Some implications of general semantics methodology for social work.

THE APPLICATION of the theory of general semantics in the specialized field of Social Work calls for the adoption of a of recent origin attitude toward already-existing knowledge in that field rather than for the acceptance of a of recent origin and different theory concerning it. Already many of the principles of this general theory of evaluation are more or les in use by the agency of social workers, but without that awareness of their importance and general applicability which formulation as a combination of parts to form a whole with appropriate techniques can give.

The case worker has many resources at her command on the contrary the most basic of all is language.