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Murdach, Allison D. – Social Work, 2007
During the 1890s and the first three decades of the 20th century, social work in the United States developed a community-based direct practice approach to family assistance and social reform. The basis for this method was a situational view of social life that emphasized the use of interpersonal and transactional methods to achieve social and…
Descriptors: Social Action, Social Work, Counseling Techniques, Community Action