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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 …

Requests By Married Parents For Adoption Placement Of Their Children: An Analysis Of A Research Study, With Some Observations On The Relevance Of The Study For Social Work Practice, Olive E. Bolton

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The present study has been undertaken as a result of the reviewer’s interest in the problem of married parents requesting adoption placement of their children, based on her experience in giving service to a small group of these parents at the Children’s Aid Society for the County of Waterloo.

An analysis of the research project of Evelyn McCorkell is the focus of this study. Her project appears to have marked the beginning of an examination of the problem.

Since her study was completed in 1957, there has been additional examination of the problem in the literature, indicating its relevance for …

An Exploration Of Utilization Of College Graduates In Social Work: An Innovative Approach To The Manpower Crisis In The Profession Of Social Work, Doris Jane Baker

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The researcher’s interest in the professional manpower shortage in Social Work (i.e. the MSW) has been generated by the belief that Provincial and Canadian Associations of Social Workers have not been sufficiently concerned with the agency employed by B.A. level of social workers who are eager to attain professional status, if they are given the appropriate opportunity. This researcher believes that many such social workers do not make application to Graduate Schools and conversely, are not recruited by the Graduate Schools as some members of both groups have a suspicion that the present curriculum is not in keeping with the …

Social Worker Efficacy In Changing School System Policies, Joan E. Smith

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The policies of an organization are the most important component in defining its purpose and setting its priorities. The public school system in Ontario is no exception to this rule. In the past century education in the public domain has made no major changes in its policies. The present authoritarian, tightly constricted, vertical hierarchy is the same organizational structure introduced by Ryerson in the 1850’s. At that time, such a system reflected the prevailing societal purposes and needs. But today the public school system does not function in such a manner as to fill its role in 20th century Canadian …

Infant Day Care And The Working Mother: A Proposal For Reducing Maternal Anxiety, David W. Adams

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

My interest in the day care of children of working mothers was stimulated by my recent involvement in a study of the need for day care facilities in Kitchener-Waterloo. During this study it became apparent that most of the facilities and the interest in day care programs was related specifically to the care and education of children ages three to five. In reviewing the findings of a questionnaire used in the study however, it was readily determined that another problem existed. A total of 75 of 170 working mothers from industry stated that they placed a total of 84 infants …

A Social Rehabilitation Program Implementation And Analysis: A Demonstration-Experimental Proposal, William Becks

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The intent of this proposal is to institute a social rehabilitation program on a ward of approximately 40-50 patients and then to assess and analyze the results of the program. Evaluation is to be undertaken through the utilization of a control group of approximately the same size, composition, and general philosophy located within the same hospital.

In designing a research proposal for such a hospital, three important issues must be addressed as the effects of the program have ramifications that radiate throughout the hospital structure. The three issues, in the order of the manner they will be outlined, are operational …

Locational And Flow Analysis Of The Ontario Broiler Chicken Industry, Frederick Wind

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This study deals with the economic geography of the Ontario broiler chicken industry. The broiler industry is defined as one “encompassing all those business activities associated with broiler production inputs such as chicks and feed, the growing of broilers, and their processing and distribution from processing plants to final consumers.” The broiler industry is a segment of the poultry industry.

This study will deal specifically with the locational or spatial aspects of the industry and with teh flow of produce from processing plant to consumer.

The Locational And Legal Aspects Of Recreational Open Space In The Urban Community, Donald Carman Wilson

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This study develops a locational model for open space within the urban community based on the open space standards set down by the Community Programs Division of the Department of Education for the Province of Ontario and utilized by many of the municipalities throughout Ontario. A theoretical deductive locational model was developed and applied to the cities of Kitchener-Waterloo to determine the locational and acreage adequacy of parks within a given set of standards. As part of this application, variables not considered in the model were introduced. The modified model provides a device for assessing the locational and acreage aspects …

School Performance Of Children In Families Receiving Public Assistance In Canada, Margaret Stephenson

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The choice of this particular piece of research for analysis was to some extent influenced by the experiences of my field placements in a Children’s Aid Society and in Provincial Welfare. In both settings I worked with families receiving public assistance and became concerned about the generally poor performance and adjustment in school of many children in these families. Increasing emphasis is being placed on the need for education. It is important to examine the situation in order to see why these children are not successful, so that changes can be brought about to meet their educational needs. Without adequate …

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 …

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

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

No abstract provided.

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

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

No abstract provided.

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 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.

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 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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

Job Satisfaction In Relation To General Satisfaction And Personality, Elias E. Mina

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the idea that the personal characteristics of the worker and his general attitude toward his environment influence his attitude about his job. 101 public school teachers were administered five questionnaires to measure: overall job satisfaction with a job, degree of intrinsic job satisfaction, general satisfaction, neuroticism, and 18 personality variables. Results suggested that job satisfaction had a positive relation to general satisfaction and a negative relation to maladjustment. Overall job satisfaction and intrinsic job satisfaction were not related to each other and each related to a different set of personality dimensions.

Malnutrition In India, Gurbhag Singh

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The writer of this paper has made an inquiry into the determinants of the spatial differences in the distribution of malnutrition is six states of India, examined its consequences, and has suggested some measures.

In Chapter I, the writer has defined the term malnutrition, recognized the problem and formulated the argument to study this phenomenon.

In Chapter II, he has investigated the causes of the spatial differences in the distribution of malnutrition. Its important causes are total cereal intake, milk and milk products intake, wheat and millets intake per consumption unit. But the most important underlying cause is the family …

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.

An Analysis Of The Spatial Distribution And Location Of Ski Resorts In Southern Ontario, John E. Lewis

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The number of skiers participating in the outdoor recreation activity of skiing has increased tremendously during the past twenty years. With increased amounts of leisure time, improved means of access and mobility, greater real incomes, new technology, and an increased desire to ski, the amount of skiing being done will continue to rise in the future.

The factors that have determined the development of existing ski resort facilities appear nebulous. Some of the ski resorts established in the past have resulted in economically successful operations while others have ended in a financial loss for the owners involved as well as …

A Systems-Behavioral Approach To The Geographic Problem Of Locating Outdoor Recreation Facilities, John G. Safrance

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of The Influence Of Varying Lengths Of Rest Following Differential Amounts Of Practice On The Practice Effect In Tachistoscopic Word Recognition, John G. Platt

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

An experiment was carried out to investigate the influence of varying rest periods after three different amounts of practice on the practice effect in word recognition.

Analysis of the data revealed: (1) rest resulted in a sharp increment in recognition thresholds except at short rest intervals after a brief practice period, (2) the threshold scores immediately after rest were found to be an inverse function of the length of the rest period, and (3) larger threshold increments were observed following greater amounts of practice than after lesser amounts.

The results were discussed in terms of two interpretations of the practice …