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- Title
Editor's Page.
- Authors
G. H.
- Abstract
The article discusses the diagnostic-functional debate in social work. Social work has weathered a division from the diagnostic-functional controversy. The long-range effects of this fissure cannot easily be assessed by the contemporary historian, but an unfortunate legacy remains in confusion of tongues. The diagnostic-functional debate, like the still-continued argument over the place and role of psychotherapy, has been largely a burden upon casework. Social workers are equally involved in the new directions in casework, group work and inter-group work, important decisions can no longer be made for one process without affecting other processes. Rehabilitation and corrections require all the characteristic knowledge and skill of social workers as well special skills of collaboration. Counseling is an essential component of medical, legal, educational, psychological and other professional fields. But, however used in other fields, counseling should convey the same meaning in school social work, group work agencies, family casework and so on.
- Subjects
SOCIAL services; SOCIAL groups; SOCIAL workers; SOCIAL group work; COUNSELING; REHABILITATION
- Publication
Social Work, 1956, Vol 1, Issue 4, p2
- ISSN
0037-8046
- Publication type
Editorial