Allison Murdach Summary
Mrs. Allison Murdach describes in 2007 how Social Workers should approach
'1- their work. She presents hers views on situational practice through the use of the history 3 of Social Work. During the 1890s and the first three decades of the 201
century, social
L\ work in the United States developed a community-based direct practice approach to
5 family assistance and social reform. The basis for this method was a situational view of
& social life that emphasized the use of interpersonal and transactional methods to achieve
::J- social and individual change. f; Murdach have good points about the usefulness of the situational method for
4 example, in hispanic-american and African-american communities this help could be
'1- their work. She presents hers views on situational practice through the use of the history 3 of Social Work. During the 1890s and the first three decades of the 201
century, social
L\ work in the United States developed a community-based direct practice approach to
5 family assistance and social reform. The basis for this method was a situational view of
& social life that emphasized the use of interpersonal and transactional methods to achieve
::J- social and individual change. f; Murdach have good points about the usefulness of the situational method for
4 example, in hispanic-american and African-american communities this help could be