It is well established that many social and emotional ills which beset adults in their later life have their origins in childhood. There is also considerable agreement among the professions that the detection of problems among children during their school years is desirable, also that what appear as "educational" or "learning" problems may have counterparts or causes in the home. All this makes "mental hygiene" services in the schools important. Stemming originally from the public health and medical examination services for school pupils, there have been extensive developments in the Vancouver School System, culminating in the Mental Hygiene Division of the Metropolitan Health Committee (Greater Vancouver) and the Mental Health Co-ordinators (prior to 195^) and Special Counselling personnel of the Vancouver Board of School Trustees. The present study approaches the context of these by posing the question: what social services are available to school children in this community, and how are they obtained? As the first local study of this kind, however, it is confined principally to the administrative aspects of the subject. A recent analytical survey of school social workers (or "visiting teachers") in the United States (by Mildred Sikkema) is used as a comparative base. The social work services of the public schools in Portland, Oregon, are described as a good working example of administrative integration between education and social work. A brief survey was made (by correspondance) of school social work in nine of the provinces of Canada. The intensive part of the present study is approached through job descriptions of the professional personnel who administer social services for school children. Very marked similarity appears between the job description of the Special Counsellors, and school social workers as typically described elsewhere. Special Counsellors and school social workers face the same kinds of problems, although their training background is different. The study indicates that there is overlapping between the services of the Special Counsellor and the public health nurse as set out in the job descriptions. However, this overlapping does not constitute a difficulty because of the heavy demand for welfare services and the lack of personnel to meet existing needs. Case study and sample area studies would seem to be needed to establish how Special Counselling would apply to the more deep-seated problems of children and how far social work contributions might be improved. Need for an analytical survey of the Special Counsellor's function as a co-ordinator of welfare services within the school system and the geographic community is also indicated. / Arts, Faculty of / Social Work, School of / Graduate

The problem of the cost of dependency in public welfare has recently motivated many areas to make special studies to determine ways in which it might be reduced. The studies of Bradley Buell and associates have brought to the fore that in any community there is a comparatively small group of families which make use of the majority of health and welfare services in that community. This study was designed to determine the size of the dependency problem in Vancouver and to evaluate the public welfare agency's attempts at combatting any problem that might exist. After reviewing the history of public welfare and the treatment of assistance recipients, attention was directed toward present-day concepts and ways of combatting dependency in urban areas. The extent of the problem in Vancouver was examined by examining the numbers receiving private and public agency aid. Two public assistance caseloads were examined to determine how long the clients had been in receipt of assistance, why they were receiving it, and how old they were. The organization and facilities of the City Social Service Department were reviewed. Two research methods were employed: (1) reviewing the literature to determine how best to deal with the dependent group, and (2) statistical classification of two sample public agency caseloads and services given by private agencies. Information for this study was obtained from the Vancouver City Social Service Department records of assistance recipients, a Community Chest survey of the unemployed group in Vancouver, current literature, and personal observations. In recent years, between one and two per cent of the population of the City of Vancouver have had to rely on the Social Service Department for their economic livelihood. Most persons on assistance are medically unfit for work although some recipients get this aid as they have to look after dependent children or are unable to get an old person's allowance. Very good medical care is given clients, but the size of the caseloads is such that it is difficult for workers to spend much time with any one client to give continuing casework help. It has been found that to adequately combat dependency, the various social agencies in the community must work together. Individual diagnoses are needed to determine those who can be helped to become rehabilitated. / Arts, Faculty of / Social Work, School of / Graduate

Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Glasgow, 1999. / Ph.D. thesis submitted to the Department of Economic and Social History, University of Glasgow, 1999. Print version also available.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.P.A.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 2000. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2928. Typescript. Abstract precedes thesis as preliminary leaves. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-70).

Thesis (M.P.A.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 1991. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2957. Abstract precedes thesis as [3] preliminary leaves. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-77).

Thesis--University of Michigan, 1954. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 304-316).

Thesis--Wisconsin. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 228-235).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2005. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed March 6, 2006). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-129).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of Sociology, June 2001. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.