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Coping Patterns Of Those Denied Public Assistance -1970, Robert A. Turcotte, Anita L. Wahl
Coping Patterns Of Those Denied Public Assistance -1970, Robert A. Turcotte, Anita L. Wahl
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The purpose of this project was to explore the coping patterns of people denied public assistance. The primary focus was on resources available and used by those denied to assist them in the situation that led them to apply for public assistance in the first place.
A review of the literature revealed that very little is known concerning those denied public assistance. This project is one of the first to study the problem of how those denied manage after denial.
The data for this project was gathered by the use of an interview schedule administered in personal interviews with those …
Selection Of Practice Models For Social Work, Linda Fritz
Selection Of Practice Models For Social Work, Linda Fritz
Dissertations and Theses
This paper will focus upon the value positions underlying two social work models: the traditional or psychodynamic and that of behavior modification. It is recognized that there are areas in which those two approaches do not seem far removed, e.g., with some neo-behaviorists and/or some ego psychologists. However, to the extent that the lines become very blurred, so does the clarity of position or practice. Like many practitioners who claim to be “eclectic,” it becomes extremely difficult to find out where they are and what they do value at a given point in time. Why do social workers become so …