Teaching Behaviour Therapy Skills to Social Work Students

Summary Twenty social work students who were in the final term of atwo year non-graduate CQSW course were divided into two groupswhich met weekly for four sessions. The purpose of these sessions was to teach the students, throughexperiential methods, the use of behaviour modification techniquesin the hope that they would transfer this competence to theirwork with clients individually or in groups. Each student selecteda target behaviour for change, and with group supervision, defined,monitored and set goals for the target behaviour and finallyimplemented therapeutic procedures.     

Women's Gender Consciousness

Four dimensions of group consciousness that figure prominentlyin relative deprivation and resource mobilization/solidaritytheories of social movements were measured in three nationalcross-section sample surveys over the decade of the 1970s bythe Institute for Social Research. These dimensions—identification,discontent, withdrawal of legitimacy, and collective orientation—wereapplied to the gender consciousness of women. In all but oneof these dimensions, women's gender consciousness was comparativelyweak. It was not as pronounced as the group consciousness ofother subordinate categories, nor was it distinctly subordinatebecause men expressed similar views. A structural interpretationof this comparative weakness is offered. Women did become moregroup conscious between 1972 and 1983. The increase was particularlypronounced with regard to their discontent about the relativepolitical power of men and women and their views about the legitimacyof gender disparities.     

Political cultures and transnational social fields: Chileans,Colombians and Canadian activists in Toronto

We offer an institutional analysis of Chilean and Colombian transnational politics in Toronto to account for cross‐group variation in transnational political practices and the formation of different types of transnational social fields of political action. The article is based on interviews conducted with Chilean and Colombian community activists and Canadian refugee rights and social justice activists. We use the concept of political culture to account for differences in Chilean and Colombian transnational politics and to explain the different kinds of relationships the two groups have developed with non‐migrants. We introduce the concept of activist dialogues, understood as patterns of strategic political interaction between groups, to characterize how migrants and non‐migrants read and navigate their interlocutors' ways of doing politics. We argue that variation in the character of activist dialogues results in different types of transnational social fields of political action. Chilean–Canadian activist dialogues reflect a convergence of political cultures and strategies of action; Colombian–Canadian activist dialogues are marked by a relationship in which there is a divergence of strategies of action. Convergent dialogues produce thicker and more stable transnational social fields. Divergent dialogues are associated with a series of ad hoc initiatives, the absence of stable and strongly institutionalized partnerships, and a thinner transnational social field of political action.     

The Effectiveness of Behaviour Modification with Families

Summary The literature would have us believe that behavioural procedurescan be applied extremely effectively to a wide range of familyproblems. As with any other therapeutic approach there are,however, a wide range of specific and non-specific factors whichwill determine whether or not a behavioural approach is successful.This paper sets out to examine some of these and also attemptsto draw a few conclusions about the effectiveness of behaviourmodification with families, especially when it is practisedin a routine clinical setting.     

Opiate Dependent Women and Their Babies: A Study of the Multidisciplinary Work of a Hospital and a Local Authority

Correspondence to Patricia Kearney, 11 Wickham Gardens, London SE4 1LY. Summary The study examines a multi-disciplinary approach to the treatmentof opiate dependent pregnant women and their babies, with particularregard to statutory child protection responsibilities. It reviewsthirteen births with a follow up period of three years.     

MY FAVOURITE CITY IN CHINA- QINGDAO

I have lived and worked in China since April 2009. During this time I have enjoyed living and working in three cities, each has its own charm, Wendeng, Weihai and Qingdao. My husband and I have also traveled to many fascinating places; QuFu, Jinan, Weifang, Yantai, Dalian, Shenyang, Chifeng, Keqi in Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Luoyang, Xi＇an, Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Shanghai （several times and for EXPO）,     

MY FAVOURITE CITY IN CHINA–QINGDAO

I have lived and worked in China since April 2009. During this time I have enjoyed living and working in three cities, each has its own charm, Wendeng, Weihai and Qingdao. My husband and I have also traveled to many fascinating places; QuFu, Jinan, Weifang, Yantai, Dalian, Shenyang, Chifeng, Keqi in Inner Mongolia, Be? ing, Luoyang, Xi’an, Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Shanghai (several times and for EXPO), Tai’an (climbing Mt Tai Shan), Weihai, Shidao, Wendeng and others. We were English teachers at the Weihai Health School, in Wendeng for two years, where students are taught to be nurses.     

ONE UNDER GOD? RELIGIOUS ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PIONEER LATINO IMMIGRANTS IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA

Studies of immigrants and religion tend to focus on established communities, organized as de facto congregations. In the early days of the development of an ethnic community, however, the provision of religious needs is more likely to come from existing local congregations. Using the model of religious economies, I analyze the case of a Baptist mission ministering to Latino immigrants in a rural southern Louisiana town. The pioneer immigrants constitute a change in religious demand, an area not considered by the economic model. They constitute a market niche for local religious entrepreneurs. Given the characteristics of this new community, however, a modified version of the de facto congregation will emerge, where professional clergy is not involved. Relying on participant observation and interviews with the parties involved, I describe the challenges that pioneer immigrant present for a religious entrepreneur.     

Making a Better Living from Caregiving: Comparing Strategies to Improve Wages for Care Providers*

Plusieurs stratégies ont été utilisées implicitement ou explicitement afin d'améliorer le taux de rémunération des prestataires de soins, pour la plupart des femmes. Ces tactiques comprennent: élever les titres de compétences requis pour exercer la profession; organiser et syndicaliser; exiger la parité salariale; solliciter du financement public pour leurs services. Alors que plusieurs chercheurs ont étudié le processus et les effets de ces stratégies sur les sciences infirmieres, très peu d'études semblables ont été réalisées auprès d'autres prestataires. Dans cet article, les auteures ont entrepris l'examen comparatif de l'efficacité des quatre stratégìes énumérées ci‐dessus pour atteindre les taux de rémunération appropriés en sciences infirmières, dans la profession de sage‐femme et en puèriculture. Several strategies have been employed either implicitly or explicitly to improve the remuneration levels of largely female care providers; these tactics include increasing entry‐to‐practice credentials; organizing and unionizing; seeking pay equity considerations; and seeking public funding for their services. While many scholars have investigated the process and effects of these strategies for nursing, there has been very little similar research conducted concerning other care providers. In this paper, we undertake a comparative examination of the effectiveness of the four aforementioned strategies in achieving appropriate levels of remuneration within nursing, midwifery and child care.