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Ethics In Field Education: Promise, Pretension, Or Practice?, Gary Mathews, Susan Weinger, Marion Wijnberg

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Ethics are the foundation of every profession. Field education is central to the education of professional social workers. There is a consensus among educators that field education should include ethics education. The field education literature pays lip service to the importance of ethics. Ethical practice is being taught infield education in a cursory manner. Reasons for the discrepancy between promise and practice are discussed. Suggestions are made for including ethics education in the field.

Welfare Plastic: The Transformation Of Public Assistance In The Electronic Age, Mark Peyrot, William L. Harris, L. Mickey Fenzel, John J. Burbridge

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Several states have developed electronic benefit transfer (EBT) systems to deliver cash assistance and food stamp benefits. These systems establish electronic account balances which recipients access through the use of a debit card at terminals such as bank automatic teller machines or transaction authorization machines like those that validate credit card charges. We examine the potential effects of such systems on involved stakeholders, including government agencies, benefit recipients, financial institutions, and food retailers. Overall, each stakeholder group benefits from EBT, but some subgroups do not fare as well. Several key issues are identified.

The University Of Texas At Arlington Undergraduate Catalog 1997-1999, The University Of Texas At Arlington

UTA Undergraduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Indochinese Mental Health In North America: Measures, Status, And Treatments, Thanh V. Tran, Donna L. Ferullo

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The massive influx of Indochinese refugees and immigrants to North America since the end of the Indochina war, especially to the United States of America, has resulted in numerous multi-disciplinary efforts to document and study their mental well-being. As a group, Indochinese Americans arrived from war-torn countries where many had experienced various forms of trauma, poverty, and oppression. Their pre-migration experiences, and experiences in adjusting and adapting to the new life in the host society have influenced their mental health status and overall quality of life in various ways. This paper analyzes and synthesizes a wealth of multi-disciplinary research on …

Review Of Measuring The Performance Of Human Service Programs. Lawrence L. Martin And Peter M. Kettner. Reviewed By Shana Schuyten, Louisiana State University., Shana Schuyten

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Lawrence L. Martin and Peter M. Kettner: Measuring the Performance of Human Service Programs. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1996. $39.95 hardcover, $17.95 papercover

Commencement Program 1997, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

2 | 1997 Events of Commencement

3 | The Academic Procession

4 | The Speakers

9 | The Honorees

23 | The Zapara Award

Order of Programs

• School of Medicine, 25
• School of Dentistry, 33
• Graduate School, 41
• School of Nursing, 48
• School of Allied Health Professions (Physical Therapy), 53
• School of Allied Health Professions, 59
• School of Public Health, 66

Foster Parent Demographics: A Research Note, Kathleen M. Kirby

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Data were collected on a random sample of 218 foster parents in Michigan during Fall, 1991 regarding socioeconomic characteristics, licensure arrangement with placement agencies, foster parenting experiences, life experiences, reasons for entering, and satisfaction with foster parenting. Respondents are predominately female (77%), White (78%), educated beyond high school (63%), with an annual family income (excluding foster care payments) over $26,000. Most are Protestant (78%), currently married (79%), and married once (71%). The average foster home cares for 3 children with 1.5 foster children currently placed. Median number of placements is 8 with families typically fostering numerous categories of children. Replacement …

News From Hope College, Volume 28.6: June, 1997, Hope College

News from Hope College

No abstract provided.

European Welfare Policy: Squaring The Circle. Vic George And Peter Taylor-Gooby (Eds.).

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Vic George and Peter Taylor-Gooby (Eds.), European Welfare Policy: Squaring the Circle. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. $49.95 hardcover.

Degreed And Nondegreed Licensed Clinical Social Workers: An Exploratory Study, John T. Pardeck, Woo Sik Chung, John W. Murphy

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This exploratory study focuses on 155 randomly selected respondents who obtained a clinical license in social work with or without the Master of Social Work (MSW) degree. Ninety-seven of the respondents obtained a license with an MSW degree;fifty-eight obtained a license without the MSW degree. The two groups of respondents completed a survey instrument that explored their basic demographic characteristics, their attitudes and behaviors related to practice, and their philosophical and political attitudes toward practice. The researchers found few statistically significant differences between the two groups of respondents. The article offers implications of these findings for the profession of social …

Miles To Go: A Personal History Of Social Policy. Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Miles to Go: A Personal History of Social Policy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996, $22.95 hardcover.

An Afrocentric Perspective On Social Welfare Philosophy And Policy, Jerome H. Schiele

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Although much of the literature on American social welfare philosophy and policy is progressive and sincere in its objectives to dismantle poverty and economic oppression, the literature is limited in two important areas: 1) identifying American social welfare philosophy and policy as primarily Eurocentric in its worldview, and 2) applying the cultural values of people of color as a conceptual base to advance and diversify views on social welfare philosophy and policy. To address this gap, this paper draws on the viewpoints of a cadre of social scientists called Afrocentrists and applies the Afrocentric worldview to deseribe how it conceives …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 24, No. 2 (June 1997)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• INDOCHINESE MENTAL HEALTH IN NORTH AMERICA: MEASURES, STATUS, AND TREATMENTS - Thanh V. Tran and Donna L. Ferullo
• AN AFROCENTRIC PERSPECTIVE ON SOCIAL WELFARE PHILOSOPHY AND POLICY - Jerome H. Schiele
• TOWARD A SOCIOCULTURAL CONTEXT FOR UNDERSTANDING VIOLENCE AND DISRUPTION IN BLACK URBAN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES - Linwood H. Cousins
• RECONSTRUCTING SEX OFFENDERS AS MENTALLY ILL: A LABELING EXPLANATION - Rudolph Alexander, Jr.
• PERSONAL NARRATIVE AND THE SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LIVES OF FORMER PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS - Robin M. Gilmartin
• ETHICS IN FIELD EDUCATION: PROMISE, PRETENSION, OR PRACTICE? - Gary Mathews, Susan Weinger, and Marion Wijnberg
• THE …

Toward A Sociocultural Context For Understanding Violence And Disruption In Black Urban Schools And Communities, Linwood H. Cousins

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This article examines violence and disruption in a Black urban school and community. The author argues that an unempowering framework of culture has restricted our understanding of violence and other social issues affecting Black schools and communities. From such a backdrop, a sociocultural framework is presented that captures the strain, solidarity, and contemporary emergences that area part of school, American and Black culture, and a part of the context in which violence occurs in Black schools and communities. Broad implications are posited for human service policy, research, and direct practice.

Reconstructing Sex Offenders As Mentally Ill: A Labeling Explanation, Rudolph Alexander Jr.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A growing number of states are being pressured to keep incarcerated sex offenders behind bars longer. The response to this pressure has been to look to the mental health system and retrieve civil commitment for sex offenders, a policy largely abandoned in the 1960s. In the 1970s, the courts ruled that civil commitment to a mental institution required that the individual be both mentally ill and dangerous. So legislators, with the support of a few mental health professionals, met this requirement by legislatively reconstructing sex offenders as mentally ill and permitting their indefinite commitment to mental institutions. The author discusses …

The Case For Permanent Foster Care, Judy Fenster

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This article reviews historical developments in the social institution of foster care, leading up to the permanent planning revolution and current family preservation policies in the United States. Success rates of adoption, family preservation, and family reunification programs are examined, and a rationale for the inclusion of "permanent foster care" as an option for children is presented. Permanent foster care has several advantages: 1) it is federally and automatically funded; 2) it can lead to increased supervision of foster parents; 3) it creates more permanence for more children; 4) it promotes attachment through ensuring both child and foster parent stability. …

Review Of Clinical Social Work: Definition, Practice And Vision. Rachelle A. Dorfman. Reviewed By Cynthia Franklin, University Of Texas, Austin., Cynthia Franklin

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Rachelle A. Dorfman, Clinical Social Work: Definition, Practice and Vision. New York: Brunner/Mazel Publishers, 1996. $24.95 paper cover

Review Of The Politics Of Child Abuse In America. Lela B. Costin, Howard Jacob Karger And David Stoesz. Reviewed By Jill Duerr-Berrick, University Of California, Berkeley., Jill Duerr-Berrick

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Lela B. Costin, Howard Jacob Karger and David Stoesz, The Politics of Child Abuse in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. $29.95 hardcover.

Review Of Children In Groups: A Social Work Perspective. Marian Fatout. Reviewed By Charles Garvin, University Of Michigan., Charles Garvin

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Marian Fatout, Children in Groups: A Social Work Perspective. Westport, Ct: Auburn House, 1996. $49.95 hardcover.

Personal Narrative And The Social Reconstruction Of The Lives Of Former Psychiatric Patients, Robin M. Gilmartin

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This study explores ways in which high-functioning former patients integrate the experience of prior psychiatric hospitalization into their lives and find meaning from that event. The narratives of two individuals are presented and discussed in relation to social role theory, social constructionism, and labeling theory. The narratives underscore that the process of integrating and making meaning of important life events such as psychiatric hospitalization occur within a social context. Understanding mental illness and psychiatric hospitalization in familial, social, and political terms was instrumental in helping these individuals to reconstruct personal narratives in order to overcome shame and internalized stigma and …

Review Of Spirituality In Social Work Practice. Ronald K. Bullis. Reviewed By Lolita Perkins, Louisiana State University., Lolita Perkins

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Ronald K. Bullis, Spirituality in Social Work Practice. Washington, D.C. Taylor and Francis, 1996 $24.95 papercover

Under Attack: Fighting Back: Women And Welfare In The United States. Mimi Abramovitz.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Mimi Abramovitz, Under Attack: Fighting Back: Women and Welfare in the United States. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1996. $26.00 hardcover, $13.00 papercover.

Who We Are: A Second Look. Margaret Gibelman And Philip H. Schervish.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Margaret Gibelman and Philip H. Schervish, Who We Are: A Second Look. Washington, DC: NASW Press, 1996, $27.95 papercover.

Building America: The Democratic Promise Of Public Work. Harry C. Boyte And Nancy N. Kari.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Harry C. Boyte and Nancy N. Kari, Building America: The Democratic Promise of Public Work. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1996. $54.96 hardcover, $18.95 papercover.

Lawyer,Know Thyself: A Review Of Empirical Research On Attorney Attributes Bearingon Professionalism , Susan Daicoff

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.

An Hiv/Aids Educational Workshop For Adolescents, Sharron Anne Daggett

Master's Projects

Adolescents are threatened with infection by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (IIlV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Data reveal that the number of adolescents infected with HIV is increasing. Adolescent risk taking behaviors and lack of preventive education are major factors associated with this rise. Family nurse practitioners (FNPs) who care for adolescents have a duty to offer their patients preventive health care. Adolescents can participate by attending HN and AIDS prevention workshops that will present them with facts. Adolescents who attend these workshops will gain the knowledge to protect themselves against mv and AIDS. The workshop in this study was …

Central Florida Future, May 28, 1997

Central Florida Future

Campus scams cause concern; UCF grad strives for Mrs. Florida: UF parking official: UCF 'lots' better.

May 26, 1997 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

27th Chicano Commencement, 1997, San Jose State University, Associated Students

Chicano Commencement

27th Annual Chicano Commencement

The 27th Annual Chicano Commencement was held at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA on Sunday, May 25, 1997.

Deafdigest: Vol. 1, No. 42 May 25, 1997, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest 1997

No abstract provided.