All terms

ACLU

அமெரிக்க மனித உரிமைகள் ஒன்றியம்

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). A civil rights group formed in 1920 and dedicated to the restraint of governmental interference with individuals' persona…

ACOAs

மதுப்பழக்கமுடையவர்களின் வயதுவந்த குழந்தைகள்

adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs). People who have been raised in the stressful environments created by parents who abused alcohol or other substances. Many …

ACORN

இப்போதே மாறுவோம்

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). A federation of community organization groups founded in 1970 in association with the National We…

ACOSA

சமூதாய அமைப்பு மற்றும் சமூக நிர்வாகத்திற்கான (ACOSA) சங்கம்

See Association of Community Organization and Social Administration (ACOSA).

acquaintance rape

அறிமுகமானவர்களிடம் அத்து மீறுதல் (கற்பழித்தல்)

Forced or coerced sexual intercourse by someone who is known to the victim. Typically, the victim is in some social encounter with the perpetrator such as a dat…

acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)

பெறப்பட்ட நோய்த்தடுப்பாற்றல் குறைபாடுகளின் நோய்க்கூட்டறிகுறி, பெறப்பட்ட மனித நோய் எதிர்ப்புத் திறன் குறைபாட்டு நோய்க்கூட…

A disease thought to always be fatal, caused by infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Many researchers now refer to this disease as HIV disease rat…

acquittal

குற்றமற்றவர் என தீர்ப்புக்கூறி விடுவித்தல்

The setting free or discharging from further legal prosecution for a charge of criminal misconduct. In a trial, the accused person is acquitted when the judge o…

acrophobia

உயர மருட்சி, உயரமான இடங்களைப் பற்றிய கிலி, உயர்ந்த இடங்களில் இருக்கும் போது ஏற்படும் பேரச்சம்

The pathological fear of high places or of being in the air.

ACSW

சான்றளிக்கப்பட்ட சமூகப் பணியாளர்களுக்கான கழகம்

Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW). A program established by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) in 1962 to evaluate and certify the pract…

acting out

உடனடி வெளிப்பாடு / செயல்பாடு

Expressing strong emotions through overt behaviors rather than words. When an individual's outward response to inner feelings is expressed in a disguised way to…

ACTION

ஆக்சன்

The federal government program established in 1971 as an umbrella organization that includes the Peace Corps, Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), and Fost…

action research

செயல் நோக்குடைய ஆய்வு

In social planning and community organization, the linking of the data-gathering process with the development of a program designed to alleviate the problem tha…

action system

செயல்பாட்டுத் தளம், நடவடிக்கைத் தளம்

The people and resources in the community with whom the social worker deals to achieve desired changes. For example, the action system for a client who is being…

action theory

செயல் கோட்பாடு

The group of concepts used by social scientists to understand social and personality systems by analyzing “acts” and the individuals who perform them, that is, …

action therapy

செயல் சிகிச்சை, செயல்படுதலின் மூலம் தீர்வுகாணல்

Treatment procedures and intervention strategies based on direct alterations of behaviors or of obstacles to change. Such therapies include behavior modificatio…

activism

சீர்படுத்துதல், ஒன்றைச் சரிசெய்ய விறுவிறுப்பாகச் செயலாற்றுதல்

Planned behavior designed to achieve social or political objectives through such activities as consciousness-raising, developing a coalition, leading voter regi…

activist

சமூக செயல்பாட்டாளர்

An individual who works to bring about social change.

activist role

செய்லபாட்டாளர் / ஆர்வலர் பங்கு

In social work, a rejection of the so-called objective, neutral, or passive stance in favor of taking specific actions in behalf of the client system. These act…

activities of daily living (ADL)

தினப்படி வேலைகள்

The performance of basic self- and family-care responsibilities necessary for independent living. Such activities include meal preparation, bathing, dressing, s…

activity catharsis

செயல்களின் மூலம் அடங்கிக்கிடந்த எண்ணங்களை வெளிப்படுத்தல்

A psychotherapeutic procedure in which the client portrays anxiety and the effects of unconscious material through actions rather than words. The procedure is u…

activity group

செயல்பாட்டுக் குழு

A form of group involvement, which may or may not have a specifically designed therapeutic purpose, in which the participants work on programs of mutual interes…

acute

கடுமையான, நெருக்கடி நிலையடைந்த

1. Intense conditions or disturbances of relatively short duration. For example, a mental disorder lasting fewer than six months often is considered to be acute…

acute brain syndrome

திடீரெனத் தோன்றிய மூளை நோய்

A state of confusion, known as delirium, often accompanied by delusion, anxiety, and emotional lability. The disorder lasts fewer than six months, usually is re…

acute care

தீவிரப் பராமரிப்பு

A set of health, personal, or social services delivered to individuals who require short-term assistance. Such care usually is provided in the community in hosp…

acute paranoid disorder

கடுமையான சித்தப்பிரமை / உளக்கோளாறு, பிறர் மீது அவநம்பிக்கையும் அச்சமும் கொள்வது

One of the types of paranoid disorders in which symptoms have occurred for fewer than six months. The condition is most common in people who suddenly encounter …

acute stress disorder

கடுமையான மன அழுத்த நோய்

An anxiety disorder that occurs within a month of encountering a distressing situation and results in recurrent thoughts, dreams, flashbacks, and upset when rem…

ACYF

குழந்தைகள், இளைஞர், மற்றும் குடும்பங்களை நிர்வகித்தல்

Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF). The federal organization within the Office of Human Development Services (OHDS) of the U.S. Department o…

ad hoc coalition

தற்காலிகக் கூட்டணி

An alliance of individuals and ideological groups to achieve a specific goal or address a single issue or social problem. The group is expected to disband once …

adaptation

தகவமைவு, ஒத்துப் போகும் குணம்

The active efforts of individuals and species over their life spans to survive, develop, and reproduce by achieving goodness of fit with their environments. Ada…

adaptedness

தகவமைப்புத் திறன்

A relationship between an organism and its environment in which the goodness of fit supports the needs of both. Adaptedness is a state, and adaptation is a proc…