A definition of social work: A thesis in sociologyCheyney, Alice S. (Alice Squires)
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A definition of social work: A thesis in sociology
Cheyney, Alice S. (Alice Squires)
Social service; Thesis (Ph. D.)
State departments or societies and other organized agencies
for mental hygiene 8
Training of social workers for the new task 4
Experience of the war in the care of neuroses 3
Care for the feeble-minded 3
Mental hygiene in industry 3
Mental hygiene and delinquency 2
Mental hygiene and education 1
One paper each on--
Stimulation of public interest in care for the insane, the
psychiatric element in all case work, the individual versus
the family as the unit of social work, social problems as
the reaction of mental types, the court’s dealings with the
mentally afflicted, and the relation of social work to the
state’s program, to hospitals, physicians, and the community
in fostering mental hygiene. A few other papers present
the actual lore of the new subject.
IX. THE ORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL FORCES.
Publicity for social work activities and education of
the community in appreciating them 6
Impetus of the war to large scale organization for common
purposes and the desirability of integrating social
service 6
“War chest” 3
Registration of cases 3
Other papers treat of--
Endorsement and standardization of social work agencies,
salary standards for social workers and their labor
turnover and teaching materials for learners.
X. 1918--GENERAL PROBLEMS OF WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION.
Ten papers no different in import from those in other
sections which have been cited as discussing conditions
created by the war.
1919 and 1920--UNITING OF NATIVE AND FOREIGN-BORN IN AMERICA.
State immigrant commission, labor organizations and public
education as Americanizers, the foreign language worker
and foreign language press, foreign organizations and
family welfare, democracy and immigration, neighborhood
life, and the treatment of immigrant heritages.
Such, in briefest possible outline is the scope of the annual
conference on social work. What have its papers contributed to the
correction or expansion of a definition?
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