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Social Workers, Immigrants, And Historians: A Re-Examination, Leslie Leighninger

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

As a profession frequently caught in a "middleman" role between society at large and specific client groups, social work is often charged with adjusting client behavior to societal demands, rather than working from the other end of the continuum. In terms of their relations with ethnic and minority groups, social workers are sometimes pictured as representatives of a dominant, white Protestant culture, acting, intentionally or unintentionally, as standard bearers for that culture among dissident minority groups. In light of this picture, the addition of courses like "Black Dor Chicano] Culture and American Social Work" to the social work curriculum appears …

Assimilationist Theory And Immigrant Minorities In The United States And Canada: Implications For Social Services Development, John M. Herrick

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper examines from a comparative perspective theories of cultural assimilation in the United States and Canada and speculates on the impact of these theories for developing social services, especially social services for immigrants and ethnic minorities.

Some Implications Of Ethnic Disparity In Education For Social Work, Faustine C. Jones, Samuel P. Wong

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

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The increasing attention to the institutional nature of social problems is a significant emphasis in social work. Many of the personal troubles of individual clients are the products of a social system which operates to keep them in trouble, and an awareness of the institutional nature of social problems is a prerequisite for effective solution of personal troubles (cf. C. Wright Mills, 1959).

Black Families And National Policy, Andrew Billingsley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

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The family is both a source of society and a product of society. As a source of society the family produces individuals, values and a set of behaviors we call socialization which helps to build institutions which constitute the fabric of the larger society. As a product of society the family is highly influenced, conditioned and to a great extent determined by the forces which emanate from the institutional fabric of the larger society. Thus, what a family is, is to some extent determined by, influenced by, defined by the larger context of the society …

Some Socio-Cultural Aspects Of Growing Up Black, Joan S. Wallace, Samuel P. Wong

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

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Black people, like other people, grow up in families. This simple observation is a suprise to people who are accustomed to associate the experiences of Black people with slavery, crime, delinquency, civil disorders. The Black historian, Benjamin Quarles (1967) has observed that white America tends to have a distorted perspective on Black life, and the fact of Blacks growing up in a family is a fresh approach to the understanding of socio-cultural aspects of growing up Black (cf. Billingsley, 1968).

The family is society's primary context for meeting a child's biological needs, directing his development …

Ethnicity, Political Coalition And The Development Of A Megapolicy Perspective In Social Work Education, Howard A. Palley, Marian L. Palley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Social Work Education should have two major tasks with regard to teaching about ethnicity, particularly working-class ethnics. The fostering of sensitivity to diverse cultures, and the members of such cultural groups is clearly one thrust; the architectural task of participating In the building of a society which fulfills the needs and builds the security of its people should be the second function. In the past, social work education has taught about ethnicity and often about politics with a narrow perspective limited "to single dimensions of policy". A broader gauge "megapolicy perspective' would enable practitioners to refrain from dividing ethnic group …

The Ethnic And Class Dimensions In Neighborhood: A Means For The Reorganization Of Human Service Delivery Systems, Arthur J. Naparstek, Karen Kollias

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

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Human service delivery systems get criticized by both "users" and "providers" of the services, regardless of countless reforms, evaluations, models, decentralization efforts and re-evaluations. In order to determine directions for the future, this article will discuss past policy initiatives, and review the literature which links human service needs to ethnicity and social class in a neighborhood context.

The Evolution Of The Gull Lake Community, 1900-1975, Mary E. Penzkofer

Masters Theses

Introduction and Conceptual Framework

The Purpose

Kalamazoo County, like much of southern Michigan in which it is located, is the locale for a unique type of rural settlement - the lakeshore dormitory community. These communities, located at inland lakes which were popular summer resorts in the early years of this century, have experienced stages of development unlike those of any other type of rural community. These stages and the historical events connected with them, have undoubtedly left visible impressions on the character of the present communities.

Generalized Imitation: Review And New Perspectives, Lilia Irene Duran Gonzalez

Masters Theses

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The Effects Of Differential Reinforcement Magnitude In The Autoshaping Experiment, Barbara J. Fulton

Masters Theses

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The Effects Of Videotape Feedback On The Behavior Modification Skills Of Student Therapists Working In A School For Multiply Handicapped Children, Nancy L. Denniston

Masters Theses

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Preparing Christian Missionaries To Work In Shame Oriented Cultures, Lowell L. Noble

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The Effects Of Stimulus-Reinforcer Relationships On Key Pecking During Response Independent Multiple Schedules, Philip G. Muller

Masters Theses

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Conditionability Of Successively Presented Compound Stimulus Elements In A Conditioned Suppression Procedure, As A Function Of Prior Conditioning To One Of The Compound Elements, Michael Jay Schoenfeld

Masters Theses

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Concurrent Punishment Of Aggression And Nonpunishment Of Aggressive And Nonaggressive Responses, Kay L. Mueller

Masters Theses

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An Exploratory Study Of Selected Relationships Among Counseling Orientations, Theoretical Orientations, Personality And Counselor Effectiveness, Edward B. Gibeau

Dissertations

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The Acquisition Of Stimulus Control, Roger C. Lubeck

Masters Theses

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The Effects Of Early Protein Malnutrition On The Passive Avoidance Behavior Of The Rat, Amy Astri Barmeier

Masters Theses

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The Effects Of Perceived Parental Evaluations On Skills Development In Mathematics, Donna M. Kaminski

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Identity Degradation And Mental Disorder: An Empirical Assessment Of The Conduct Impairment Scale, William R. Schley

Masters Theses

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The Attitudinal Differences Of Party Elites In Developing Nations: The Case Of South Korea, Kenneth G. Rocco

Masters Theses

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The Effects Of Overcorrection On Self-Stimulatory Behaviors, Michael L. Vreeland

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The Socializer, March 1975, Department Of Sociology

The Socializer

The Socializer, published March, 1975.

Eliminating Self-Defeating Behaviors, Milton R. Cudney

All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors

• Chapter 1. The Creation of Self-Defeating Behavior Patterns
• Chapter 2. Introduction to the SDB Theory
• Chapter 3. Fears--Source of Energy for SDB Patterns
• Chapter 4. Choices Used to Implement SDB Patterns
• Chapter 5. Naming and Following the Integrated Self
• Chapter 6. Techniques
• Chapter 7. Disowning .
• Chapter 8. Prices--Source of Energy to Quit Using SDB Patterns .
• Chapter 9. Using Mental Pictures to Probe Within
• Chapter 10. Consciously Traveling the Non-SDB Life Road

1-An Archaeological Survey Of The East Main Street Project Area, Kalamazoo Township, T2s R11w, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, William M. Cremin

Reports of Investigations

Following a meeting with Mr. Herbert Larkin of the Kalamazoo County Road Commission regarding the County's plans to expand a segment of the East Main Street right-of-way near the the intersection of East Main and Sprinkle Road in Kalamazoo Township, a survey team from the Department of Anthropology, western Michigan University undertook on-site evaluation of the project in order to ascertain whether the planned construction activities would impact significant cultural resources. There follows a report of the fieldwork undertaken on 19 Dec 75, together with recommendations based upon our findings.

The Informant Volume Vii, Number 2, Western Michigan University

Informant (1968-1981)

Volume VII, Number 2

Winter 1975

• "Growth" and "Development" in Language
• Linguistic Phylogeny
• Linguistic Ontogeny
• Ontogeny as a Recapitulation of Phylogeny
• Replacement for Joe Muthiani
• Alumna News
• New Students
• Commencement
• Ceramic Exhibit
• Ardanian
• Journal Article
• Critical Language Minors
• Sabbatical Leaves
• Speakers
• American Indian Languages
• Keio Scholarship
• Mathilde Steckelberg
• Department of Linguistics Fall 1975 Schedule
• An ESL Crossword Puzzle

Self-Defeating Characters, Milton R. Cudney

All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors

For some time I have been aware of a need to have additional ways of helping people open up to see what they do to defeat themselves. The need is to help people see, and honestly face, what they do to bring about defeating results in their lives. When people can see what they do to defeat themselves, they are in a better position to make non-defeating choices. The various characters in this book have been created by me to serve as vehicles to fulfill this need. The characters themselves do not represent real individual people, but the information contained …

A Family Affair: Pampangan Hukism, James P. Hardy

Masters Theses

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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

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 …