bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Domestic and International Information Linkages between Gold Spot and Futures Markets: An Empirical Study for India
Authors: Dutt Mala , Sehgal Sanjay
Published: May 2018

This article examines information linkages between gold spot market in India and gold futures at India’s Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) and five international platforms [i.e., Commodity Exchange (COMEX), Dubai Gold and Commodity Exchange (DGCX), Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM), Hong Kong Exchange (HKE) and Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX)] from August 2008 to March 2015. Cointegration procedure and vector error correction model (VECM), supported by Granger causality, are employed to study price discovery process, and bivariate EGARCH-BEKK model is used to examine volatility spillover process. At domestic level, spot market dominates the futures in information transmission process. Internationally, DGCX leads all other exchanges in price discovery process, while COMEX leads in volatility spillovers. In price discovery, MCX leads only TOCOM till August 2013, while price discovery is absent thereafter. In volatility spillovers, MCX dominates TOCOM and HKE till this period and only HKE afterwards. Thus, information linkages between MCX and international exchanges appear to have been impacted severely since August 2013. The study highlights the need to re-establish price and volatility linkages between Indian and international exchanges, and also provides significant suggestions for policymakers. The study is relevant for investors, researchers and the academia. It contributes to market efficiency and information transmission literature for commodity markets.
A Personnel Program
Authors: Brisley Mary S.
Published: May 2018

[The following suggestions for a personnel program for a case work agency are based upon the second part of the report of the Sub-Committee on Agency Personnel Policies of the Committee on Personnel of the F.W.A.A. The first part concerned itself with the needs of the case worker, both tangible and intangible, for which provision must be made if the case work is to be maintained at its highest effectiveness. It is on the basis of those needs that this proposed program has been built.]
Criteria for Defining Program and Emphasis in the Family Agency
Authors: Scherz Frances H.
Published: May 2018

Casework treatment that is goal directed implies that the caseworker takes active responsibility for methods and techniques used in implementing the treatment aim with the client's conscious and active participation. It is understood that all aims, methods, and techniques may shift during the course of treatment, depending on continuing diagnostic study and evaluation of the treatment plan. While the individual member of a family is the direct focus of treatment, family needs and balance are always an integral and continuing part of the diagnostic study and treatment plan.

Certainly, psychiatric consultation is advisable, at present, for help in the diagnostic process and in selection of treatment aim and method. Caseworkers have become increasingly competent in diagnosing and treating those people and their situations that require maintenance of current social functioning or redirection of ego adaptations. The closest collaboration between caseworker and psychiatrist is required for the treatment aim of changing basic ego adaptations.

From the viewpoint of programing in a family agency, in order to meet the treatment needs of people who require some basic reorganization of the personality for better social functioning, it is necessary for the family agency, in collaboration with schools of social work and psychiatrists, to take responsibility for providing appropriate special training for the casework staff.

I have attempted to describe those criteria for program and emphasis which, I believe, relate to any family agency. The family agency in some communities is in a more advantageous position than in others to meet its two major responsibilities: direct help to people, through casework diagnostic service, casework administration of social services, and casework treatment service; and participation and leadership in community planning and social action.

Through special projects in the casework administration of social services, the family agency attempts to meet its traditional and generic responsibilities—family centered in its specialization, and community centered in its identification of new and unmet social needs and in demonstration and interpretation of ways of meeting these needs. The richness and variety of other community resources should make it more possible for the family agency in such a setting to work carefully on the selection of cases for its own casework treatment service, thereby refining casework methodology in the interest of better service to people in the community.
Establishing Psychiatric Consultation for Agency Program
Authors: Tanenbaum David E.
Published: May 2018

This complete clarification of details with the staff, board, and consultant is a cardinal factor in the development of an integrated consultation service. Only when these details are definitely outlined and accepted can the service be used efficaciously by both disciplines as a means of obtaining a competent “diagnostic synthesis”13 and a form of treatment in which each has contributed his respective skill and ability.

These are the elements on which a smoothly functioning consultation service rests: (1) The community must have knowledge about the service and support it. To achieve this, it needs to understand its meaning; this suggests a strong educative endeavor by the agency through various methods of effective and continuous interpretation. (2) In the worker-consultant relationship there must be an acceptance by the psychiatrist and caseworker of each other's differentiated roles, and an adherence to agency function and scope of work. Recognizing that their diagnostic and treatment procedures, albeit derived from the same stem (concern for the individual's total adaptive function), have taken the form of different offshoots, the worker will be less apt to feel in a threatened or, perhaps, competitive position.14 (3) Understanding of their respective roles determines the procedures through which their duties can be effectively discharged in service to the client, safeguards their professional identities, and adds to further differentiation. This means that the psychiatrist will not assume supervisory or agency-representative duties, nor will the worker assume obligations ancillary to the psychiatrist. Their complementary activities and the administration of them will be structuralized within the agency in such a way that consistency, radier than diffusion, of agency definition and function is steadfastly maintained. (4) Particularly important are the complete understanding and acceptance among the board, staff, executive, and psychiatrist of the meanings of the consultation service, their responsibilities in this team relationship, and the agency policies through which such service will be discharged. The element of consonance in this is the basis for integration which, in turn, becomes the keystone for an efficient consultation service.
A Study of Techniques Used in Supportive Treatment
Authors: Schmidl Fritz
Published: May 2018

In our efforts in supportive therapy our team set-up has been extremely important and helpful. One person takes the basic responsibility for the patient, and he consults other team members freely. We have felt that the less formal the relationships within the team have been, the more effective has been our work. Through using this flexible team approach, the social workers in this clinic have been able to take responsibility for a great many cases of supportive treatment, including cases of rather severe psychosis.

We have gained the conviction that supportive treatment is an excellent tool in helping severely disturbed patients make an adjustment and in preventing hospitalization or rehospitalization. We have recognized, however, that warmth of interest for the patient and willingness to offer a relationship to him are only conditions to successful treatment. Concrete techniques based upon understanding of the patient's dynamics are necessary in order to do an adequate job.
Organismic Social Work versus Partialistic Research
Authors: Zimbalist Sidney E.
Published: May 2018

“The concrete enduring entities are organisms, so that the plan of the whole influences the very characters of the various subordinate organisms which enter into it. … this doctrine involves the abandonment of the traditional scientific materialism, and the substitution of an alternative doctrine of organism. …” Alfred North Whitehead 1
Group Study of the Transfer of Cases
Authors: Grossman Martha , Guignon Harriet
Published: May 2018

Transfer, when it is necessary and realistic, need not be traumatic for the client, but in most instances can even be helpful. The focus in treatment is always on understanding the dynamics of the client's disturbance. The treatment relationship must be understood in its twofold significance—its reality aspect and its transference aspect—if transfer is to be accomplished successfully. With the next worker, the transference factors in operation may be different and thus may initiate a different phase in treatment. The caseworker remains the therapist, in distinction to the “friend,” in all his dealings with the client. Usually, focusing on understanding the dynamics of the client will help the worker to handle his own feelings about the change so that he can make the transfer a constructive experience for the client.

It is understandable that a worker may have feelings about transferring a case, or of taking on a case in which his work can be compared with that of the previous worker. Usually the supervisor can help the worker to carry through the transfer constructively. The supervisor can accelerate the understanding of the less experienced worker by reviewing with him the diagnosis and the treatment plan. Together, worker and supervisor can identify the specific trauma that is being re-enacted, can anticipate on the basis of the recorded material what the transference reactions may be, and can plan how to handle these reactions. Open discussion of a worker's feelings about leaving a client or taking on a client should be encouraged. The worker who is negatively critical of the previous worker's handling of a case, the worker who is convinced that no worker but he can really help the client, and the worker who is painfully self-conscious about his lack of casework skill, can usually learn to handle their feelings about transferring a case through exploring with true professional zeal what this change means to the client.

In conclusion, it was the conviction of this group of supervisors that the majority of workers will need, at one point or another, supervisory help to effect the transfer of cases in a constructive manner. We believe, too, that there is sufficient similarity in workers’ typical reactions to transfer of cases to warrant the use of group teaching as an effective technique for giving supervisory help to workers when transfer is necessary.
British Social Work: A Profession in Process
Authors: Heraud Brian J.
Published: May 2018

The formation of a national association is only one indication that a helping profession has achieved a considerable rise in status in recent years
Voluntary and Governmental Financial Transactions
Authors: Hill William G.
Published: May 2018

Using voluntary donations in lieu of tax funds to match federal funds provides an invitation for state and local governments to circumvent their responsibilities
Maturational Crises and Parent–Child Interaction
Authors: Scherz Frances H.
Published: May 2018

A major emphasis is placed on the universal psychological tasks that become critical during transitional periods in a family's life cycle
Essential Elements in Short–term Treatment
Authors: Nebl Nikolaus
Published: May 2018

Three factors essential to the success of brief therapy for children are immediacy, the environment in which they live, and use of community resources
Facilitating Functioning of Mentally ill Young Adults
Authors: Benney Celia , Black Bertram J. , Frank Hilde , Gesben Sherman P. , Lehman Ethna
Published: May 2018

A program of multiprofessional services is designed to aid the social and vocational adjustment of patients from hospitals and residential treatment centers
Instigative Modification with a Multiproblem Family
Authors: Thomas Edwin J. , Carter Robert D.
Published: May 2018

In a first report of research on the use and appraisal of sociobehavioral methods in social welfare, procedures and results in relation to one family are presented
Implications of a Family Life Improvement Project
Authors: Geismar Ludwig L.
Published: May 2018

An examination of studies assessing the outcome of social work intervention in social functioning reveals significant findings for social policy and practice
Casework with a Troubled Teen–ager and Drug Abuser
Authors: McLaney Martha J.
Published: May 2018

The process of treatment during a severe life crisis is reported and evaluated as one that changed a self-destructive pattern into constructive living
A Theological View of Social Casework
Authors: Imre Roberta Wells
Published: May 2018

A practitioner's beliefs about man, his nature, and the meaning of human life profoundly influence what he does in relation to persons and relationships
Casework and Pharmacotherapy in Treatment of Depression
Authors: Weissman Myrna M.
Published: May 2018

Various kinds of social work intervention dependent on the person's symptomatic state, personality, and interest are identified
Casework in Relation to Social Change
Authors: Hallowitz David
Published: May 2018

The conviction is expressed that casework, despite the trend to diminish its role and value, is a valid method compatible with social planning and social action
Services to Parents of Adolescent Mental Patients
Authors: Bergen Helen M. , Kris Anton O.
Published: May 2018

Methods are described that proved successful in reversing to a significant degree parental lack of involvement in the child's treatment
Staff Education in Systems Change
Authors: Bell William A.
Published: May 2018

The theory and practice of systems intervention become a primary interest in an agency currently concerned with the integration of casework and advocacy services
Hear it like it is
Authors: Stiles Evelyn , Donner Susan , Giovannone Jean , Lochte Elizabeth , Reetz Rebecca
Published: May 2018

A sensitive discussion of race at the beginning of treatment has several positive consequences and provides the basis for a trusting relationship
Treatment of a Two-year-old in Preparation for Adoption
Authors: Warfield Martha J.
Published: May 2018

A moving account is given of a relationship in which a caseworker and a young boy share a wide range of human emotions and experiences
Social Work with Potential Donors for Renal Transplants
Authors: Whatley Lydia W.
Published: May 2018

Exploration of family milieu, intrapsychic adjustment, and motivation for surgery to save another's life is recommended as the basis for a sound decision
Morality and the Politics of Practice
Authors: Lewis Harold
Published: May 2018

It is crucial for social workers to develop and support practice principles that will instill trust in the helping relationships associated with their services
Community Organization in Hospital Social Service
Authors: Nobel Milton
Published: May 2018

The social service department of a municipal hospital expands the scope of its services and also helps the hospital extend its relationship to its community
Reports of Casework Failure
Authors: Grey Alan L. , Dermody Helen E.
Published: May 2018

An analysis is given of six well-known studies identified as casework research related to juvenile delinquency and problems of dependent families
Group Work with Today's Unmarried Mother
Authors: Kolodny Ralph L. , Reilly Willow V.
Published: May 2018

A way is provided to afford young women support and social insight from peers in a period when problems arise from alienating environmental qualities
Organizing to Innovate in Social Work
Authors: Rice Robert M.
Published: May 2018

When human service possibilities expand, a new model for work relationships is required which emphasizes creativity and coordination rather than control
Effects of Medication on the Caseworker-Client Relationship
Authors: Thale Thomas
Published: May 2018

Treatment must be based on knowledge that any drug may affect a client both by virtue of what he and his family expect of it as well as by its inherent action
Rehabilitation through Improvement of Social Skills
Authors: Guthrie Victor L. , Gasdick Jane M.
Published: May 2018

An experimental program and environment that place strong emphasis on meaningful concrete life experiences equip patients for independent living
Effect of Mechanization on Migrant Farm Workers
Authors: Pratt Mildred
Published: May 2018

A model community development center to help families settle into a more stable way of life is proposed and its basic characteristics described
Aftercare Services in a Family Agency
Authors: Fisher Thais , Nackman Nathan S. , Vyas Ashutosh
Published: May 2018

A program for patients discharged from a mental hospital emphasizes resocialization of the patient and his family, rather than maintenance
Purposes and Boundaries–Casework Fifty Years Later
Authors: Meyer Carol H.
Published: May 2018

It takes knowledge and a particular stance to be able to properly see personality and environment in transaction and ecological balance with each other
Individualizing therapy for the mentally impaired aged
Authors: Brody Elaine M. , Cole Charlotte , Moss Miriam
Published: May 2018

The existence of disabilities accessible to therapy signifies that the label of chronic brain syndrome should indicate intervention, not benign neglect
Community–Based Resource for Runaway Girls
Authors: Homer Louise E.
Published: May 2018

An effective helper must determine whether a child is running from conflicts aroused by parental values or to a subculture that sanctions forbidden behaviors
Communication with an adolescent in psychotherapy
Authors: Levinson Hilliard
Published: May 2018

The patient must be given the opportunity to search for the meaning and examine the inner feeling states and importance of his actions
Social Casework and the Dying Person
Authors: Goldstein Eda G.
Published: May 2018

Utilizing an ecological perspective, treatment that was originally aimed at helping a young woman live a fuller life changed to helping her die
The Assessment of Environment in Social Work Research
Authors: Davies Martin
Published: May 2018

There is need for the adventurous development of theoretical constructs to challenge, clarify, and build on the assumptions made in social work practice today
Behavior Shaping as an Alternative to Psychotherapy
Authors: Boisvert Maurice J.
Published: May 2018

Simultaneous use of the time-out procedure and positive and negative reinforcements result in modified behavior of a seven-year-old boy
The Puerto Rican Role in Interest-group Politics
Authors: Borrero Michael , Cuadrado Luz , Rodriguez Rodolfo
Published: May 2018

It is not natural or supernatural forces which separate groups but socialized patterns of behavior which maintain and perpetuate a system of inequalities
Home-school Conflict and the Puerto Rican Child
Authors: Montalvo Braulio
Published: May 2018

Despite good intentions and special projects, education is critically affected by lack of knowledge and appreciation of different cultural patterns
Proposed Strategy for the 1970s
Authors: Campos Angel P.
Published: May 2018

An evaluation is made of a community development project that indicates the need for more effective planning directed to institutional change
Teaching Content of Early Fieldwork Conferences
Authors: Nelsen Judith C.
Published: May 2018

Tape recordings of supervisor-student communications were studied in relation to techniques of instruction and apparent responses to them
Patients with Progressive Neurological Diseases
Authors: Lambert Gladys
Published: May 2018

Sometimes it is not until residual impairments develop that the full implications of an incurable, debilitating disease become an emotional reality
A Social–learning Approach to Alcoholism Treatment
Authors: Miller Peter M. , Stanford Ann G. , Hemphill Diana P.
Published: May 2018

Within a framework that views alcoholism as a socially acquired, habitual behavior pattern which meets many needs, a three-phase therapeutic plan is used
An Evaluation of Project STAR
Authors: Fontana Leonard , Grant Morris L.
Published: May 2018

The diverse skills and resources of affiliates of three national agencies effect a three-pronged attack on the problems of mental retardation and poverty
Planned Short-term Treatment in a Family Agency
Authors: Lang Judith
Published: May 2018

Quick-Response Units offer instant availability of caseworkers with flexibility of response and mobility plus frequent use of home and other visits as needed
Latino Dream Analysis: Opportunity for Confrontation
Authors: Maduro Renaldo J. , Martinez Carlos F.
Published: May 2018

Dreams are looked at as unrecognized cultural stresses, sources of social support, and hidden creative potential outside conscious awareness
Casework Implications of a Workers Pregnancy
Authors: Schwartz Mary C.
Published: May 2018

Knowledge about the effects of maturational crises must be applied to caseworker and client to help the former understand her countertransference feelings
Casework with Pregnant Women on Methadone Maintenance
Authors: Maglin Arthur
Published: May 2018

Social workers must constantly bear in mind that the client is actively involved in the arduous task of self-rehabilitation and reorientation
A Zen Perspective on Social Casework
Authors: Keefe Thomas
Published: May 2018

A frame of reference suggests a set of behaviors in which individuals can engage while attempting to find a more fulfilling and effective life
Crisis Theory and the Process of Divorce
Authors: Wiseman Reva S.
Published: May 2018

Therapy at a time of one of life's crises can lead one to maximize opportunities that the state of flux offers and attain new levels of functioning
In Quest of Coping
Authors: Perlman Helen Harris
Published: May 2018

Most problem-solving goes forward, small piece by small piece, through the conscious effort to try out new or modified ways of behaving, thinking, and feeling
Social Work Services in a Legal Aid Setting
Authors: Barton Preston N. , Byrne Bridget
Published: May 2018

Common goals and values form the basis for an integrated approach to sociolegal problems despite differences in the two professions
Human Services Trends in the Mid-1970s
Authors: Demone Harold W. , Schulberg Herbert C.
Published: May 2018

After many decades of geometric growth and expansion, the human services are stabilizing, even contracting, in the face of adverse economic conditions
Effect of Value Reevaluation on Current Practice
Authors: Turner Francis J.
Published: May 2018

It is necessary to anticipate the recurrence of unfinished developmental material in those situations where value shifts are perceived to be in progress
Training Psychiatric Residents in a Family Agency
Authors: Thale Thomas , Milloy Margaret
Published: May 2018

Assessment of a program that has been in existence for five years leads to the conclusion that the benefits outweigh the difficulties
Impact of Government Contracts on Voluntary Social Agencies
Authors: Rice Robert M.
Published: May 2018

It is contended that the hidden incentives contained in governmental financing of voluntary services may constrict the independence of the agency
Therapeutic Grief Work with Children
Authors: Greenberg Lois I.
Published: May 2018

Matter-of-fact reflections of one's original sense of loss and confusion can lead to spontaneous expression and a probing of some of the mystery of death
Diversion of Law Violators to Mental Health Facilities
Authors: Borgman Robert D.
Published: May 2018

A study is reported of fifty adults whose contact with a treatment agency was directly precipitated by the contact with the criminal justice system
Cognitive Approaches in the Treatment of Alcoholism
Authors: Snyder Veronica
Published: May 2018

Beyond the mere cessation of drinking, it is necessary to help the alcoholic develop a different life-style and embark upon new ventures to satisfy needs
The Place of In-Laws in Marital Relationships
Authors: Leader Arthur L.
Published: May 2018

Family connections and continuity are so powerful that they tend to influence positively and negatively relationships that partners develop with their in-laws
Familial Responses to Mental Illness
Authors: Raymond Margaret E. , Slaby Andrew E. , Lieb Julian
Published: May 2018

An understanding of the sequential pattern and the variety of reactions can enable the therapist to intervene more appropriately and efficaciously
A Parent Discussion group in a Nursery School
Authors: Atkeson Paula , Guttentag Merna
Published: May 2018

A productive extension of social work service results in a program offering early intervention, preventive in nature, for parents and teachers of young children
Integrating Disabled Students into a College Population
Authors: Rustin Judith , Nathanson Robert
Published: May 2018

Social work services focus on an often difficult interaction between students and the university community, and facilitate the adjustment process
Ego-Directive Psychotherapy in Limited Treatment
Authors: Rowland S. James
Published: May 2018

A case example illustrates the concepts of a short term therapeutic approach and serves to differentiate it from a more traditional approach
A Personal Perspective on School Social Work
Authors: Radin Norma
Published: May 2018

Despite the many problems permeating schools, there is enough flexibility in the system today for a social worker to significantly change children's lives
Changing Sex Roles– Concepts, Values, and Tasks
Authors: Duhl Frederick J.
Published: May 2018

It is suggested that family therapists question whether their energies should not be addressed to the arena of education and prevention rather than therapy
Collegial Administration as a Model for Social Agencies
Authors: Parsons Jack R.
Published: May 2018

The move is from non-democratic, regimented or uniform systems to a more humane, person-centered system that can best serve the needs of clients
The Asian American Mental Health Research Center
Authors: Liu William T. , Yamada Mariko
Published: May 2018

A national training and data resource is established by the Pacific/Asian Coalition and the Asian American Social Workers, with federal and university cooperation
A Training Program for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans
Authors: Kushida Arlene Hori , Montenegro Marilyn , Chikahisa Paul , Morales Royal F.
Published: May 2018

Ethnic professional groups and West Coast universities, aided by the National Institute of Mental Health, develop a prototype curriculum for social workers
Interaction of Feminism and Social Work in America
Authors: Wetzel Janice Wood
Published: May 2018

Equal opportunity for the advancement of women is essential, but equal responsibility and dynamic leadership are also required for genuine effectiveness
Treatment for Gay Problem Drinkers
Authors: Beaton Stephen , Guild Naome
Published: May 2018

If trust can be established between straight therapists and gay clients, group counseling can offer effective help as with heterosexual individuals
Techniques of Brief Therapy with Children and Parents
Authors: Epstein Norman
Published: May 2018

Participants are encouraged to view their relationship as being composed of ingredients that are subject to their conscious control and manipulation
Pregnancy Counseling with College Women
Authors: Russell Betty , Schild Sylvia
Published: May 2018

A model for treatment is described that focuses on the life situation as the basic problem, rather than on the unwanted pregnancy or on the person
The Implementation of an Effective Computer System
Authors: Rubin Elliott R.
Published: May 2018

Agencies, administrators, and staff must lay bare all aspects of the agency's functions and operations in order that effective planning for change may take place
Marital Communication and Sexism
Authors: Alsbrook Larry
Published: May 2018

A three-year study suggests that the politics of sexism in our total social scene influence the interaction of a man and woman in the marital dyad
A Social Service Model of Management by Objectives
Authors: Raider Melvyn C.
Published: May 2018

Five guidelines are offered to modify an approach intended for use in business and industry to the administration of social agencies
The Family and its Relevance for Social Policy
Authors: Zimmerman Shirley
Published: May 2018

Benefits from an array of social programs may accrue to family members, but the programs were not designed to ensure the viability of the family as a social system
Use of Marriage Enrichment Programs in a Family Agency
Authors: Hunnicutt Helen , Schapiro Barry
Published: May 2018

The preventive and enhancing model of social work is used rather than the remedial and restorative model traditionally associated with marriage counseling
Teaching Medical Students to Understand Stress in Illness
Authors: Ullmann Alice
Published: May 2018

An elective course is described in which hospital social workers select the patients assigned to students and supervise their contacts with the ill persons
A Counseling Program for Social Work Students
Authors: Beck Deborah Lisansky
Published: May 2018

An autonomous referral service having no formal connection with educational institutions confirms the need and effectiveness of casework therapy
Issues of Violence in Family Casework
Authors: Ball Margaret
Published: May 2018

Analysis of an agency's caseload confirms the fact that today people are aggressively, and sometimes desperately, asking for help with problems of abuse
Recent Findings Related to Wife Abuse
Authors: Flynn John P.
Published: May 2018

When communities have not developed adequate measures to deal with violent behavior to spouses, often the blame is placed on the victims
A Brief Overview of Child Abuse
Authors: Ackley Dana C.
Published: May 2018

Information basic to understanding why some parents are abusive is presented in a manner intended to be useful in a training program for nonprofessionals
A Group Work approach to Family Group Treatment
Authors: Stempler Benj. L.
Published: May 2018

The treatment process of an extended family, utilizing two therapists, is examined from the perspective of the interactionist approach to social group work
Countertransferences and Counter-Culture Clients
Authors: Mendes Helen A.
Published: May 2018

When client and therapist consciously reject the value premise of the other's lifestyle, inevitable challenges are brought to the helping process
Group Work with Mentally Retarded Foster Adolescents
Authors: Lee Judith A.
Published: May 2018

The greatest contribution was to each member's emerging sense of self as a competent and unique person, respected by others, who could help and be helped
Social Casework: More than a Modality
Authors: Freed Anne O.
Published: May 2018

Segments of behavior modification, Gestalt and reality therapy, transactional analysis, and ego psychology are integrated into the methods of social casework
Family Adaptation to Terminal Illness and Death of a Parent
Authors: Cohen Pauline , Dizenhuz Israel M. , Winget Carolyn
Published: May 2018

A study points up the value of open communication among family members in coping with the crisis at all nodal points, especially postdeath restabilization
A Cautionary View of Allied Services Delivery
Authors: Rice Robert M.
Published: May 2018

Massive problems exist in coordination efforts, and the performance of complex human services arrangements has had a checkered history
A Group Home Program in a Family Agency
Authors: Richter Phyllis E.
Published: May 2018

By recreating a family living situation in a private home atmosphere, foster parents and professional staff can use everyday realities to resocialize youths
A Developmental approach to the Life Cycle of the Family
Authors: Rhodes Sonya L.
Published: May 2018

A suggested perspective offers a way of telescoping the conceptually ephemeral interface between individual growth and a potent social environment — the family
Salient Need—A Casework Compass
Authors: Chapman Margery
Published: May 2018

A concept is illustrated that provides a way of bringing diagnostic facts into a focus so that guidelines can be drawn for therapeutic intervention
Group Therapy with Autistic/Schizophrenic Adolescents
Authors: Epstein Norman
Published: May 2018

Treatment efforts are directed to inculcating basic skills that may foster an ability to function in the community and avoid life-long institutionalization
The Psychosocial Implications of Voluntary Childlessness
Authors: Goodbody Sandra Toll
Published: May 2018

With the changes in marriage patterns, new family structures are emerging; one of which is an intentionally childfree lifestyle
Nonrational Dynamics of the Client-Worker Interaction
Authors: Reid Kenneth E.
Published: May 2018

There are significant noncognitive elements — feelings, attitudes, and inherent patterns of behavior — which are unconscious and inappropriate to the situation
An Inquiry into the Moral Basis of the Family
Authors: Setleis Lloyd
Published: May 2018

The concept of the family as a social institution anchored in morality provides a basis for social policy that supports and clarifies the purpose of the family
Privacy: A New American Dilemma
Authors: McCormick Mary J.
Published: May 2018

Privacy as a right can be protected through legislation; as a value, its protection depends on a principle of human respect, and this cannot be legislated
The Use of Time Limits in Planned Brief Casework
Authors: Lemon Elizabeth C. , Goldstein Shirley
Published: May 2018

Planned use of time-limited casework is recommended where passive-dependency resulting from fears of separation-individuation is the central problem
Planning Mental Health Programs for Hispanic Communities
Authors: Scott John F. , Delgado Melvin
Published: May 2018

The complexities of establishing Hispanic mental health programs necessitate an understanding of the factors that influence the success of such efforts. By analyzing the developmental stages and administrative choices of one such program, a framework emerges to assist other agencies in planning similar projects.
Social Work in Business and Industry
Authors: Blomquist David C. , Gray Daniel D. , Smith Larry L.
Published: May 2018

The provision of mental health services in work place settings is explored through a review of the literature and a research study. Examined are the types of counseling services being provided, how, and by whom, with an emphasis on the advantages and limitations of the ways in which companies now provide this employee service.
An Innovative Approach to Selecting an Executive Director
Authors: Brown Helen Sauer , Finkelstein Non D. , Miller Walter D.
Published: May 2018

As a guide for how to select a new executive director, a family agency adopted the search committee process from higher education. The approach included clarifying agency goals and the director's qualifications, a board-staff screening, and interviews held jointly with public representatives before final board selection.
Using Family of Origin Material in Short-Term Marriage Counseling
Authors: Fontane Arlene S.
Published: May 2018

A couple's interaction is affected by relationships in their families of origin, particularly their parents' marriages. Discussion of these marital models can uncover variations in each partner's expectations of marriage. Resulting insights can enhance interaction and aid progress in separation-individuation.
Families in Crisis: Research and Theory in Child Mental Retardation
Authors: Jacobsen R. Brooke , Humphry Ruth A.
Published: May 2018

A review of pertinent research uncovers some of the assumptions and hypotheses that have combined into a construct of a retarded child's effect on the family. Concepts in wide use focus on the family as an interacting unit and on individual responses; with related hypotheses, these make a framework to guide further research.
Problems of the Mexican-American Elderly in an Urban Setting
Authors: Salcido Ramón M.
Published: May 2018

Severe poverty, a language barrier, and illegal alien status for some have combined to exacerbate the problems of the urban Mexican-American elderly. A study conducted to ascertain their perceptions of their age-related difficulties and available resources found some specific social service needs for this group.
Understanding Lesbian Women
Authors: Loewenstein Sophie Freud
Published: May 2018

Lesbian women are as diverse in childhood histories, personality characteristics, and relationship styles as heterosexual women. Social workers can offer lesbians particular assistance in issues related to self-esteem and can help mediate their acceptance by courts in custody cases, by their parents, and by society in general.
Esoterica: A Zero Sum Game in the Helping Professions
Authors: Gelman Sheldon R.
Published: May 2018

As the nature, form, and content of the language used professionally by social workers has become more complex, it has sometimes tended to create unnecessary problems in relationships with clients. An ability to recognize obscure or esoteric language and an awareness of its detrimental effect on clear communication are essential.
The Regulation of Family Involvement in Deinstitutionalization
Authors: Schodek Kay , Liffiton-Chrostowski Nancy , Adams Barbara Coleman , Minihan Paula M. , Yamaguchi Jane
Published: May 2018

Conflicting legal, administrative, and professional policies surround family involvement in the deinstitutionalization process. This article addresses these discrepancies and makes recommendations for developing effective and consistent channels of policy among social workers and other helping professionals.
The Psychosocial Needs of the Chinese Elderly
Authors: Lum Doman , Cheung Lucia Yim-San , Cho Eric Ray , Tang Tze-Yee , Yau How Boa
Published: May 2018

Changing Chinese family patterns caused by immigration have contributed to the breakdown of traditional community and familial control in Chinese-American families. As a result, the Chinese-American elderly are faced with unique psychosocial problems that workers must consider when providing services to this population.
Strange Strangers: Serving Transients
Authors: Larew Barbara I.
Published: May 2018

Traditionally, transients have been considered an unreachable and undesirable population. The unique psychodynamics of this group, countertransference issues, myths and realities regarding the population, and gaps in available services are explored. Workers may need to seek these clients out to help them effectively.
Supervising the Family Therapist
Authors: Munson Carlton E.
Published: May 2018

Because of a renewed emphasis on supervision due to changes in licensure law, supervisors of family therapists are in need of guidelines for the development of good supervisory practices. The use of theory, formulation of diagnosis, structure for supervisory sessions, and guidelines for treatment evaluation are presented.
The Paranoid Client
Authors: Zentner Monna
Published: May 2018

Nonpsychotic, paranoid clients attend only to particular data, of which they have a biased view. They exist in a state of vigilance, and generally only data that confirm suspicions have subjective significance. Further areas of exploration could help to build a more clearly delineated treatment framework.
Remarriage: A Family Systems Perspective
Authors: Kent Marilyn O.
Published: May 2018

A social systems framework to help practitioners understand the impact of remarriage on the family is presented. This perspective addresses attempts by the family to reestablish boundaries, to integrate new members, and to seek equilibrium, and shows how intervention is effective when the family is viewed as a system.
Structured Experiences in Growth Groups in Social Work
Authors: Anderson Joseph D.
Published: May 2018

The use of structured experiences in social work groups has proliferated greatly without concomitant attention in the social work literature. A review of the literature on their use, an argument for a more conscious and disciplined use in growth groups, and some principles to guide this practice are presented.
Elderly Victims of Family Violence and Neglect
Authors: Rathbone-McCuan Eloise
Published: May 2018

Geriatric abuse is a possible dimension of intrafamily violence within American society. Representative situations are presented here that may go unrecognized as intrafamily violence by human service organizations. Issues relevant for developing protective and preventive strategies for these aged victims are proposed.
A Parish Neighborhood Model for Social Work Practice
Authors: Joseph M. Vincentia , Conrad Ann Patrick
Published: May 2018

Natural helping networks, such as the parish neighborhood community, are becoming important links in the service delivery system and provide a rich matrix for creative and innovative practice. The integrative model presented in this article is conceptually coherent for use with both ecological and life model approaches.
Social Services, Policies, and Issues
Authors: Carpenter Edward M.
Published: May 2018

The position of the American Indian is reviewed, with particular emphasis on the North American tribes, their history and the evolvement of cultural attitudes toward them. A reform of the bureaucracies that serve this population is suggested, and implications for effective service delivery are discussed.
Working with American Indian Parents: A Cultural Approach
Authors: Goodluck Charlotte Tsoi , Short Deirdre
Published: May 2018

A comprehensive child welfare program for American Indian children and their parents provides preventive, supportive, and outreach services. One of the goals of the program is to place children, when necessary, with families of similar cultural and tribal backgrounds.
American Indian Elders: Unifiers of Indian Families
Authors: Horse John G. Red
Published: May 2018

American Indian elders play a central role in the day-to-day activities of Indian family life. Social service providers must be aware of Indian extended family structure so that programs for Indians will reflect the inclination of these communities to integrate the generations, not isolate elders from children.
Leadership Characteristics: Views of Indian and Non-Indian Students
Authors: Lewis Ronald G. , Gingerich Wallace
Published: May 2018

The findings of a study of the attitudes that American Indian and non-Indian students have about leadership indicate that the Indian students see leadership roles very differently than the non-Indians. The Indian students believe that the kind of person a leader is is more important than skills or knowledge.
American Indians: Working with Individuals and Groups
Authors: Edwards E. Daniel , Edwards Margie E.
Published: May 2018

The historical and cultural backgrounds of the importance of group interaction among American Indian people are discussed. Case examples are provided that describe the culture-specific skills necessary for working with these individuals and groups, as well as the implications these skills have for education and practice.
Ethical Content in Social Work
Authors: Reamer Frederic G.
Published: May 2018

Concern in the profession has shifted from the morality of the client to the moral or ethical aspects of the profession and practitioners' actions. Contemporary ethical issues concerning the justification of values for social work, obligations to aid the needy, and the distribution of scarce resources are discussed.
Developing Social Work Skills for Work with Volunteers
Authors: Haeuser Adrienne Ahlgren , Schwartz Florence S.
Published: May 2018

To help overcome their resistance, workers need to understand the difference between professional and volunteer roles, the nature of a volunteer development system, the self-actualization aspect of volunteering, the volunteer as mediator and advocate, and the growing value of professional-volunteer collaboration.
Teaching Family and Marriage Therapy
Authors: Siporin Max
Published: May 2018

A major issue in teaching family and marriage therapy is how to help students attain both technical competence and self-development. Rejection of old distinctions between these two stressful tasks and their ethical implications has led to troublesome, mixed results that should and can be resolved.
The Use of Group Treatment with Children of Alcoholics
Authors: Hawley Nancy P. , Brown Elizabeth L.
Published: May 2018

Treatment needs of children of active alcoholics are discussed, and a model of group treatment that allows such children to develop skills for coping effectively with an alcoholic parent is presented. Professionals are encouraged to work more directly with this affected population, which needs specialized help.
Race, Identity, and Black Children: A Developmental Perspective
Authors: Logan Sadye L.
Published: May 2018

The definitional and theoretical underpinnings of identity development suggest the need to establish a developmental perspective for viewing identity development in black children and youths. The developmental perspective places emphasis on the antecedent conditions that have an effect on identity development.
Authority Issues in Treating Resistant Families
Authors: Gourse Judith E. , Chescheir Martha W.
Published: May 2018

Clinicians were queried about using authority to obtain parental cooperation in treatment with troubled children. Consideration of the issues of client self-determination and the effect of court involvement on resistance and on treatment efforts revealed a positive attitude toward the use of authority in working with these parents.
Extending the Client Connection: Using Homemaker-Caseworker Teams
Authors: Stempler Benj. L. , Stempler Hani
Published: May 2018

The myth that homemakers are only auxiliary service providers is dispelled through the evolution of homemaker-caseworker treatment teams in providing child welfare services. Tracing the growth of this practice and providing a case illustration demonstrates that homemakers are effective professional equals.
Social Work with Family Caregivers to the Aged
Authors: Getzel George S.
Published: May 2018

A social work program is presented that assists family members in caring for their elderly relatives through a combination of counseling and support services. The intervention sequence and skills needed are identified by the use of case examples, and practice principles are suggested for use in long-term care.
Integrating Art Form Therapies and Family Therapy
Authors: Segal Robert
Published: May 2018

Art form experiences that utilize music, dance, and art are suggested alternatives for participants in family therapy who cannot express themselves verbally but communicate nonverbally. Collaborative efforts with art form therapists will enhance the treatment skills and facilitate the achievement of desired goals.
Privileged Communication: Does it Really Exist?
Authors: Levick Keith
Published: May 2018

The question of whether privileged communication really exists in the social worker-client relationship is in doubt. Even in the few states that have privileged communication laws, courts often rely on other considerations to find that the privilege will not, in fact, be applied in the legal matter pending.
The Ecological Approach to People-Environment Transactions
Authors: Germain Carel B.
Published: May 2018

Despite its commitment to person-in-environment, social work practice has done little to develop concepts, principles, and skills for work with people-environment transactions. This article examines particular concepts as a first step in the development of principles and skills for intervening in these transactions.
Labeling: The Social Worker's Responsibility
Authors: Levy Charles S.
Published: May 2018

Although labeling facilitates human transactions and serves important social functions, it does have its negative and dysfunctional consequences. Roles are suggested for workers so that the risks of labeling, especially its stigmatizing effects, may be reduced and its social utility enhanced.