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Berkman and Zinberg on Social Work Homophobia

counselors who maintain homophobic attitudes are less effective, if not actually harmful, in delivering social services" to these ...

Aspirational Objective or Social Reality Construct of Work

what give rise to change in the first place. If, for instance, it is lack of equal educational opportunities which deprives young ...

Analysis of Motivational Theory and Social Work

In this paper, well examine this dilemma. Well focus on social work as a career and the need for models to help motivate social wo...

Gender Issues In the Works of Filene

for both men and women. It was a time where the industrial revolution was in full swing and while men were beginning to work in fa...

Literary Work and Social Commentary in Fences by August Wilson

This essay examines Wilsons celebrated play while exploring its social relevance, dramatic action, and merits as both a literary w...

Impact of Youth Violence on Communities and Social Work Prevention

victims knew each other" (Hammond, 1998). He was testifying before the Columbine shooting, but it only serves as a further example...

Mental Health Parity Act: Interplay of Policy, Cultural And Societal Attitudes Within Clinical Social Work Practice

mental health arena. Anyone is vulnerable to the onset of mental illness which can be triggered by any number of occurrences, not...

Social Work: Mission And Research

is vital to the industrys lifeblood; however, it may mean the difference between life and death within the practice of social work...

Admissions Essay/Masters in Social Work

families are frequently spread over numerous geographical locations, and, therefore, simply cannot offer the day-to-day support th...

Social Work Pioneer Sarah Collins Ferenandes

little was done to assimilate these different cultures and little was done to help the new city population to understand and deal ...

Social Work Examination of Postsecondary Binge Drinking

2003). In fact, researchers have indicated that historically black colleges have about half the percentage of students participat...

Social Work Case Study on Task Achievement Scaling Intervention

to at an earlier time. Though assignment of levels 1 - 4 is subjective in that it is not solidly based on measurable results, the...

Skill Requirements for Social Work

sessions, too many counselors assume the alienated attitude of "there are too many motivated families waiting for help; the resist...

Issues of Race in the Works of Hill Collins, Kingsolver, and Feagin

Systemic racism, according to Feagin (2000), represents racial discrimination that permeates every factor of society and every asp...

Field of Social Work

that if a society views social workers and their clients as somehow less desirable members of that society, and if they dont like ...

Social Work and the Importance of the Christian Thought

as well as their learning abilities. The Bible teaches people that it is important, and crucial, to care for others and to neve...

Hong Kong, Globalization, and Social Work

worlds finest economy" and Hong Kong culture is universally lauded for its values of "hard work, flexibility and rule of law" (Kw...

Policy and Social Work Implications of The Corner by David Simon and Edward Burns

The most vivid message of "The Corner" is the desperate situation under which the people of "the corner" exists. We find that the...

Social Work Then and Now

According to the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the first social work class was offered at Columbia University...

Four Dissertations on Interdisciplinary Social Work

as expressed through collaborative efforts, that seemed to exert the greatest benefit to the acquisition of communicative behavior...

Culturally Competent Social Work Among Malaysian Women That Have Immigrated to the U.S.

considered is observation. Direct interview techniques can be important as well, however, in analyzing why these women continue t...

Communication and Listening Skills in Social Work

to their personal narrative, and which allows opportunities for input from the social worker - not necessarily verbal - which clar...

Hong Kong Law and Social Work

citizens enjoy equality before the law (Legal System in Hong Kong). This principle applies regardless of "race, rank, politics or ...

Development of Social Work

p. 130). Figures from the early part of the century reveal that "50 to 66 percent of working families were poor and that a third ...

Poverty and Social Work - Research Principles and Proposal

variable is that which is changed by the independent variable. For example, suppose one wanted to determine the impact of light on...

Poverty in Rural China - The Impact of Social Work

might more evenly promote growth in all levels of society. This paper will present an overview of the issue of poverty and unequal...

Planned Change at Micro Level of Social Work Practice

2000, p. 3). However, by taking an ecological perspective on assessment, the social worker takes a broader perspective that also c...

Social Work Practice/Advanced Generalist Role

3). In regards to the change process itself, Kurt Lewin, in his pioneering work on this topic in the 1950s, has pointed out that...

Ethics Values and Foci in Social Work

Social work is often integrally involved with the elderly. There are many facets of the aged individuals life...

Work Life Issues and Current Business Trends

In seven pages the current business organizational trends of telecommuting and alternative working arrangements are discussed in t...