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The Impact Of Jane Addams On Human Services

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Laura, It is nice to meet you. I wish your son and your family smooth transitions in the next journey of him going to college. It takes a pure heart and compassion person to work with autism children and I admire you for what you do. You are in the right field for Human Services and best of luck on your LPC. It is hard to choose an event that had an impact on Human Services because there are so many but I also chose Jane Addams as well. One thing I truly admire from Jane was how she saw a problem and did not ignore it but did something to fix the problem such as the Hull House Settlement. Jane put herself in different situations to help her challenge herself and to grow from the different challenges to be role model for others to see (Seigfried,

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