THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK

THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK

THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK A QUARTERLY PUBLICATION VOLUME 9 1979 THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS

This journal is now produced in a microfilm edition. Enquiries should be directed to University Microfilms International, 18 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4EJ. Back numbers of the journal are available and can be purchased singly or in sets from the British Association of Social Workers, Publications Department, 16 Kent Street, Birmingham B5 6RD. 2.50 per copy (plus 50p postage overseas only), 10 per set (plus 2 postage overseas only).

EDITOR Martin Davies, Professor of Social Work, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ. BOOK REVIEW EDITOR Linda Hunt, Social Work Adviser, Social Work Services Group, Room 504, Scottish Office, 43 Jeffrey Street, Edinburgh EH1 1DN. EDITORIAL BOARD Pauline Hardiker, Lecturer in Sociology, School of Social Work, Leicester University. Nancy Hazel, Senior Research Fellow, Special Family Placement Project, Kent Social Services Department and University of Kent. Barbara Hudson, Lecturer in Applied Social Studies, Oxford University. Dorothy Ogilvie, Principal Health Social Worker, Berkshire County Council. Eric Sainsbury, Professor of Social Administration, Sheffield University. Ian Sinclair K Director of Research, National Institute for Social Work. Sue Walrond-Skinner, Family Therapist, Bristol. Eleanor Ward, Team Leader, Wiltshire County Council Social Services Department ASSESSORS Terry Bam ford, Assistant Controller, Social Service* Department, Harrow; Juliet Berry, Senior Lecturer in Social Administration, Sheffield University; Philip Bryert, District Community Development Organizer, Strathcfyde Region Social Work Department; Michael Chatterton, Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Administration, Manchester University; Anthony Clare, Research Psychiatrist, Institute of Psychiatry, London; John Corden. Lecturer in Social Work, York University; R. S. Downte, Professor of Moral Philosophy, Glasgow University; David Fruin, Senior Research Officer, National Children's Bureau; Jane Gibbons, Lecturer in Applied Social Studies, Southampton University; Faith Gibson, Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, New University of Ulster; D. F. Goda, Research Fellow, Department of Social Administration, Edinburgh University; Anthony Hall, Director, Association of British Adoption and Fostering Agencies; Stella Hall, Tutor in Social Work, Leeds University; Michael Hill, Senior Lecturer, School for Advanced Urban Studies, Bristol University; Daphne Holbrook, Research Worker, Institute of Psychiatry, London; Annette Hobnan, Lecturer in Social Work, Bristol University; David Howe, Lecturer in Social Work, University of East Anglia; Catherine Jones, Lecturer in Comparative Social Policy, Birmingham University, W. J. O. Jordan, Lecturer in Social Work, Exeter University; W. W. McWiUkans. Research Officer, South Yorkshire Probation and After Care Service; David Millard, Lecturer in Applied Social Studies, Oxford University; Ekanore Olley, Medical Social Worker, Aberdeen; Carole Owens, Social Worker, Isle of Wight County Council; Phyllida Parsloe, Professor of Social Work, Bristol University; Peter Righton, Director of Social Work Education, National Institute for Social Work; James Robinson, Research Officer, Social Services Department, Buckinghamshire County Council; Margaret Robinson, Social Work Course Director, Chelsea College, London University; Cherry Rowlings. Senior Research Fellow, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, Keele University; Jennifer Ruddick, Social Work Education Adviser, Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work; Olive Stevenson, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work, Keele University; Judy Treseder, Principal Social Worker, Children's Department, Maudsley Hospital; Joyce Warham, Reader, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, Keele University; Adrian Webb, Professor of Social Administration, Loughborough University.

CONTENTS j. s. GIBBONS, L BOW, j. BUTLER and J. POWELL: Clients' Reactions to Task-Centred Casework: a Follow-Up Study 203 ROGER MORGAN: The Treatment of Enuresis amongst Child Clients of a Social Services Department 217 D. F. GODA: A Comment on 'Family Structure as a Factor in the Adjustment of Adopted Children' 233 J. KRAUS: Reply to Goda's Comment 237 DAVID WEBB and GILBERT SMITH: Abstracts (Sociology) 239 D. w. MILLARD: Abstracts (Psychology and Psychiatry) 244 GILBERT SMITH: Abstracts (Organization and Management) 247 GWYNETH ROBERTS: Abstracts (Law) 253 BOOK REVIEWS 255 BOOKS RECEIVED 291 JOAN BRANDON and MARTIN DA VIES: The Limits of Competence in Social Work: The Assessment of Marginal Students in Social Work Education 295 ROBERT CAREW: The Place of Knowledge in Social Work Activity 349 PHYLUDA PARSLOE Selection for Professional Training: The English and the American Experience 365 DAVID WEBB: Abstracts (Sociology) 381 D. w. MILLARD: Abstracts (Psychology and Psychiatry) 384 MICHAEL ADLER: Abstracts (Public and Social Policy) 387 BOOK REVIEWS 391 BOOKS RECEIVED 421