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The Use Of Self-Determination And Confidentiality In Casework And Group Work Practice: An Exploratory Study, George A. Fisher, James M. Hanson, Frances Peterson, Helen Phillips

Dissertations and Theses

This study is the seventh in a series begun in 1957 to relate social work theory to general systems theory. The purpose of this study was to assess, through the judgment of professional social workers, the use of the two concepts, self-determination and confidentiality, in casework and social group work situations. The two concepts were operationalized by construction of five practice principles for each concept. An instrument was developed in which a critical hypothetical situation exemplified each principle for both methods with a forced choice of four actions evidencing the degree of self-determination and confidentiality. Forty randomly selected trained social …

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 …

Social Protest In The Works Of The Guatemalan Writer Mario Monteforte Toledo, Donna Mae Peterson

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The Indianist theme in Latin America began almost as soon as the first white man set foot on American soil. Earliest writings took the form of social protests over the poor treatment which was meted out to the Indians and abuses which were committed against them. Shortly before Christmas in 1511, Fray Antonio de Montesinos delivered a stinging sermon against the Spaniards for their maltreatment of the Indian:

Implementation Of The Economic Opportunity Act Of 1964 As Evidenced By A Community Action Program In Baltimore, Maryland, Maria M. Carroll

Theses and Dissertations

This research is directed to a rough and beginning evaluation of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 as evidenced through one Community Action Program, the Neighborhood Development Program, in Baltimore, Maryland during the late fall of 1966. In this study the implementation of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is evaluated according to the perceptions of the Neighborhood Development Assistants who are the indigenous workers in the program. The purposes of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and each Community Action Program were taken directly from the Act itself, and then various phrases were operationally defined.

The data was collected …