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Franc Dolenc
How to Speed up Solving the Problem of Roma Refugee Children - Pg. 255Keywords: deportation and repatriation of children, fugitives, work with RomaThe first Yugoslav conference on the issue of deportation and repatriation of children from Italy and Austria (22-23 May 1987, Murska Sobota) shed light on the conditions that have an impact on the recruitment of children to commit criminal acts abroad, acquainted the participants with the measures taken in the republics and provinces to reduce the outflow of Roma children from their living environments and took conclusions to further address this problem.
Miha Rotar
Expert Group for Working with Children and Adolescents with Behavioral and Personality Disorders within the Centers for Social Work Koper, Izola, Piran - Pg. 262Keywords: youth with behavioral and personality disorders, group homes, volunteering, youth leisure, group work with children in elementary schools, educational institutions, supervisionMilko Poštrak
Some Starting Points for Work in the Field of Prevention of Deviant Phenomena Among Young People at the Center for Social Work of the Municipality of Ljubljana-Center - Pg. 274Keywords: prevention of deviant phenomena in youth, youth with bahavioral and personality disorders, theories of deviance, voluntary work, field work with youth groups, counseling workSome theoretical starting points for these types of work are given, especially regarding the concept of deviance and the causes of deviant behavior, and then the possible forms of work of the Center for Social Work in the field of prevention are described (counseling at-risk families and work with them, with institutions - school, work organizations). An important role is held by voluntary work, which is organized by the Center for social work in cooperation with VŠSD in Ljubljana. Basically, the work in this field is focused on the regulation of family relations and the regulation of relations in the environment, namely for the population of children up to the age of fourteen and adolescents from the age of fifteen to adulthood or up to the age of twenty. In doing so, the CSD cooperates with a number of professional institutions.
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Irena Destovnik
Some Thoughts on the Cooperation of Social Workers and Occupational Physicians - Pg. 216Ciril Klajnšček
From Finding Support in the System to Relying on One's Own Strengths (Conclusions and Seminar Proposals) - Pg. 245ANNOUNCEMENT
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Bernard Stritih
Self-help Groups for Mental Health and Social Problems: a Valuable Form of Work on the Border Between Psychiatry and Social Work - Pg. 97At present, the composition of people in need of psychiatric and social work assistance is changing, and at the same time the circle of people interested in these areas is changing. A significant part of the users of these services are people with archaic self-impairments and people who have experienced deeper personality injuries due to social factors. Especially in their case it is evident, how very limited the possibilities of counseling work within social services are. Therefore, new forms of organized networking of people - self-help groups - are emerging. The article describes the development of these groups, the differences between therapeutic groups and self-help groups, the dynamics in the groups and the basic methodological principles.
Pavla Rapoša Tajnšek
Informal Activities Are an Essential Component of Social Work - Pg. 120Various studies have confirmed the existence and importance of informal work and assistance in our society. These forms of assistance need to be developed especially in environments where they do not occur spontaneously. Social work, in terms of its orientation and role, preserves and encourages these forms of voluntary work, which is not yet evolved as much as we would like because it faces several obstacles. The tendency to develop volunteer work also coincides with the tendency to outsource services in social activities. Although volunteering has many benefits, it can also be subject to manipulation.
Marija Zdešar
Group Meetings for Parents of Children with Epilepsy as a Form of Self-help (Part II) - Pg. 129The article describes group meetings of parents of children with various epilepsies within the Ljubljana University Pediatric Clinic - Center for epilepsy, isc. with a group of parents whose children experienced first epileptic seizure, parents of mentally underdeveloped children with epilepsy, parents of children with partially complex epilepsy and partial motor and primary generalized epilepsy. Some aspects of group participation and their relationship to the form and duration of the disease are characterized. The author advocates the establishment of an association of people with epilepsy and parents of children with epilepsy, following the example of associations in other countries.
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Andreja Kavar Vidmar
Dr. Karel Zupančič, Dedno pravo (Inheritance Law), CZ Uradni list SRS, Ljubljana 1984 - Pg. 149CORRECTION
A small mistake has crept into Simone de Beauvoir's book Old Age in Socialno Delo 1/87, which was not made by the author of the book review and which the author of the book would not be happy about either. Simone de Beauvoir was born in 1908, not 1900. - Editorial.
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Blaž Mesec
Is Legasthenia the Result of Abnormal Development of the Language Centers in the Cerebrum? - Pg. 162DOCUMENT
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Tone Kikelj
Some Highlights From the History of the Slovenian Red Cross (the 120 th Anniversary of the RCS) - Pg. 8The article discusses the activities of the Red Cross in the Ljubljana region after the collapse of Yugoslavia, with an emphasis on reconnaissance activities. Until joining the Italian Red Cross, the Red Cross in organizational structure of the Drava Province carried out a lot of important work.
Jože Ramovš
Working with Irreversible Alcoholics - Pg. 16Irreversible alcoholics or alcoholics with incurable and irreversible impairments are a special category in the systematic alcohol literature, as well as alcoholics. Irreversible alcoholics are frequent clients of social work, but a methodology of social work with them has not yet been developed. The discussion deals with the phenomenology of irreversible alcoholics, giving a special attention to the criteria for the identification of irreversibility of a specific alcoholic. The majority of the discussion is dedicated to the methodology of social work with irreversible alcoholics, based on the findings and experiences within the work organization.