Showing papers in "Social casework in 1983"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe how power and powerlessness operate in human systems and propose strategies based on this knowledge to offer both client and worker an opportunity for constructive mana-...
Abstract: Knowing how power and powerlessness operate in human systems is a key to effective intervention. Strategies based on this knowledge offer both client and worker an opportunity for constructive mana...
180 citations
TL;DR: This article examined the incidence and causes of foster home breakdowns, i.e., the unplanned removal of children from foster care, and found that successful placement was most highly associated with successful placement.
Abstract: This study examines the incidence and causes of foster home breakdowns—the unplanned removal of children from foster care. Results indicate that successful placement was most highly associated with...
126 citations
TL;DR: Three helpful modalities for defusing violence are discussed and practical ways for social workers to protect themselves are outlined.
Abstract: Mental health and social workers often lack an understanding of the factors leading to violence and how to deal with it. Three helpful modalities for defusing violence are discussed and practical w...
73 citations
TL;DR: The worker's ability to truly understand a client's version of reality offers the means by which the client is enabled to take responsibility for life changes as discussed by the authors, which is the ability of a client to take ownership of her reality.
Abstract: The worker's ability to truly understand a client's version of reality offers the means by which the client is enabled to take responsibility for life changes. An understanding of modern cognitive ...
51 citations
TL;DR: The occurrence of incest is a pathological manifestation of a basic need for warmth and nurturance as discussed by the authors and its secret continuation as a structural pattern of the family is a family defense against potenti...
Abstract: The occurrence of incest is a pathological manifestation of a basic need for warmth and nurturance. Its secret continuation as a structural pattern of the family is a family defense against potenti...
49 citations
TL;DR: Discovery of common problems among women who suffered incest in childhood led to the development of group work treatment for them, which made it possible for members to discuss topics such as guilt, low self-esteem, mistrust of men, and sexual dysfunction in beneficial ways.
Abstract: Discovery of common problems among women who suffered incest in childhood led to the development of group work treatment for them. The process made it possible for members to discuss topics such as...
48 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared violent marriages in which wives were raped by their husbands with other such marriages that did not include sexual assaults, and found that women were more likely to report being raped than men.
Abstract: Violent marriages in which wives were raped by their husbands are compared with other such marriages that did not include sexual assaults. Data from in-depth interviews with 146 women suggest consi...
41 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis of placement decisions strongly indicated that matching a marginal child with a marginal parent was more likely to result in adoption breakdown than matching the child with the parent.
Abstract: Eighty cases of adoption breakdown were compared with a control group of successful adoptions. An analysis of placement decisions strongly indicated that matching a marginal child with marginal par...
32 citations
TL;DR: A study of the jobless reveals how unemployment affects self-esteem, family and social relationships, and emotional well-being as mentioned in this paper, and suggests specific ways in which social agencies can take a leaders...
Abstract: A study of the jobless reveals how unemployment affects self-esteem, family and social relationships, and emotional well-being. It suggests specific ways in which social agencies can take a leaders...
29 citations
TL;DR: A model of human development based on this theory offers an expanded, and potentially more powerful, instrument for helping adults cope with change.
Abstract: Human growth during adulthood is cyclical and more related to the reworking of growth tasks than the assumption of new roles. A model of human development based on this theory offers an expanded, and potentially more powerful, instrument for helping adults cope with change.
27 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the reasons for this situation along with the reasons why the jails serve as asylums for the indigent, the mentally ill, and the substance abuser.
Abstract: Who cares about the jails? These neglected institutions are serving as asylums for the indigent, the mentally ill, and the substance abuser. Reasons for this situation are reviewed along with the u...
TL;DR: In this paper, the needs of father, mother, and child victim are considered and strategies are suggested for meeting them and strategies make up a comprehensive approach in which individual, group, marital, and...
Abstract: The needs of father, mother, and child victim are considered and strategies are suggested for meeting them. The strategies make up a comprehensive approach in which individual, group, marital, and ...
TL;DR: For example, the authors found that people studying social work at the graduate level manifest temporary self-preoccupation due to situational stress and continuing self-focus because of personality traits.
Abstract: Persons studying social work at the graduate level manifest temporary self-preoccupation due to situational stress and continuing self-preoccupation because of personality traits. Study of such nar...
TL;DR: Indications for telephone therapy and guidelines for its use are outlined by means of two case examples, which show the importance of using the telephone as a means of engaging even very resistant clients in treatment.
Abstract: Treating the “unreachable” client is a challenging although common task. One possible solution to this problem is using the telephone as a means of engaging even very resistant clients in treatment...
TL;DR: The life model for social work practice lacks specificity in its examples of practice with black families as mentioned in this paper, and case illustrations demonstrate how combining the principles of the model with ethnic sensi...
Abstract: The life model for social work practice lacks specificity in its examples of practice with black families. Case illustrations demonstrate how combining the principles of the model with ethnic sensi...
TL;DR: The current recession has prompted the family service agencies of a metropolitan area to develop special projects to serve unemployed persons and their families as discussed by the authors, and the staff assigned to these projects le...
Abstract: The current recession has prompted the family service agencies of a metropolitan area to develop special projects to serve unemployed persons and their families. Staff assigned to these projects le...
TL;DR: In this paper, a study of the Holocaust teaches moral and behavioral lessons and helps social workers understand and respond to the special needs of Holocaust survivors and their children, and this activity has implica...
Abstract: Studying the Holocaust teaches moral and behavioral lessons and helps social workers understand and respond to the special needs of Holocaust survivors and their children. This activity has implica...
TL;DR: The valuational dimension of social work expertise is often overlooked as discussed by the authors, and the profession needs to address the emerging value issues and dilemmas in the rapidly growing, nontraditional setting of indu...
Abstract: The valuational dimension of social work expertise is often overlooked. The profession needs to address the emerging value issues and dilemmas in the rapidly growing, nontraditional setting of indu...
TL;DR: A newly developed technique for social casework known as exposure therapy is being used in the treatment of clients suffering from severe phobias and compulsive rituals, holding great promise for improving clients' psychosocial functioning.
Abstract: A newly developed technique for social casework known as exposure therapy is being used in the treatment of clients suffering from severe phobias and compulsive rituals. This practice procedure, wh...
TL;DR: The demand for greater accountability in the social service arena has forced those responsible for funding and operating programs to look for more efficient ways to evaluate them.
Abstract: The demand for greater accountability in the social service arena has forced those responsible for funding and operating programs to look for more efficient ways to evaluate them. The board of dire...
TL;DR: Practice and training issues are discussed that are relevant for improving interventions and referrals in cases of family abuse of the elderly.
Abstract: The social service providers and physicians who encounter elder abuse have several potential avenues of intervention open to them in helping the elderly. Practice and training issues are discussed that are relevant for improving interventions and referrals in cases of family abuse of the elderly. Language: en
TL;DR: This article examines the literature related to separation-individuation and presents a case illustration that focuses on these issues with clients from the personal perspective of the worker.
Abstract: Young people and their parents often encounter difficulties in attempting to achieve separation from one another. This article examines the literature related to separation-individuation and presen...
TL;DR: The role of social work advocates in rule making by governmental administrative agencies plays an important role in the lives of people who tend to be victimized by a decrease in services as mentioned in this paper, and social work advocacy can influence the proces...
Abstract: Rule making by governmental administrative agencies plays an important role in the lives of people who tend to be victimized by a decrease in services. Social work advocacy can influence the proces...
TL;DR: The problems encountered by a service organization assisting battered women, including issues of staff burnout, public awareness, and inter-agency communication and referral, are examined in a surv... as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The problems encountered by a service organization assisting battered women, including issues of staff burn-out, public awareness, and interagency communication and referral, are examined in a surv...
TL;DR: There is no need for professionals and mutual aid groups to view each other with suspicion, and professionals, if adaptable to new needs, can play a valued role in facilitating the process of such groups—and learn a great deal from the experience.
Abstract: There is no need for professionals and mutual aid groups to view each other with suspicion. Professionals, if adaptable to new needs, can play a valued role in facilitating the process of such grou...
TL;DR: The authors found that a multidisciplinary support and training group can help staff cope with the strong emotional demands of the job of working with families in which children are vulnerable to maltreatment.
Abstract: The strains of working with families in which children are vulnerable to maltreatment can be overwhelming. Research results indicate that a multidisciplinary support and training group can help staff cope with the strong—sometimes hidden—emotional demands of the job.
TL;DR: A modified and extended families system in which the nuclear family is not isolated but is part of an extended kin family system integrated within a network of social relationships and mutual assistance that operates along bi-lateral kin lines and vertically over several generations.
Abstract: Technological, economic, social, political, and cultural developments during the last seventyfive years have been remarkable in our society and in many societies around the world. They have created a new context for growing up, living as adults, and growing older. The existence of three and four generation families is one of the outstanding phenomena of our age. Today families are more urbanized and the emerging pattern of family life is increasingly one of separate households that still maintain viable and supportive family relationships. Marvin Sussman called this the \"modified and extended families system in which the nuclear family is not isolated but is part of an extended kin family system integrated within a network of social relationships and mutual assistance that operates along bi-lateral kin lines and vertically over several generations.\" I The elderly can be divided among the younger-older generation and the older-older generation; each one must relate to the previous generation as well as to a subsequent generation.
TL;DR: This report tells how the national administration's economic program has brought changes to the city—particularly to social service agencies and their clients, and suggests strategies to help repair the damage done by budget cuts.
Abstract: Greensboro, North Carolina, is a representative medium size city. This report tells how the national administration's economic program has brought changes to the city—particularly to social service...
TL;DR: Folktales and folklore can be used to bridge the gap between cultures and lead to an understanding of different outlooks and values as discussed by the authors, and examples of how folktales can help social workers achi...
Abstract: Folktales and folklore can be used to bridge the gap between cultures and lead to an understanding of different outlooks and values. Examples are given of how folktales can help social workers achi...