Working with individuals and families to address their problems systematically and effectively. The term was introduced in the nineteenth century by the Charity Organisation Society to cover the work with individuals and families they undertook to ensure that the financial and other resources they gave to the poor were used well. In the middle of the twentieth century it became the name for the social work method adopted by social workers influenced by psychodynamic theories.

close sociological study of a maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatment

Base and wall cabinets, display fixtures, and storage shelves. The generic term for both “boxes” and special desks, reception counters, nurses stations, and the like. Generally includes the tops and work surfaces.

Term used in the interior construction industry to describe products fabricated from panels and laminated with decorative surfacing. Common examples are; cabinets, display cases, reception stations, bank teller rows or bookshelves.

custom woodwork

see half coat