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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 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 …

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 …

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 …