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Beatrice Simcox Reiner

Beatrice Simcox Reiner (April 18, 1905 – February 10, 1996) was an American psychiatric social worker, who specialized in addressing the causes of juvenile delinquency, teen pregnancy, and related issues.

Beatrice Simcox Reiner
A young white woman, standing outdoors, wearing a casual skirt set
Beatrice Simcox (later Reiner), from the 1927 yearbook of Bryn Mawr College
Born
Beatrice Robinson Simcox

April 18, 1905
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DiedFebruary 10, 1996 (aged 95)
St. Petersburg, Florida
Occupation(s)Social worker, college instructor

Early life and education

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Beatrice Robinson Simcox was born in Philadelphia,[1] the daughter of Lawrence Simcox and Beatrice G. Cunningham Simcox. Her father was a medical doctor. She graduated from Germantown Friends School in 1923,[2] and from Bryn Mawr College in 1927.[3] She earned a master's degree in social work at the New York School of Social Work in 1937.[4]

Career

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Reiner was a caseworker for the Community Service Society of New York from 1931 to 1944, in New York, at the Family Service Association of Greater Boston from 1944 to 1958. She worked at the Judge Baker Guidance Center from 1954 to 1958,[5] and as a marriage and family counselor at the Juvenile Welfare Board in Pinellas County, Florida from 1961 to 1966.[4][6][7]

In addition to her clinical work, Reiner taught social work classes at Simmons College and at Boston University School of Social Work in the mid-1940s. In her sixties, she went to Ethiopia to teach at the Haile Sellassie I University School of Social Work from 1966 to 1969.[5] In 1980, she was a keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Maryland chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.[8]

While in Boston, she worked with psychiatrist Irving Kaufman on writing about juvenile delinquency in several research papers and two books.[9][10] She wrote further professional papers with her colleagues in Florida.[11][12][13]

Publications

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  • The Social Service Exchange (1947)[14]
  • "Diagnostic Process in Marital Problems" (1947)[15]
  • "Handling of Early Contacts with Parents of Delinquents" (1956, with Irving Kaufman)[16]
  • "Treatment of Character Disorders in Parents of Delinquents" (1956, with Irving Kaufman)[17]
  • Casework with Parents of Delinquents (1956, with Irving Kaufman)[9]
  • Character Disorders in Parents of Delinquents (1959, with Irving Kaufman)[10]
  • "Some meanings of identity for casework" (1961)[18]
  • "Casework Treatment of Sexual Confusion in Character Disorders" (1962)[19]
  • "Group Counseling with Unmarried Mothers" (1965, with George H. Finck and Brady O. Smith)[12]
  • "Conflict in marriage following premarital pregnancy" (1966, with George H. Finck, Nenebelle G. Dame, Ruth G. Mayos, and B. O. Smith)[13]
  • "The Real World of the Teenage Negro Mother" (1968)[20]
  • "Project Playpen: Primary Prevention" (1972, with George H. Finck and William E. Neet)[21]
  • "A Feeling of Irrelevance: The Effects of a Nonsupportive Society" (1979)[22]
  • "Resolving Agency Conflicts" (1982)[23]

Personal life

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Simcox married architect Jan Reiner in the mid-1950s.[24] She died at her home in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1996, at the age of 90.[1] There is a container of Reiner's papers in the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Beatrice Simcox Reiner (death notice)". Tampa Bay Times. February 14, 1996. p. 63. Retrieved May 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Germantown Friends School, The Blue and White (1923 yearbook): 17. via Ancestry
  3. ^ Bryn Mawr College (1927). Class of 1927 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ a b "Mrs. Reiner is Named Counselor". Tampa Bay Times. July 29, 1961. p. 12. Retrieved May 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b c "Collection: Beatrice Simcox Reiner papers". Smith College Finding Aids. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  6. ^ Robbins, Pat (November 1, 1962). "'Childish' Parent Hurts Children". The Richmond News Leader. p. 37. Retrieved May 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Welfare Director to Leave for Washington Conference". The Tampa Tribune. August 5, 1966. p. 4. Retrieved May 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Social Workers Plan Meeting". The Baltimore Sun. April 27, 1980. p. 67. Retrieved May 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ a b Reiner, Beatrice Simcox; Kaufman, Irving (1956). Casework with Parents of Delinquents. Family Service Association of America.
  10. ^ a b Reiner, Beatrice Simcox; Kaufman, Irving (1959). Character Disorders in Parents of Delinquents. Family Service Association. ISBN 978-0-87304-089-1.
  11. ^ Brandle, Lowell (May 24, 1963). "Long Years of Marriage--and the Worm Turns". Tampa Bay Times. p. 47. Retrieved May 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ a b Finck, George H.; Reiner, Beatrice Simcox; Smith, Brady O. (1965). "Group Counseling with Unmarried Mothers". Journal of Marriage and Family. 27 (2): 224–229. doi:10.2307/350077. ISSN 0022-2445. JSTOR 350077.
  13. ^ a b Dame, Nenabelle G.; Finck, George H.; Mayos, Ruth G.; Reiner, Beatrice Simcox; Smith, Brady O. (April 1966). "Conflict in marriage following premarital pregnancy". American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 36 (3): 468–475. doi:10.1111/j.1939-0025.1966.tb02390.x. ISSN 1939-0025. PMID 5910513.
  14. ^ Reiner, Beatrice Simcox (1947). The Social Service Exchange. Family Service Association of America.
  15. ^ Simcox, Beatrice R. (October 1947). "Diagnostic Process in Marital Problems". The Journal of Social Casework. 28 (8): 307–313. doi:10.1177/104438944702800805. ISSN 8755-4879. S2CID 149643320.
  16. ^ Simcox, Beatrice R.; Kaufman, Irving (November 1956). "Handling of Early Contacts with Parents of Delinquents". Social Casework. 37 (9): 443–450. doi:10.1177/104438945603700904. ISSN 0037-7678. S2CID 149918288.
  17. ^ Simcox, Beatrice R.; Kaufman, Irving (October 1956). "Treatment of Character Disorders in Parents of Delinquents". Social Casework. 37 (8): 388–395. doi:10.1177/104438945603700804. ISSN 0037-7678. S2CID 149710183.
  18. ^ Reiner, Beatrice Simcox (1961-10-01). "Some meanings of identity for casework". Smith College Studies in Social Work. 32 (1): 1–19. doi:10.1080/00377316109517293. ISSN 0037-7317.
  19. ^ Reiner, Beatrice Simcox (December 1962). "Casework Treatment of Sexual Confusion in Character Disorders". Social Casework. 43 (10): 538–545. doi:10.1177/104438946204301003. ISSN 0037-7678. S2CID 149653751.
  20. ^ Reiner, Beatrice Simcox (1968). "The Real World of the Teenage Negro Mother". Child Welfare. 47 (7): 391–396. ISSN 0009-4021. JSTOR 45399987.
  21. ^ Finck, George H.; Neet, William E.; Reiner, Beatrice Simcox (May 1972). "Project Playpen—Primary Prevention". Child Welfare. 51 (5): 318–326. ISSN 0009-4021. JSTOR 45392771. PMID 4664481.
  22. ^ Reiner, Beatrice Simcox (January 1979). "A Feeling of Irrelevance: The Effects of a Nonsupportive Society". Families in Society; the Journal of Contemporary Social Services. 60 (1): 3–10. doi:10.1177/104438947906000101. S2CID 150114107.
  23. ^ Reiner, Beatrice Simcox (1982). "Resolving Agency Conflicts". Social Work. 27 (5): 468. ISSN 0037-8046. JSTOR 23714031.
  24. ^ Osgood, Nancy (March 31, 1963). "Having Hubby At Home Makes a Happy Hearth". Tampa Bay Times. p. 75. Retrieved May 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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