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Learn about the life and work of Helen Harris Perlman, a pioneer of social work education and the "Chicago School" of social work theory. She taught at the University of Chicago for over seventy years and wrote several books on social casework and problem solving.
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Learn about the life and achievements of Helen Harris Perlman, a pioneer of social work education and practice. She developed the problem-solving approach, wrote influential books and articles, and received many honors from the University of Chicago and other institutions.
May 5, 2011 · First in a journal article in 1953 (Perlman, 1971b) and finally fully in her book, Social Casework, a problem-solving process (Perlman, 1957), she laid out the intervention stages required by her model. These can be outlined briefly as follows:
PERLMAN, HELEN HARRIS (1905–2004), U.S. social work educator. Perlman, who was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, received a B.A. in English literature from the University of Minnesota in 1926. She worked for family and child guidance agencies in Chicago and New York (1927 to 1940).
Oct 7, 2004 · Perlman was a distinguished professor and author who developed the “Chicago School” of social service practice, integrating diverse psychoanalytic concepts. She also wrote fiction and poetry, and worked as a caseworker in Chicago and New York.
Helen Harris Perlman (1906-2004) was the Samuel Deutsch Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago. She was considered a pioneer in social work education.
Sep 21, 2004 · Mrs. Perlman, 98, died of heart failure Saturday, Sept. 18, in her Hyde Park home. A Minnesota native, she entered social work when it was in many ways emerging, in part as a shadow of the...
