SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK:
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS
Compiled by
Jim McCullagh
Alamo, Yolanda. (1986). An Exploratory Study of the Perception of Factors of Job Satisfaction and Related Frustrations in a Group of Puerto Rican School Social workers. Ph.D., Education, Pennsylvania State University. DAI, 47(7), 1987, 2433A.
Allison, Preston Byram. (1954). A study of the Visiting Teacher Program in Louisiana. Ph.D. Education, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.
Aronow, Robin Hillary. (1986). The Referral Process as Conducted by School Social Workers and Variables which Affect Whether Families Follow through with Counseling Outside of School. D.S.W., New York University. DAI, 47(8), 1987, 3186A-3187A. SWRA, 22(3), 1986. 24.
Avinger, William Herschel. (1965). Organization and Administration of Pupil Personnel Services in Selected School Systems. Ed.D., Texas Technological College. DA, 26(8), 1966, 4353-4354.
Bailey, Ralph Erwin. (1968). The Measured Preference Among Pupil Personnel Workers for Five Categories of counseling Interview Responses and Three communication Levels of Counseling Report Statements. Ph.D., Education, Florida State University, DAI, 39(5), 1969, 1809A-1810A.
Bair, Charles A. (1947). Development of Administrative Policies and Practices in Attendance Services as Revealed in School Surveys. Ed.D., University of Pittsburgh.
Blair, Kevin Donel. (1996). The Role of School Social Work in the Transmission of Culture in American Public Schools. Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo.
Borns, Margie Vorice. (1984). An Examination of the Perceptions of Effectiveness of Special Education Visiting Teachers’ Functions in a Large Urban School District. Ed.D., East Texas University. DAI, 45(8), 1985, 2479A.
Brown, Thomas Charles, Jr. (1967). The Function of the School Social Worker in the Elementary Schools, in the State of Illinois. Ed.D., Colorado State College. DA, 28(11)1968,4511A-4523A.
Carroll, Mary. (1970). An Investigation of the Role of the School Social Worker in relation to the Needs and Requests of Educational Systems for Mental Health Services. D.S.W., Smith College School for Social Work. DAI, 31(10), 1971, 5522A. SSR, 45(3), 1971, 332.
Carson, Mary Ruth. (1969). A Descriptive Study of Roles: Elementary School Counselors, Psychologists, and Social Workers. Ph.D., Education, University of Washington. DAI, 30(11), 1970, 4767A.
Caskey, Louise Smith. (1977). A Study of Attitudes of Birmingham Elementary School Principals Toward Pupil Personnel Workers in the Birmingham School System. Ed.D., University of Alabama. DAI, 39(4), 1978, 1943A.
Chavkin, Nancy Lee Feyl.(1983). Research utilization: A Structural Approach to the Adoption of Costin’s recommendation for School Social work. Ph.D. Social Work, University of Texas at Austin. DAI, 45(4), 1984, 1207A-1208A. SWRA, 20(3), 1984, 48.
Cohen, Sol. (1963). The Public Education Association of New York City, 1895-1954: Progressive and Public School Reform. Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University. DA, 24(8), 1964, 3193. Revised and Published under the title, Progressives and Urban School Reform: The Public Education Association of New York City 1895-1954 by Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1964. Foreword by Lawrence A. Cremin.
Constable, Robert Thomas. (1970). The Home and School Visitor and Recidivist, Nonattendant School Child: The Association of Selected Elements of a Relationship with Outcome of the Social Service in the Philadelphia Public Schools. D.S.W., University of Pennsylvania. DAI, 32(6), 1971, 3430A. SSR, 45(3), 1971, 334-335.
Cooper, Bernice Louise. (1956). The Critical Requirements for the Principalship Based upon an Analysis of Critical Incidents Reported by Instructional Supervisors and Visiting Teachers. Ed.D., University of Georgia. DA, 17(2), 1957, 290.
Crunk, Philip Eugene. (1970). A Social-Epidemiological Inquiry into Indefinite Disciplinary Suspension from School and Alienation of the Maternal Household Head. Ph.D., Social Work, Tulane University. DAI, 31(6), 1970, 3047A. SSR, 44(3), 1970, 338.
Curtis, Hugh Jefferson. (1978). School Social Work Roles and Services in Canada. D.S.W., University of Utah. DAI, 39(10), 1979, 6337A.
Daly, Francis Joseph. (1947). Aspects of School Functioning Related to Pupil Adjustment. Ed.D., Harvard University.
Diana, Jeanne Bridgetts. (1956). The Visiting Teacher: A Study in Status Dilemma and Professionalization. Ph.D. Sociology, University of Pittsburgh. DA, 16(12). 1956, 2544.
Edleson, Jeffery Lee. (1979). Group Social Skills Training for Children: An Evaluative Study. Ph.D., Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin-Madison. DAI, 40(8), 1980, 4747A SWRA, 16(3), 1980, 55.
Fjellberg, Annalee Grace. (1987). School Social Work Practice in Cook County, Illinois: The Relation of General Role Perceptions to Mandated Services. Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago.
Finn, Shirley Waterman. (1970). Evaluation of a High School Remedial Reading Program Having a School Social Worker as a Regular Staff Person. Ed.D., Wayne State University. DAI, 40(11), 1980, 5820A.
Free, John Ellsworth. (1964). An Experiment to Show the Possible contribution of Social Group Work to Counseling in Improving the Adjustment of Deviant High School Students. Ph.D., Education, University of Minnesota. DA, 25(5), 1964, 2849.
Freeman, Preston Garrison. (1974). An Analysis of the Perceptions Held by Professional and Paraprofessional Pupil Personnel Workers as to the Role of the Paraprofessional in Pupil Personnel Services. Ph.D., Education, Catholic University of America. DAI, 34(12), 1974, 7465A.
Gamble, Karl W. (1950). Types of Organization for the Administration of Pupil Personnel Services in the Smaller Cities of the United States. Ed.D. University of Pittsburgh.
Ginevan, Anne Virginia. (1974). The evolution of the Home and School Visitor Service in the Pittsburgh Public Schools: Sociological and Economic Influences. Ph.D., Education, University of Pittsburgh. DAI, 35(12), 1975, 7698A-7699A.
Grande, Gregory. (1978). A Practitioner Model for School Social Work: A systems Approach. D.S.W., University of Southern California.DAI, 39(5), 1978, 3144A. SWRA, 14(3),1978, 53.
Granich, Belle. (1963). Teachers and Social Work in the New York City Schools: Perspectives on Child Guidance. D.S.W., Columbia University. DA, 24(9), 1964, 3870. SSR, 37(3), 1963, 343.
Guilbault, Jocelyne. (1984). Methodologie D’Intervention sur L’Environment: Une Etude Empirique sur les Actions et Strategies D’Influence Sociale Utilisees par les Travailleurs Sociaux, en Milieu Scolaire (Methodology of Environmental Intervention: An Empirical Study of Social Influence Actions and Strategies Used in School Social Work]. D.S.W., University of Toronto. DAI, 46(5), 1985, 1399A-1400A. SWRA, 21(3), 1985, 44.
Halper, Allan Jerome. (1974). The Functions of Pupil Personnel Workers and a Measure of Role Agreement or Role Conflict as Perceived by Pupil Personnel Workers and Principals in the Baltimore County. DAI, 35(12), 1975, 7651A.
Hartman, Joseph A. (1949). Development of Factors Relating to Pupil Personnel in City School Surveys. Ph.D., Education, University of Pittsburgh.
Hassanein, Sayed AbouBakr. (1963). School Social Work Practice in the Egyptian Secondary Schools for Boys. Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University. DA, 24(7), 1964, 2810-2811.
Hawkins, Mable T. Emanuel. (1979). State Standards for Certificated School Social Worker, Visiting Teacher, Attendance Worker, and Home School Visitor. Ph.D., Education, University of Pittsburgh. DAI, 40(6), 1979, 3119A.
Hepler, Juanita Burton. (1986). Evaluation of a Multi-Component Group Approach for Improving the Social Skills of Elementary School Children. Ph.D., Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin-Madison. DAI, 47(8), 1987, 3188A. SWRA, 22(3), 1986, 36-37.
Hill, James Paul. (1963). The Pupil Personnel Program in the Public Schools of Maryland - An Evaluative Study. Ed.D., University of Michigan. DA, 25(2), 1964, 964-965.
Hourihan, Joseph P. (1952). The Duties and Responsibilities of the Visiting Teacher. Ed.D., Wayne University. DA, 13(1), 1953, 42-43.
Howard, Gwendolyn Julius. (1976). A Directory for the Visiting-Teacher in the Dade County Public School System, Miami, Florida. Ed.D., University of Northern Colorado. DAI, 37(1), 1976, 609A.
Howery, Victor Irving. (1949). The Relationship of the School Social Worker to Other Pupil Personnel Workers. Ph.D., Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Ishibashi, Nora L. (1994). School Social Work with Multicultural Children: Planning for the Future. Ph.D., The University of Chicago.
Jacques, Allan. (1954). The Development of a Pupil Personnel Program as a Coordinated Unit in the Administration of the Jamestown, New York, Public School System. Ed.D., University of Buffalo.
Jinks, Elsie Margaret Hoffmeyer. (1962). A Study of Factors Associated with Success or Failure in Cases Given Visiting Teacher Service. Ph.D., Education, Wayne State University. DA, 23(11), 1963, 4224-4225.
Jones, Wallace L., Jr. (1967). A History of Compulsory School Attendance and Visiting Teacher Services in Louisiana. Ed.D., Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College. DAI, 28(7), 1968, 2528A.
Jordan, William Alva, Jr. (1983). An Analysis of Variability in Perception of the School Social Workers’s Role in a Metropolitan School System. Ph.D., Education, Georgia State University. DA, 44(1), 1983, 286A.
Kazamek, Joseph A. (1954). Types of Organization for the Administration of Pupil Personnel Services in 58 Cities of 50,000 to 100,000 Population in the United States. Ph.D., Education, University of Pittsburgh. DA, 14(5), 1954, 788-789.
Khouri, John Wycliffe. (1964). The Professional Preparation and Duties of the Home and School Visitor in the Public Schools of Pennsylvania. Ed.D., University of Pittsburgh. DA, 26(3), 1965, 1428.
Latini, Nancy Jane. (1985). A Case Study of the Decision Processed by which Handicapped Junior High School Students Are Referred to More Restrictive Educational Settings. Ph.D., Education, University of Minnesota. DAI, 46(7), 1986, 1902A.
Laurence, Virginia Lee (1971). Evaluating the Use of Small Group Methods to Integrate Mental Health Concepts in the School Setting. D.S.W., Columbia University. DAI, 33(1), 1972, 404-405A. SSR, 45(3), 1971, 346.
Lazar, Amnon. (1985). The Involvement of Fathers in Social Services. D.S.W., University of Utah. DAI, 46(6), 1985, 1738A. SWRA, 21(3), 1985, 52.
Lazun, Robert Andrew. (1979). Parental Attitudes Toward and Involvement in Bilingual/Bicultural Education in Two Montgomery County Public Schools: A Social Work Investigation. D.S.W., Catholic University of America. DAI, 39(12), 1979, 7524A. SWRA, 15(3), 1979, 52.
Lecroy, Craig Winston. (1983). Promoting Social Competence in Early Adolescents: An Experimental Investigation. Ph.D., Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin-Madison. DAI, 45(2), 1984, 645-646A. SWRA, 20(3), 1984, 61.
Levine, Renee Shai. (1980). Implementation of Social Work Services in Schools at the Intermediate Unit Level in Pennsylvania under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (PL 94-142). D.S.W., University of Pennsylvania. DAI, 41(3), 1980, 1216A-1217A. SWRA, 17(3), 1981, 53-54.
Marine, Esther. (1966). School Refusal Treatment in Two Agencies: A Follow-Up Study of Intervention by a Child Guidance Center and an Attendance and Counseling Division of a School System. Ph.D., Social Work, University of Pittsburgh. DA, 27(12), 1967, 4345A. SSR, 41(3), 1967, 325.
McClain, Violet Bruce. (1964). A Survey of the Functions and Responsibilities of the School Social Worker (Visiting Teacher, Visiting Counselor, and Comparable Personnel) in the North Central Association Elementary and Secondary Schools. Ed.D, University of Tulsa.
McKinney, Dillion Lloyd. (1953). A Study of Case Referrals in the visiting Teacher Service in Detroit Public Schools for the years 1948-49 and 1951-52. Ed.D., Wayne University. DA, 13 (6), 1953, 1044-1045.
Meares, Paula Allen. (1975). A Current Analysis of School Social Work Tasks and Its Implications for Differential Staffing Patterns. D.S.W., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. DAI, 36(10), 1976, 6965A-6966A. ASW, 12(3), 1976, 24.
Merry, Dorothea Anne. (1962). The Perceived Role of the Visiting Teacher as Revealed by Sampling Opinion of Visiting Teachers and of Other Personnel Directly Concerned with Visiting Teacher Service in Elementary Schools. Ph.D., Education, Florida State University. DA, 23(6), 1962, 2033.
Migocki, E. David. (1970). A Study of the Administrative Provisions Providing for the Development and Implementation of a Balanced School Social Work Program in Public School Systems in the Area of Greater Washington, D.C. Ph.D., Education, Catholic University of America. DAI, 31(5), 1970, 2069A.
Miller, Cecil Frank. (1971). A Study of the Role of the School Social Worker in Public School Programs in Michigan for the Emotionally Disturbed. Ed.D., Wayne State University, DAI, 32(5), 1971, 2515A.
Miller, Frank Myron. (1942). Development, Present Status, and Administrative Relationships of the Visiting Teacher in the United States. Ph.D., Education, University of Pittsburgh.
Milsom, Clark John. (1969). A Description of the role of the Elementary School Counselor in Colorado and How That Role Compares with Those of Other Pupil Personnel Workers. Ed.D., Colorado State College. DAI, 30(10), 1970, 4150A-4151A.
Mintzies, Paula M. (1983). School Social Work Tasks in Desegregating School Districts: An Exploratory Study. D.S.W., Adelphi University. DAI, 44(1), 1983, 295A. SWRA, 19(3), 1983, 55.
Mitchell, Marianne Helen. (1964). A Comparison of Pupil Personnel Services in Selected School Systems of the united States and the United Kingdom. Ed.D., University of Toledo. DA, 26(6), 1965, 3141.
Nelson, Yvonne Ann. (1990). Initiating an Ecosystems Model in School Social Work Practice: The Urban School Setting. D.S.W., City University of New York
Openshaw, Linda Leek. (1981). School Social Work and the Handicapped: Assessment and Training. D.S.W., University of Utah. DAI, 42(6), 1981, 2866A. SWRA, 18(3), 1982, 70-71.
Oppenheimer, Julius John. (1924). The Visiting Teacher Movement with Special Reference to Administrative Relationships. Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University. Published by Public Education Association of the City of New York. Foreword by Howard W. Nudd. Second edition published in 1925 by the Joint Committee on Methods of Preventing Delinquency, New York.
Pamperin, Bruce Francis. (1982). Creativity and Job Stress: A Study of School Social Workers. Ph.D., Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison. DAI, 43(11), 1983, 3709A.
Perry, Dorothy M. (1950). Patterns of Selected Innovations in Detroit Elementary Schools 1895-1945. Ed.D., Wayne University. DA, 12(6), 1952, 845.
Pierson, Dorothy Ann. (1983). Perceived Intensity of Burnout Among Supportive Service Groups and a Comparison Teacher Group as Related to Perceived Need Deficiencies, Perceived Role Stress, and Selected Personal and Professional Variables and Percepts. Ph.D., Education, University of Connecticut. DAI, 44(10), 1984, 3018A.
Pincus, Laraine L. (1997). An Exploratory Analysis of the Phenomenon of Burnout in the School Social Work Professional. Ph.D., New York University School of Social Work.
Quigley, Alma N. (1974). A Demonstration Project Involving a Fourth Grade Class in an Urban Elementary School Utilizing a Social Functioning Model for Practice. D.S.W., University of Pennsylvania. DAI, 35(7), 1975, 4692A-4693A. ASW, 11(3), 1975, 26-27.
Rose, Steven Raphael. (1981). Enhancing Children’s Social Competence. Ph.D., Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin-Madison. DAI, 42(10), 1982, 4590A.
Ross, Jack Maclntyre. (1977). A Comparison of Role Expectations and Functions of Special Education Counselors, Educational Diagnosticians, Psychologists, and Visiting Teachers in Texas Public Schools. Ed.D., Baylor University. DAI, 38(9), 1978, 5397A.
Rowen, Robert Bernard. (1960). The School Social Worker: An Analysis of Present Training Programs in Relationship to Job Functions. Ph.D., Education, University of Arizona. DA, 21(4), 1960, 801-802.
Sabatino, Christine Anlauf. (1985). The Effects of School Social Work Consultation on Teacher Perception and Role Conflict - Role Ambiguity in Relationship to Students with Social Adjustment Problems. D.S.W., Catholic University of America. DAI, 46(8), 1986, 2443A-2444A. SWRA, 21(3), 1985, 58-59.
Sanders, Leslie Alvin. (1968). A Study of the Role of School Social Workers in the School Systems of the State of Georgia. Ed.D., University of Georgia. DAI, 29(12), 1969, 4251A.
Scarborough, Helen-Louise. (1965). The Role of the School Specialist in Interaction with Community and School Functionaries. Ph.D., Sociology, University of Maryland. DA, 26(11), 1966, 6907.
Schmidt, Margaret L. Stockwell. (1955). An Analysis of Certain Factors in Visiting Teacher Referrals and Their Relationship to the Normal Developmental Patterns of Children. Ed.D., Wayne University. DA, 15(12), 1955, 2444-2445.
Schultz, Joseph LeMart. (1938). An Analysis of Present Practices in City Attendance Work. Ph.D., Education, University of Pennsylvania.
Schulz, Robert Roland. (1968). Role Expectations for the School Social Worker. Ed.D., Michigan State University. DA, 29(10), 1969, 3345A.
Scott, Hugh Jerome. (1966). A Descriptive Analysis of the Evolving Role of the School-Community Agent in the Detroit Great Cities School Improvement Project. Ed.D., Michigan State University. DA, 28(1), 1967, 64A-65A.
Smith, Edith Carson. (1949). A Study of the Guidance Bureau of the San Diego City Schools. Ed.D., University of California at Los Angeles.
Smith, Helen Raymond. (1934). The Difficult Child and the Teacher: A Study of Factors in the Situations of Children Whom Teachers Found It Difficult to Handle Constructively, and Some Suggestions for Preventing Difficulties in Teacher-Pupil Situations. Ph.D., Education, Teachers College, Columbia University. Published by the author in New York in 1934.
Snively, Sprague F. (1958). Present Practices of the Home and School Visiting Service in Cities of Over Five Hundred Thousand Population in the United States. Ph.D., Education, University of Pittsburgh. DA, 18(6), 1958, 2043.
Spaulding, Arthur Edward. (1973). An Analysis of Role Expectations and Behavior of the Pupil Personnel Worker in Montgomery County, Maryland. Ed.D., George Washington University.DAI, 34(5), 1973, 2241A-2242A.
Stout, Irving Wright. (1948). Organizing a Department of Pupil Personnel for the Milwaukee Public Schools. Ed.D., Northwestern University.
Swinsick, Robert Edmund. (1968). The Home and School Visitor: A Description and Analysis of Services Performed in Selected Public Schools of Pennsylvania. Ed.D., Pennsylvania State University. DA, 29(5), 1968. 1430A.
Tabb, Stuart Michael. (1984). The Organizational Climate of Public Schools: A Human Services Approach. Ph.D., Social Welfare, University of Maryland at Baltimore. DAI, 46(12), 1986, 3863A.
Teare, Edward W. (1954). The Organization of Pupil Personnel Services in Cities Between 100,000 and 300,000 Population with Special Reference to Salt Lake City. Ed.D., University of Wyoming.
Terrill, Sarah Gentry. (1954). A Study of Visiting Teacher Cases Receiving Lengthy Service. Ed.D., Wayne University. DA, 14(11), 1954, 1998.
Texidor, Margaret Strachan. (1983). Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors: The Effects of a Seminar in Wellness, Holistic Assessment, and Collaborative Approach on Professional School Social Workers. Ph.D., Education, University of New Orleans. DAI, 44(8), 1984, 2369A.
Thomas, Robert J. (1984). Identification and Comparison of the Work Performance Requirements and Actual Work Performance of Home and School Visitors in Pennsylvania. Ph.D., Education, University of Pittsburgh.DAI, 45(5), 1984, 1264A.
Thornton, Seabe, III. (1981). Role Perceptions and Role Conflict Between School Social Workers and School Principals in Georgia Public Schools. D.P.A., University of Georgia. DAI, 42(5), 1981, 2292A.
Towsey, Robert Brian. (1984). Social Work Services of the Home and School Visitor as Perceived by Home and School Visitors and Their Supervisory Administrators in the Public Schools of Pennsylvania. Ph.D., Education, University of Pittsburgh. DAI, 45(6), 1984, 1619A-1620A.
Venn, Kenneth. (1960). Social Work and Educational Guidance: An Approach to the Clarification of Guidance and Social Work Functions in Secondary Education. Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University. Appendix includes a “social work critique” or “critical evaluation” of Venn’s project by a “team of ‘experts,’” written by Mildred Blickenstaff.
Voorhees, Leonard B. (1960). A Descriptive Study of the Organization, Administration, and Operation of Pupil Personnel Services in Selected School Districts. Ed.D., Michigan State University. DA, 21(5), 1960, 1117.
Walker, Dollie Rosemand. (1963). A Study of Elementary School Teachers’ Perceptions and Evaluations of the Role of the School Social Worker. D.S.W., University of Pennsylvania. DA, 24(4), 1963, 1736. SSR, 37(3), 1963, 352.
Westfall, Walter Frank. (1965). The Use of Q-Sort Methodology in Obtaining the Perceptions of Selected Pupil Personnel Workers Regarding the Role of School Counselors. Ph.D., Education, University of Michigan. DA, 26(12). 1966, 7164.
Weiner, Harold Edward. (1977). The Tasks of the School Social Worker as Perceived by School Social Workers and Teachers of the Emotionally Impaired in Michigan. Ph.D., Education, Michigan State University. DAI, 38(5), 1977, 2708A.
Wieland, Robert G. (1966). A Comparative Study of the Duties Performed Regularly by School Counselors, School Psychologists and School Social Workers Working Together in Selected School Systems. Ed.D., Florida State University. DA, 27(4), 1966, 860A.
Wiens, David John. (1941). Organization of Pupil Personnel Services in City School Systems. Ph.D., Education, Western Reserve University.
Williams, Robert Bruce. (1966). The School Social Worker: An Analysis of Role Expectations and Role Behavior. Ed.D., Rutgers University. DA, 27(6), 1966, 1726A-1727A.
Wood, La Vern Charles. (1968). An Investigation of the Role of the Visiting Teacher in the Public Schools of Texas. Ph.D., Education, Texas A & M Universtiy. DA, 29(12), 1969, 4210A.
Wotherspoon, Clark David. (1962). The Relationship Between Selected Criteria and Actual Practices of Counselors and Visiting Teachers in a Metropolitan Area. Ed.D., North Texas State University. DA, 23(9), 1963, 3218-3219.
Wurster, Clyde Herbert. (1956). The Administration of Pupil Personnel Services in Pennsylvania School Districts of the Second Class. Ed.D., Pennsylvania State University. DA, 16(8), 1956, 1378-1379.
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Note: Almost all listed dissertations completed prior to 1987 were included in the article: McCullagh, J. G. (1987). School Social Work: A Bibliography of Doctoral Dissertations. School Social Work Journal, 11(2), 67-76. Permission to print the list granted by the Editor of the School Social Work Journal.
Updated: August 10, 2000
Abbreviations:
DAI - Dissertation Abstracts International
DA - Dissertation Abstracts
SSR- Social Service Review
ASW- Abstracts for Social Workers
SWRA- Social Work Research & Abstracts
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