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Drop-Out Study, Chemawa Indian School, Terry Farrow, Gordon Oats
Drop-Out Study, Chemawa Indian School, Terry Farrow, Gordon Oats
Dissertations and Theses
Repeated inquiries and statements are made about the number of American Indian students who drop out or are pushed out of school. The Waxes noted that while drop-out rates are difficult to calculate because of a shifting population and absence of centralized, accurate records, current figures indicate that about one-half of those who enter the primary grades drop out before entering high school. Furthermore, only about a third of those entering school actually graduate. A study of Pima and Papago schools revealed much the same trends. Seven percent of the children ages six to eighteen are not enrolled in any …
A Study To Differentiate Between Runaways And Non-Runaways Among Juveniles Reported Missing, Neil E. Crannell, Patricia A. Hoffman
A Study To Differentiate Between Runaways And Non-Runaways Among Juveniles Reported Missing, Neil E. Crannell, Patricia A. Hoffman
Dissertations and Theses
It is the purpose of this research project to develop a profile of predictive variables that would be helpful in distinguishing a missing juvenile report of a runaway from that of a missing youth who may have met with "foul play" and who does not fit the pattern of the runaway youth. The usefulness of such a tested set of predictive variables would be in designing a report form to be used by the peace officer who takes the initial report enabling him to immediately identify the situation as one of a runaway indicating one type of follow-up as opposed …
What Indians Think An Indian Is : A Study Of Personal And Educational Attitudes, Susan W. Oliver, Christine L. Peterson
What Indians Think An Indian Is : A Study Of Personal And Educational Attitudes, Susan W. Oliver, Christine L. Peterson
Dissertations and Theses
This study, was conducted with four Indian groups: three of Portland and one in Whiteriver, Arizona. The purpose of the study was to identify attitudes about Indian identity and education through the use of a questionnaire on Indian stereotypes. Each group was unique in it’s response. Members of each group all had a different frame of reference for “who an Indian is.” Therefore, a conclusion could not be drawn because of the differences in attitudes between all four Indian groups.
Pretesting A Questionnaire At The Solo Center On The Impact Of Divorce On Children And Parents, Shirley Anne Paetzhold
Pretesting A Questionnaire At The Solo Center On The Impact Of Divorce On Children And Parents, Shirley Anne Paetzhold
Dissertations and Theses
This study was concerned with the impact of divorce on parents and children. The writer spent a minimum of sixteen hours per week from September, 1974 to May, 1975 in field work at the Solo Center, as part of the requirements for a Master’s Degree in Social Work at Portland State University. Multiple areas of interest for research at the Center narrowed to a focus on the closely interwoven problems of child custody, child support, and visitation.
Indian Alcoholism On Reservations, Cleora E. Jackson
Indian Alcoholism On Reservations, Cleora E. Jackson
Dissertations and Theses
The purpose of this practicum is to describe the destructive use of alcohol among Southeastern Idaho Indians. This practicum is based on John and Irma Honigmann's (1) theory of· "loss of stake. " It is John and Irma Honigmann' s contention that whatever may be the social functions of drinking, and whatever the personal reasons, having a stake in society tends to induce people to conform to the norms of society with regard to drinking behavior. The three case histories in this practicum will illustrate more of what is meant by the theory of stake in society.
The Use And Evaluation Of Gestalt Techniques In A Program For The Parents Of Handicapped Children, Richard Roy Hammond, Robert E. Phillips
The Use And Evaluation Of Gestalt Techniques In A Program For The Parents Of Handicapped Children, Richard Roy Hammond, Robert E. Phillips
Dissertations and Theses
The goal of this paper will be to further explore the use of Gestalt therapy in the Parent-Education Program and to find a way in which its effectiveness in freeing parents of emotional barriers to growth can be evaluated. Our specific objectives will, therefore be to (1) review the literature and present our own assumptions on parental responses to having a handicapped child, (2) explore the basis of Gestalt therapy and relate it to the needs of parents who have handicapped children. (3) describe the setting in which the Parent-Education Program and its Gestalt component takes place, and (4) suggest …
Assessment Of Short Term Behavioral Changes In Emotionally Handicapped Children Enrolled In A Special Education Program, James S. Johnston, Karen Shilling
Assessment Of Short Term Behavioral Changes In Emotionally Handicapped Children Enrolled In A Special Education Program, James S. Johnston, Karen Shilling
Dissertations and Theses
This study attempts to assess short term behavioral changes, as measured by the Hewett Behavioral Checklist in emotionally handicapped children enrolled in three of the special education classrooms.
Managing Human Services, Betsy W. Romain
Managing Human Services, Betsy W. Romain
Dissertations and Theses
Professional schools have realized for some time that there is an uncomfortable gap between the requirements of their academic curriculum and the realities of a professional job. The skills required, performance level and final product, are noticeably different in the academic world than in the work world. This void between what is required in school and what is required on the job, has become of increasing concern as larger numbers of academically qualified students compete for a decreasingly smaller number of jobs. Additionally, institutes of higher education, caught in current day fiscal realities, are under pressure from both students and …
Criteria And Outcome Of C. S. D. Foster Home And Residential Placements Of Court-Referred Adolescents, Joan Dickey
Criteria And Outcome Of C. S. D. Foster Home And Residential Placements Of Court-Referred Adolescents, Joan Dickey
Dissertations and Theses
This study is concerned with a set of cases referred to Children's .Services Division, Marion County, by the Marion County Juvenile Court for placement. Placements include foster homes and residential treatment facilities, including group homes.
The goal of this study is to uncover criteria to determine the appropriateness and the efficacy of foster and residential placements for adolescents in order to provide feedback necessary for the development of practice theory.
An Analysis Of Professional Roles & Career Patterns Of Portland State University School Of Social Work Graduates, 1964-1973, B. Michael Des Camp, Howard H. Marshack
An Analysis Of Professional Roles & Career Patterns Of Portland State University School Of Social Work Graduates, 1964-1973, B. Michael Des Camp, Howard H. Marshack
Dissertations and Theses
This was a follow-up study of graduates of Portland State University's School of Social Work from 1964 to 1973. The study gathered information in four areas: (1) graduates' career patterns, (2) tasks graduates presently perform in their jobs, (3) tasks graduates felt are necessary for students to learn in a school of Social Work, and (4) graduates' continuing education needs and experiences. It was hoped that this information would prove valuable in curriculum design, both in the School of Social Work and in the Division of Continuing Education.
A stratified random sample of sixty-one graduates, totaling 15.4% of the ten-year …
A Study Of The Career Education Program At Mountain View Intermediate School, Beaverton School District #48, Beaverton, Oregon, William Calvin Greene
A Study Of The Career Education Program At Mountain View Intermediate School, Beaverton School District #48, Beaverton, Oregon, William Calvin Greene
Dissertations and Theses
The following report deals with the career education program at Mountain View, one of six intermediate schools in the Beaverton school District #48.
During the summer of 1974, four Mountain View faculty members developed what they titled the Mountain View Intermediate School Career Educational Resource Guide (CERG).
The faculty members developed this guide keeping in mind the requirements of the Master Plan but also adding specific references relating to what direction they felt the career education program at Mountain View should take.
The CERG was designed in such a way that career related activities for each grade level were broken …
Problem Oriented Case Planning, Jack A. Morgan
Problem Oriented Case Planning, Jack A. Morgan
Dissertations and Theses
This practicum report discusses the adaptability of problem oriented case planning to casework which is practiced in the Northeast Multnomah County District Office of the Children’s Services Division. Problem oriented case planning is an approach designed to make casework more explicit by specifying the target problem(s), goals(s), tasks and an evaluation scheme which are agreed to and stated in a written contract developed by the participants. Such explicitness is essential to permit agency collection of useful information about its casework and casework programs needed to respond to today’s accountability demands, i.e., demonstration that the agency operates at a reasonable level …
An Exploration Of The Feelings And Attitudes Of Women Separated From Their Children Due To Incarceration, Dorothy Lundberg, Ann Sheekley, Therese Voelker
An Exploration Of The Feelings And Attitudes Of Women Separated From Their Children Due To Incarceration, Dorothy Lundberg, Ann Sheekley, Therese Voelker
Dissertations and Theses
Although significant research has shed light on what happens to children when they are removed from their parents, few studies have explored the effects on parents undergoing separation from their children. Discussions tend to be confined to separate dimensions exploring child's needs on one side and parental obligations on the other. Much of the planning and prolonged care provided for children in placement reflects a traditional child-centered focus. This has led to a lack of attention to parental needs, and a gross ignorance about their lives, feelings and aspirations.
When women are involuntarily separated from their children through incarceration, a …
A Methodology For Evaluating The Efficacy Of The Placement Procedures Of The Dalles Community Attention Home, Marion Elliott
A Methodology For Evaluating The Efficacy Of The Placement Procedures Of The Dalles Community Attention Home, Marion Elliott
Dissertations and Theses
The Community Attention Home, The Dalles, Oregon, provides services to those children, who, due to dependency, delinquent behavior, or family disruption, cannot remain within their present environment. The Home provides short-term shelter care with staff emphasis on proper diagnostic assessment for subsequent placement. Placement of children in the Home provides social service agencies time to plan for further care and/or treatment.
The project presents itself in essentially four major areas. They are: a descriptive presentation of data already available at the Home; a determination of what additional data needs to be gathered for further evaluation of the Home’s effectiveness; development …
A Study Of Battered Children In Santa Barbara, California, Carol Lynne Beastrom
A Study Of Battered Children In Santa Barbara, California, Carol Lynne Beastrom
Dissertations and Theses
Current newspaper articles, professional journals and legislation reflect increased concern and attention in the area of child abuse. The frequency of reports of children physically and mentally abused, some fatally, makes abundantly clear the need to identify the children in jeopardy.
As an outgrowth of experience as a caseworker in Protective Services in Santa Barbara, California, the author developed a personal interest in learning more about characteristics of families with identified abused children. Associated with this personal interest is the possibility of identifying common elements of characteristics which might prove predictive and therefore potentially preventative in the area of child …
Recent Role Changes Made By Women And The Effect These Changes Have Had On Marital Adjustment, Nancy L. Scolar
Recent Role Changes Made By Women And The Effect These Changes Have Had On Marital Adjustment, Nancy L. Scolar
Dissertations and Theses
Sex Roles, A History. From Insects to humans, gender is associated with specific behavior. Below the mammals there are sex differences in dominance that are correlated with androgen function on the inside, and with certain types of stimulation on the outside. In higher forms, the increasing complexity of brain development means increasing capacity for modification through experience and learned modes of adaptation to the environment.
By the time the primate level is reached, social influences have become so intricate and compelling as to clearly foreshadow culture.
According to Elizabeth Janeway in her article Reflections on the History of Women, in …
An Identification Of Important Management, Administrative, And Planning Skills And Knowledge Essential To Middle-Managers Present Positions In A Variety Of Urban And Rural Social Welfare Settings In Oregon, Patricia Victoria Leonard
An Identification Of Important Management, Administrative, And Planning Skills And Knowledge Essential To Middle-Managers Present Positions In A Variety Of Urban And Rural Social Welfare Settings In Oregon, Patricia Victoria Leonard
Dissertations and Theses
In July, 1974 the Social Rehabilitation Services of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, awarded a grant to the School of Social Work at Portland State University to "identify and examine the skills and abilities that are utilized by middle-management personnel in the human services field." The project sought to (1) identify and prioritize the management, administrative and planning skills utilized by practitioners in a variety of urban and rural social welfare setting throughout Oregon, (2) develop a list of middle-management skills deemed important for graduate and undergraduate students in the School of Social Work, and (3) provide data …
Maturity Of Adolescent Unwed Mothers, Sarah L. Claiborne
Maturity Of Adolescent Unwed Mothers, Sarah L. Claiborne
Dissertations and Theses
Adolescence traditionally has been recognized and accepted as a period of exploration of an occasional rebellion against the adult world. Explorations are viewed by behavioral scientists as a quest for identity expansion, and as such, a necessary phase for attaining maturity. Several tasks have been identified which each adolescent must complete if he is to reach maturity. For the present these tasks can be summarized as character formation, attainment of sexual identity, establishment of mature relationships and emancipation from parental control.
Society's attitude towards the rebellion and exploitation of youth is mixed. This confusion seems related to a general breakdown …
The Three Evaluations Of Social Welfare Programs, Dean Harper, Haroutun M. Babigian
The Three Evaluations Of Social Welfare Programs, Dean Harper, Haroutun M. Babigian
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
As new and innovative social welfare programs are being attempted, there has been an increased concern with evaluating the effectiveness of such programs. To what degree is a new program effective? For which kinds of clients is each type of program effective? What elements are crucial in a program which has been judged to be effective? These are just a few of the questions that evaluators would like to answer.
There is a large literature on evaluation research--some of it reporting or reviewing the results of specific evaluations (6, 8, 9, 10, 11) and some of it presenting general discussions, …
Evaluation Research And Evaluation: Scientific Social Reform Movement And Ideology, Michael Baizerman
Evaluation Research And Evaluation: Scientific Social Reform Movement And Ideology, Michael Baizerman
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The idea that human services programs should be evaluated is accepted by most practitioners and researchers. Discussion is about the technical aspects of this research and about how practitioners can be encouraged to utilize evaluative findings in their everyday practice. Emphasis is placed also on the organizational barriers to this utilization. These ideas and issues are found in a growing literature in the social sciences and, increasingly, in the even faster growing literatures in the professions and in the human services, including the social services, medical and health services, criminal justice and the like.
Here, evaluation research is discussed from …
Transforming The Orientation Of A Health Organization Through Community Involvement, Sharon Pastor Simson, Laura J. Bleiweiss
Transforming The Orientation Of A Health Organization Through Community Involvement, Sharon Pastor Simson, Laura J. Bleiweiss
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Health organizations have been oriented to meeting needs and fulfilling demands which are perceived and defined by physician providers (Freidson, 1970 Stevens, 1971). Organizational goals, services, structures, and processes of operation were formulated in accordance with the interests, values, and concerns of provider-members. Latent to this provider orientation was the assumption that professional members were the ones most qualified to determine what was best for the organization and for its consumers (Freidson 1971). In recent times, however, numerous social changes have occurred on a societal level and within the institution of medicine (Hepner, 1972; Somers, 1971; Rosengren and Lefton, 1969). …
Ethics Shock: Technology, Life Styles And Future Practice, Sonia Leib Abels, Paul Abels, Samuel A. Richmond
Ethics Shock: Technology, Life Styles And Future Practice, Sonia Leib Abels, Paul Abels, Samuel A. Richmond
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
During the past ten years a new movement has developed in the United States which has taken as its major emphasis the study of the future. The futureologists led by Kahn, Weiner, and Theobald, have projected a number of alternatives for the United States. The value of this movement has been: 1) to alert the country to the fact that change is occurring at an extremely rapid pace; 2) to provide a transdisciplinary view, not only utilizing projections from various disciplines, but illustrating the multiplier effect that the combination of developments from many disciplines may have on our society; and …
The Myth Of A Population Explosion In America: Implications For The Social Welfare Profession, Lillian T. Cochran, James M. O'Kane
The Myth Of A Population Explosion In America: Implications For The Social Welfare Profession, Lillian T. Cochran, James M. O'Kane
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
In the past decade, the concern over a hypothetical "population explosion" has become an increasing preoccupation in growing segments of the American public. Terms such as "standing-room-only-world," "demographic catastrophe,' "future doomsday," etc. have become common, and the work of organizations such as Planned Parenthood, Zero Population Growth, and countless other agencies has centered around this supposed threat to continued human existence. Paul and Anne Ehrlich have set forth the general position on "overpopulation" stating: "The explosive growth of the human population is the most significant event in the past million millenia. . . . Mankind itself may stand on the …
The Nonprofessional And The Professional Culture: A Dilemma For Social Work, Edward Allan Brawley
The Nonprofessional And The Professional Culture: A Dilemma For Social Work, Edward Allan Brawley
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
A critical shortage of trained social workers, a restructuring of the social services, and a national policy of employing the poor in human service organizations have all led to the introduction of large numbers of minority-group and low-income nonprofessionals into social service employment during the last decade. The social work profession has affirmed the necessity and desirability of this trend, not only as a means of solving the manpower problem but also because these new entrants to the field of social work are indigenous to the client groups which social work seeks to serve and they have attributes and skills …
Conflict And Compromise In Evaluation Research: A Case Study, Joe Hudson, Peter Chommie
Conflict And Compromise In Evaluation Research: A Case Study, Joe Hudson, Peter Chommie
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
As has been pointed out by a host of writers, a crucial issue in conducting evaluative or action type research is the problem of gearing an appropriate research design into the cogs of organizations, ensuring that once initiated the evaluation is in fact conducted according to the original design, and that the results of the study are utilized in policy formulations and ultimately in program development. The focus of this case study is on the major political and administrative problems and processes involved in planning, conducting, and utilizing the findings from a field experiment dealing with the relative effects of …
Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 2, No. 2 (Winter 1974)
Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 2, No. 2 (Winter 1974)
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Letter to the Editor - pp 109
- A Holistic Perspective on Child Abuse and Its Prevention - David G. Gill - pp 110
- Towards a Radical Reassessment of Social Work Values - Shimon S. Gottschalk - pp 126
- Ethics Shock: Technology, Life Styles and Future Practice - Sonia Leib Abels, Paul Abels, Samuel A. Richmond - pp 140
- The Social-Psychology of Small Groups: Relevancy of Social Work Practice with Groups - Martha E. Gentry - pp 155
- The Myth of a Population Explosion in America: Implications for the Social Welfare Profession - Lillian T. Cochran, James M. …
A Holistic Perspective On Child Abuse And Its Prevention, David G. Gil
A Holistic Perspective On Child Abuse And Its Prevention, David G. Gil
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
In recent decades, child abuse has come to be considered a social problem of significant scope and has, therefore, attracted intense public and scholarly interest. Yet, in spite of efforts by scholars, professionals, government agencies, concerned individuals and organizations, and the media of public communications, misconceptions prevail concerning the nature, sources, and dynamics of this destructive phenomenon and concerning effective approaches to its primary prevention. Such conceptual shortcomings, and a related persistent failure to design effective policies and programs for the primary prevention of child abuse, seem to be due to a number of obstacles.
Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 2, No. 2 Supplemental (Winter 1974)
Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 2, No. 2 Supplemental (Winter 1974)
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME II - NO. 2 SUPPLEMENT WINTER 1974
Issue Editor: Alan M. Cohen, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- Editorial - pp 208
- Change and Program Evaluation in Social Organizations - ALAN M. COHEN - pp 210
- Behavioral Science Influence on Legislation: The Case of Delinquency Prevention - ALBERT S. ALISSI - pp 227
- The Demonstration Project as a Research and Change Strategy - LEONARD RUTMAN - pp 259
- The Three Evaluations of Social Welfare Programs - DEAN HARPER, HAROUTUM M. BABIGIAN - pp 271
- Evaluation Research and Evaluation: Scientific Social Reform Movement and Ideology - …
Toward A Radical Reassessment Of Social Work Values, Shimon S. Gottschalk
Toward A Radical Reassessment Of Social Work Values, Shimon S. Gottschalk
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Social Work's inherited statements of core values are excessively individualistic and politically conservative, posing a false dichotomy of individual versus society. "Maximizing individual opportunities for self expression", is criticized as an outdated, if not dangerous value stance. An alternative position Is suggested which sets as the valued aim of all social work practice the enhancement within and among individuals and society of the capacity for sharing and reciprocity. The promotion of a just society and of individual well being are viewed as being inextricably intertwined.
The Social Psychology Of Small Groups: Relevancy Of Social Work Practice With Groups, Martha E. Gentry
The Social Psychology Of Small Groups: Relevancy Of Social Work Practice With Groups, Martha E. Gentry
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Inclusion from the social sciences to broaden the knowledge base of social work is an accepted fact. In the professions' experience with group practice such reliance is not new, and extends at least to the efforts of Coyle who saw the usefulness of the small group field in social psychology as early as 1930. More recently, Hartford's book provides a text which bridges small group theory and social work practice with groups. An examination of diverse conceptualizations of group practice reveals differential reliance upon small group findings.
As the small group is increasingly chosen as the context and means for …