A study designed to understand if adolescents abusing substances affect family variables. Three groups of families, with approximately twenty-five families per group, were the subjects. One group was hospitalized adolescents abusing substances and their parents, a second group was hospitalized adolescents not abusing substances and their parents, and a third group was non-dysfunctional adolescents and their parents. The families were an available sample referred specifically for this study by therapists, educators, and youth workers. The interviews were conducted between April and December 1987. Each adolescent and parent were administered the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES III), the Parent-Adolescent Communication Scale, the Index of Self-Esteem, and a demographic questionnaire. Results showed that the two inpatient groups were very similar in the perceptions of adolescents and their parents on cohesion, adaptability, open communication, problems of communication, and self-esteem. Both inpatient groups significantly viewed their families as disengaged in cohesion. All three groups viewed adaptability as not significant. The two inpatient groups viewed significantly less open communication and significantly higher problems of communication than the non-dysfunctional group in their families. The two inpatient groups viewed significantly lower self-esteem than the non-dysfunctional groups did, among family members. The level of family dysfunction appeared to influence these family variables more than if an adolescent was abusing substances / acase@tulane.edu

Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Hong Kong, 1988.

Instruction in social work has been offered at the University of British Columbia for twenty-five years. From the beginning in 1929, until 1942 the training has been vocational and the emphasis has been on method. In 1943 the first full time Director was appointed and under her guidance the Course became a Department and finally a School of Social Work in 1950. The emphasis has been changed from method to the development of the professional person. This is the first time that a history of this evolution has been recorded. The history of the School of Social Work is important because in the struggle to raise standards for education for social work, an equally strenuous struggle went on to encourage and help social agencies raise their standards of practice. The important common link between the two periods in the development of the Course to a School, was in the general training or "generic" idea. In using the historical method of research, it was discovered that the minutes of Faculty meetings from 1929 to 1942 no longer existed. A few letters, a few excerpts from the minutes of the Faculty, the minutes or the Faculty of Arts and Science, and the Minutes of the Senate, together with the recollection of two or three pioneers in the early development of the School, were the chief sources of information. Minutes of the Alumni Association of the Social Service Graduates also provided valuable information from 1935 onward. This study indicates that the School of Social Work has been largely responsible for the relatively high standards in social welfare in British Columbia. It is a Canadian School with Canadian emphasis, and its standards are progressive. As significant trends in the field of social work are observed, changes may be made in the curriculum to anticipate their realization, providing the change is consistant with high standards of practice. / Arts, Faculty of / Social Work, School of / Graduate

Professional instruction for social work has been offered at the University of British Columbia for over twenty-seven years, starting with a diploma course, and extending (since 1945) to a two-year post-graduate course for the Master of Social Work degree. During this period over 700 students have taken courses of one kind or another. For the first time a survey has been made of all graduates known to the School of Social Work, obtaining by questionnaire a substantial body of vocational, education and personal information. The results of the enquiry are presented against the background of the development of social work education in Great Britain, the United States and Canada from its different beginnings in these countries; but special endeavour is made to indicate the dimensions and changing structure of the demand and supply situation for qualified social workers in British Columbia. So many differences between the "pre-war period", approximately 1928-1940, and the most recent "post-war period" are revealed by the survey, that this division is continued throughout the analysis. Indications are that the training received at the School has particularly qualified people to fill positions in British Columbia, and that the bulk of employment found by graduates has been in B.C. Agencies; but continuous quotas of students have come from outside the province, and some graduates have gone to parts elsewhere. While the variety of openings has increased very considerably, it has been seen that men are entering the field in larger proportions. The majority of these men, who are married and have families, tend to occupy the administrative roles, for which higher, salaries are paid. The women, the majority of whom are single and in a younger age group, seem to be in the majority in supervisory positions. Although Public Welfare settings appear to be the most attractive to social work graduates, Corrections would seem to be the most popular setting for the men graduates, with Child and Family Welfare fields for the women graduates. It has been discovered that men receive higher salaries than do the women graduates in this survey. Suggestions are made with reference to the length of formal training required at the School of Social Work, at the University of British Columbia, before a graduate from the School may be considered qualified to practice social work in any area. / Arts, Faculty of / Social Work, School of / Graduate

Case management is a mechanism for coordinating a service delivery system in order to meet client needs more effectively. Despite the popularity of case management in elderly long-term care, the effectiveness of case management programs cannot be determined until practice models have been identified. This study uses statistical regression analyses to determine the effects on case management practice of combinations of variables at the client pathway and organizational levels Results indicate that only 25% of the organizations serving the elderly in New Orleans, Louisiana provide case management services. Monitoring of the client's progress is the most frequent case management function. Three variables are important in predicting patterns of case management activity: the organization's primary service, the worker's professional affiliation, and the worker's educational level. The findings establish a preliminary case management practice model based on combinations of organizational and worker variables. The implications for social work education are discussed / acase@tulane.edu

Elementary school children were interviewed 1 and 14 months following a sniper attack using a Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Reaction Index. At 1 month following the event: Children exhibited the symptoms of post traumatic stress. Direct playground exposure to the violence was most strongly associated with a severe response. Children knowing the one deceased child well had more severe responses At 1 and 14 months: Age, sex and ethnicity demonstrated no significant effect on the number of symptoms. Worry about a significant other and previous trauma did not increase the number of symptoms but often resulted in other symptoms. Guilt increased severity of response At 14 months: Direct exposure continued to result in the most symptoms. Children with less exposure had diminished symptomatology. Knowing the deceased victim well did not affect scores for the most exposed children but increased scores for all other exposure levels. Grief scores increased with increased acquaintance with the deceased / acase@tulane.edu

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University / It is the purpose of this study to examine, describe, and compare the functions of two corner-group workers a female social worker working with a girls' corner-group and a male social worker working with a boys' corner-group. This topic is related to the research goals of the Special Youth Program, the agency from which the data have been drawn and within whose frame-work the research design has been fashioned.

Current data reports approximately 46% of children ages 13-18 are affected by a mental health issue. Of those, 21% will experience a serious mental health disorder throughout their life. Due to the high percentage of school aged children that are affected by mental health disorders, school based mental health services have grown in popularity. Despite the positive attributes associated with providing mental health treatment in a school setting, various factors including race and levels of parental engagement have been identified as barriers to successful implementation. This study sought to identify the effects of parental engagement on the treatment, academic, and behavioral outcomes of Latino students receiving school based mental health services. Furthermore, the study utilized a quantitative approach by reviewing available archival and survey data. Findings were analyzed and themes were drawn for the purpose of identifying additional areas of research and ultimately improving the delivery of services.

This empirical investigation compared the attributional styles of depressed, aggressive, and mixed depressed and aggressive latency-aged children. It was hypothesized that there were significant differences in the manner in which the three diagnostic groups explain good and bad events utilizing the attributional dimensions of controllability, locus, stability, and globality The outpatient clinical sample consisted of 30 youngsters ages 7 through 12, 10 depressed, 10 aggressive, and 10 mixed depressed and aggressive. Diagnostic classification was made utilizing the Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist (1981, 1983) and the Children's Depression Inventory (1988). Attributions were measured using the Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale (1973) and the Kastan-Revised Children's Attributional Style Questionnaire (1978, 1988). Social competency, demographic, and family data were also obtained. Results pertaining to hypotheses were analyzed by one-way ANOVA comparing attributional differences among diagnostic categories. Correlational statistics were utilized in a more exploratory analysis of the relationship between depression and aggression and the attributional dimensions and included family and social competency data The results indicated that the Aggressive group viewed themselves as having significantly more control over events in their lives as compared to the Depressed group. The Mixed group did not differ substantially from either of the other two groups on controllability. On the other attributional dimensions, significant differences were found only between the Aggressive and the Mixed groups. The Mixed group had a more overall depressive attributional style, attributed fewer positive events to internal causes, and viewed negative events as more global than did the Aggressive group. Social competency was positively correlated with Depressed group membership and negatively correlated with Mixed group membership. Youngsters in the Mixed group were also more likely to have suffered abuse and neglect. The results suggest that controllability is an important attributional dimension in understanding the thinking of both depressed and aggressive youngsters; that there is more than one attributional pattern in youngsters exhibiting clinical depression; and that social competency and abuse/neglect play a role in the development of both depression and aggression in children / acase@tulane.edu

The reason why violence takes different forms in different families is not clearly understood in terms of predictive individual and family features. This study attempted to identify significant clinical variables that distinguished father-daughter incest families from child physical abuse families in an United States Air Force sample. Air Force Family Advocacy Officers performed a retrospective review of 135 substantiated military child maltreatment cases by answering a questionnaire adapted for this study to reflect the point-of-view of the clinician from five well known self-report inventories. The most pronounced difference between the two maltreatment groups was the higher level of overt conflict demonstrated by the child physical abuse families compared to the father-daughter incest families. Child physical abuse families were also found to be more controlling than their counterparts. On the other hand, fathers who sexually molested their daughters were rated as significantly more paranoid-like and socially introverted plus were involved in less satisfying marriages when compared to physically abusive fathers. No significant differences between maltreatment groups were discovered in terms of expressiveness in the family, alcohol abuse by the father, or self-esteem of the wives. Implications for treatment and prevention programs as well as further research are discussed / acase@tulane.edu