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Child welfare programs and services: a comparison of the USA and Japan

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The problems faced by children and a comparison of the available services by Child welfare programs in USA and Japan is discussed. The study suggests that the transnational transmission of ideas and information can enhance services offered by different countries that can strengthen their programs from these ideas and indigenize them to meet the needs of their respective child populations.

United States, Public affairs, Children, Comparative analysis, Child welfare

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Bullying as a social malady in contemporary Japan

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Research indicates that Japanese children and adolescents engage in bullying as a means of social control, to ensure that others conform to accepted norms. Implications for social workers are discussed, such as helping teachers discuss bullying with their classes, educating them on signs of bullying, and encouraging them to organize activities that can be easily monitored.

Research, Bullying, Aggressiveness (Psychology), Social control, Interpersonal relations in adolescence, Adolescent interpersonal relations, Social work with children, Interpersonal relations in children, Childhood interpersonal relations

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Practising history: memory and contemporary professional practice

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The article examines the phenomenon of social work and underlines the link between seeking historical organizational continuity and giving professional methods of intervention a historical dimension, personally and collectively.

Germany, Analysis, History, Hermeneutics, Positivism, Social case work

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