Readings in Social Case Work, 1920-1938

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Preface v
• Contents ix
• Basic Philosophy - General Concepts Underlying Social Work Practice 1
• Changing Fundamentals of Social Work 3
• Underlying Principles and Common Practices in Social Work 14
• Social Work: Cause and Function 22
• Philosophical Trends in Modern Social Work 38
• Social Work and the Social Order 54
• Basic Philosophy - Philosophical Concepts in Case Work Practice 65
• The Growth of Social Case Work in the United States 67
• Refocusing Family Case Work 81
• Recent Changes in the Philosophy of Social Workers 99
• Where the Changes in Social Case Work Have Brought Us 109
• The Status of Social Case Work Today 122
• Social Case Work: What is It? What is Its Place in the World Today? 136
• A General Analysis of Current Trends in Case Work 148
• Basic Concepts in Social Case Work 155
• Generic Concepts in Case Work Practice - Early Interviews and Exploratory Processes 173
• The Extent of the Intake Interview 175
• Two Interviews 181
• A Little Matter of Self-Respect 184
• First Interviews as an Experiment in Human Relations 187
• Early Interviews as a Basis for Treatment Plans 207
• The Continuity of Intake and Treatment Processes 217
• Generic Concepts in Case Work Practice - Continuance of Study and Diagnostic Processes 223
• Purposeful Investigation 225
• Can Listening Become a Case Work Art? 229
• How Do We Come to an Understanding of Our Clients? 243
• Diagnosis: A Changing Concept 249
• What is Involved in Simplicity of Treatment? 258
• The Diagnostic Process in Continuing Treatment 268
• Generic Concepts in Case Work Practice - Treatment Processes 279
• The Case Worker's Role in Treatment 281
• Present Trends in the Case Worker's Role in Treatment 286
• The Role of the Case Worker in Treatment 294
• Some Contributions of Therapy to Generalized Case Work Practice 305
• Factors in Treatment 319
• Changing Practices in Case Work Treatment 331
• Modern Use of Older Treatment Methods 344
• Relation of Practice to Agency Function and Setting - Concepts Underlying Case Work Practice in the Specialized Fields 355
• Problems the Public Welfare Field Presents to the Professional Social Worker 357
• The Application of Case Work Theory to Public Welfare Practice 368
• Social Case Work as Applied to Old Age Assistance 376
• The Continuing Concern of Family Agencies with Economic Need 381
• New Emphases in Family Social Work 390
• Problems of Growth in Family Case Work 404
• A Good Foster Home: Its Achievements and Limitations 417
• The Mental Hygiene Implications in Substitute Parental Care 437
• Mental Health Needs in Children's Institutions 449
• Problems and Trends in Medical Social Case Work 462
• Medical Social Work in 1937 474
• Psychiatric and Social Treatment: Functions and Correlations 480
• Changing Concepts in Visiting Teacher Work 510
• Discussion of Miss Hall's Paper 521
• New Light on Juvenile Courts and Probation 527
• Functional Interrelationships of Case Work and Other Social Work Fields 537
• Case Work and Social Work: the Function of Social Service 539
• Relation of Public and Private Family Agencies 549
• Case Work and Group Work 558
• Social Workers and Social Action 565
• Hospital Social Service in Its Relation to Community Welfare Agencies 569
• Community Organization in Relation to Other Forms of Social Work 576
• The Part of the Worker in the Community's Acceptance of Social Work 582
• ReËxamination of Child Care Functions in Family Agencies 592
• A Reëxamination of Child Welfare Functions in Foster Care Agencies 604
• ReËxamination of Child Welfare Functions in Family and Foster Care Agencies 611
• Participation of Family Welfare Agencies in a Housing Program 620
• Parole and the Family Agency 626
• Social Legislation and the Family Case Worker 635
• Some Aspects of International Case Work 644
• The Relation of Social Work Practice to Its Professional and Social Setting 651
• Social Work Against a Background of the Other Professions 653
• Sociology and Social Work 665
• The Application of Mental Tests in Family Case Work 677
• Studies in CoÖrdination of Effort Between Psychologist and Social Worker 684
• The Influence of Psychiatry on Social Work 694
• Home Economics Service in Family Agencies 710
• Relations Between Social Agencies and Schools 718
• The Family Case Worker's Contribution Toward Higher Industrial Standards 731
• Law as a Creative Force in Social Welfare 736
• Relation of Case Work Practice to Community and Socioeconomic and Cultural Setting 747
• Social Planning and Social Work 749
• Case Work in a Changing Social Order 755
• Security, Cultural Restraints, Intrasocial Dependencies, and Hostilities 764
• The Case Worker's Need for Orientation to the Culture of the Client 789
• Index of Authors 805

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