AbstractsSocial Work

Child placement problems in the family agency.

by Dorothy. Horn




Institution: McGill University
Department: School of Social Work.
Degree: Master of Social Work.
Year: 1951
Keywords: Social Work.
Record ID: 1546705
Full text PDF: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile118886.pdf


Abstract

On this continent, year in and year out, thousands of children are placed outside their own homes and family situations. In fact, the problem of child placement has become increasingly important in the field of social work. Prior to this century, child placement in Canada and the United States was not considered to involve complex femily and individual interrelationships. [...]