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Legal Aspects of Social Work, 2004.
This paper looks at social work from a legal point of view.
904 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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In this paper, a case of a female psychiatric patient's rights concerning her children is examined. The writer studies this case from the point of view of English law.
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"One of the most difficult problems in the mental health field is how to care for people who cannot care for themselves. The maltreatment and denial of rights to mentally ill people in the past was as notorious as it was universal. But with the rise of the patient's rights movement, more sincere efforts have been made to balance the rights of the mentally ill with the interests of their families, mental health providers and ... "
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Termination in Social Work: A Case Study, 2005.
Examines the strategies and policies for terminating a client at the Sarah Burke House.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 3 sources, $ 133.95
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Termination is a critical phase in social work. It is a period of emotional vulnerability. This paper examines Martha, a woman with two children who has been engaged in learning programs at a social care facility following a severely abusive relationship. The paper shows that at the end of a one-hundred-and-eighty-day period, Martha now faces discharge from this care facility and an examination of her experiences with termination demonstrates how client termination can be handled in a manner that empowers the client.
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"The process of terminating a patient from a social care program is difficult (Hepworth & Larsen, 2001). It is not similar to discharging the patient from a hospital or medical care center. A patient in a social care setting tends to have undergone significant emotional bonding to the social care center and its members (Hepworth & Larsen, 2001). In almost all circumstances, clients entering a care center do so at a difficult period in their lives, and the role that the care center plays in their recovery and in helping to develop their futures means that the client has placed a significant emotional and personal investment in the care center (Fortune, 1995; Hepworth & Larsen, 2001). The Sarah Burke House takes these factors into account when they discharge clients."
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Social Children, 2002.
An examination of the social development of children and their interaction with other children.
1,851 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper offers a brief survey of social child development over the years. It looks at how at each age a child needs to develop essential social skills in order to interact with fellow children. It looks at potential problems in social child development and the importance of age-appropriate stimulation for children.
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"Social skills develop gradually over time from the simple parallel play of two year olds to the playground games of elementary students, to social stratifications of high school. At all ages, however, the child must interpret the social milieu accurately and choose age-appropriate responses (Walker, 2002), and appropriate responses at one age will be inappropriate at another age."
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Social Development of Children with Bipolar Disorder, 2002.
An examination of the phenomenon of Bipolar Disorder (manic depression) in children, focusing on how this affects children's social and behavioral development.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 57.95
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Bipolar disease in children, its prevalence, signs and symptoms, and treatment are discussed. No specific drugs are mentioned as the crux of the paper relates to the social development of these children. Specifically, the paper provides a quick definition of what is ?normal? social development, the consequences of ?abnormal? social development, and lastly what specific abnormalities or obstacles of social development affect children with bipolar disease.
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"Everyone can elicit some happy memory from childhood. For most individuals, an account of a favorite birthday party, camping trip, or other social event can be easily recollected. For some, this is an especially difficult challenge, and not because of an impaired memory or other cognitive deficit. They simply lack those memories; feelings of happiness, belonging to a peer group, or simply of having friends elude them. Bipolar disorder (also known as manic-depression) is a fairly well known illness that affects millions of adults worldwide and is now being diagnosed among children, some as young as 5 years old. Children with this condition are especially vulnerable, as it is during these years that their social development and interpersonal relationship skills are critically defined. Normal children do not have to consciously think about or make a coordinated effort to ?make friends? usually; it is a process that seems to happen effortlessly. Bipolar children are not as fortunate, as the physical and psychological manifestations of the disease, coupled with the stigma that is usually attached to them, make healthy social development almost impossible. In response, the standard of care treatment of this disorder, at any age, is usually pharmacotherapy. But can this really help a lonely, depressed child, in their struggle to find a place in the world and be accepted?"
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Social Work with Children, 2007.
An analysis of the non-secure group home system in the United States, focusing on children.
4,831 words (approx. 19.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 123.95
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This paper takes a look at the the non-secure group home system in the United States. According to the paper, in order to analyze this system, a look at the foster care system in New York City and the juvenile justice group home system in California is necessary.
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Administration for Child Services in New York
Need for Group Homes
The California Department of Juvenile Justice
The Juvenile Justice Group Home System
Conclusion
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"New York finds itself underbudgeted and underfinanced for both homeless people, especially youth. There is no safety net for youth between 16 and 21, even though that is the crucial time for development of a stable life for them. Youth who enter foster care and youth who find themselves homeless have life histories that are similar and which include emotional or physical abuse, family violence, mental illness, drugs and poverty, which induces many other stressors. There are a disproportionate number of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth in the foster care program, the homeless youth and runaway youth. This may be caused by their sexual preferences being rejected by the family and being "kicked out" of their homes to become homeless or to go to foster care. However, in a foster care home, or on the streets the same conditions may exist or be even more severe (Ayala, p. 1)."
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Raising Children in a Socially Toxic Environment, 2001.
An analysis of the book written by Dr. James Garbarino.
2,190 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 42 sources, $ 68.95
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This paper examines a child rearing book in which Dr. James Garbarino explains how to raise wholesome children in the current "toxic environment". He lists seven aspects which are essential for a child's healthy social development and describes the effects of modern society on children.
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"Raising Children in a Socially Toxic Environment by Dr. James Garbarino is a book for anyone interesting in studying the social environment of children. It?s a book for educators who want to study the results of a poor environment and recognize the signs of it; it?s for parents who want to know what?s good and what?s not so good for their children to see. And finally, it?s for students like myself who are interested in learning just how much a child?s environment affects a child?s psyche and what they will grow up to be."
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Canadian Social Policy for Children, 1991.
A look at abuse, adoption, day care, welfare, child tax credit, poverty and family issues.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 8 sources, $ 79.95
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"Introduction
This research examines the treatment of children under Canadian social policy. The findings of this examination are presented in discussions concerning (1) the specifics of contemporary policy, and (2) the essential issues of the policy debate.
CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN SOCIAL POLICY
AS IT AFFECTS CHILDREN
Contemporary Canadian social policy concerning children includes programs dealing with three major goals--the support of parental abilities to meet the needs of children, substitutes for parental care, and supplements to parental care (Melichercik, 1987). The program specifics are discussed within the context of these goals."
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Social Self and Socialization, 2005.
This paper discusses our social selves and our socialization into the world we live in.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper analyzes the combination of our social selves and our socialization into the society of our birth and development. The paper looks at the ideas of how we develop a social self, how society plays a huge role in this process and how these two become interlinked in our personality. The paper concludes that our social selves become a central aspect of how we are.
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"Human beings are born with an ability or nature to become social beings and if the child is raised typically they will develop their social self, or become a part of society in one facet or another. This social self is developed as the child begins to feel emotions and correspond these same emotions to the selves they recognize as their parents or guardians. From these insights, it is important to then consider the impact that this has upon the type of person which we become."
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Socialization and Social Groups, 2002.
This paper analyzes what makes us human by discussing various social organizations.
2,169 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper explains that, although a child?s family is the most influential force in a child?s social development, environmental factors, such as friends, school, church, and other social organizations, also have an effect on socialization. The author describes many types of social organizations, including fraternities and sororities, religious groups, fine arts groups, and sports groups, whose members share similar goals and interests and play a role in the socialization process. The paper states that what makes us human is our ability to pick up societal norms and social cues from people and things that exists outside the boundaries of the immediate family.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Definition of Socialization
Social Organizations
Fraternities and Sororities
Religious Groups
Fine Arts Groups
Sports Groups
Sociological Analysis of What Makes Us Human
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"Religious groups are also important social organizations that aid in the development of socialization process. Social organizations that have a specific religion at the core can include; a church, mosque or temple, or a gospel choir. Membership to these religious groups allows individuals with the same belief systems to come together to worship and form friendships. The purpose of these groups is to strengthen the faith of members. This strengthening may be accomplished through mentorship, guidance and increased knowledge of the standards of the faith. Religious groups also provide individuals with a support system, which aids in the process of socialization."
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Social Workers and the Social Construction of Sexuality, 2007.
A look at the attitude of social workers in the UK towards sexuality.
3,025 words (approx. 12.1 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 88.95
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This paper explores the attitude in the UK today, of social workers towards sexuality, noting that they are hesitant about even broaching the subject. The author discovers that, both in the United Kingdom and the United States, most of the attention for this subject has been directed at sexual abuse cases of children and vulnerable adolescents.
Outline:
Introduction
Sexuality as social construction
Marginalization
Same-sex couples and child adoption
Sexuality and the aged
Conclusions
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"Within the areas of social work sexuality needs to be debated more openly. But it needs to be done so based on a more sophisticated understanding of sexuality's meaning and power. Before the arrival of Michel Foucault, who as a French philosopher revolutionised our understanding of sexuality, the implications of maintaining attitudes as cited above - both open and hidden - had been scarcely realized. Most of the time people took it on trust, from both popular writers and medical experts, who convincingly based their explanations on a supposedly rigorous scientific footing, that sexuality was in the main a biological construct, with clear demarcations as to what constituted man and woman as well as the purpose of both in the evolutionary scheme of things. (Wilton, 2000, p.163) But more recently, people have come to appreciate how untenable and arbitrary this division could be. This misconception has been expressed by Ann Oakley particularly well."
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Social Systems and Socialization, 2004.
A comparison of the effect of social systems, both home and school, on a person's development, written from a personal perspective.
3,897 words (approx. 15.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 106.95
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This paper addresses the social systems that were present when the writer was growing up and considers how they impacted on his socialization. Being born in 1979, these systems mainly represent those in the 1980s and early 1990s. The writer then considers the systems that were present in the generation prior to his own, which also equates to the same generation as his parents. This information is obtained by interviewing a married couple, both born in the early 1950s. These systems represent those in the 1950s and early 1960s. Finally, the writer compares and contrasts the two socialization experiences and considers how these differences in socialization may have resulted in differences between himself and the people of his parent?s generation.
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"An individual becomes the person they are because of their socialization. The social systems a person interacts with, especially as a child, influences both a person?s beliefs and their actions. According to Bronfenbrenner, there are four levels that make up the social system: the micro, the meso, the exo, and the macro. The microsystem is described as ?a pattern of activities, roles, and interpersonal relations experienced by the developing person in a given face-to-face setting? (Bronfenbrenner,1993, p. 15). The main examples of microsystems are family and school. The mesosystem is described saying it ?compromises the linkages and processes taking place between two or more settings containing the developing person? (Bronfenbrenner,1993, p. 22). School is the major example of a mesosystem where school compromises the linkages and processes taking place in the family environment. The exosystem is described as ?the linkages and processes taking place between two or more settings, at least one of which does not contain the developing person but in which events occur that indirectly influence processes within the immediate setting within which the developing person lives? (Bronfenbrenner,1993, p. 22). The major example of this is the parent?s workplace, where decisions made there indirectly impact on the individual?s family environment."
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Social Learning and Social Control Theories On Crime, 1999.
Defines, analyzes and compares the basic concepts of two approaches to an understanding of the nature and cause of criminal and deviant behavior.
4,500 words (approx. 18.0 pages), 7 sources, $ 135.95
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Why do people perform criminal acts? Is it something in their genes? Something in the hand of fate? Is it something that they learn the way that other people learn to recite the names of the presidents or their parents' trade?
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"Social Learning Theory and Control Theory: A comparison of two models for criminal behavior
Why do people perform criminal acts? Is it something in their genes? Something in the hand of fate? Is it something that they learn the way that other people learn to recite the names of the presidents or their parents' trade?
Many criminologists, along with a high percentage of the sociologists and social psychologists that have studied criminal behavior, have selected this final explanation: People learn to be criminals in the same way that people learn any other kind of voluntary behavior. Scholars who believe this to be the case are adhering to social learning theories - or to related differential association theories - of criminality."
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The Social Condition of Brazilian Children, 2006.
An analysis of the appalling social problems facing children in Brazil.
4,980 words (approx. 19.9 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 126.95
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This paper studies the particularly difficult social plight of children in Brazil. As the author explains, there are fifty five million children under the age of sixteen in the country, of whom as many as twelve million are homeless, living on the streets and/or working in child labor, including in extremely abusive situations. The paper provides a detailed assessment of the various problems (as shown in the below outline) and then discusses solutions to them, both governmental and non-governmental. The paper concludes with a number of case studies about non-profit organizations that have endeavored to change the situation for Brazil's children.
Introduction to Brazil
Introduction to Societal Problems Involving the Children of Brazil
Homelessness
Death Squads
Child Labor
Child Prostitution
Sexual Abuse from Working as Domestic Servants
Why the Children Work
Solutions
Solutions Regarding the Death Squad Killings
Governmental Assistance
Law and Enforcement
Education Initiatives by the Government
Children Working and Attending School at the Same Time
Specific Targeted Programs
Assistance from Various Organizations
Happy Family
Amizade
Goat-to-School Program
Eliminating Child Labor in the Shoe Industry
Hope for the Future
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"Surprisingly, for its rather quiet history, and in spite of its rapid industrialization and economic growth, Brazil has some very serious social problems today. Cities are polluted and crime is rampant. The gap between the rich and poor continues to grow. The gap, in fact, is among the most substantial in the world (1999 Country Reports). As the United States Department of State noted, in 1995, the richest twenty percent of the Brazilian population received 63 percent of the nation's income, and the poorest fifty percent of the nation accounted for only twelve percent of the nation's income. The widening gap between rich and poor also may be seen in the availability (or lack thereof) of food, education, medical care, and services such as water supply, sewerage, electricity, and other basic needs required for daily living (1999 Country Reports)."
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Social Workers and Abused Children, 2008.
This paper provides a review of notable errors in professional practice as they pertain to working with the family unit in different contexts.
2,113 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 66.95
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This paper looks at how differential attitudes towards different social groups leads to differential treatment and thereby outcomes, for the families of abused children. The paper provides scholarly material supporting the above contention and also looks at what the social work profession can do to discourage such sentiments while simultaneously making itself more responsive to victims. The writer explores a selected client system and looks at how families existing within different socioeconomic or racial contexts can experience variable treatment at the hands of social workers. Specifically, the paper explores the seriousness with which child abuse is addressed by social workers when that abuse occurs in non-white homes or is perpetrated by a woman and not by a man. The paper also looks at cultural factors which social workers overlook at their peril and what can be done by social workers to mitigate the effects of child mistreatment. In the end, the writer maintains that there are flaws in the system but also hope for the future.
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Abstract
Family Unit in Different Contexts
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"At the same time, social workers face a number of challenges that professionals even a generation or so ago simply did not encounter. For one thing, our society - by which it is meant Anglo-American society predominantly - is changing rapidly and becoming more diverse than in the past. As a result, social workers working with troubled families must deal with cultural and religious assumptions and cosmologies that were scarcely present before the 1970s - or even 1980s. The end result of all this is that people from different cultures must be communicated with in different ways and allowances must be made for the fact that certain procedures - such as physical examinations of an abused child - may cause pain for the non-offending parent (assuming he or she has been reared in a "traditional" faith such as Hinduism) in a way that they would not for someone reared in a more secular manner. Similarly, religious families already wracked by grief or by pangs of guilt do not need social workers to inject their own cynicism about religion into any discussions occurring between the parties."
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Teachers as Social Workers, 2002.
This paper reviews the article, ?The Social Work Dimension of the Primary Teacher?s Role?, by Webb and Vulliamy and uses many other sources for the discussion.
3,850 words (approx. 15.4 pages), 13 sources, APA, $ 105.95
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This paper discusses teachers acting as social workers for the students and parents in the British Education System, which is similar to that of the United States. This author states that the report is based on qualitative research (observations) that was done in fifteen schools in the North East of England and on a national survey.
Table of Contents
Role of Teachers as Social Workers in the School System
The Research Sample
Observation
Funding Paid by the University of York
Teachers and Social Work
Problems in Assessment
National Curriculum Based on the Needs of the Students
Problems in the Classroom
Teachers as Advocates
Children?s Act in 1989
British Educational Needs
Special Support System
Time and Needs of Teachers Overcome by Social Problems
Problems with Special Needs Students
Teachers Concerning Various Roles
Different Masks that Teachers Wear
Teachers Too Busy to Teach
The Education of Children in Need
Social Work by Teachers
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"If a child goes to school and destroys the classroom, what would the child learn from the parent paying for the damage? The problem is that often the laws are adding to the problems that children have. Parents cannot spank their children or do other physical actions to control their actions. Often the parents talk to the teacher about the behavioral problems that they are having at home. ?Headteachers spent considerable amount of time providing advice and support on behavior management to parents who were experiencing major problems in controlling their children?s behavior. When pupils? behavior in school was disruptive and unacceptable, headteachers explained to the parents the school?s response to this behavior and sought to work co-operatively with them to effect improvement? "
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