Self-Help and Rehabilitation, an Annotated Bibliography. By- Katz, Alfred H
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REPORT RESUMES ED 018 050 CC 001 865 SELF-HELP AND REHABILITATION, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. BY- KATZ, ALFRED H. AND OTHERS CALIFORNIA UNIV., LOS ANGELES PUB DATE OCT 6? EDRS PRICE iF -$0.25 HC-$1.92 46P. DESCRIPTORS- *EXCEPTIONAL CHILD SERVICES, *COUNSELING, *ADJUSTMENT (TO ENVIRONMENT) , ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES, REHABILITATION, SOCIAL WORK, INSTITUTIONS, PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL, DELINQUENT REHABILITATION, SCHOOLS: SOCIAL WORKERS, SELF HELP PROGRAMS, SELF CONCEPT, SOCIAL FACTORS, PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS, PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES, SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES, PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTHEALTH SERVICES, WELFARE SERVICES: NINETY-EIGHT ANNOTATED REFERENCES (FROM 1933 TO 1967) ON SELF HELP AND REHABILITATION FOR THE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED ARE INCLUDED IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY. ALL RELATE EITHER TO THE SELF HELP FORM OF ORGANIZATION IN THE STRUCTURING OF HEALTH AND WELFARE SERVICES OR TO THE SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF REHABILITATION. THE REFERENCES TREAT (1) SOCIAL THEORY AND METHODS,(2) COMMUNITY AND FAMILY ASPECTS,(3) INSTITUTIONS (HOSPITALS, PRISONS, SCHOOLS) , (4) SELF HELP ORGANIZATIONS, (5) SCLF HELP GROUPS AND PROFESSIONAL WORKERS, AND(6) SELF HELP AND COMMUNITY . DEVELOPMENT. (Df) bc. DEC, 1 190 S" F-=-11E1 D ANn Ro HARI' ITATVIN An Annotated Bibliography Compiled by ALFRED H. KATZ, D.S.W. JACQUELINE HUSEK, M.A. CELYNN J. MAC DONALD, B.A. U.C.L.A. ScLool of Public Health Los Angeles, California 90024 October, 1967 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION& WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCEDEXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATINGIT. EDUCATION STATED DO NOT NECESSARILYREPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF NATION OR POLICY. SELF-HELP AND REHABILITATION An Annotated Bibliography Compiled by Alfred H. Katz, D.S.W. Jacqueline Husek, M.A. Celynn 3. MacDonald, B.A. U.;.L.A. School of Public Health Los Angeles, California900211. October, 1967 FOREWORD This bibliography derives from two professional interests of the compiler that are of some years' standing: the first, in the self-help form of organ- ization that I see as a component of growing importance in the structuring of health and welfare services; and second, in socio-psychological aspects of the rehabilitation of the physically and mentally handicapped. From various professional experiences, studies and observations over the last dozen years, I have been impressed by the importance and potentials of self-help organizational structures, and I am persuaded that many professional workers have an insufficient appreciation of the therapeutic group action, educational and other advantages of the self-help form in various aspects of social treatment, and in particular in the long-term rehabilitation process. Having such convictions, I have sought to read in the relevant social science literatures in order to discover theoretical formulations, as well as empirical studies that would aid in my own understanding and analysis of self-help phenomena. Especial attention has been given to writings on small- group theory and practice, and to studies of social rehabilitation, but a section has also been included on community development projects because of their embodiment of self-help approaches. The present bibliography is thus a distillation of these personal readings and studies, summarizing those that have seemed to me of the greatest relevance and usefulness. Having its origin in one person's interests and limited as it was by resources of staff and time, I cannot claim that the bibliography isexhaustive in its somewhat diffuse field. I see it as possibly helpful to professional workers and social scientists in their initial orientation to this field, and perhaps suggestive of the lines along which progress will be wade, in develop- ing the theory and practice of self-help groups in rehabilitation, and assessing their potentials in American social planning. As work has proceeded,* it has become clear that the relevant literature could be logically- categorized under the six main headings that follow. The compiler and his associates hope that this bibliography will be useful in orienting professional workers and students to the world of self-help phenomena, and will stimulate increased research and conceptualization in this significant area. Indeed, our hope would be that enough additional interest would be stimulated as to render this bibliography obsolete in a very few years' time. Alfred H. Katz, D.S.W. Professor, Schools of Public Health and Social Welfare University of California Los Angeles September, 1967. *This project has been supported by Research Grants from the U.C.L.A. Academic Senate, and the Research Committee of the School of Public Health. TABLE OF CONTENTS Section A. SOCIAL THEORY AND METHODS Page 1 Section B. COMMUNITY AND FAMILY ASPECTS Page 16 Section C. INSTITUTIONS (HOSPITALS, PRISONS, SCHOOLS) Page 26 Section D. SELF-HELP ORGANIZATIONS Page 36 Section E. SELF-HELP GROUPS AND PROFESSIONAL WORKERS Page 37 Section F. SELF-HELP AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Page 39 SELF-HELP AND REHAKLITATION: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY A. SOCIAL THEORY AND METHODS 1. Berzon, Betty, Pious, Constance, and Farson, Richard E., THE THERA- PEUTIC EVENT IN GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY: A STUDY OF SUBJECTIVE REPORTS BY GROUP MEMBERS, Journal ofIndividital Psychology, Vol. 19, November 1963, pp. 204-212. Authors collected 375 written descriptions by group psychotherapy members on those events felt to be most bene- ficial. Responses stressed self-help through group relations; restructuring self-image through group feedback; expression of self in the group; and enrichment of the feeling life. 2. Brager, G., THE INDIGENOUS WORKER: A NEW APPROACH TO 1HE SOCIAL WORK TECHNICIAN, Social Work, Vol. 10, No. 2, April 1965, pp. 33- 40. Use of nonprofessionals in social work is seen as pro- viding relief for chronic staff shortages, vocational opportunities for slum-dwellers, self-improvement for the nonprofessional, and participation of slum dwellers in com munity programs. Indigenous worker is characterized by warm response to client, mutuality of interests,better communication, lack of "professional role," emphasis on client life circumstance, and healthy mistrust of bureau- cratic authority. Author describes Mobilization for Youth's work among low-income persons. Refers to MFY's Visiting Home-maker Service, Community Development Program, and Parent Education Aide Unit. 3. Carter, Launor F., Haythorn, William, and Howell, Margaret, AFURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE CRITERIA OF LEADERSHIP, in Small Groups: Studies in Social Interaction, ed. Borgazta and Hare, New York: Knopf, 1955, pp. 523-26. Development of an earlier study on leadership in relatively leaderless high schoo). groups with intellectual, work, add motor tasks. Leadership ability was found tc be estimated more reliably by group members, is the form of expressed opinion or nomination to position, than by faculty members or friends. 4. Cressey, Donald R., SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY FOR USINGDEVIANTS TO CONTROL DEVIATION, Experiment in Culture Expansion, California State Department of Corrections, Sacramento, July1963. (mimeographed) Given at the 1963 NorcoConference, sponsored by the National InstLtute of MentalHealth and California State Department of Corrections,which explored the involvement of targets of therapeutic proeramsas active agentsin the be- rehabilitative process. Article states that conforming havior with attendant legalstructures is a social norm, shame that and that criminaldeviation produces guilt and It are incompatiblewith the self-conceptionsof normalcy. concludes that reformedex-criminals, being 6litecarriers effectively in the of anticriminalconceptions, can be used effort to prevent crimeand reform criminals. 5. Daniels, Dan, A FIVE-STEPGRADUATED APPROACH TOTHE EMPLOYMENT OF OUT-OF-SCHOOL OUT-OF-WORKYOUTH, Experiment in Culture Expansion,ibid. Given at the1963 Norco Conference, this paperexplores fivephases of employmentdevelopment recruitment; counsel- ing, evaluation, andgule.ance; work stations andtraining; referral to higher skilltraining and employment; andpost - placement counseling andde,reloplemt. Selfmotivation and self-evaluation are seen asimportant aspects of the program. An 6. Fairweather, G. W.,Social Psychology in TreatingMental Illness: Experimental, Approach, New York: John Wiley & Sons,1964. Describes a series of controlledexperiments in a in- Veteran's Administrationpsychiatric facility, in which creased patient participation wasfound to correlate highly with clinical improvement. Identity and Inter- 7. Foote, Nelson N., andCottrell, Leonard S. Jr., personal Competence:A New Direction inFamily Research, The University of ChicagoPress,1955. patterns of the Authorsexaminestructure and activity family, working from thepremise that fluidinterpersonal relations and not static characterstructures constitute the basic determinantof a well-functioningfamily unit. They stress that the groupexercises a moderatingand cooper- ative influence on its membersand that self-examination within the group is the keyto both individualidentity and developing interpersonalrelations. Some outside forces relations are social class; consideredtoaffect interpersonal industrial prog- the global politicalsituation; the speed of leisure; ress; increasingsocial complexity; increased equality between the sexes;and family autonomyin deciding to have or not to have children. Various forms of inter- personal experimentation