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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Social work theory"”.
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Social work theory and community development practice : a case analysis of community issues and problems of implementation in Rehoboth, Namibia
The many social problems in Rehoboth could be ascribed to the economic under-development of the region as well structures established for social service delivery. The present context in which the social worker practices community development, the theories which are used as an approach for community …
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Engaging parents in foster care services: A longitudinal examination of the relationships between parent engagement, children's placement stability, and family reunification
… and Yatchmenoff’s (2005) conceptual framework of parent engagement to guide the inquiry, this study used parent engagement survey data collected early in a family’s foster care involvement (i.e., 30 days) and later in a family’s foster care involvement (i.e., 6 months) matched with …
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Evaluation of Feasibility of NGO Activities to Strengthen Social Economic Status of Youth Living with HIV: A Case of PASADA in Temeke Municipality
… and micro-projects that is of benefit to their social economic well being. The study was a case study in design, which was adopted in order to allow for an in-depth examination of the problem. 100 respondents were involved in the study using purposive sampling. Data were collected through …
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Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) Home and Community Based Services: Understanding Patterns of Service Utilization Among the SED Waiver Population
… and effectiveness. Using two theoretical frameworks, Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory and Social Ecology this dissertation begins to address this gap in the literature. For this dissertation, using administrative community mental health center data, a latent class analysis was …
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Rethinking the clinical vs. social reform debate: a dialectical approach to defining social work in the 21st century
There is a historical tension in social work between the clinical and social reform perspectives. The original goal for this dissertation was to offer pragmatism as a philosophical orientation that would make sense of these two seemingly disparate perspectives by explaining how they may coexist. A …
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Creating a Third Place for Collaboration: Museum and Art Community Network
… believed that museum and art professional networks are useful to professionals’ capacity development and networking. However, how these networks unite and create space for collaboration, and whether they are beneficial and accessible to larger professional communities has not been thoroughly …
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SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF SEX OFFENDERS
<p>Social workers who choose to work in the field of child welfare will almost unavoidably be exposed to sexual trauma. This requires that social workers are prepared to understand and work with those who have been sexually abused, as well as the perpetrators of sex crimes. The purpose of this …
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The IMAGINE Project: Inspiring Vulnerable Adults Through Art and Mindfulness
… co-morbidities of prior physical, cognitive, and social issues. Despite the need of stress reduction approaches in a population under these circumstances, external factors make it difficult to reduce the problem. Consequently, the lack of stress reduction skills can lead to the exacerbation of …