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Social Work's Professional Mistake: Confusing Status For Control And Losing Both, Gary R. Lowe
Social Work's Professional Mistake: Confusing Status For Control And Losing Both, Gary R. Lowe
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The dimensions of control and power supporting monopoly are central to the professional notion. These factors are implicit in the attribute professional formulation traditionally put forth and adopted by Social Work. This paper asserts that social work leadership between 1915 and 1952 misunderstood or ignored these crucial dynamics. This "mistake" led to practice methodology (casework) and educational policies (graduate-only) that sought status rather than occupational control. This flawed analysis split the occupation in its formative years. The article concludes that the result has been social work's inability to gain professional standing.
Introduction, Robert D. Leighninger Jr.
Introduction, Robert D. Leighninger Jr.
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This issue is devoted entirely to articles examining the history of social welfare. It did not come into being as our other Special Issues do: with a formal proposal to the Editorial Board, a Call for Papers, and other solicitations of manuscripts.
Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 14, No. 2 (June 1987)
Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 14, No. 2 (June 1987)
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CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION - Robert D. Leighninger, Jr., Editor
- TEENAGE PREGNANCY, PROFESSIONAL AGENDAS, AND PROBLEM DEFINITIONS - Richard A. Weatherley
- NOT FOR POVERTY ALONE: FOSTER CARE POPULATION TRENDS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY - Leroy H. Pelton
- THE FAILURE OF THE DESTITUTE MOTHERS' BILL: THE USE OF POLITICAL POWER IN SOCIAL WELFARE - Eve P. Smith
- MINNEAPOLIS SETTLEMENT HOUSES IN THE "NOT SO ROARING 20's:
- AMERICANIZATION, MORALITY, AND THE REVOLT AGAINST POPULAR CULTURE - Howard Jacob Karger
- HARRY LURIE'S ASSESSMENT AND PRESCRIPTION: AN EARLY VIEW OF SOCIAL WORKERS' ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDING POLITICAL ACTION - Joe M. Schriver
- ORGANIZATIONAL ADAPTATION: THE NATIONAL …
Not For Poverty Alone: Foster Care Population Trends In The Twentieth Century, Leroy H. Pelton
Not For Poverty Alone: Foster Care Population Trends In The Twentieth Century, Leroy H. Pelton
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Trends in the size of the national foster care population from 1910 to 1983 are examined in the context of child welfare policy toward dependent and neglected children. Several major turning points in the child placement rate are identified, and the reasons for them are explored. The relationship between poverty and foster care placement is discussed, and it is concluded that the child placement rate is not related to the poverty rate, but rather, to how our society chooses to intervene with the children of families living in poverty.
Harry Lurie's Assessment And Prescription: An Early View Of Social Workers' Roles And Responsibilities Regarding Political Action, Joe M. Schriver
Harry Lurie's Assessment And Prescription: An Early View Of Social Workers' Roles And Responsibilities Regarding Political Action, Joe M. Schriver
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Harry Lawrence Lurie's recommendations and analyses concerning social workers' involvement in political action are reviewed. By reviewing some of Lurie's concerns and activities from the 1930's into the 1950's in this area, it is possible to gain helpful guidance and insight into contemporary concerns about social workers in the political arena. Lurie argued consistently for greater involvement by social workers in political action as individuals, as members of professional organizations, and in coalition with other groups outside of social work who were concerned with progressive social change. Lurie also articulated many of the conditions preventing effective political action by social …
From Countrywoman To Federal Emergency Relief Administrator: Josephine Chapin Brown, A Biographical Study, Emilia E. Martinez-Brawley
From Countrywoman To Federal Emergency Relief Administrator: Josephine Chapin Brown, A Biographical Study, Emilia E. Martinez-Brawley
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This study documents the life and career of Josephine Chapin Brown, an early leader in public welfare and rural social work. Historical research showed that Brown's ideas on social work and on professional training for social work were often against the paradigm of her time. For example, Brown was a committed ruralite when social work was primarily urban; Brown supported social work training for public welfare workers in the agricultural colleges (many now state universities) when social work was committed to a more elitist training model. As a result she was ostracized by many of her influential contemporaries. Her orientation …
Book Review, Maurice M. Vance
Book Review, Maurice M. Vance
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Trattner, Walter I., editor. Biographical Dictionary of Social Welfare in America. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.
Computer Use In Social Services Network Newsletter, Dick Schoech
Computer Use In Social Services Network Newsletter, Dick Schoech
Computer Use in Social Services Network
No abstract provided.
Focal Point, Volume 01 Number 03, Portland State University. Regional Research Institute
Focal Point, Volume 01 Number 03, Portland State University. Regional Research Institute
Research and Training Center - Focal Point
Therapeutic Case Advocacy (TCA) is one approach to helping emotionally handicapped children and their families. It is described here as a multi-level model to improve services for this population for two reasons. First, the approach typically requires planned, coordinated activity on three levels: the child and family, the lead organization providing services, and interagency collaboration. Second, the word "model" conveys the idea of what the real thing might look like.
The model is a preliminary pattern, a plan for guiding the actual process of helping emotionally handicapped children and their families. It is not a recipe. Any actual process of …
The Social Work Scholar: An Integrated Approach To Computing In Social Work Education, Roger A. Lohmann
The Social Work Scholar: An Integrated Approach To Computing In Social Work Education, Roger A. Lohmann
Faculty & Staff Scholarship
This paper is a progress report of a set of personal professional development efforts by a faculty member at a school of social work in a state land-grant university. The common theme of this effort is applications of available computer technology to the ordinary faculty tasks of teaching, research and public service over a 15-year period.
A Review Of Key Developments In The Scholar Project, Roger A. Lohmann
A Review Of Key Developments In The Scholar Project, Roger A. Lohmann
Faculty & Staff Scholarship
The Scholar Project was my term for a variety of projects and developmental efforts to incorporate the use of computers into the everyday work life of a graduate social work faculty member before the advent of desktop computing. It began in 1974 with a variety of experiments with SPSS files, McBee "KeySort" Cards, and a Computer Aided Instruction experiment with IBM's Coursewriter software. It evolved into the full-scale integration of electronic equipment into all facets of my professional life. The Scholar bibliography mentioned, the electronic in this Research Repository, and the Docuverse project are the longest lasting products of this …
Afdc Encounters Joint Custody: Business As Usual Is Not The Solution, Jan L. Hagen
Afdc Encounters Joint Custody: Business As Usual Is Not The Solution, Jan L. Hagen
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
In the fifty years since its enactment, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) has become increasingly difficult to administer efficiently and equitably. Most recently, this increasing complexity is illustrated by eligibility determinations for divorced families having joint custody of the children. A recent national survey of state agencies administering AFDC programs reveals a diversity of approaches in determining eligibility under the continued absence requirement for joint custody situations. As illustrated by these joint custody cases, the meaningfulness as well as the usefulness of the continued absence requirement for AFDC eligibility has become increasingly questionable in terms of responding to …
Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 14, No. 1 (March 1987)
Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 14, No. 1 (March 1987)
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- Editorial - ROBERT D. LEIGHNINGER, JR.
- Individual Experience and Critical Consciousness: Sources of Change in Everyday Life - DAVID GIL
- AFDC Encounters Joint Custody: Business as Usual Is not the Solution - JAN C. HAGEN
- Role Ambiguity Among Foster Parents: Semi-Professionals in Professionalizing Organizations - KENNETH J. MIETUS, MICHAEL D. FIMMEN
- Older Blacks' Predictions of Their Social Support Networks - BRENDA CRAWLEY
- Setting Funding Priorities in the Voluntary Sector: A Case Study From the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles - SAUL ANDRON
- Stress of the Caregiver: Effective Management of Dementia Patients in Hospital and Community Settings - RUTH …
Rejoinder, Harry Specht
Rejoinder, Harry Specht
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The comments by Chaiklin and Lause are representative of the sort of scholarly, but sterile and despairing, criticism that pervades social work education today. They have many technical complaints about the Specht-Britt-Frost paper: the conceptualization of the variables is defective; the response rate is too low; the sample is poor; the weightings are inappropriate; gamma is not a sufficiently powerful measure of correlation; and so forth. I have responded to most of these issues elsewhere, (1) so I will address only two here.
The Effect Of Changes In The Federal Disability Programs On State And Local General Assistance Programs, Courtney Scherer Petersen, Eric R. Kingson
The Effect Of Changes In The Federal Disability Programs On State And Local General Assistance Programs, Courtney Scherer Petersen, Eric R. Kingson
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Since early 1981, there has been a large-scale removal of persons from the SSI and Social Security disability programs as a result of the Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980. This article reports on the findings of a national survey designed to determine whether the removal of persons from the federal disability programs had an impact on state and local General Assistance programs and the extent to which older recipients of General Assistance are in need of long-term income assistance for health and other reasons.
Some states and jurisdictions have noticed an increase in applications as a result of federal …
Symposium On "Professional Achievement In Social Work", Robert D. Leighninger Jr.
Symposium On "Professional Achievement In Social Work", Robert D. Leighninger Jr.
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This Symposium is an experiment. It is an attempt to have an argument over a piece of controversial research in a way that will clarify both the methodological and ideological issues involved.
A Response To "Professional Achievement In Social Work", Timothy W. Lause
A Response To "Professional Achievement In Social Work", Timothy W. Lause
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This paper raises several interesting issues for policy and research in the field of social work education. Nonetheless, serious shortcomings undermine its analysis of background factors to professional achievement. Even if one suspends critical assessments of the study's rationale and of its central index, the evidence presented here seems far more ambiguous than acknowledged. The quality of data is the primary subject of these comments. For purposes of this symposium, however, it seems appropriate to preface them with a few questions.
Individual Experience And Critical Consciousness: Sources Of Social Change In Everyday Life, David G. Gil
Individual Experience And Critical Consciousness: Sources Of Social Change In Everyday Life, David G. Gil
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Social scientists tend to interpret social change as the result of collective action. However, all collective action is at some level and time initiated and carried out by individuals, who, of course, are rooted in particular social contexts. A theory of social change needs to derive, therefore, not only from the study of collective action, but also from the study of individual initiation of, and involvement in, social change oriented practice.
The following observations on individual involvement in social change practice are based on personal experience and study over several decades. They are not a theory of social change but …
Rold Ambiguity Among Foster Parents: Semi-Professionals In Professionalizing Organizations, Kenneth J. Mietus, Michael D. Fimmen
Rold Ambiguity Among Foster Parents: Semi-Professionals In Professionalizing Organizations, Kenneth J. Mietus, Michael D. Fimmen
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Because foster parent role ambiguity has been viewed primarily as a micro-level phenomenon, efforts to reduce its negative consequences have emphasized ameliorist solutions which attempt to alter the behavior of individuals. We suggest that consideration of role ambiguity as a macro-level phenomenon provides a sounder basis for developing long-range solutions which can alter the structure of foster care organizations in ways which will complement existing ameliorist strategies. As semi-professionals, the work-role expectations of foster parents are seen as being contradictory to the goals of a profess ionalizing organizational structure. The transitional nature of this professionalizing process, and the contradictions which …
Stress Of The Caregiver: Effective Management Of Dementia Patients In Hospital And Community Settings, Ruth E. Dunkle, Michael Nevin
Stress Of The Caregiver: Effective Management Of Dementia Patients In Hospital And Community Settings, Ruth E. Dunkle, Michael Nevin
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This study explores the management problems among elders with dementia and their medical and family caregivers. Twenty-five patients were interviewed as well as professional health care personnel and a family member. Findings indicated that professional assessment facilitates home caregiving but has little bearing on successful coping by the caregiver. Variability of coping relates to the strategy employed.
Professional Achievement In Social Work, Harry Specht, Doris Britt, Charles Frost
Professional Achievement In Social Work, Harry Specht, Doris Britt, Charles Frost
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The authors report on a study of the professional achievements of 719 recently graduated California MSWs. Respondents are assigned an achievement score which is an index based on responses to seven questions. The scores of low achievers and high achievers are compared to analyze associations with: validating factors (e.g., salary), personal factors (race and gender), and pre-MSW factors (e.g., undergraduate education).
Book Review, Jonathan Rabinowitz
Book Review, Jonathan Rabinowitz
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
BOOK REVIEW BY ARTHUR B. SHOSTAK AND GARY McLOUTH, WITH LYNN SENG
Editorial, Robert Leighninger
Editorial, Robert Leighninger
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
As you may have noticed, there've been some changes made. Norman Goroff, our Founding Editor and Publisher, has decided that putting the Journal out by himself while trying to maintain his University's extension program in upper New England is too much work. Norm has published the Journal at the University of Connecticut since its beginning; he and Ralph Segalman, the other Founding Editor, shared the editing chores. Six years ago, they turned that responsibility over to me; but Norm continued to do the publishing. Since this separation of offices has been a constant source of confusion to our authors, subscribers, …
Older Blacks' Predictions Of Their Social Support Networks, Brenda Crawley
Older Blacks' Predictions Of Their Social Support Networks, Brenda Crawley
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Predicting resources for one's later years is risky and evokes feelings of vulnerability. Findings from a study of older blacks reveal that while race and culture may predispose clients to prefer certain resources, such as spouses and children, others realistically expect kin and friends to care for them. The heterogeneous nature of the black elderly suggests an open posture be maintained in assessing support resources for those who face short- or long- term care needs.
Setting Funding Priorities In The Voluntary Sector: A Case Study From The Jewish Federation Council Of Greater Los Angeles, Saul Andron
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Resource scarcity has emerged in the 1980's as a dominant theme in the human services. Although we are acutely aware of the impact that funding cutbacks have had upon human service agencies and their programs, relatively scant attention has been given to the funding body itself as the focus of analysis. The ways in which the funding body addresses the issue of resource distribution under scarcity conditions is of critical concern to the social welfare field. This paper analyzes one model adopted by a large voluntary fundraising and funding organization-planned priorities-setting-to provide a strategic and rational framework for guiding allocations …
The Impact Of Program Centralization On The Utilization Of Social Services: The Case Of The Ssi Program, Yossef Meller, Nancy Mudrick
The Impact Of Program Centralization On The Utilization Of Social Services: The Case Of The Ssi Program, Yossef Meller, Nancy Mudrick
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
When the Old Age Assistance (OAA), Aid to the Blind (AB), and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled (APTD) caseloads were converted to SSI in 1974, only cash payments were transferred to the Social Security Administration; social services remained available through public welfare agencies. This paper assesses the extent to which the service utilization of low income aged and disabled persons changed with the social service delivery system changes associated with the implementation of SSI. We found that the proportion of persons receiving social services decreased slightly between the last year of the old programs and the first year …
Professional Autonomy In Community Mental Health Centers, William E. Buffum
Professional Autonomy In Community Mental Health Centers, William E. Buffum
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Professional community mental health workers want considerable autonomy in doing their work, but too much autonomy can lead to frustration and less satisfaction with work. This finding of a study of 93 mental health professionals in three community mental health centers is in sharp contrast with a comparison group of 60 professionals in a chemical plant. The article cautions against the direct translation of research on all professionals to community mental health professionals.
Comment On "Professional Achievement" In Social Work, Harris Chaiklin
Comment On "Professional Achievement" In Social Work, Harris Chaiklin
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Anything which would help explain professional achievement in social work would be an important contribution to knowledge. In the present instance poor conceptualization and weak data analyses do not support such a conclusion.
In Search Of The Continuum: Graduate School Performance Of Bsw And Non-Bsw Degree Holders, Anne E. Fortune, Robert G. Green, Michael S. Kolevzon
In Search Of The Continuum: Graduate School Performance Of Bsw And Non-Bsw Degree Holders, Anne E. Fortune, Robert G. Green, Michael S. Kolevzon
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Do students with prior academic preparation in social work perform better in graduate school than students who do not have a BSW? Master's students in a southeastern school of social work were surveyed about their background, general psychosocial adjustment, adjustment to and attitudes toward graduate school, and graduate academic performance. Forced-entry multiple regression was used to control simultaneously for the effect of background and adjustment factors on four outcome variables: Grade Point Average in the most recent semesters; Stress as a Student; Educational Program Satisfaction; and Professional Social Work Commitment. Having a BSW was unrelated to Educational Program Satisfaction and …
Focal Point, Volume 01 Number 02, Portland State University. Regional Research Institute
Focal Point, Volume 01 Number 02, Portland State University. Regional Research Institute
Research and Training Center - Focal Point
This issue of Focal Point features the Families as Allies Project, which is designed to promote collaboration between families of children with emotional handicaps and the professionals who serve them. Project objectives include conducting relevant research, developing training curricula and other written materials, and designing and presenting workshops and other training events.
Included in this issue is a report about an April, 1986 conference held in Portland that involved equal numbers of parents and professionals from thirteen western states. This meeting was one of the first public explorations of our project concepts, and we were very gratified by the positive …