CROSS-NATIONAL SOCIAL WORK: A RESIDENTIAL MODEL FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN IN GUATEMALA (ORPHANS, MODEL ADAPTATION, ORGANIZATIONAL, LOCALITY DEVELOPMENT, EXCHANGE THEORY).
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Title
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CROSS-NATIONAL SOCIAL WORK: A RESIDENTIAL MODEL FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN IN GUATEMALA (ORPHANS, MODEL ADAPTATION, ORGANIZATIONAL, LOCALITY DEVELOPMENT, EXCHANGE THEORY).
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Identifier
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AAI8508740
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identifier
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8508740
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Creator
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TORKELSEN, STEPHEN E.
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Contributor
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Paul Kurzman
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Date
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1985
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Social Work
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Abstract
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Cross-National Social Work: A Residential Model for Homeless Children in Guatemala was a project designed to help homeless and abandoned Guatemalan children between the ages of six to twelve years old by providing them with full residential and social services.;There were three overall objectives to this project. The first was to describe the process of adapting a proven successful model of child care using propositions of exchange and contingency theories of organizational expansion and change. Secondly, this project tested the process of model adaptation in an international context, with emphasis on cross-national and cross-cultural locality development. The third objective was to use this study as a planning document for model replications in Guatemala and other developing urban societies.;Evaluation strategies used to assess the project were those of the case study, that is, the program was monitored under developmental conditions. Evaluations were conducted at three, six, and twelve month intervals in order to assess the progress of the project during its first year of operation. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used, including participant observation, formal interviews, analysis of group meetings (e.g., staff meetings, case conferences, and so forth), and content analysis of various written documents.;Overall findings indicated that the project was most successful in terms of organizational planning, gathering of necessary resources, and providing residential care and social services to homeless children. Findings related to administrative policy indicated that the parent agency's total control of the funding, top staff, and the size and composition of the program's Advisory Board, insured internal accountability and protection to the parent agency. However, this administrative control created a structural isolation of the project from some of its social and community networks.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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D.S.W.
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Program
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Social Welfare
