Advocates' Forum, 2003

Families of all shapes and sizes are struggling to meet work and caregiving responsibilities. While all parents have the option under law to take unpaid leave from work t [...]

Quite often in clinical social work, it can be difficult to find just the right theoretical framework for understanding and helping our clients. Most theoretical perspect [...]

During the past 30 years, significant changes have occurred in how healthcare providers serve the developmentally disabled population. Non-state agencies are more involve [...]

In our society, changes in older adulthood are consistently framed in terms of loss and deficiencies. This paper examines the prevalence and nature of depression among th [...]

This paper attempts to describe the development of cities from the growth machine perspective. The paper explores the growth machine theory and how it offers an explanati [...]

This paper examines gentrification, its causes and consequences, and illustrates how Tax Increment Financing (TIF) can be used to promote neighborhood change. This proces [...]

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is an intriguing disease that raises myriad issues relating to health, wellness, treatment and adjustment for families living with the disease, as we [...]

A publication by students of the School of Social Service Administration at The University of Chicago