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Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 2, No. 2 (Winter 1974)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Letter to the Editor - pp 109
• A Holistic Perspective on Child Abuse and Its Prevention - David G. Gill - pp 110
• Towards a Radical Reassessment of Social Work Values - Shimon S. Gottschalk - pp 126
• Ethics Shock: Technology, Life Styles and Future Practice - Sonia Leib Abels, Paul Abels, Samuel A. Richmond - pp 140
• The Social-Psychology of Small Groups: Relevancy of Social Work Practice with Groups - Martha E. Gentry - pp 155
• The Myth of a Population Explosion in America: Implications for the Social Welfare Profession - Lillian T. Cochran, James M. …

A Holistic Perspective On Child Abuse And Its Prevention, David G. Gil

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

In recent decades, child abuse has come to be considered a social problem of significant scope and has, therefore, attracted intense public and scholarly interest. Yet, in spite of efforts by scholars, professionals, government agencies, concerned individuals and organizations, and the media of public communications, misconceptions prevail concerning the nature, sources, and dynamics of this destructive phenomenon and concerning effective approaches to its primary prevention. Such conceptual shortcomings, and a related persistent failure to design effective policies and programs for the primary prevention of child abuse, seem to be due to a number of obstacles.

Ethics Shock: Technology, Life Styles And Future Practice, Sonia Leib Abels, Paul Abels, Samuel A. Richmond

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

During the past ten years a new movement has developed in the United States which has taken as its major emphasis the study of the future. The futureologists led by Kahn, Weiner, and Theobald, have projected a number of alternatives for the United States. The value of this movement has been: 1) to alert the country to the fact that change is occurring at an extremely rapid pace; 2) to provide a transdisciplinary view, not only utilizing projections from various disciplines, but illustrating the multiplier effect that the combination of developments from many disciplines may have on our society; and …

The Myth Of A Population Explosion In America: Implications For The Social Welfare Profession, Lillian T. Cochran, James M. O'Kane

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

In the past decade, the concern over a hypothetical "population explosion" has become an increasing preoccupation in growing segments of the American public. Terms such as "standing-room-only-world," "demographic catastrophe,' "future doomsday," etc. have become common, and the work of organizations such as Planned Parenthood, Zero Population Growth, and countless other agencies has centered around this supposed threat to continued human existence. Paul and Anne Ehrlich have set forth the general position on "overpopulation" stating: "The explosive growth of the human population is the most significant event in the past million millenia. . . . Mankind itself may stand on the …

The Nonprofessional And The Professional Culture: A Dilemma For Social Work, Edward Allan Brawley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A critical shortage of trained social workers, a restructuring of the social services, and a national policy of employing the poor in human service organizations have all led to the introduction of large numbers of minority-group and low-income nonprofessionals into social service employment during the last decade. The social work profession has affirmed the necessity and desirability of this trend, not only as a means of solving the manpower problem but also because these new entrants to the field of social work are indigenous to the client groups which social work seeks to serve and they have attributes and skills …

Transforming The Orientation Of A Health Organization Through Community Involvement, Sharon Pastor Simson, Laura J. Bleiweiss

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Health organizations have been oriented to meeting needs and fulfilling demands which are perceived and defined by physician providers (Freidson, 1970 Stevens, 1971). Organizational goals, services, structures, and processes of operation were formulated in accordance with the interests, values, and concerns of provider-members. Latent to this provider orientation was the assumption that professional members were the ones most qualified to determine what was best for the organization and for its consumers (Freidson 1971). In recent times, however, numerous social changes have occurred on a societal level and within the institution of medicine (Hepner, 1972; Somers, 1971; Rosengren and Lefton, 1969). …

The Demonstration Project As A Research & Change Strategy, Leonard Rutman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The demonstration project is becoming a major instrument for social planning. In sponsoring demonstration projects the overall goal is for small scale "pilot" programs which include some form of research to contribute to program change and policy-making (14, 16, 19, 21). It is generally expected that the lessons learned from demonstrations, through the rigours of scientific research, will somehow result in large scale adoption and major shifts in aims, styles and resources, and effectiveness of social service programs. Models or prototypes for future operational programs are tested to determine their effectiveness in meeting states objectives. For this reason, they are …

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 …

Conflict And Compromise In Evaluation Research: A Case Study, Joe Hudson, Peter Chommie

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

As has been pointed out by a host of writers, a crucial issue in conducting evaluative or action type research is the problem of gearing an appropriate research design into the cogs of organizations, ensuring that once initiated the evaluation is in fact conducted according to the original design, and that the results of the study are utilized in policy formulations and ultimately in program development. The focus of this case study is on the major political and administrative problems and processes involved in planning, conducting, and utilizing the findings from a field experiment dealing with the relative effects of …

Western News, November 21, 1974, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Bill Doolittle Resigns as Coach; Has 11-Year Mark of 58-49-2, Annual Fund Needs Unified Campus Effort, Campus Exceeds '73 United Way, 'HIM' Tickets On Sale Monday, To Discuss Army Opportunities Dec. 3, Bernhard Cites 'Chief Concerns' in '75-76 Appropriations Base Budget Request Letter

Western News, November 14, 1974, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Eight Graduate Students Cited, Boston U. President To Lecture Here, Multinational Corporations, Developing Countries Lecture Here Wednesday, Musical 'Pippin' at Miller Nov. 25, Art Historian Presents Two Lectures Tuesday, Establish Education Monograph Series, Marching Band; Wind Ensemble On Arizona; California Tour, Western Closes Grid Campaign At Long Beach

Western News, November 7, 1974, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Dowling to Direct 'Playboy' in Shaw Theater Nov. 13-16, Extend United Way Campaign, Annual Dad's Day Saturday, Soviet Dancers Here Nov. 19, German Study For Non-Majors, New President Addresses Academic Forum, Prexy Talk, Release Policy Statement on Use Of University Equipment; Facilities, Cambium Piano Trio To Visit

Western News, October 31, 1974, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: King Family Takes Stage at Miller Wed., Publish State Geology Book, 'Purlie' Curtain Up Tonight, Korean Conference Here Next Week, President Forum Speaker Today, Band Spectacular Nov. 8, Memorial Recital in Oakland Nov. 10, Offer Open Military Admissions, Okay $56 Million Budget Request, Broncos Tackle Miami on Road

Western News, October 24, 1974, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Name McNally Acting Health Center Director, Cleveland; Local Supts. to Speak, Discuss 'Lousy Lovers' Today, Trustees Approve Revised Tenure Policy, Change Applied Sciences' Names, 'Purlie' to Be Produced on Campus, WMU vs. Ohio on Parent's Day

Western News, October 17, 1974, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Health Center; WMU Pledger Medical Care, Ailey Dancers To Spend Three-Day Residency Here, Alumni Assn. Cites Five Faculty, Artists/ Teachers Meet on Campus, Award Dr. Hunt Fulbright Grant, Open House at New Center, University Police Get Radar, Co-Host Trusts; New Tax Seminar, Plan Afternoon of Halftime Shows

Western News, October 10, 1974, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Placement Holds 'Career Search', Homecoming 'Untouchable' For Varied Activities, United Way Helps 24 Local Agencies, Arts & Sciences Expand Advising, Seek Applicants For Berlin Study, Primate Curator To Lecture Here, Mrs. Radt Wins Business Award, Senior Citizens Enrolling Here

Western News, October 3, 1974, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Gwen Frostic to Visit Campus, Big Bands Coming Here, Iowa Filmmaker Here Tonight, Seek Fulbright-Hays Graduate Applicants, Search Workshop For All Women, Explain Fringe Benefit Changes, Announce Open Insurance Period, WMU Gridders at Kent State, Move Foreign Study Services

University Magaizine Vol. 33 No. 1, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1963-1980)

• Meet Dr. John T. Bernhard • WMU's Alumni Affairs and Development Office • Specialty Programs in Alcohol & Drug Abuse • Class Notes • Bronco Sports • In Memoriam

The Informant Volume Vii, Number 1, Western Michigan University

Informant (1968-1981)

Volume VII, Number 1

Fall 1974

• Nine Tenses in Kikamba
• Faculty News
• Graduate Majors and Alumni
• Undergraduate Students and Alumni
• New Undergraduate Majors and Minors
• Some Gold Records
• Critical Language Courses
• Consulting Committee
• Microfiche
• Some Good News and Some Bad News
• Call for Papers
• Course Offerings for Winter 1975
• Course Offerings for Spring 1975
• Course Offerings for Summer 1975

We Suggest, Eleanor Buelke

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Grant, Barbara M., and Hennings, Dorothy Grant The Teacher Moves New York: Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1971. PP. xii + 133.

How Should Competency-Based Instruction Be Used In College Reading Courses?, Wilma H. Miller

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

There are few educators throughout the United States who currently are unaware of the many possible advantages of using competency- based instruction. Competency-based education certainly is one of the most widely-known and potentially promising innovations on the recent educational scene.

Reading Horizons Vol. 15, No. 1

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 15, issue 1.

The Secondary Reading Problem, Dorothy J. Mcginnis

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

A letter from the editor.

A Good Teacher And An Eclectic Approach: The Hopeful Answer To Successful Reading Instruction, Maria Luisa Alvarez Harvey

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The sinking feeling that "Johnny can't read" has developed from an unpleasant suspicion to an ugly reality of alarming dimensions and implications. Not only are our methods of reading instruction under scrutiny and attack, but so are our teachers themselves and, to some extent, so is our entire system of American education as it now firmly and shakily stands.

Social Welfare As Coercive Social Control, Norman N. Goroff

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The key concepts which require some basic definitions in the title are "social welfare, social control and coercion". For the purposes of this paper, social welfare is defined as those public programs designed to provide an individual who is in financial need with the resources (financial and/or in kind) to exist in our society. Social control refers to the entire range of actions and pressures which are designed to lead the individual to function within society without threatening to disrupt the social order. These actions and pressures are embodied in sanctions for enforcing group norms as well as in formal …

National Income Insurance: Some Implications For Political And Economic Inequality, John B. Williamson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Several co-workers and I have recently completed an evaluation of sixty-three anti-poverty programs and proposals (Williamson, et. al., 1973, 1974). This paper briefly describes the study and some of our findings by way of introduction to the presentation and defense of a national income insurance proposal, This proposal is a synthesis of three highly rated anti-poverty strategies. It would within a few years have a substantial impact on the extent of the economic inequality in the United States.

Social Work, Sociology, And Social Diagnosis, Harris Chaiklin

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Excerpt from the full-text article:

A new type of scholar-practitioner is needed; one who can contribute to both sociology and social work. To this point sociology has had the advantage because it has more of the needed people than social work; it just won't let them out of the closet. Social work has always been better than its own self-image. Lack of scholarship has hindered organizing and presenting the hard won knowledge which the field has acquired. The way to bring this scattered information together is by developing typologies which are refined in practice and common to both fields. Only …

Echoes From The Field, Joe R. Chapel

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The Board of Directors of the North Central Reading Association announces the establishment of the Roger S. Pepper Memorial Award designed to promote and recognize outstanding research in the fields of reading and study skills at college and adult levels. The award honors the memory of Dr. Roger Pepper of Wayne State University for his role in the development and support of NCRA, his dedication to the highest ideals of the teaching profession, and his outstanding human qualities and virtues.

Ten-Second Reviews, Betty L. Hagberg

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

No abstract available.

Opinions And Expectations Of Nursing Home Administrators, Jordan I. Kosberg

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

From a comparative analysis of 214 nursing homes in the Chicago area, it was found that the nursing home field is composed of institutions with great variations in treatment resources available to the residents (Kosberg and Tobin, 1972). While the determination of organizational correlates to the extent of treatment resources was the major objective of the study, an exploration of the attitudes of a sample of nursing home administrators was undertaken in an effort to learn of possible relationships between attitudes and the characteristics of facilities.

There is a commonly-held assumption that not only the academic background of an administrator …