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Polish social services to families of children with disabilities: practice in an emerging setting
- Authors:
- GAMMON Elizabeth Ann, DZIEGIELEWSKA Jolanta
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 40(4), October 1997, pp.393-406.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Discusses a pilot study of the roles that social workers in Poland perform as they attempt to assist families whose children have disabilities. Barriers to service provision were examined, as were the cultural, economic and political frameworks in which those services are provided. Results demonstrate the emergence of a dynamic group of workers interested in clarifying the mission of their profession and in educating the public about the services in can provide to families.
The butterflies of ARKA: grassroots initiatives for child welfare in Poland
- Authors:
- GAMMON Elizabeth Ann, DZIEGIELEWSKA Jolanta
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 38(2), April 1995, pp.133-137.
- Publisher:
- Sage
In the transition from communist to democratic government the people of Poland must learn to deal at a community level with problems formerly addressed by centralized, bureaucratic institutions. The authors examine the ways in which one group of citizens covertly established a program to assist poor and disabled children and, in doing so, modelled the organizational skills needed to address other societal concerns. A brief outline is then given of the current efforts at community organization being encouraged by government, the social work profession and non-profit agencies.