1. Introduction: An Overview of the Journey
-Ram A. Cnaan, Jeffrey N. Draine, and Melissa E. Dichter
PART I. THE EARLY YEARS
2. The Family and the Social Worker
-Mary E. Richmond
Commentary
-Kevin Grigsby
3. A Community Program for Child Care
-J. Prentice Murphy
Commentary
-Ram A. Cnaan
4. Avocational Guidance
-Karl de Schweinitz
Commentary
-Ira Colby
5. Personality in Social Work
-Porter R. Lee
Commentary
-Ram A. Cnaan
6. The Contributions of American Social Agencies to Social Progress and Democracy
-Frank D. Watson
Commentary
-Ram A. Cnaan
PART II. THE HEIGHT OF THE FUNCTIONALIST ERA
7. The Time Element in Mental Hygiene Therapy as Applied to Social Case Work
-Jessie Taft
Commentary
-Bill Silver
8. Social Work Processes
-Ruth E. Smalley
Commentary
-Mark Frazier Lloyd
9. The Influence of Otto Rank in Social Work: A Journey into a Past
-Virginia P. Robinson
Commentary
-Kathryn RossÉ
10. The Cause in Function
-Harold Lewis
Commentary
-Beth Lewis
11. The Black Instructor: An Essential Dimension to the Content and Structure of the Social Work Curriculum
-Louis H. Carter
Commentary
-Nicholas Roush
12. Institutional Change as a Creative Process: Some Educational and Practice Considerations
-Howard Arnold and Tybel Bloom
Commentary
-Anthony F. Bruno
13. Social Work and Social Action
-Kenneth L. M. Pray
Commentary
-Carol W. Spigner
PART III. WRITINGS ON THE INFLUENCE OF THE FUNCTIONAL APPROACH
14. Functional Theory: Its History and Influence on Contemporary Social Work Practice
-Martha M. Dore
Commentary
-Martha M. Dore
15. The University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work: Reflections of a Graduate
-SaraKay Smullens
Commentary
-SaraKay Smullens
16. Jessie Taft and the Functional School: The Impact of Our History
-Rich Furman
Commentary
-Rich Furman
PART IV. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DSW PROGRAM
17. An Integrative, Intersystemic Approach to Supervision of Couple Therapy
-Stephen J. Betchen
Commentary
-Stephen J. Betchen
18. Reflections upon University Retirement: With Thanks and Apologies to James Joyce
-Gerald L. Euster
Commentary
-Gerald L. Euster
19. Boundary Spanning: An Ecological Reinterpretation of Social Work Practice in Health and Mental Health Systems
-Toba S. Kerson
Commentary
-Toba S. Kerson
20. Challenging Injustice and Oppression
-David G. Gil
Commentary
-David G. Gil
21. Partnering with the Jewish Community of Romania and Transitioning from Holocaust and Communism to Modernity
-Zvi Feine
Commentary
-Zvi Feine
22. Introduction to a Dissertation: Posing Questions on Perceived Empowerment and Community Problem Solving
-Jacqueline B. Mondros
Commentary
-Jacqueline B. Mondros
PART V. CONTEMPORARIES: RECENT PH.D.S AND FACULTY
23. The Role of Social Disadvantage in Crime, Joblessness, and Homelessness Among Persons with Serious Mental Illness
-Jeffrey N. Draine, Mark S. Salzer, Dennis P. Culhane, and Trevor R. Hadley
Commentary
-Jeffrey N. Draine
24. The Social Services of African American Congregations in the Welfare Reform Era
-Stephanie C. Boddie
Commentary
-Stephanie C. Boddie
25. Education for Social Development: Curricular Issues and Models
-Richard J. Estes
Commentary
-Richard J. Estes
26. The New African American Inequality
-Michael B. Katz, Mark J. Stern, and Jamie J. Fader
Commentary
-Mark J. Stern
27. How Evaluation Research Can Help Reform and Improve the Child Welfare System
-Richard J. Gelles
Commentary
-Richard J. Gelles
28. On Becoming a Scholar-Practitioner
-Kenwyn K. Smith
Commentary
-Kenwyn K. Smith
29. Neighborhood-Representing Organizations: How Democratic Are They?
-Ram A. Cnaan
Commentary
-Ram A. Cnaan
30. Moving from Psychoeducation to Family Education for Families of Adults with Serious Mental Illness
-Phyllis Solomon
Commentary
-Phyllis Solomon
31. Postmodern Feminist Theory and Social Work
Roberta G. Sands and Kathleen Norris
Commentary
-Roberta G. Sands
32. A Cross-National Study of Adolescent Peer Concordance on Issues of the Future
-Vivian C. Seltzer and Richard P. Waterman
Commentary
-Vivian C. Seltzer
33. The Journey Toward Intercultural Sensitivity: A Non-Linear Process
-Joretha N. Bourjolly, Roberta G. Sands, Phyllis Solomon, Victoria Stanhope, Anita Pernell-Arnold, and Laurene Finley
Commentary
-Joretha N. Bourjolly
34. Occupational Social Work for the Twenty-First Century
-Roberta R. Iversen
Commentary
Roberta R. Iversen
35. Where the Homeless Come From: A Study of the Prior Address Distribution of Families Admitted to Public Shelters in New York City and Philadelphia
-Dennis P. Culhane, Chang-Moo Lee, and Susan M. Wachter
Commentary
-Dennis P. Culhane
PART VI: RECENT FORMER FACULTY
36. Risk Classification and Juvenile Dispositions: What Is the State of the Art?
-Peter R. Jones, David R. Schwartz, Ira M. Schwartz, Zoran Obradovic, and Joseph Jupin
Commentary
-Ira M. Schwartz
37. Organizational Learning and Change in a Public Child Welfare Agency
-Burton J. Cohen and Michael J. Austin
Commentary
-Michael J. Austin
38. Lessons Learned About Working with Men: A Prison Memoir
-Jack Sternbach
Commentary
-Jeffrey N. Draine
Notes
List of Contributors
Index
