- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- An analysis of social workers' perceptions of the needs of homeless students in metropolitan Atlanta public school systems, 1999
- Creator:
- Harris Henderson, Katrina
- Date of Original:
- 1999-07-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The primary purpose of this study was to analyze school social workers' perceptions of the needs of homeless students in three metropolitan Atlanta public school systems, and ascertain the extent to which their needs were met. The sample was comprised of sixty-four school social workers who were employed during the 1999 academic year. The statistical procedures used to help facilitate the data analysis process were univariate and bivariate analysis. The instrument was a Homeless Resource Questionnaire designed by the researcher. The primary findings from the study revealed that: 1. The majority of the homeless students in selected metropolitan Atlanta public school systems have various needs such as physical, social, emotional, and educational that must be met in order to successfully function to their fullest potential within the school systems. The majority of school social workers agreed that they met the educa-tional needs of homeless students, but did not meet their emotional, social and physical needs. 2. Most social workers perceived that there was a significant number of homeless students within the school system whose needs were not adequately met. There are approximately 210,438 students enrolled in the three metropolitan Atlanta school systems in which this study was conducted. Of this number 10% are homeless. Additionally, these students have various needs that must be met which will enable them to develop to their maximum potential. 3. Most social workers in the three metropolitan Atlanta school systems are of the opinion that they cannot adequately meet all needs of homeless students because of the lack of adequate resources. The primary reason for school social workers' inability to fully utilize the available resources to assist homeless students was because of numerous problems they are expected to address among this population. Another factor is time constraints due to large caseloads.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1999_harris_henderson_katrina.pdf
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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