Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services

Mental health professionals must see the gay client as a person who frequently needs supportive casework in an often hostile, prejudicial environment

Social workers need to consider issues related to a topic of major importance and extraordinary opportunity for interdisciplinary practice and leadership

Attempts in social casework to develop a unifying theory have tended to show either an emphasis on theories of the individual or the social system

The social worker has tools of investigation available to gather and interpret data meaningfully for the benefit of judge, jury, and clients

An investigation consists of a comparative evaluation of questionnaire responses with similar data collected from a sample of adoptive couples

With the changes in marriage patterns, new family structures are emerging; one of which is an intentionally childfree lifestyle

Transcript of statement of W. Keith Daugherty, General Director, Family Service Association of America, New York, New York, before the Honorable Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, March 10, 1977, Hearing on Welfare Reform.