 Despite this, there are number of theoretical models of community practice that guide the practitioner toward social action.These theoretical models have evolved from proto-models utilized in the Progressive Era to the present day.Synthesized from the work of Jane Addams, Bessie McClanehan, Robert P. Lane, Murray Ross, Jack Rothman, Sam Taylor, and Robert Roberts, community workers Marie Weil and Dorothy Gamble have crafted eight theoretical models of community practice as