Date of Award
5-13-1996
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Social Work (MSW)
Department
Social Work
Abstract
Each year close to 1.2 million American marriages end in divorce, disrupting the lives of over one million children. Recent research has studied many adolescents who have been affected by the experience of parental divorce. This exploratory study presents some of that research and examines what challenges/limitations Saint Paul Middle School social workers see with adolescents from divorced families. This study will also describe services social workers offer in response to the needs of adolescents on their caseloads. Social workers at fourteen different middle school in Saint Paul were surveyed. The findings indicate the results of the literature are consistent with what social workers notice for adolescents who have experienced parental divorce. There are certain barriers which prevent social workers from implementing individualized services to meet the needs of this population.
Identifier
SC 11.MSW.1996.Kozemzak.K
Recommended Citation
Kozemzak, Ken, "Adolescents who have Experienced Parental Divorce: Saint Paul School Social Worker's Perceptions of the Challenges and Limitations Adolescents Experience" (1996). Theses and Graduate Projects. 206.
https://idun.augsburg.edu/etd/206