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Showing papers in "International Social Work in 1971"


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TL;DR: Pierobonis and Drucker as mentioned in this paper published an article entitled &dquo; Putting One's Foot Through It and/or/and/or /or/&dquoquo;, inviting further comment.
Abstract: *Mrs, Pierobonis was formerly District worker of the Cyclades County, Greece, She is currontly engaged in voluntary work, OT by Paganini ! -The name is David N Drucker, Lecturer at the Swansea School of Social Policy and Administration, who wrote an article entitled &dquo;Putting One’s Foot Through It&dquo;, inviting further comment. This article was originally published in the 1969 issue of the School’s Bulletin. I took it up and carried it further for the same journal. Then, Mr. Drucker’s article was reprinted in International Social Work, Vol. Xlil Na. 4, 1970.

9 citations


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TL;DR: The structure of training has been changed from the American &dquo;~methods&dquota; approach to a fields of practice approach as discussed by the authors, and an Indian social work student now has a choice among eight majors depending on his school and his vocational interests, ranging from labour law to rural welfare and community development, to medical and psychiatric social work, to social research.
Abstract: some extent in most classes. The structure of training has been changed from the American &dquo;~methods&dquo; approach to a &dquo;fields of practice&dquo; approach. An Indian social work student now has a choice among eight majors, depending on his school and his vocational interests, ranging from labour law to rural welfare and community development, to medical and psychiatric social work, to social research. There are many indications, however, that the profession in India still needs to eliminate American influences and to develop indige-

6 citations


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TL;DR: * Prof. Lambo is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, where he was formerly Head of the Department of Psychiatry and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine.
Abstract: * Prof. Lambo is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, where he was formerly Head of the Department of Psychiatry and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. He has had a distinguished career in psychiatry and has been a member of the WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Mental Health since 1959. This paper was delivered at the third Jacques Parisot Foundation Lecture, 1971, and is reprinted here from the WHO chronicla XXV by kind consent of the Editorial Services. iRST of all, I should like to express my F deep appreciaion to the Jacques Parisot Foundation Committee for inviting me

5 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe an organized activity that aims at helping to achieve a mutual adjustment of individuals and their social environment through the use of techniques and methods designed to enable individuals, groups, and communities to meet their needs and solve the problems of adjustment to a changing pattern of society, and through cooperative action to improve economic and social conditions.
Abstract: _ as &dquo;the organised activity that aims at helping to achieve a mutual adjustment of individuals and their social environment. This objective is achieved through the use of techniques and methods designed to enable individuals, groups, and communities to meet their needs and solve theur problems of adj.ustment to a changing pattern of society, and through cooperative action to improve economic and social conditions&dquo;. (U.N. 1963, p. 105)

4 citations



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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the education of social workers which is concerned with human personality and interaction, whether within the family, the small group or the community, and propose that social workers also need a knowledge of society per se, its power structure, its administrative structure and its economic system; and, I would add, some skill in predicting the unintended side-effects of such intervention.
Abstract: Prefatory note : This paper was originally written under another title as part of a conference programme, and is now reprinted by kind permission of the Editor of "Social Work" (the UK journal of this name) who first published it in Vol. XXVI No. 4 1969. It is not intended to imply (as some readers have thought) that it is enough for social workers to understand the individual, even within his family and his sub- cultural setting. Clearly the social worker also needs a knowledge of society per se, its power structure, its administrative structure and its economic system; a knowledge of the processes of social change, of how to intervene effectively to relieve economic, social and educational deprivation; and, I would add, some skill in predicting the unintended side-effects of such intervention. However, in what follows we are concerned with that element in the education of social workers which is concerned with human personality and interaction, whether within the family, the small group or the community.

3 citations


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TL;DR: The influence of self-determination is persistent and powerful as discussed by the authors, and its practical application of new socio-political realities causes ambiguities and apparent illogicalities between the ideas of the past, which have been implemented, and those of the present, which still seek complete expression in fulfilment.
Abstract: S ELF-DETERMINATION pervades the s whole field of social. development, of which community development is a part. Today it is part of the thought and climate of the whole world. In 1919 is justified the Balkanisation of Europe and during the years that followed World War II it gave momentum and legitimacy to African nationalist demands that the African territories -― composed though they were of numerous traditional societies should be &dquo;freed&dquo; in their colonial consolidated forms. As with all major elements in any zeifigeisf, the influence of self-determination is persistent and powerful. Its practical application of new socio-political realities causes ambiguities and apparent illogicalities between the ideas of the past, which have been implemented, and those of the present, which still seek complete expression in fulfitment.

3 citations


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TL;DR: In the developing nations of the world the establishment of public social welfare institutions, as a planning priority, has occasioned considerable controversy as discussed by the authors and questions have been raised as to the economic feasibility of investing precious surplus capital in social welfare planning.
Abstract: MONG the developing nations of the world the establishment of public social welfare institutions, as a planning priority, has occasioned considerable controversy. Questions have been raised as to the economic feasibility of investing precious surplus capital in social welfare planning. At the same time it has been argued that investment in human resource services is a vital prerequisite to economic development. And a mid-position notes the need for the concomitant development of the economic and social spheres of a nation.

3 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the language programme is divided into two parts: the detailed work required to develop language skills and more extensive reading to improve the quality of the reading material to improve comprehension.
Abstract: ents with skills which will enable them to become competent in reading professional texts and to develop sufficient facility in the language to express themselves in simple oral and written English. The language programme is divided into two parts the detailed work required to develop language skills and more extensive reading _to improve ,comprehension. For the first part, standard language courses and texts have been employed; the professional content has been confined to the second part and provided by selected materials, generally fiction, to be read by the students outside the classroom. Here the teacher had some scope for experimentation, not only in the selection of texts but also in teaching methods. During the past three years there have been opportunities for a great deal of experimentation pertinent to the professional aspects of the

2 citations


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TL;DR: In view of the fact that people cluster together and influence each other in a community situation, we shall apply in this study Warren's (1963) definition: &dquo; that combination of social units and systems which performs the, major social functions having locality relevance.
Abstract: The idea of community is elusive and deceptive, thus resisting the possibility of a categoric definition. For Loomis (1960) and Moe (1959) it is a social system or a system of systems, which is not structurally and functionally centralized in the same sense as a formal organization. In view of the fact that people cluster together and influence each other in a community situation, we shall apply in this study Warren’s (1963) definition: &dquo;that combination of social units and systems which performs the , major social functions having locality relevance.&dquo;

2 citations


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TL;DR: This article adapted the first chapter of a book to be titled "Education for Social Work: New Approaches to Field Instruction in Developing Countries." Additional chapters cover such areas as goals and forms of social work education.
Abstract: This article, "Education for Social Work: Field Work in Developing Nations" is adapted from the first chapter of a book to be titled "Education for Social Work: New Approaches to Field Instruction in Developing Countries." Additional chapters cover such areas as goals and forms of social work education organizational principles. Core material centres on the introduction of an innovative structure within the field teaching-learning process. The article appears in English and Spanish both.

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TL;DR: Schottland as mentioned in this paper presented a paper at the International Symposium on Social Welfare, Washington, D.C., on May 29, 1971, which was adapted slightly for publication, since it was originally addressed to a specific audience.
Abstract: * Dean Schottland is President of Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., U.S.A. This paper was presented at the International Symposium on Social Welfare, Washington, D.C., on May 29, 1971. We print it by kind permission of the Brookings Institution, which holds the copyright. The first page has been adapted slightly for publication, since it was originally addressed to a specific audience. HIS subject, on which I was asked to ad-



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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present examples of cultural differences in the area of ethics and human relations, the area in which social workers live, breathe, and have to make decisions.
Abstract: me of the arrest of a would-be suicide. Without question we could give thousands of examples of varying cultural responses. They occur in the areas of aesthetics colours and forms beautiful to one group may seem lifeless and stilted to another; music pleasing to the ears of one nation; sounds dreadful to another. But cultural differences are far more complex and difficult to understand when they occur in the area of ethics and human relations, the area in which social workers live, breathe, have to make decisions.

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TL;DR: Mrs. Ehrlich, who is currently Director of a University of Missouri Continuing Education Project entitled "Consultation in Community Health Services", was social group worker on the Gateway Unit.
Abstract: * Dr. Ehrlich is currently Associate Professor of Social Work at Saint Louis University School of Social Service. He was Proiect Coordinator of the Gateway Unit. Mrs. Ehrlich, who is currently Director of a University of Missouri Continuing Education Project entitled "Consultation in Community Health Services", was social group worker on the Gateway Unit. HE &dquo;Gateway&dquo; unit of Central State Hospital (C.S.H.) in Louisville, Kentucky

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TL;DR: The authors found that the presence of the patient in the home often leads to disaster in the family circle and intrapersonal, inter-personal and economic problems increase in a disquieting manner, seriously interfering with the process of treatment.
Abstract: While various reasons, such as symptomatic relief, drug toxicity, migration etc., have been suggested for defaulting by patients, Almeide4 noted the importance of personality factors and Pandey5 found complex socioeconomic factors responsible in 15 % of treatment dropouts. These factors assume serious proportions when services are rendered at the domiciliary level, where the presence of the patient in the home often leads to disaster in the family circle and intrapersonal, inter-personal and economic problems increase in a disquieting manner, seriously interfering with the process of treatment. When this occurs, a constellation of

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TL;DR: In a country where social work has existed in one form or another since ages and where it has always been understood to be synonymous with voluntary service throughout its long history, simple definition of the field and the implications of that definition amount to a major problem as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: OCIAL work is far from being a welldefined field even in the United States of America, where its practice is relatively established, its methods increasingly standardized and its professional status wide-. ly accepted.’ In a country where social work has existed in one form or another since ages and where it has always been understood to be synonymous with voluntary service throughout its long history, simple definition of the field and the implications of that definition amount to a major problem. Moreover, Indians also use such terms as social welfare, social service, disaster relief, voluntary work, social work, social security and social policy interchangeably with social work, which creates further confusion. In its broadest sense, the term is generally used to include almost all activities which are intended to help, restore or promote some aspect of the physical, economic, and social well-being of individuals and groups2