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The Impact Of Residential Treatment On Emotionally Disturbed Boys, Marilyn C. Ebert

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Within the past four decades, social work has witnessed the development of increasingly specialized servicecs to children, among these a sort of “total impact therapy” generally defined as residential treatment. In conjunction with the basic social work values of the bio-psycho-social nature of human maladjustment, residential centres have attempted to help the child effect a happier adjustment to his life situation by meeting some ungratified basic need. Institutions for dependent children complimented those for custodial care of even isolation; contemporary residential treatment centres are designed to meet a broader range of needs of the child than those of forty years …

The Religious Dimension And Social Work, Sylvia Goldring

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

In 1965, at the Park Plaza Hotel in Toronto, at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, two good friends, David Mace, a devout Quaker, and Albert Ellis, an agnostic and sensationalistic exponent of sexual freedom, conducted a dialogue on marriage counselling. Both are well-known marriage counsellors.

They started the dialogue with a statement of their religious views. It is the opinion of the writer of this research essay:

1. that David Mace and Albert Ellis were right in their implications; viz., that religious views are of such an essential quality that they do underlie not only views …

A Survey Of Children Admitted To Church Of God Home For Children In Sevierville, Tennessee, January 1965 To December 1967, Dorothy Jones Farnham

Masters Theses

It was this study's purpose: (1) to determine if those children admitted to the Church of God Home for Children had legal residence within a 100-mile radius of the institution and (2) to learn if most admissions were referred by ministers of the Church of God.

A schedule was formulated for use in collecting the data. Table, taken from the schedule, were made so as to examine the hypotheses and indicated areas in which further research could be indicated.

The findings of this study would show that state of residence for those children accepted has changed to include a wider …

A Study Of The Development Of Services, Facilities, And Professional Standards Of Catholic Charities Of Tennessee, Inc., 1962 - 1967, Louis Jules Junod

Masters Theses

The purpose of this paper is to study the development of the social welfare program of Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc., from 1962 to 1967 and to determine if development ha resulted in improved services, facilities, and professional standards.

The material for this study was gathered by personally interviewing the top executive at each agency. Also, except in East Tennessee, the locations were visited, employees talked with, and facilities observed. In addition, the central files of the Executive Office of Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc., the files of the area offices, and the central files of the diocesan chancery office …

A Study Of Interpersonal Relationships Among Job Corpsmen--Tremont Conservation Center, Townsend, Tennessee, James Clair Richardson

Masters Theses

During the period August 1 to December 15, 1967, the Tremont Conservation Center's drop-out rate was 40 per cent. There had been considerable concern over the frequency of drop-outs at the Center and other Job Corps Centers had reported terminations exceeding 50 per cent. This study was undertaken with the intent of answering one question, that being, was the degree or quality of interpersonal relationships between one corpsman with his fellow corpsmen relevant to the length of time he would stay in the program?

The writer constructed and used two sociometric tests, one to measure the degrees of group acceptance …

Child Care Arrangements In Affluence And Poverty, Josephine Jeannette Gurrola

Dissertations and Theses

A study of the attitudes of 40 mothers toward their child care arrangements tested hypotheses concerning the conditions of economic and child care necessity under which mothers of two socio-economic groups would be satisfied with their arrangements. It was hypothesized that the satisfaction with an arrangement would be associated inversely with economic necessity and child care necessity. A prediction was also made that the mothers' expressive satisfactions with the child care arrangements (benefits to the child and relationship to the sitter) would only be realized after the instrumental necessities of convenience and dependability of the arrangement were met.

Interest in …

Assessment Of Subjective Experiences Of Boys Entering The Community From A Correctional School, Thomas W. Dejardin

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to explore, classify, and evaluate the personal experiences of juvenile offenders following release from a state training school.

During a two month period beginning in the fall of 1967, a group of twenty-three releasees from the MacLaren School for Boys in Woodburn, Oregon were interviewed on a weekly basis in the Portland metropolitan area. The boys, ranging in age from thirteen to seventeen were contacted in their homes, schools, and other settings to learn of positive, negative, and critical experiences encountered in the community.

Open ended questions based upon a twenty- seven item schedule …

Verbal Accessibility Between Marital Partners As Studied In A Court Of Domestic Relations, Patricia Walker

Dissertations and Theses

This study investigated the concept of verbal accessibility in marriage. It is an example of the interactional approach to the study of marriage, which is concerned with the on-going socialization process in marriage. Verbal communication is one component of the socialization process and also of problem solving in marriage.

Interpersonal communication is influenced by many variables--personality, culture and social situation. Polansky (1965) conceptualized verbal accessibility as the degree of readiness to communicate verbally and to participate in communication about determinant attitudes. Determinant attitudes are those which have the most far reaching influence on other attitudes and on behavior.

One of …

An Examination Of A Maternity Home As A Setting For Milieu Therapy, Louise Greene Hartman

Masters Theses

Area of Investigation

Milieu therapy, defined as a scientific manipulation of the environment aimed at producing changes in the personality of the patient, has been used extensively in psychiatric hospitals, in work with children, and in various residential settings. This study was designed to explore the milieu and the services of the Florence Crittenton Agency, Knoxville, Tennessee, with emphasis on examining the maternity home as a setting for milieu therapy. The study of the milieu included: (1) the organization and functioning of the agency; (2) the residence; (3) the residential peer group; and (4) the services, including: (a) the social …

A Comparison Of Characteristics Of Terminated Afdc Cases With Cases Remaining Active From The June 1966 Afdc Load In Linn County, Oregon, William Everett Lowther

Dissertations and Theses

A study of the characteristics of AFDC cases active in Linn County, Oregon in June 1966 and of the difference in characteristics between those cases closed by September 1, 1967, and those cases remaining active on that date. The source of data was the case records of the Linn County Department of Public Welfare. There were 212 cases in the study with 200 suitable for full analysis.

The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that there is a difference in selected characteristics between cases remaining active and cases that close. Case records were read and then characteristics …

Traits Associated With Choosing Social Work As A Career, Helen Ellsworth

Dissertations and Theses

This was a study of traits associated with the choice of social work as a career. Two samples of people from the metropolitan area of Portland, Oregon, who had shown an interest in social work, were studied, together with the factors that influenced this interest. The traits and factors considered were substantially those examined by Arnulf M. Pins in Who Chooses Social Work, When and Why?

Traits measured by the Pins study of individuals who had gone on to graduate education in social work were held indicative of individuals most likely to become professional social workers. The Pins' questionnaire was …

Social Work And The Law—Some Curriculum Approaches: A Commentary On Dean Charles Schottland's Article, Louis Levitt

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Social Work And The Law—Some Curriculum Approaches, Charles I. Schottland

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Place Of Law In Social Work Education: A Commentary On Dean Schottland's Article, Edward V. Sparer

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Follow-Up Study Of Fifty-Two Richmond Public School Pupils Given Psychiatric Staffing During The 1966-1967 School Year, David F. Hopkins, James A. Ryan, Sandra Laverne Wright

Theses and Dissertations

This research study is a descriptive study of the effectiveness of the psychiatric staffing as determined by a follow-up study of fifty-two Richmond Public School Pupils given such staffing during the l966-67 school year. The review of pertinent literature reveals what others have contributed to the knowledge of the nature and function of the school helping team. The teamwork approach, which involves the efforts of several professions and disciplines working closely together, is seen as the best present method to meet the complex, overlapping needs which have been found to affect students' learning.

As a means of establishing guidelines and …

The Potential Use Of Social Welfare Assistant Graduates From Ontario’S Community Colleges, Jane Irving

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The purpose of this project is to design an exploratory study to examine how the graduates of the two-year social welfare assistants courses from Ontario’s Community Colleges might be employed in the Children’s Aid Societies of Ontario. Such a study will be only a prelude to many other investigations but may provide some immediately useful answers and raise many questions that will form the basis for future research on this topic.

A Proposed Follow-Up Study For Craigwood, John Duerksen

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

No abstract provided.

A Projected Study Of Unmarried Mothers’ Pathways To The Agency, Emily Scheffer Dolbeer

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

No abstract provided.

Social Integration Of Deserted Mothers, Monte F. Schooley

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The social problems which deserted mothers who are in receipt of Family Benefits experience has been a major concern of personnel in the Ontario Department of Social and Family Services for several decades. Their primary concern of the past has been that of ensuring the mothers adequate financial resources with which to purchase the necessities of life. Changes in legislation have reflected this concern, and with the recent passage of the Family Benefits Act, 1967, deserted mothers are assured of adequate finances with which to purchase their basic needs.

With the basic requirements of food, shelter and clothing being assured …

Follow-Up Study Of Emotionally Disturbed Children To Assess Community Services Available After Treatment, Marilyn Wright

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The purpose of this research project would be to discover, by means of a follow-up study, the kinds of community services most needed for children returning to the community from residential treatment centres for the emotionally disturbed, in their attempts to resume normal and improved levels of functioning, and to maintain this improvement, if not in fact stabilizing and bettering their adjustment still further.

The Long-Range Effects Of The Intensive Casework Approach In Service To Multi-Problem Families, Lynn Taylor

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

No abstract provided.

Separation From Professional Employment Among Female Graduates Of Canadian Schools Of Social Work, David Ralph Cassidy

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

There are several factors which affect the present position of social work as a profession. Historically, it is a relatively young profession. As such, there have been many changes as a state of stable professional identity is sought. Frmo what can be forecast, social work will continue to change, to borrow new knowledge from related professions, to develop new knowledge from within, to retain a dynamic and progressive view to self-improvement, and to work toward the general improvement of social conditions.

While many things have changed, the problem of adequate manpower has not appreciably improved. The number of graduate social …

Organizational Ineffectiveness And Professional Influence, Robert D. Young

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The present study is concerned with the consequences of the lack of congruence between the social work profession and the social agency, for the effectiveness with which the agency, as an administrative organization is able to provide social work services efficiently.

A Method For Predicting Foster Parent Success, Joan G. Gilmore

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The criteria used to judge the acceptability of foster parent applications and the relationship of these criteria to the actual rate of foster parent success are issues of great concern for people working with foster children. The purpose of this study is to test the predictability of a rating scheme in order to one, make effective use of home-study time and two, minimize unsuccessful placements.

Factors important in this analysis are those of agency time and commitment to both client groups involved—potential foster parents and children—as well as the expectations and gratifications of the foster parents. These people are the …

Adolescent Delinquent Girls: An Experimental Treatment, Dennis Walker

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This research paper intends to investigate the problem of treatment of adolescent delinquent girls. It intends to explore the theoretical factors relevant to the treatment of this group and to incorporate them within an experimental design for treatment. This treatment design will be set up so that a comparison of relative effectiveness between it and the principal treatment method currently in use in the Children’s Aid Societies of Ontario can be made.

A Project To Study The Effect Of A Waiting Period On The Length Of Treatment Of The Family Service Agency’S Long-Term Cases, John Hartman

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Problems In Family Functioning In Long Term Male Hospital Patients, Alison A. Murray

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The topic for this exploratory study arose out of the question “What happens to long term male hospital patients when they return home?” The assumption is that men who have been absent from their homes and families for long term hospital treatment have some difficulty fitting in to the pattern of family life on their return. They may have difficulty in re-establishing a mutually satisfactory relationship with their wives and children. They may find it stress producing to reassume their role in decision making, in exercising authority and in providing economic security and a satisfactory style of living.

The results …

Multi-Family Group Treatment Of Multi-Problem Families: Preliminary Study, Judith S. Duckman

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

No abstract provided.

Counselling Foster Parents, Airdrie Thompson

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

My interest in this topic is the result of having been a foster parent for a period of one year for a group home for emotionally disturbed teenage boys. When my husband and I undertook this project, we had been married for two years and had one daughter of a year old. The five boys we had during this period ranged in age from eleven to fourteen years. This in itself was a phenomenal adjustment to our way of life. A couple grows with its family, passing through the various stages of development, moving gradually from one experience to the …

A Comparative Study Of The Degree Of Social Functioning Of Children In The Church Of God Home For Children, Sevierville, Tennessee, J. Delbert Mitchell, Edna Earle Pressley

Masters Theses

Purpose of the Study: It was this study's purpose: (1) to compare the degree of social functioning of a sample of children who reside in an institutional environment with an equal sample of children who reside in individual family situations, (2) to suggest guide lines for the development of an instructional program to aid the children in the Church of God Home for Children with improving their individual social development if the suggestion for such a program is indicated by this study, and (3) to generate interest in additional research studies as a part of this institution's program.

This study …