Attachment Theory And Social Workers: Assessing Quality Of Care Received By Children
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8 pages in length. The lack of love, attention and guidance children receive during childhood has a direct correlation with unattached disorders and attachment theory, concepts that highlight "the lifelong requirement for close affectional bonds with others" (Sable, 1995, p. 334). Social workers utilize attachment theory as a means by which to assess quality of care children receive, looking closely for a number of variables that may lead to creating an unattached child such as abuse, neglect and inadequate parenting skills. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Attaining and Assessing Client Goals
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5 pages. In this social psychology case study, a young man is despondent over the breakup of he and his girlfriend. He has considered suicide and is also compelled to use alcohol and drugs. Based on client assessment and goal attainment, this case study will focus on the target problems and possible solutions. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Attitudes Towards Harm Reduction for Substance Abusers: An Annotated Bibliography
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This 3 page paper provides an overview of an annotated bibliography on the attitudes of social workers towards harm reduction for substance abusers. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Australian Family Health Assessment: Stresses, Substance Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Child Protection Concerns
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A 9 page discussion of family stresses that can result in domestic violence. Among the most innocent victims are children. The author provides guidelines that can be used in family assessments to predict domestic violence and ultimately utilized to protect children.
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Authority in the Family and Welfare Consumerism
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This 4 page paper is written in two parts. The first part of the paper considers how and why authority within the family has changed ion the UK since the 1950's, including reference to Foucault and sexual liberation. The second part of the paper considers why there has been an increase in welfare consumerism in the UK since the 1980's. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
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Baby Boomers & Their Retirement Years
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This 17 page report discusses the 'baby boom' generation (Americans born between 1946 and 1964) in terms of their retirement plans, options, and likely economic realities. This report examines general issues related to retirement and baby boomers but focuses on the issues confronting women of the baby boom generation as they move toward their retirement years. A hypothetical survey and its methodology and findings are also discussed in relationship to the topic. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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Baltimore’s Child Protective Services & Chessie
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A 5 page research paper that reports on the child protective services (CPS) in Maryland, specifically focusing on a computerized system designed to track the state’s 10,000 foster children. The system is named the Children’s Electronic Social Services Information Exchange, which has been dubbed “Chessie.” The writer reports on its current problems and offers evaluation and also refers briefly to a previous report, khcpsmd.rtf. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Being Homeless and What Defines an American Today
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A 7 page paper which focuses on the homeless to define an American living in 2006, illustrating how the homeless portray American ideals, and considers the struggle to survive through contemporary articles and literary/artistic media (a speech, memoir of a homeless person, and two poems). Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Benefits To Placement Of Parents In Adult Day Care Facilities
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5 pages in length. It has been said that as people age and become more and more dependent upon others for their care, their needs reflect those similar to a child's. As a means by which to uphold whatever independence and sense of self that might still remain, adult day care has become one of the most promising alternatives. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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