Social Work articles from July 2000

Social Work archives from July 2000

Social Workers and Politics in the New Century.
July 1, 2000... For the past generation, social workers have spent most of their political energies defending the nation's fragile safety net and legal protections for women and people of color against those who would denigrate, devolve, "defund," dismantle,...

Reducing Welfare Benefits: Consequences for Adequacy of and Eligibility for Benefits.
July 1, 2000... During the past two decades, most states have allowed welfare benefit levels to erode with inflation. Very little attention has been paid by academics and policy makers to the potential effects of the Personal Responsibility and Work...

Understanding a Work-Family Fit for Single Parents Moving from Welfare to Work.
July 1, 2000... Teng and Pittman's model of "work-family fit" served as a theoretical base for exploring the experiences of families moving from welfare to work. Responding to open-ended telephone interview questions, 30 recently hired welfare recipients...

Teenage Parents and Welfare Reform: Findings from a Survey of Teenagers Affected by Living Requirements.
July 1, 2000... An important component of welfare reform aimed at minor teenage parents is a requirement that the teenager live in an appropriate living situation, typically with a parent or guardian. The State of Massachusetts developed Teen Living Programs...

The Inclusive Workplace: An Ecosystems Approach to Diversity Management.
July 1, 2000... This article's main argument is that organizations need to expand their notion of diversity to include not only the organization itself, but also the larger systems that constitute its environment. The concept of "the inclusive workplace,"...

The Social Work Ethics Audit: A Risk-Management Strategy.
July 1, 2000... In recent years, social work's knowledge base related to professional ethics has expanded significantly. However, most practicing social workers concluded their formal professional education at a time when comprehensive ethics education was not...

Child Support Policy: Some Critical Issues and the Implications for Social Work.
July 1, 2000... The growth of female-headed households and the concurrent likelihood of poverty in such families have increased interest by the public and policymakers in examining policies affecting this group. Particularly since 1975, policymakers have...

Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Relationship-Based Approaches.
July 1, 2000... The passage of the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986 (P.L. 99-457) heralded a new era for early intervention for children with disabilities (De Gangi, Royeen, & Wietlisbach, 1992; Hepp, 1991; Roberts, 1991; Rossetti, 1990;...

Letters.
July 1, 2000... Recovered Memory Therapy This is a belated response to J. T. Stocks' response to my response to his article--all on the topic of recovered memories in therapy (Stocks, 1999). I must admit I was impressed with Stocks' replies to me and...