Summary | |
Key Terms | |
References | |
Suggested Readings follow each chapter | |
Preface | |
Social Welfare as a Response to Societal Concern | |
An Introduction to the Social Welfare System in the United States | |
Human Needs | |
Societal Responses | |
Development of the U.S. Social Welfare System | |
Motivators of Social Welfare Decisions | |
Social Change | |
Paradigms, Ideology, and Social Change | |
Society as a Social System | |
Change as It Affects the Societal System | |
Social Change as It Affects Individuals and Families | |
Empowerment, Social Work, and Social Change | |
Poverty, Human Needs, and Social Welfare | |
What Is Poverty? | |
Who Are the Poor? | |
Causes of Poverty | |
Discovery and Rediscovery of Poverty: Societal Responses | |
Professional Responses to Poverty | |
Social Welfare Resources | |
Need for Resources | |
Range of Resources | |
Life Span Needs | |
Social Support | |
Prevention | |
Availability of Resources | |
Discrimination and Racism | |
Prejudice, Discrimination, and Racism: Definitions | |
Causes of Discrimination and Racism | |
Individual Factors | |
Discrimination Toward African Americans | |
Discrimination Toward Native Americans | |
Discrimination Toward Hispanic Americans | |
Discrimination Toward Asian Americans | |
Discrimination Toward Other Groups | |
Social Welfare Responses to Racism and Discrimination | |
Two Attributes of The Social Welfare System: Social Work And Fields of Practice | |
The Emergence of the Social Work Profession Within Social Welfare | |
Roots of Social Work | |
A Profession: Social Work | |
Further Professionalization: The Establishment of Professional Organizations | |
The Emergence of Education for Social Work | |
The Nature of Contemporary Social Work Practice | |
Social Work's Knowledge Base | |
Social Work, a Value-Based Profession | |
The Skills of Social Work | |
Methods and Approaches of Social Work Practice | |
Fields of Practice: An Organizing Framework for Practice | |
Income Maintenance as a Response to Human Needs | |
What Is Income Maintenance? | |
Precursors of Income Maintenance Programs | |
Current Income Maintenance Programs | |
Alternatives to Income MaintenanceWelfare Reform | |
Housing Problems, Programs, and Services | |
The Role of Social Work in Income Maintenance Services | |
Child Welfare Services | |
The Scope of Child Welfare Services | |
The Historical Development of Services to Children | |
Current Concerns and Problems | |
Current Child Welfare Services | |
Intervention Approaches and Roles of Social Workers in Protective Services | |
Other In-Home Services for Children | |
Substitute Care Services for Children | |
Health Care and Social Welfare | |
Health Care and the Social Welfare System | |
Social Services and Social Policy in Health Care | |
Social Work in Health Care | |
Issues in the Relationship of Health Care and Social Welfare | |
Social Welfare and Mental Health | |
Definition of Mental Health Services | |
Development of Mental Health Services | |
The Developmentally Disabled | |
Substance Abuse | |
History of Social Work in Mental Health | |
The Social Worker in the Mental Health Setting | |
Current Issues and Concerns in the Mental Health Field | |
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