Intervention in the Poverty Cycle
Authors: Edelstein Rosalind I.
Published: May 2018

In a Parent Child Center, disadvantaged mothers learn to stimulate cognitive growth in their children and, through other activities, gain in self-esteem
The Black Client's View of Himself
Authors: Petro Olive , French Betty
Published: May 2018

Staff development efforts can be instrumental in sensitizing staff to the many forms of racism and in developing strategies to halt its transmission
Social Work in a College Mental Health Program
Authors: Amada Gerald , Swartz Jacqueline
Published: May 2018

Casework services aid students who grew up in racial ghettos and poverty areas, handicapped by different linguistic and cultural backgrounds
Role of the Family in Rehabilitation
Authors: Shellhase Leslie J. , Shellhase Fern E.
Published: May 2018

Comprehensive practice can be developed to provide the assessment of family strengths and needs related to accommodation of a member's continuing disability
Experiments in Group Premarital Counseling
Authors: Glendening Susan Eichelberg , Wilson A. John
Published: May 2018

West Point cadets and their fiancées participate in weekend group sessions, led by a chaplain and a social worker, in preparation for marriage
The Emerging Art of Decision-Making
Authors: Drezner Stephen M.
Published: May 2018

Insight is offered into the validity of six principal myths which reflect positive and negative views of the use of systems theory in reaching decisions
The Retired Social Worker as a Volunteer
Authors: Einstein Gertrude
Published: May 2018

The use of systematically acquired training and of the rich experience of years of practice can represent a source of satisfaction and enduring self-esteem
A Look at the Effect of Racism on Clinical Work
Authors: Cooper Shirley
Published: May 2018

With therapists influenced either by color blindness or ethnocentricity, patients tend to lose their individual richness and complexity
Casework Intervention and the Problems of the Poor
Authors: Orcutt Ben A.
Published: May 2018

Understanding and treatment of life stresses comprise a fundamental strategy that must be built into any program to maximize social functioning potential
Group Work with Parents of Children with Down's Syndrome
Authors: Murphy Ann , Pueschel Siegfried M. , Schneider Jane
Published: May 2018

Knowing other persons undergoing the same stress proves a valuable opportunity to test reality and to reconcile a diagnosis and its stereotypes with the real child
Management by Objectives in a Family Service Agency
Authors: Wiehe Vernon R.
Published: May 2018

Important values are realized when staff members set goals they wish to pursue and are involved in determining agency program and course of direction
Low–Cost Social Work on a Private Practice Basis
Authors: Drucker Ruth
Published: May 2018

A unique experiment successfully provides inexpensive, individualized treatment to clients and proves to be a valuable addition to community resources
Social Class and Attrition in Depressed Outpatients
Authors: Weissman Myrna M. , Geanakoplos Effie , Prusoff Brigitte
Published: May 2018

A study reveals that in the context of high therapist motivation, defined time limits, and informal milieu, patients continue in casework treatment
Neighborhood Services: People Caring for People
Authors: Ayres Alice Q.
Published: May 2018

When a large family agency reshapes its program and devises a new staffing pattern, it dramatically demonstrates an extension of service to poor families
Short–Term Therapy with Student Couples
Authors: Oxley Genevieve B.
Published: May 2018

A time-limited method of intervention is used effectively in a university health center to alleviate problems in relationships and communication
Mary Richmond and Family Social Work Today
Authors: Rotter Sheldon
Published: May 2018

Fifty years ago it seemed clearly evident that solving human problems needed both wholesale and retail approaches—an idea social workers struggle with now
Treatment of a Communal Family
Authors: Miller Emily
Published: May 2018

Viewing a new form of family life as a developmental milestone rather than as evidence of pathology leads to engaging parents and son in therapy
Culture, Change, and their Effects on Children
Authors: Elkind David
Published: May 2018

Three culturally related changes in adult attitudes toward children and youth, while not entirely negative in implication, are potential sources of conflict
Alternative to institutional care of the aged
Authors: Cohen Margery G.
Published: May 2018

A program of day care, offering casework and group work services, is restorative to the elderly and physically limited living in their own homes
Public social policy and families in the 1970s
Authors: Chilman Catherine S.
Published: May 2018

Partial, inexpensive programs addressed primarily to changing people rather than systems can not meet the problems created by a supertechnological society
Action as a Tool in Casework Practice
Authors: Maluccio Anthony N.
Published: May 2018

Many case situations may be imaginatively redefined to generate opportunities for the productive use of coping, striving, and goal-directed activities
Racism and its Effects on Puerto Rican Continentals
Authors: Longres John F.
Published: May 2018

The attitudes and norms in the United States which confront new residents threaten individual mental health and a group's social cohesion
Growth of a Puerto Rican Awareness
Authors: Rivera J. Julian
Published: May 2018

The emerging struggle for self-determination and a fair share of influence is directed to breaking a vicious circle of poverty and lack of power
The Struggle to Develop Self-help Institutions
Authors: Gonzalez Agustin
Published: May 2018

A personal account of one man's perseverance contra viento y marea (“against the stormy seas”) to provide supportive services to urban newcomers
Social Work and the Puerto Rican Community
Authors: Delgado Melvin
Published: May 2018

Professional education and practice are seen as failing to meet the needs of minority people and to provide essential services for the poor and powerless
Diagnosis as the Foundation of Professional Service
Authors: Scheunemann Yolanda R. , French Betty
Published: May 2018

Staff study leads to the establishment of guidelines to enable caseworkers after one or two interviews to plan treatment modality and length of contract
Sex Role Differences in Heroin Addiction
Authors: Maglin Arthur
Published: May 2018

In a more extreme way than is the case for male addicts, female addicts become pariahs in their communities and outcasts from their families
A Humanistic Design for Practice
Authors: Weiss David
Published: May 2018

Policies and programs of helping agencies reflect attitudes of commitment or negligence toward those who are to participate in their own life circumstance
Multidimensional Model of Working with the Family
Authors: Mostwin Danuta
Published: May 2018

Three students and a field instructor provide family therapy and test the validity of the team approach and its effectiveness in a limited time
The School Social Worker and the Community School
Authors: Magill Robert S.
Published: May 2018

School social workers are in a unique position to improve urban education by facilitating innovation and by expanding their professional roles
An Informal view of British Social Work Agencies
Authors: Farber Ruth
Published: May 2018

An observer comments on a social welfare system faced with problems of accelerated growth in contrast to reduced staffs and services in the United States
Psychoanalytically Oriented Therapy for Alcoholic Patients
Authors: Triana Robert R. , Hinkle Lorraine M.
Published: May 2018

Techniques of relationship, nurture, mobilization, and limited clarification may be most effective in reaching the goal of ego-conservation or restoration
Participatory Management in Public Welfare
Authors: Weber Shirley , Polm Donald
Published: May 2018

A comparative analysis is made of two public social service delivery systems which represent the generalist-generic-autonomous worker model of service
Preparing a Psychotic Patient for Major Surgery
Authors: Cain Lillian Pike
Published: May 2018

Reality-focused and ego-oriented treatment of a disturbed woman before and following transplantation succeeds in its goal of enabling her to survive
Advocacy in the Context of Treatment
Authors: Hallowitz David
Published: May 2018

Despite the existence of certain pitfalls, judicious intervention on behalf of the client can be a vital addition to clinical skill and effectiveness
Further Thoughts on Purchase of Service
Authors: Manser Gordon
Published: May 2018

An agency's freedom and effectiveness in social action or advocacy may be in inverse proportion to the amount of public money it receives
Professionalism and the Public Dollar
Authors: Dailey Wilda J.
Published: May 2018

All the difficult and destructive forces with which the public agencies have struggled for forty years are now equally crucial to voluntary agencies
Comprehensive Treatment for Heroin-addicted Mothers
Authors: Eldred Carolyn A. , Grier Velma V. , Berliner Nancy
Published: May 2018

Family casework services to heroin-addicted mothers in a methadone maintenance program offer a promising approach to their rehabilitation
New Mental Health Perspectives in the Black Community
Authors: Brooks Carol M.
Published: May 2018

A workable model of nontraditional approaches to human service delivery geared to community and individual needs is described in a developmental history
Effect of Parental Fears on Children in Wartime
Authors: Baider Lea , Rosenfeld Eva
Published: May 2018

Recent war experiences in Israel reveal that parental denial of facts of war and masking their own anxiety is especially traumatic to the small child
Using Soap Operas as a Therapeutic Tool
Authors: Kilguss Anne F.
Published: May 2018

For the individual who is constantly trying to keep up with a world he was not raised to understand, the media offer advice on how to cope with this gap
Problem-oriented Recording
Authors: Martens Wilma M. , Holmstrup Elizabeth
Published: May 2018

A new method provides a systematized approach to diagnosis and treatment and facilitates teaching, research, and monitoring for quality control
A Philosophy of the Family as a Practical Necessity
Authors: Setleis Lloyd
Published: May 2018

Whatever the state of its stability as a social institution, the family remains the primary reality for the child with learning disabilities
Guardianship: A Protective Service Program for the Aged
Authors: Fisher Leon D. , Solomon Jeffrey R.
Published: May 2018

An agency takes risks based on a firm conviction that an aging person deserves the dignity and guaranties of service inherent in a just and humane social system
The Family, the Family Agency, and Postindustrial Society
Authors: Walz Thomas H.
Published: May 2018

The number of program models possible today for the family and children's agency is limited only by the imagination of the social inventor
Treatment-Planning for Schizophrenia
Authors: Nelsen Judith C.
Published: May 2018

Knowledge of current concepts of schizophrenia, ego psychology, and the systems-communications approach facilitates social work interventions with clients
Crisis Intervention and the Climacteric Man
Authors: Strickler Martin
Published: May 2018

An underlying theme that emerged in therapeutic interviews with middle-aged men is the desire to be adolescent again in order to start life anew
Evaluation Procedures for Conjoint Marital Psychotherapy
Authors: Nadelson Carol C. , Bassuk Ellen L. , Hopps Christopher R. , Boutelle William E.
Published: May 2018

It is necessary to clarify individual roles and views of the relationship, as well as the personality dynamics that contribute to the couples’ problems
Practice Changes Based on Research Findings
Authors: Riley Patrick V.
Published: May 2018

A follow-up study of clients of a large family agency adds a new dimension to decision-making and leads to recommendations to improve counseling services
Marriage Education for Mentally Retarded Adults
Authors: Hartman Susan S. , Hynes Jane
Published: May 2018

Each person came to recognize his own goals and needs and in so doing increased his ability to have a meaningful relationship
Building early Relationships in School Social Work
Authors: McGarrity Michael
Published: May 2018

A model is suggested that offers an initial sequence which can help expand the humanistic climate and introduce children to the care-giving role
The Importance of Hope in the Casework Relationship
Authors: Smaldino Angelo
Published: May 2018

The complexity of human communication necessitates awareness of the importance of a worker's impact on the client and the client's impact on the worker
Total Agency Issues and the Short-Term Grant
Authors: Ewalt Patricia L. , Cohen Margrit
Published: May 2018

Careful scrutiny reveals unreimbursed expenditures for necessary items whose costs may run as high as 70 percent of the face value of a grant
An Intensive Program for Severely Disturbed Children
Authors: Cohen Margrit , Ewalt Patricia L.
Published: May 2018

An outreach service, alternative to residential care, utilized special education resources in the community and increased families' alliances with the schools
A Health-Oriented Program for Emotionally Disturbed Women
Authors: Meier G.
Published: May 2018

A voluntary agency in close cooperation with county and state mental health agencies offers weekly group discussion sessions to aftercare patients
Counseling and Treatment of the Poor Black Family
Authors: Hallowitz David
Published: May 2018

Professional clinical services must be developed and extended along with programs aimed at ameliorating and correcting adverse social conditions
Effects of Aversive Racism on white Social Work Students
Authors: Stempler Benj. L.
Published: May 2018

A personal view is presented of the need for a thorough and painful reeducation in nonracial terms as the basis for competent practice
Multiple-Influence Paradigms in Illness
Authors: Perkins Robert A. , Parker Jack B. , Daste Barry M.
Published: May 2018

Social workers can contribute to a theory of disease and health care by a systematic development of the relationship between socioeconomic factors and morbidity
The Family Agency and the Kinship System of the Elderly
Authors: Freed Anne O.
Published: May 2018

The experience of many social workers with the aged is one-sided in those situations when the personal support systems of the clients disintegrate
Rehabilitation Therapy for Burn Patients and Spouses
Authors: Granite Ursula , Goldman Susan B.
Published: May 2018

Family relations, work, recreation, and interaction with the larger community become subjects of discussion as members of a couples group offer and accept support
A communication training program for couples
Authors: Miller Sherod , Nunnally Elam W. , Wackman Daniel B.
Published: May 2018

A structured educational program attempts to increase each partner's self awareness and contribution to interaction within significant relationships
Police and social workers in a community outreach program
Authors: Burnett Bruce B. , Carr John J. , Sinapi John , Taylor Roy
Published: May 2018

Families who might not apply to a social service agency are interviewed in their homes at a time when denial of the problem is virtually impossible
The Implications for Family Structure of Changing Sex Roles
Authors: Lipman-Blumen Jean
Published: May 2018

National demographic trends are coupled with other socioeconomic factors to predict family, occupational, and social structure during the next two decades
Changing Sex Roles– Information without Process
Authors: Duhl Bunny S.
Published: May 2018

An aspect of the context in which we live is the vast amount of information we receive about roles and behavior without processes available for integration
The Therapist and Changing Sex Roles
Authors: Sherman Sanford N.
Published: May 2018

A discussion of the three preceding articles highlights the interesting challenges currently presented to practitioners in family therapy
Characteristics of Contrasting Chinatowns 2. Oakland, California
Authors: Homma-True Reiko
Published: May 2018

An old and larger ethnic community, this center needs bicultural, bilingual caseworkers to encourage residents to seek assistance
Asians as Individuals: The Japanese Community
Authors: Mass Amy Iwasaki
Published: May 2018

Both Japanese Americans and non-Asian social workers must adopt new attitudes if human services needs of this minority are to be met effectively
Social Work with Asian Americans
Authors: Ho Man Keung
Published: May 2018

Undergraduate and graduate school curricula, in-service training, and practice techniques must embody understandings of cultural and personality differences
Lessons Learned in the Federal Funding Game
Authors: Kuramoto Ford H.
Published: May 2018

Pacific/Asian Americans gain sophistication from experience and strength through unity in dealing with bureaucracies
Social work with the Wealthy
Authors: McKamy Elizabeth Herman
Published: May 2018

In not offering a precise prospectus, psychiatric care often stimulates anxiety in families and an impulse to control through demand and litigation
Teaching Dynamic Psychiatry to Social Work Students
Authors: Firestein Stephen K.
Published: May 2018

A method tested for more than a decade in schools of nursing, medicine, dentistry, occupational therapy, and genetic counseling is described
Family Theory as a Necessary Component of Family Therapy
Authors: Levande Diane I.
Published: May 2018

Three contemporary approaches for the study of the family with implications for intervention methods directed toward the total family system are discussed
Evolution of a Program for the Management of Child Abuse
Authors: Wolkenstein Alan S.
Published: May 2018

A legal determination with medical involvement through the use of an advisory committee should come before psychosocial assessment
Believing and Doing: Values in Social Work Education
Authors: Perlman Helen Harris
Published: May 2018

A value has small worth if it can not be transmuted from idea or conviction into some form, quality, or direction of behavior
Family Values and Real Life
Authors: Schorr Alvin L.
Published: May 2018

Historically, public policy has not responded to family values per se, because of the American emphasis on individuals rather than on families
An Advocacy Program for Spanish-Speaking People
Authors: Cameron J. Donald , Talavera Esther
Published: May 2018

Staff and board members of a family service agency influence the flow of community resources, set policy, and review programs in other community organizations
Family Therapy and Social Change
Authors: Halleck Seymour L.
Published: May 2018

Anyone who works with families must eventually develop opinions as to the optimum distribution of values such as equality, freedom, and power in social units
American Indian Social Worker Advocates
Authors: Farris Charles E.
Published: May 2018

It is contended that the social work profession could help America resolve its Indian problems, particularly the problems of the nonreservation Indian
A Systematic Approach to Family Life Education
Authors: Simon Dawn S.
Published: May 2018

Content and method are described for a program focused on personal and family growth as an alternative way of working to strengthen human relationships
Transition from Urban to Rural Mental Health Practice
Authors: Riggs R. Thomas , Kugel Linda F.
Published: May 2018

The process of adjustment, during the first year or longer, included a number of identifiable stages which could be called euphoria, depression, and adaptation
Helping Children Adapt to Parental Illness
Authors: Cain Lillian Pike , Staver Nancy
Published: May 2018

Along with emotional support parents need to give correct information to children coping with a life crisis such as a parent's kidney transplant
Counseling Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities
Authors: Briard Fred K.
Published: May 2018

If parents can be helped to form more realistic expectations and communicate these to the child, a major source of environmental stress will be eliminated
Generic Aspects of Clinical Social Work Practice
Authors: Mackey Richard A.
Published: May 2018

Intervention has less to do with problem-solving than with learning, unlearning, and relearning about the vicissitudes and challenges of one's life
Denied Dependency in Family Therapy
Authors: Leader Arthur L.
Published: May 2018

In a society where depersonalization is on the increase, there is less room for the acknowledgment and expression of neediness
Motherhood, Mothering, and Casework
Authors: Nichols Beverly B.
Published: May 2018

The readjustment of roles involved in parenting may activate identity problems, stimulate power struggles, and threaten the stability of the marriage itself
Women's Liberation for Women Offenders
Authors: Kestenbaum Sara E.
Published: May 2018

An employment program is planned to open up new opportunities and develop a sense of identity with all women trying to improve their lives.
Social Work in the Public School System
Authors: Gitterman Alex
Published: May 2018

Parents, children, teachers, and other school personnel, all members of the educational system, need to be engaged in seeking system change
An overview of the Concept of Narcissism
Authors: Loewenstein Sophie
Published: May 2018

Some meanings existing in the social science and psychiatric literature are integrated, and some current controversial thinking is clarified
Language, Culture, and Ethnicity in developing Self-concept
Authors: Sotomayor Marta
Published: May 2018

Some philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of three components are traced to highlight the role these elements play in human behavior
Social Work—Professional Mediocrity or Maturation
Authors: Farley O. William , Oviatt Boyd E. , Skidmore Rex A. , Thackeray Milton G.
Published: May 2018

Quality education is needed at each educational level to insure competently trained persons who can help clients with personal, family, and community problems
Signals from an Illustrious Past
Authors: Kendall Katherine A.
Published: May 2018

Social workers should reflect upon their heritage, and accept their obligation to work for constructive social change while continuing to individualize human need
The Social Worker as an Expert Witness
Authors: Bernstein Barton E.
Published: May 2018

The social worker has tools of investigation available to gather and interpret data meaningfully for the benefit of judge, jury, and clients
Single Parent Adoptions
Authors: Feigelman William , Silverman Arnold R.
Published: May 2018

An investigation consists of a comparative evaluation of questionnaire responses with similar data collected from a sample of adoptive couples
Social Work and Medical Education
Authors: Prins Herschel
Published: May 2018

The rich opportunities that exist for presenting social work perspectives are utilized in the curriculum of a medical school in the United Kingdom
A Thriving Mini-Clinic in a School Setting
Authors: Blatt Donna O'Connell , Starr David A.
Published: May 2018

The authors describe an innovative model for the provision of direct and indirect outreach services to a hard-to-reach client population
Clinical Group Work with Multi-handicapped Adolescents
Authors: Empey L. Jane
Published: May 2018

Among the dynamic themes that evolved and were struggled with were abandonment and exclusion, dependency, personal identity, anger, and loss
Psychosomatic Illness in Children
Authors: Sheridan Mary S. , Kline Karen
Published: May 2018

Social work therapy is a means of determining and resolving the problems that have led to the development of psychosomatic disorders in a troubled child
Exploring Client Reactions to Agency Service
Authors: Dailey Wilda J. , Ives Kenneth
Published: May 2018

A follow-up study is undertaken to measure the effectiveness of service to clients and to evaluate, strengthen, and revise programs in a family agency
Residential Family Camping: Altering Family Patterns
Authors: Vassil Thomas V.
Published: May 2018

A family residential camp program, a temporary system for change, is used to alter family behavior patterns and to provide skills that can be used on return home
Starting Where the Client is: An Empirical Investigation
Authors: Duehn Wayne D. , Mayadas Nazneed Sada
Published: May 2018

If client concerns are to be respected in the therapeutic process, therapists must develop an empathetic sense of the client's priorities as revealed in the interview. How well a therapist “hears” the client's concerns was investigated with simulated intake interviews conducted by graduate students.
Psychiatric Consultation with Clerical Staff: A Systems Approach
Authors: Benitez Rosalyn
Published: May 2018

A systems approach to staff-client interaction points to the need to integrate all aspects of agency service delivery. In order to assure that all client contact with staff has a beneficial effect on treatment, one agency established a program to aid clerical staff in meeting this objective.
A Study of Chinese-American Elderly Residing in Hotel Rooms
Authors: Chen Pei N.
Published: May 2018

A study of elderly Chinese-American residents in the Chinatown area of Los Angeles reveals hidden poverty, loneliness, language barriers, physical isolation, a sense of familial dislocation, and a lack of concern for the future. Work is needed to develop programs and services to meet the needs of this population.
The Relationship between Parents and Caseworker in Adoption
Authors: Ward Margaret
Published: May 2018

The caseworker's responsibility for a successful child placement does not end once the placement has occurred. Work with the parents and the child should continue to ensure that a sense of entitlement develops, a particular problem when the adopted child is older and when the family includes other siblings.
Treating the Throwaway Child: A Model for Adolescent Service
Authors: Chase Ann M. , Crowley Cheryl Drozen , Weintraub Mila Kagan
Published: May 2018

A family agency's comprehensive counseling program for high-risk adolescents and their families is described. This cost-effective program, designed to prevent institutionalization and encourage parental responsibility, uses aggressive outreach techniques, treats the youths' total milieu, and emphasizes family involvement.
Intervention in the Continuum from Divorce to Family Reconstitution
Authors: Goldmeier John
Published: May 2018

Caseworkers increasingly see clients moving through phases from separation to the establishment of new family units. A framework for working with these persons identifies the predictable phases and common impediments to coping faced by these clients and suggests that a flexible approach to timing interventions is most appropriate.
Evaluating a Child Abuse Intervention Program
Authors: Burch Genevieve , Mohr Vicki
Published: May 2018

Abusing parents who became part of an educational-developmental treatment program, Positive Parenting, were compared with a control group of abusers in a pre- and post-testing evaluation process. Significant and positive change in the treatment group demonstrated the effectiveness of this intervention model.
Task-Centered, Strength-Oriented Group Work with Delinquents
Authors: Larsen Jo Ann , Mitchell Craig T.
Published: May 2018

Guidelines are provided to assist practitioners in implementing a task-centered approach with groups of delinquents that will mobilize the energies of members in identifying and working on self-defeating behavior. Practitioners must maintain consistent focus on the adolescent's strengths and incremental growth.
The Family: Building Block or Anachronism
Authors: Zimmerman Shirley L.
Published: May 2018

Current concerns about whether the family is an anachronism in society are discussed from a systems perspective. Evidence indicates that the family has not turned its basic functions over to other institutions and that it may be assuming more, not less, responsibility for its members than in the past.
Educational Supervision: A Learning Theory Approach
Authors: Morton Thomas D. , Kurtz P. David
Published: May 2018

Although educational supervision is well documented in practice and supervision literature, little exists on how to put it into operation. Assessment, planning, and instruction techniques from learning theory and instructional design can be applied in supervision, and the strategies needed for this are identified.
Egalitarian Marriage: Implications for Practice and Policy
Authors: Smith Audrey D.
Published: May 2018

Egalitarian marriages, which can have a major effect on family life, raise many new issues and demand unorthodox solutions to old problems. Social workers need to understand the values and practical implications of this evolving lifestyle, because their clients may increasingly be people in such relationships.
Social Work and the English Language
Authors: Bloom Allan A.
Published: May 2018

Spoken language is the primary tool of the social worker, but widespread dehumanizing abuses of language in the field of social work persist. The concerned practitioner must avoid the pervasive tendency to use words as a barrier rather than as an aid to the establishment of a genuine helping relationship.
Patterns in Family Violence
Authors: Star Barbara
Published: May 2018

The prevalence of physical and sexual abuse among family members is greater than most people realize. A generic approach to the study of abuse in families suggests that there are many similarities among assaulter characteristics, victim characteristics, and the family interactions that underlie all forms of family violence.
Differentiation of Self in the Therapist's Family of Origin
Authors: Rich Philip
Published: May 2018

The essential nature of family therapy, the role of the therapist in the therapeutic process, and the need for family therapists to possess a high degree of differentiation of self are examined. As a prerequisite to conducting successful family systems therapy, therapists must examine their own family of origin.
On Assisting Indian People
Authors: Wilkinson Gerald Thomas
Published: May 2018

Within each tribe, the American Indian people tend to function as interdependent systems, in which each person has certain duties and obligations to others in their tribe; this facet of culture must be taken into account by human service practitioners if effective delivery of services is to be provided to this group.
Self-Concept Formation in Indian Children
Authors: Farris Charles E. , Neuhring Elane M. , Terry Joe E. , Bilecky Claudia , Vickers Ann
Published: May 2018

Professionals and educators have raised serious questions regarding very young American Indian children's perceptions of their “Indianness.” Using the children's reactions to two dolls, four aspects of self-concept formation were examined: visual preference, interaction preference, objective accuracy, and subjective accuracy.
A Community Perspective for Mental Health Research
Authors: Ryan Robert A.
Published: May 2018

Research on the mental health of American Indian and Alaska Native people is intended to delineate areas that need improvement or change. The Indian community must be involved in order to provide meaningful, useful results. The results of research must be communicated to the community people by mental health personnel.
The Borderline Personality
Authors: Freed Anne O.
Published: May 2018

A new character disturbance classification much in evidence in the recent literature is the “borderline personality.” New definitions of the classification are reviewed in this article, and implications for social work practice using various methods and modalities in working with these clients are discussed.
Mothers who Neglect and those who Do Not: A Comparative Study
Authors: Jones Joan M. , McNeely R. L.
Published: May 2018

A study of twenty-nine mothers of physically neglected children and twenty-nine mothers of nonneglected children was undertaken to determine whether significant differences existed between the two groups in nurturing knowledge, expectations of children, and levels of maternal confinement, both actual and perceived.
An Integrated Approach to Case Services and Social Reform
Authors: Scurfield Raymond M.
Published: May 2018

The framework of an integrated approach to case services and social reform is presented. Issues of the primacy of the worker-client relationship and the necessity for engaging in selected covert social reform activities vis a vis the employing agency in order to be able to provide meaningful service are discussed.
Services for Victims of Rape: A Dualistic Practice Model
Authors: Holmes Karen A.
Published: May 2018

A dualistic practice model that utilizes crisis intervention and advocacy strategies is outlined. The rationale for this model is presented, the two strategies are examined within a social work context, and implementation of the dualistic model is described based on practice experience with rape victims.
Group Therapy with Married Couples
Authors: Occhetti Armand E. , Occhetti Dianne R.
Published: May 2018

A husband-wife co-therapist team use an existential approach with interpersonal theory and analytic group psychotherapy overtones in an open-end married couples group. The roles and techniques used in this group approach are described, and clinical examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach.
Promoting Family Life Education in Hawaii
Authors: Barozzi Ronald L. , Metzger Melodee C.
Published: May 2018

The activities used to promote a family life education program during the program's first year of operation are evaluated in terms of their costs and benefits, their goals, the demographic characteristics of the people they drew into the program, and the types of workshops they were most effective in promoting.
The Impact of Research in a Family Service Agency
Authors: Carrilio Terry Eisenberg
Published: May 2018

There is a need for research into social work practice, yet few agencies are involved in research projects. A case study describing the process of integrating a research function into an agency explores the organizational conflicts and changes that may account for an agency's reluctance to conduct practice research.
Training Chinese-American Social Workers
Authors: Ryan Angela Shen
Published: May 2018

The learning needs of Chinese-American social workers are closely related to their cultural background. Four bilingual and bicultural issues—motivation for entering the social work profession, use of and response to authority, ethnic identity and self-esteem, and linguistic issues—and their implications for education are discussed.
Adapting Family Therapy to the Hispanic Family
Authors: Hardy-Fanta Carol , Macmahon-Herrera Elizabeth
Published: May 2018

The multiproblem Hispanic family presents a special challenge to the mental health clinician. Underorganization often typifies family functioning in this client group. Family therapy can effectively resolve this underorganization if the clinician incorporates into treatment an understanding of Hispanic values and family structure.
Symbolic Interaction Theory for Small Group Treatment
Authors: Munson Carlton E.
Published: May 2018

Three different treatment groups were studied to conduct a content analysis of group interaction and dynamics. Symbolic interaction theory was used to categorize the forms of interaction. Typologies of interaction were then developed to measure and give meaning to the behavior of the clients as well as the therapists.
Self-Monitoring of Marital Communication in Family Therapy
Authors: Paquin Michael J. R.
Published: May 2018

Communication between spouses is an important component of family therapy. Systematic self-monitoring by the spouses is an efficient, effective, and feasible technique available for therapists to use in helping resolve communication problems between spouses. The application of the technique is presented in a case illustration.