Adolescents encompass a considerably large amount of the foster care population in the United States. Every year the number of youth who “age-out” of the foster care system at the age of 18 or 21 to live independently has continued to increase. Yout . . .

The rise of children living and/or working on the streets has become a global phenomenon following the increased industrialization and urbanization of our times. Despite the best efforts of helpers globally, many street children return to the streets. . . .

This research pursues interventions to stabilize and reduce harm of youth at risk of domestic minor sex trafficking (DMST) while in the care of child welfare services. Researchers have identified an intersection between youth at risk of DMST and the c . . .

Transgender people are one of the most vulnerable and marginalized populations in the U.S. The primary concept that the researcher examined is the lived experiences of former transgender and gender expansive youth in California. The theoretical fra . . .

Involvement with systems like Child Welfare Service (CWS) can occur through various forms such as poverty, domestic violence, substance abuse, and mental health. People from rural communities face additional adversities leading to mistreatment and neg . . .

Our world is more connected today than it ever has been. Within the past seven years, social media use among adults in the United States has increased; however, while digital connectivity is on the rise, life satisfaction and happiness are declining ( . . .

This qualitative study sought to gain a better understanding of the lived experiences of student veterans who had recently transitioned from military service into community college. Utilizing the Veteran Critical Theory (VCT) as the primary conceptu . . .

Homelessness in Fresno is a commonality within the city. Criminalization of homelessness is also common but on worldwide scale. The purpose of this thesis is to look at the perspective of social workers and their application of their ethical principle . . .

This study seeks to understand the experience of monolingual Spanish-speaking parents in regard to parental involvement in the education of their children in the San Joaquin Valley. Using a phenomenological approach, this study examined the narratives . . .

Mennonites living in Russia at the start of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 entered into a climate of almost relentless violence. Mennonites are a Protestant group that formed during the 16th century Reformation. Long-term psychological implications . . .

In social work practice, the term "crisis intervention" is widely used today* Crisis intervention clinics, or personnel units within clinics, are being established in more and more community mental health programs. In the greater Fresno, Californi . . .

This study was concerned with examining the use of martial arts training, specifically karate, as a vehicle for improving the self-esteem of a particular target system—the emotionally disturbed adolescent. Martial arts training may offer disciplin . . .

The purpose of this research was to study the effects of a consciousness raising group experience on three groups of women, from the Porterville, California, area. The groups totalled sixteen women and met for ten weeks from about September 25 to . . .

The primary purpose of this study was the cultivation of my personal growth through increased self-awareness and self-acceptance. This view of personal growth emphasizes becoming aware of and expressing my feelings, and experiencing that "I am what . . .

To remain viable as a helping profession, social work needs to constantly consider ways for improving its functions. Whether focusing on the availability of social assistance programs or the enhancement of an individual's situation, one task is to . . .

Basic skills in interviewing are an integral part of the stock of skills that any worker in the helping professions should have at his command. "Regardless of what area of social work, what method being practiced, what treatment mode or theoretica . . .

California's Probation Subsidy Program (formally known as the State Aid for Probation Services Program) began operation on July 1, 1966. The program provides a kind of partnership between the state and counties with the intent of providing effecti . . .

In the past several years there has been increasing interest and emphasis given to the use of nonprofessionals as a link between the service agencies and their target communities. The use of service workers drawn from the population served by publ . . .

Behavior is a "socially evaluated and socially regularized product; and behavior problems represent conflicts between individual behavior and social require- ments for behavior". The very existence of a behavior problem indicates a personal or . . .

There probably is not a person who at one time or another has not felt the poignancy of guilt feelings even when these could not be ultimately ascribed to something that person has done. The restlessness and affliction he experiences do not necess . . .

There are an estimated 10.5 million undocumented immigrants that live in the United States (Krogstad, Passel, & Cohn, 2019). As changes in immigration policies and legislation become harsher and more restrictive, the purpose of this phenomenological . . .

The purpose of this study was to examine, describe and explore the relationships that exist and influence maternal roles and role expectations of low income black boys. The study examined and described the limited opportunities and historical pecu . . .

A limited number of studies indicate that Vietnam era veterans are experiencing serious psychological and social problems in readapting to civilian life, Others state that the majority of these veterans have taken their military experience and rec . . .

Generalizing beyond the data of this study, but reflecting on his own observations as a social worker in Israel, the researcher suggests that American social workers need be of the Jewish faith to adjust professionally in Israel. The emotional cli . . .

The intent of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the services provided the mentally retarded person and his family by the Central Valley Regional Center, Fresno, California. The study was done during the school year 1972-73. Parents r . . .

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One particular reading disability, and the focus of this study, is termed Specific Language Disability. Critchley, commenting on the need for tin agreed definition of SLD, suggests that it is a "difficulty in learning to read which is constitutional, . . .

The primary purpose of this study was to explore the adolescent girl's perceptions of her needs in a placement facility. When Konopka undertook a study of delinquent adolescent girls, she pointed out the scarcity of research on adolescent girls as opp . . .

The purpose of this study was to (1) survey the physicians in Kings County, California to determine their social values, their attitudes toward welfare recipients, and their demo-graphic characteristics| and (2) explore possible relationships between . . .

The Fresno County Work Furlough Program has been in existence in Fresno, California, since 1964, when the Fresno County Board of Supervisors authorized its establishment. Administered by the Probation Department, the program's basic function is to all . . .

This study is an exploration of the hesitancy to accept the unitary methods approach with a focus on the two key variables cited, practitioner identification and agency structure. As stated previously, the four researchers each selected a different ty . . .

The current study explores the potential relationship between mental health clinicians’ ability to accurately interpret non-verbal communication and their job satisfaction. It is important to be aware of any relationship between these two variables to . . .

The purpose of this study was to develop insights into problems of the poor, solutions to the problems, and possible programs which would lead to more effective delivery of social work services to the poor. Professional helpers and lay people alike re . . .

Foster youth are not graduating from college at the same level as youth who were not involved in the foster care system. There are laws and programs that assist former foster youth while they are in college by connecting them with resources in their c . . .

The views an individual harbors toward himself are of central importance to his emotional health and successful functioning. One who has developed and is able to maintain a reasonably high level of self-esteem has little need to assume an essentially . . .

Specifically, this study focuses on the OAS program in Stanislaus County to determine the following (1) the extent and type of social services rendered to OAS recipients under the self-affirmation program; (2) who is rendering these social services; ( . . .

This study surveyed the attitudes toward family planning of Mexican-American married couples and Anglo married couples in Orange Cove, California. The purpose of this study was to discern whether Anglo married couples had more favorable attitudes towa . . .

In 2010, Assembly Bill 12 was implemented in order to allow California’s foster youth to remain in fostercare until the age of 21 in order to combat the negative outcomes they experienced during their transition into adulthood(California Department of . . .

The purpose of this study is to examine the characteristics of those persons applying for services at the Fresno County Mental Health Clinic between November 1, 1968, and December 15, 1968, and to determine through examination to what extent those per . . .

Education for all children has long been a prime goal of American democracy. In a society where an individual's status and class position is based on achievement, this vehicle has been and still is a basic requisite for successful entry into today's c . . .

The purpose of this study was a desire to account for the poor coping ability of disturbed children1 and the adequate coping ability of non-disturbed children. This objective was accomplished through looking at the mother's communication of coping bas . . .

The social worker who is called upon to give casework services to a mental patient must address himself to helping bring about equilibrium between the patient's inner self and his outer environment. The task is the same, whether it is arranging leave . . .

The purpose of this study is to examine two variables and to determine the correlation, if any, between the two. The first variable is the teaching orientation of the faculty of a graduate school of social work."" The second variable is the value orie . . .

The purpose of this study was to assess whether those recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children where the father is unemployed (who have a "welfare heritage") differ from those recipients who do not have a "welfare heritage" in their attit . . .

In the several settings of social casework, particularly in the medical and the psychiatric, there has been a growing recognition of the need to involve the family of the primary patient. Yet little attention has been given to this need as applied to . . .

The purpose of this study was to explore the need for a social services department in Tri-City Hospital, Oceanside, California, by examining community needs and resources; to study existing social services departments in other agencies; to evaluate th . . .

Few intervals in the life of a former inmate, adult or juvenile, are more crucial or difficult than the period immediately following his release on parole from institutional confinement. The former inmate has been living for some time in a regimented . . .

For many years educators have used the student journal as a means of involving youngsters in the task of introspection. The social worker might make use of this form of writing as a technique in working with hospitalized adolescents. The student journ . . .