Should Casework be on the Defensive?

Cloward Richard A. , “Social Class and Private Social Agencies,” in Education for Social Work: Proceedings: Eleventh Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education, Council on Social Work Education, New York, 1963, pp. 123–44.

See for example, Brager George , “Motivation—A Social Worker's Perspective,” in Education for Social Work with “Unmotivated” Clients (“Brandeis University Papers in Social Welfare,” No. 9), Florence Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1965, pp. 161–80.

Setleis Lloyd , “Civil Rights and the Rehabilitation of AFDC Clients,” Social Work, Vol. IX, April 1964, pp. 3–9; Walter C. Bentrup, “The Profession and the Means Test,” Social Work, Vol. IX, April 1964, pp. 10–17; C. H. King and Clara Rabinowitz, “The Impact of Public Welfare Practice on Family Attitudes with Special Reference to Delinquent Children,” American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Vol. XXXV, April 1965, pp. 609–13.

Kahn Alfred J. , “The Societal Context of Social Work Practice,” Social Work, Vol. X, October 1965, pp. 145–55.

Robinson Virginia , A Changing Psychology in Social Case Work, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1934.

Perlman Helen Harris , “Social Casework,” in Encyclopedia of Social Work, Lurie Harry L. (ed.), National Association of Social Workers, New York, 1965, pp. 704–14.

Taft Jessie , “The Relation of Function to Process in Social Case Work,” in Training for Skill in Social Case Work, Robinson Virginia P. (ed.), University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1942, pp. 109–10.

Schorr Alvin L. , “Poverty,” in Encyclopedia of Social Work, Lurie Harry L. (ed.), National Association of Social Workers, New York, 1965, pp. 559–65.

Kadushin Alfred , “The Knowledge Base of Social Work,” in Issues in American Social Work, Kahn Alfred J. (ed.), Columbia University Press, New York, 1959, p. 58.

Hearn Gordon , “The General Systems Approach to the Understanding of Groups,” in Health Education Monographs, No. 14, Society of Public Health Educators, Rye, New York, 1962.

See American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Vol. XXXVI, March 1966, for innumerable references to this point.

Brager , op. cit., p. 169.

Brager , op. cit., p. 169.

Brager , op. cit., p. 168.

Billingsley Andrew , “The Role of the Social Worker in a Child Protective Agency,” Child Welfare, Vol. XLIII, November 1964, pp. 472–79.

Billingsley Andrew , “Bureaucratic and Professional Orientation Patterns in Social Casework,” Social Service Review, Vol. XXXVIII, December 1964, p. 403.

Billingsley Andrew , “Bureaucratic and Professional Orientation Patterns in Social Casework,” Social Service Review, Vol. XXXVIII, December 1964, p. 403.

Varley Barbara K. , “Are Social Workers Dedicated to Service?” Social Work, Vol. XI, April 1966, pp. 84–91.

Hamilton Gordon , “Editor's Page,” Social Work, Vol. VII, January 1962, pp. 2, 128.

Herzog Elizabeth , Some Guide Lines for Evaluative Research, Children's Bureau, Social Security Administration, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D.C., 1959. For an interesting elaboration on the relation of theory to practice, see pp. 32–33: “A number of studies indicate that the experience and competence of the practitioner are more influential in determining treatment outcome than is the school of practice in which he was trained.”

Boehm Werner , “Relationship of Social Work to Other Professions,” in Encyclopedia of Social Work, Lurie Harry L. (ed.), National Association of Social Workers, New York, 1965, pp. 640–49.

Tanner Virginia L. , “Training for the Expanding Service Programs in Public Welfare,” Social Casework, Vol. XLVI, December 1965, pp. 599–606.