Social Case Work UGC NET Social Work Notes

Social Case Work is an important component of the Social Work UGC NET exam. With this page, you can find some helpful notes on the Social Case Work UGC NET social work.

Classical Conditioning Theory: The Russian psychologist Ivan Pavlov propounded this classical conditioning theory.

Instrumental Conditioning Theory: This learning theory was postulated by U.S. based psychologist, B.K. Skinner.

Observational Learning Theory: This theory was propounded by Albert Bandura.

Flooding: It is behavioural technique used by counsellor to treat phobia while working with the client.

Mary Richmond Phases of Social Case Work Progress: According to Mary Richmond there are three phases of social case work practice:

·       social investigation or psycho-social study,

·       diagnosis and

·       treatment or management.

And some social scientists told about five phases of social case work

·        social investigation or study,

·        assessment,

·        intervention,

·        termination and

·        evaluation.

Types of Diagnosis – H.H. Perlman told three types of diagnosis.

·        dynamic diagnosis,

·        clinical diagnosis,

·        etiological diagnosis.

Important books on social case work

·       Mathew Grace, (1992), An Introduction to Social Case work, TISS, Bombay

·       Perlman, H. (1957), Social Case Work: A Problem Solving Process, University of Chicago Press, Chicago.