Family-Centered Social Work Practice

mnsss260 Joan Laird Papers, 1979-2001 (ongoing) Finding Aid Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College

Northampton, MA

Finding aid exported into EAD from InMagic DB/Textworks 7.01. Encoded by Margaret Jessup and Jennifer Smar. 2006-04-07 Finding aid written in English. Sophia Smith CollectionSmith College Joan Laird Papers, 1979-2001 (ongoing) Finding Aid MS 462 2005 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Laird, Joan Joan Laird Papers1979-2001 (ongoing) MS 462 1 box (1.25 linear ft.) English Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College Northampton, MA

Professor of social work; family therapist. Papers consist of published books and journal articles. Biographical Note

Joan Laird earned a B.A. from Vassar College and a M.S.W. from Columbia University. She worked as a caseworker on Long Island, NY, 1967-74, then taught in Eastern Michigan University's Social Work Program, 1974-86. She co-founded and worked as a family therapist at the Ann Arbor Center for the Family. Research Advisor in the Smith College School for Social Work (1986-87), then Professor, 1987-97. She taught in the Smith College Psychology Department, 1997-99. Adjunct Professor at College of Community Studies, Auckland, New Zealand, in 2001 and is currently Professor Emerita at the SCSSW. Published books include: Family-Centered Social Work Practice, with Ann Hartman (1983); A Handbook Of Child Welfare : Context, Knowledge, And Practice, with Ann Hartman (1985); Revisioning Social Work Education : A Social Constructionist Approach (1993); Cultural Diversity In Clinical Practice (1995); Lesbians and Gays in Couples and Families: A Handbook for Therapists (1996); and Lesbian and Gay Families (1999).

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Papers consist of published books, and copies of published chapters and journal articles.

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