Social work Books

Book SynopsisThis volume culls the most important and provocative research and policy analysis in the child welfare field and is an essential guide for understanding the burgeoning field of children's services.

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Book SynopsisFreeman advocates strengths-centered policies as the means to empower clients and communities. Supplemented by case examples, this book outlines basic empowerment principles and practices, offers a context for power, policy, and funding decisions, and examines the needs of special populations.Table of ContentsSeries Editor's Note Foreword, by Lorraine Gutierrez Preface and Acknowledgments Part 1. Foundations of Empowerment Principles and Practice in Substance Abuse Services 1. Conceptual, Theoretical, and Research Issues Related to Empowerment Practice 2. Understanding the Substance Abuse and Addiction Process from an Empowerment Perspective Part 2. The Multilevel Substance Abuse Service System: A Context for Power, Policy, and Funding Decisions 3. The Substance Abuse Policy and Funding Subsystem: Sociopolitical and Power Issues 4. The Community Development and Primary Group Subsystem: Sources of Power, Resiliency, and Substance Abuse Prevention 5. The Substance Abuse Program Subsystem: Organizational, Administrative, and Direct Service Issues Part 3. An Empowered Substance Abuse Service Delivery Process: Expanding the Client-Centered Continuum of Care 6. Intervention: An Empowerment-Based Preservice Foundation for Prevention and Rehabilitation 7. Community Prevention: Empowerment, Systems Change, and Culturally Sensitive Evaluation 8. Assessment: Clients as Experts on Their Experiences, Recovery Motivation, and Power Resources 9. Group Approaches to Collective Empowerment in Rehab, Self-Help, and Prevention Programs 10. Family-Centered Rehabilitative Services: Intergenerational and Nuclear Family Empowerment and Evaluation Strategies 11. Building on Cultural Diversity in Client-Centered Individual Work: Implications for Self-Empowerment 12. Phased Services During Aftercare and Termination: Evaluation of Empowerment Outcomes Part 4. Empowering, Microcosm, and Empowered Substance Abuse Programs: The Voices of Special Populations 13. New Alternatives: A Drug and Alcohol Rehab Program for a Multicultural Adolescent Population 14. Restore and Repair: Perinatal Rehab Services for Women and Children 15. Recovery Works: Rehab Services for Adults with Dual Diagnoses 16. Dareisa Rehab Services: A Culture-Specific Program for African American Adults Epilogue. Lessons Learned from Empowerment Research: Implications for the Future of Empowerment Practice References Index

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Book SynopsisDemonstrates how social workers can use an empowerment approach when dealing with those who have experienced oppression by virtue of poverty, colour, gender, sex or race. The reader is shown how the oppressed can learn to attain goals both individually and within the wider social environment.Trade ReviewIt covers a lot of ground, yet stays grounded and rooted in empowerment practice. It should have appeal to both clinical and macro social workers, academicians and practicioners alike. -- Lee H. Staples Social Work With GroupsTable of ContentsDreaming Justice and the Beloved Community in the Twenty-First Century The Empowerment Approach: A Conceptual Framework Establishing Multifocal Vision: The History of Oppression Establishing Multifocal Vision: The Ecological Perspective and Coping Multifocal Vision: Developing Ethclass, Feminist, Cultural, Global, and Critical Perspectives-One Clear Lens, Many Foci Making Beginnings in Individual and Family Empowerment: Processes and Practical Skills Assessment for Empowerment: Content and Process Working on Problems Together: The Empowerment of Individuals and Families Empowering Special Populations The Empowerment Group Approach Empowerment Groups: Working Together Toward Empowerment Community and Political Empowerment Practice Empowerment in Global Perspective: Social and Economic Justice For All

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Book SynopsisThrough discussions of various theories of grief, narratives of the bereaved obtained in interviews with 22 men and women, case study analysis, and chapter summaries, this text integrates the literature about and the bereavement experiences of partners in varying types of relationships.Trade ReviewWalter offers 22 stories of individuals whose life partner died, presenting them against a tapestry of bereavement theories and issues. The widows and widowers describe the challenges of reframing their identity and life; particularly powerful are narratives and experiences of gay men and lesbians, because as disenfranchised grievers they lack the access to the legal benefits, supports, and social rituals of mourning... The captivating struggle of grief involves a crisis in meaning as bereavement shatters assumptions, support systems, coupled identity, and patterns of life. Choice First of its kind...psychologists and counselors can benefit from this book. Canadian Social Work Walter's book is well written, accessible and compassionate and certainly extends our understanding of the experiences and needs of bereaved partners. -- Carole Smith Journal of Social Work Well structured and accessible to both lay and professional readers. -- Christine Valentine MortalityTable of ContentsIntroduction Interviews Overview Chapter One Theories of Grief: How They Inform Our Understanding of the Loss of a Partner Classical Paradigm of Grief Postmodern Paradigm of Grief Integrating the Paradigms Chapter Two Loss of a Partner: Current Issues Review of Literature on Loss of a Spouse Gender and Grief Review of Literature on Opposite-Sex Partner Loss Review of Literature on Same-Sex Partner Loss Similarities and Differences Among Types of Partner Loss Chapter Three Loss of a Spouse Young Widows Bereaved Older Spouses Chapter Summary Chapter Four Loss of an Opposite-Sex Partner Disenfranchised Grief Chapter Summary Chapter Five Loss of a Gay Partner Issues Faced by a Bereaved Gay Partner Chapter Summary Chapter Six Loss of a Lesbian Partner Issues Faced by a Bereaved Lesbian Partner Chapter Summary Chapter Seven Similar and Diverse Themes Among Bereaved Partners Ambivalence Regarding Existing Ties with Deceased Partner Discrimination Experienced by Surviving Partners in Nontraditional Relationships Using Memories and Continuing Bonds with the Bereaved to Cope with Grieving Developing New Relationships While Continuing Bonds with the Deceased Partner Making Meaning from the Experience of the Death of a Partner Chapter Summary Chapter Eight Interventions A Classical Model of Interventions with Bereaved Partners A Postmodern Model of Interventions with Bereaved Partners Interventions with Bereaved Spouses Interventions with Young Widows Interventions with Bereaved Men Interventions with Bereaved Domestic Partners Interventions with Bereaved Lesbian Partners Interventions with Bereaved Gay Partners Working with Gay and Lesbian Bereaved Partners Chapter Summary Chapter Nine Clinical Implications Clinical Implications for Interventions with Bereaved Partners Clinical Implications for Interventions with Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Partners Clinical Implications for a Response to the Events of September 11, 2001 Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisThis work shows how and why case management and community support replaced psychiatry and mental hospitals. It examines everyday written and oral narratives to prove that the common critique of social workers - that they are state agents controlling clients - is untrue.Trade ReviewThis book provides a fascinating albeit bleak insight into the daily routine of practitioners. -- Camilla Parker European Journal of Public HealthTable of ContentsIntroduction The Formation of Community Support Services The Rise of the Case Manager Strengths Case Management Landscape for a Case Manager: The Carless Mentally Ill Oral and Written Narratives of Case Managers Money Meds Chapter 9. The Helper Habitus: Situated Knowledge and Case Management Chapter 10. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis text explores legal concepts, legal reasoning and legal processes - illustrated with case vignettes from social work practice - in order to provide social work practitioners and students with practical and accessible legal knowledge.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Why Social Workers Study the Law: Knowledge for Practice 2. Exploring Jurisprudence: Legal Philosophy 3. The Development of the Law 4. The Practice of Law 5. The Litigation Process: Dissecting a Court Casel 6. Protection of Individuals and the Preservation of Social Order 7. How Courts Make Legal Decisions About People's Lives 8. Torts: How the Law Provides Compensation for Injury and Deters Unsafe Practicesl Work Practice 9. Contracts and Other Legal Issues in the Management of Social Work Practicea Private Practice Appendix: Legal Research Statutory Law Case Law Electronic Legal Research References Cases and Laws Cited Index

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Book SynopsisIntegrates time-honored approaches with more modest goals, mindful of what empowerment can and cannot do. This book presents illustrations to bring concepts to life and, more important, to present families describing their own experiences with achieving empowerment.Trade ReviewThis book reveals the great potential of empowerment practices through specific principles and actual case materials. Families In Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Sciences This volume adds to the discourse of empowerment practice with families. -- Raymond Rodriguez Social Work with GroupsTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I. A Family-Centered Empowerment Framework 1. Empowerment Then and Now 2. Seeing Families Through an Empowerment Lens Part II. Three Family Profiles: The Journey from Oppression to Empowerment 3. The Laurencio-Smith Family: Our Differences Saved Us 4. The Williams Family: New Lives Beyond Incest 5. The Brown-Wiley Family: Homeless No More Part III. Helping Families 6. The Phases and Actions of Empowering Practice Part IV. A Closer Look at Families WITH Their Communities 7. Empowering Families with Community Resources 8. Supporting Theories that Empower Social WorkernFamily Transactions Appendix A. Cross-Cultural Counseling Competencies: A Conceptual Framework Appendix B. The Family Power Analysis

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Book SynopsisIntegrates time-honored approaches with modest goals, mindful of what empowerment can and cannot do. This book presents illustrations to bring concepts to life and, more important, to present families describing their own experiences with achieving empowerment.Trade ReviewThis book reveals the great potential of empowerment practices through specific principles and actual case materials. Families In Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Sciences This volume adds to the discourse of empowerment practice with families. -- Raymond Rodriguez Social Work with GroupsTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I. A Family-Centered Empowerment Framework 1. Empowerment Then and Now 2. Seeing Families Through an Empowerment Lens Part II. Three Family Profiles: The Journey from Oppression to Empowerment 3. The Laurencio-Smith Family: Our Differences Saved Us 4. The Williams Family: New Lives Beyond Incest 5. The Brown-Wiley Family: Homeless No More Part III. Helping Families 6. The Phases and Actions of Empowering Practice Part IV. A Closer Look at Families WITH Their Communities 7. Empowering Families with Community Resources 8. Supporting Theories that Empower Social WorkernFamily Transactions Appendix A. Cross-Cultural Counseling Competencies: A Conceptual Framework Appendix B. The Family Power Analysis

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Book SynopsisSynthesizes empirical research to extract practical applications for practice, emphasizing the how to of gerontological home health care through a discussion of the field's relevant issues. This book includes chapters on home health care policies and funding; cultural and diversity issues; and, the development of a relationship.Trade ReviewEssential CHOICETable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. The Context of Social Work Practice in Home Health Care 2. The Social Work Role in Home Health Care 3. Culturally Competent Social Work Practice in Home Health Care 4. Engagement of the Client in Home Health Care 5. Social Work Assessment of the Individual in Home Health Care 6. Social Work Assessment of Social Systems in Home Health Care 7. Social Work Interventions with the Individual in Home Health Care 8. Social Work Interventions with Social Systems in Home Health Care 9. Evaluating Social Work Practice in Home Health Care Afterword Appendix: Internet Resources Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisMany nursing home residents experience physical and/or cognitive debilitation and increased dependence as older adults, and cultural and situational differences create variations in how these changes are experienced and addressed. This volume touches upon these areas and provides a comprehensive examination of cultural and practice phenomena.Trade ReviewWorthy reading for all social nursing practitioners all over the world. -- L. Robert Gerontology A compelling book for anyone working in gerontology or working in long-term care facilities. -- Carol Dorr Families in Society an excellent overview of the cultural attributes that influence the life experiences of nursing home residents and their families. -- Jan M. Ivery Gerontologist Accessible, informative and contributes constructively to advancing culturally appropriate care. -- Jenny Mackenzie Ageing & SocietyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Contributors Introduction, by Patricia J. Kolb 1. African American Elders, by Molly Davis 2. American Indian Elders, by Priscilla A. Day 3. Chinese American Elders, by Rhoda Wong 4. Italian American Elders, by Patricia J. Kolb and Rosemarie Hofstein 5. Japanese American Elders, by Tazuko Shibusawa 6. Korean American Elders, by Su-Jeong Park and Suk-Young Kang 7. Mexican American Elders, by Yvette Solis-Longoria 8. Puerto Rican Elders, by Maria Cuadrado Conclusion: Toward Culturally Competent Social Work Practice, by Patricia J. Kolb Index

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Book SynopsisAimed at students and educators in the helping professions as well as practitioners, this book presents information on how to interview clients. It synthesizes the theories and research findings in social work and related fields that contribute to practitioners' competence and effectiveness.Trade ReviewValuable to students on placement and fieldwork educators because of its rich content, integrative nature and practice relevance. -- Kieran O'Donoghue Social Work Review ...an intuitively satisfying, east-to-understand practice model... -- Arlene Montgomery Smith College Studies in Social Work

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Book SynopsisAn approach to a technique for treating people with eating disorders - children as well as adults, male and female sufferers alike. This book demonstrates how the author's award-winning art therapy technique, known as Phenomenal and Nonphenomenal Body Image Tasks or "PNBIT," can be used by clinicians other than art therapists.Table of Contents1 Significance of Appropriate Body Image 2 Body Image and the Self 3 The Therapy of Art Therapy 4 Phenomenal and Nonphenomenal Body Image Tasks in the Treatment of Eating Disorders and Other Addictions (PNBIT): The Method 5 Clinical Applications 6 Conclusion Afterwords Appendixes 1. Extracts of Exit Tape Recordings 2. Self Report Form 3. Therapist Report Form 4. Sequence and Time Chart 5. Outline Drawing: Figure Selection, Male 6. Outline Drawing: Figure Selection, Female 7. Body Dimension Estimate and Measurement: Linear, Male 8. Body Dimension Estimate and Measurement: Circumference, Male 9. Body Dimension Estimate and Measurement: Linear, Female 10. Body Dimension Estimate and Measurement: Circumference, Female 11. Sandworlds Grid 12. Questionnaires 13. Medical Release Form 14. Medical Questionnaire 15. Abstract from "The Yo-Yo in Art Therapy: The Use of Art Therapy in Eating Disorders" 16. Art Therapy Images as an Index to Suicide 17. 1983 Metropolitan Life Insurance Height and Weight Tables and Frame Size Estimate Chart 18. Abstract from "Phenomenal and Nonphenomenal Body Image Tasks in the Treatment of Eating Disorders" 19. The Scope of Art Therapy 20. Relationship of Issues in Eating Disorders 21. Figure Selection II 22. Color Chart 23. Tissue Box Estimate

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Book SynopsisIntroduces the structural approach of social work practice, which assumes that many clients' problems arise from harmful social forces. Focusing on the construction of such realities as poverty, racism, and domestic violence, this work counters the focus on individual change that is so common in managed care and corporatization.Trade ReviewThis is a refreshing book. It provides an excellent comprehensive framework for social work practice that has its roots in the profession's historical emphasis between person and society. It will make an excellent text for direct practice courses. -- Richard L. Edwards, dean of the Rutgers School of Social WorkTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Part I. Infrastructure 1. The Frame of Reference for Social Work Practice 2. The Philosophical Base for Structural Social Work Practice 3. Ethics and Strucutral Social Work Practice Part II. Principles and Processes 5. Intervention Principles and Procedures: A Process Model Part III. Roles 6. The Conferee 7. The Broker 8. The Mediator 9. The Advocate 10. The Therapist 11. The Case Manager 12. The Group Worker 13. The Community Organizer Part IV. Context 14. Learning the Organization 15. Working in the Organization 16. A Paradigm Dilemma References Index

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Book SynopsisInvoluntary clients are individuals who are required to see a professional (such as juveniles on probation) or pressured to seek help (such as alcoholics threatened with the desertion of a spouse). This book presents an analysis of the involuntary transaction and suggests ways to act within it.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Part 1. A Foundation for Work with Involuntary Clients 1. Introduction to Involuntary Practice 2. Legal and Ethical Foundations for Work with Involuntary Clients 3. Effectiveness with Involuntary Clients 4. Influencing Behaviors and Attitudes 5. Assessing Initial Contacts in Involuntary Transactions Part 2. Practice Strategies for Work with Involuntary Clients 6. Initial Phase Work with Individual Involuntary Clients 7. Task-Centered Intervention with Involuntary Clients 8. Work with Involuntary Families 9. Work with Involuntary Groups Part 3. Practice Applications with Involuntary Problems and Settings Section A 10. Work with Substance Abusers, by James Barber 11. Bringing Up What They Don't Want to Talk About: Use of Brief Motivational Interviewing with Adolescents Regarding Health-Related Behaviors in Opportunistic and Other Settings, by Malinda Hohmann and Chris Kleinpeter 12. Work with Men in Domestic Abuse Treatment, by Mike Chovanec Section B 13. Involuntary Clients in Public Schools: Solution-focused Interventions, by Cynthia Franklin and Laura Hopson 14. Work with Involuntary Clients in Child Welfare Settings, by Julie Altman and Debra Gohagan Section C 15. Oppression and Involuntary Status, by Glenda Dewberry Rooney 16. Work with Involuntary Clients in Corrections, by Chris Trotter 17. Involuntary Clients and Work in the Era of Welfare Reform, by Tony Bibus Section D 18. Applying the Involuntary Perspective to Supervision, by Carol Jud and Tony Bibus 19. The Nonvoluntary Practitioner and the System Appendix References Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisBy using human rights as a guidepost, social workers can help create social welfare policies that better serve societal needs. Bringing together essays from a diverse range of authors, this title demonstrates how approaching social work from a human rights perspective can affect legislation, resource management, and enforcement of policies.Trade ReviewA lively and serious contribution to social work education, and remarkably timely... Highly recommended. Choice An inspirational book, pleading social workers to use human rights as a guidepost. European Journal of Social WorkTable of ContentsList of Abbreviations Introduction: Social Work Perspectives on Human Rights, by Elisabeth Reichert 1. Human Rights in the Twenty-first Century: Creating a New Paradigm for Social Work, by Elisabeth Reichert 2. Human Rights in Social Work Practice: An Invisible Part of the Social Work Curriculum?, by Lena Dominelli 3. Global Distributive Justice as a Human Right: Implications for the Creation of a Human Rights Culture, by Joseph Wronka 4. Cultural Relativism and Community Activism, by Jim Ife 5. Development, Social Development, and Human Rights, by James Midgley 6. Using Economic Human Rights in the Movement to End Poverty: The Kensington Welfare Rights Union and the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, by Mary Bricker-Jenkins, Carrie Young, and Cheri Honkala 7. Economic and Social Rights: The Neglected Human Rights, by Silvia Staub-Bernasconi 8. Human Rights and Women: A Work in Progress, by Janice Wood Wetzel 9. Human Rights Violations Against Female Offenders and Inmates, by Katherine van Wormer 10. Children's Rights as a Template for Social Work Practice, by Rosemary J. Link 11. Globalization, Democratization, and Human Rights: Human-Made Disasters and a Call for Universal Social Justice, by Brij Mohan 12. Law and Social Work: Not-So-Odd Bedfellows in Promoting Human Rights, by Robert J. McCormick Index

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Book SynopsisIntroduces an ecological perspective into social work practice. This book examines major changes in our socioeconomic and political landscape, including the threat of terrorism, international trade agreements, and the conservative revolution, and a discussion of developments in ethics and standards of practice.Trade ReviewAlex Gitterman has set his sights on nothing less than defining social work practice in its broadest sense and at the same time providing details that allow us to understand our work with specificity. He has truly engaged the enormous quantity of knowledge that has emerged since the publication of the last edition, and his ability to incorporate all of this into one book is masterful. He has captured social work at a time in which our profession is increasingly difficult and has found a way to help us reason through the 'wicked problems' we face in an uncaring and frequently oppressive society. -- Jacqueline Mondros, dean, Hunter College School of Social Work Alex Gitterman and the late Carel B. Germain are seminal thinkers on this topic, and their extremely comprehensive, scholarly text is a refreshing break from many of the social work practice texts that are available. Its scholarship is first-rate. -- Meredith Hanson, Fordham University, Graduate School of Social ServiceTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Part 1: Overview 1. Social Work Practice and Its Historical Traditions 2. The Ecological Perspective 3. The Life Model of Social Work Practice: An Overview 4. Assessment, Practice Monitoring, and Practice Evaluation Part 2: The Helping Process in Life-Modeled Practice Initial Phase 5. Preparation: Settings, Modalities, Methods, and Skills 6. Beginnings: Settings, Modalities, Methods, and Skills Ongoing Phase 7. Helping Individuals, Families, and Groups with Stressful Life Transitions and Traumatic Events 8. Helping Individuals, Families, and Groups with Environmental Stressors 9. Helping with Dysfunctional Family Processes 10. Helping with Dysfunctional Group Processes 11. Reducing Interpersonal Stress Between Worker and Client Ending Phase 12. Endings: Settings, Modalities, Methods, and Skills Part 3: Life-Modeled Practice at Community, Organization, and Political Levels 13. Influencing Community and Neighborhood Life 14. Influencing the Practitioner's Organization 15. Influencing Legislation, Regulations, and Electoral Politics Appendix A: Individual, Family, and Group Assessments Appendix B: Practice Monitoring: Records of Service Appendix C: Practice Monitoring: Critical Incidents Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisLooks at the emotional and organizational dynamics between individuals, couples, and families who provide care, and yet who are also committed to a full time career as a human service professional. This book provides an insight into negotiating social service agencies and other institutions.Trade ReviewBeckett's remarkable compilation of caregiving narratives provides insight into the diversity of caregiving experiences... Essential. Choice An engaging and accessible text... This book is a strong addition to the caregiving literature and is well recommended. -- Leslie Hempling Social Work in Health Care Two things that stand out to this reviewer are the efforts by individuals to impact policy and practice where they could and the use of tables to provide a visual of implications as they are discussed in each chapter. -- Needha M. Boutte-Queen Families in Society The great diversity of caregiving is also on display in Lifting Our Voices, which vividly illustrates the challenges caregivers of diverse ethnic/racial background experience. -- Joseph E. Gaugler Gerontologist Beckett's book will initiate meaningful discussions in Bachelor's in Social Work and Masters in Social Work courses on caregiving and aging. It should also prove illuminating to students seeking to understand the broad range of family caregiving experiences. The book provides a clarion call for more culturally competent social work practice and services. -- Debra E. Allwardt Journal of Gerontological Social WorkTable of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments List of Contributors 1. Caregiving, by Joyce O. Beckett 2. Once, Twice, Always a Caregiver: Career Caregiving for Parents Who Abused Alcohol, by Cynthia Jones 3. Responding to My Sister's Addiction: Fostering Resilience in My Nieces, by Darlene Grant 4. Caring for My Grandmother: The Birth of a Gerontological Social Worker, by Erica Edwards 5. Not an Option but a Duty: Caring for My Mother, by Yvonne Haynes 6. "My Last Born Shall Care for Me and Mine": Caring for Siblings and Mother, by Joyce E. Everett 7. Caring for My Mother: Four Phases of Caregiving, by Shirley Bryant 8. Aunt Doris's Moves, by F. Ellen Netting 9. Closing Muriel's House: Caring for My Mother, by King E. Davis 10. Social Worker Husband as Caregiver of Social Worker Wife, by Samuel Peterson 11. What Goes Around Comes Around: Career Caregiving in the Caring Village, by Joyce O. Beckett Index

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Book SynopsisCovers the methodological challenges and the real-life constraints of research in child welfare settings. This volume addresses topics that include the ethics involved in researching children and their families and the limits of confidentiality within this population.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Foreword, by Christine James-Brown Acknowledgments 1. Introduction to Child Welfare Research Part 1. Planning and Developing Research Studies 2. The Philosophy and Logic of Research 3. Ethical Considerations 4. Problem Formulation 5. Sampling Theory Part 2. Design Strategies 6. Single-System Design 7. Group Designs 8. Using Existing Data Part 3. Measurement Strategies 9. Measurement Theory and Measure Selection 10. Surveys 11. Case Studies 12. Focus Groups 13. In-Depth Interviews Part 4. Data Analysis and Writing Up and Sharing Research Results 14. Data Analysis Techniques 15. Dissemination of Research Findings Part 5. Special Topics in Agency Practice 16. Continuous Quality Improvement in Agency Practice 17. Agency-Based Program Evaluation 18. Final Thoughts Classroom Discussion and Activities Glossary 1. Social Science Research Methods Terms Glossary 2. Child Welfare Practice and Policy Terms References Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Foreword, by Christine James-Brown Acknowledgments 1. Introduction to Child Welfare Research Part 1. Planning and Developing Research Studies 2. The Philosophy and Logic of Research 3. Ethical Considerations 4. Problem Formulation 5. Sampling Theory Part 2. Design Strategies 6. Single-System Design 7. Group Designs 8. Using Existing Data Part 3. Measurement Strategies 9. Measurement Theory and Measure Selection 10. Surveys 11. Case Studies 12. Focus Groups 13. In-Depth Interviews Part 4. Data Analysis and Writing Up and Sharing Research Results 14. Data Analysis Techniques 15. Dissemination of Research Findings Part 5. Special Topics in Agency Practice 16. Continuous Quality Improvement in Agency Practice 17. Agency-Based Program Evaluation 18. Final Thoughts Classroom Discussion and Activities Glossary 1. Social Science Research Methods Terms Glossary 2. Child Welfare Practice and Policy Terms References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn unblinking look at the government programs, schools and private services that have burgeoned in the last 30 years to help teenagers. -- Ron Pitt Providence JournalTable of Contents1. The Invention of "Troubled Teens": Evolution of an Industry 2. The Struggling-Teens Industry: A Complex Landscape 3. A Legacy of Scandals: Exposure of a Troubled Industry 4. Helping Struggling Teens: What Works? 5. A Blueprint for Reform: Best Practices for the Struggling-Teens Industry Glossary Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAny scholar who is serious about understanding and advancing social work theory should read this book. -- Alan J. Levy The Social Service ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part One. Theory and Practice: Orienting Perspectives 1. Taking Multiplicity Seriously: Pluralism, Pragmatism, and Integrative Perspectives in Clinical Social Work, by William Borden Part Two. Inner Experience and Outer Realities 2. Why Cognitive Therapy Needs Social Work, by Sharon Berlin 3. The Cognitivization of Psychoanalysis: Toward an Integration of Psychodynamic and Cognitive Theories, by Jerome C. Wakefield and Judith Baer 4. Social Work, by Psychobiography, by James J. Clark 5. Place Matters: Toward a Rejuvenated Theory of Environment for Direct Social Work Practice, by Susan P. Kemp 6. Integrating Developmental Theory and Systemic Perspectives: A Family Resilience Framework for Clinical Practice, by Froma Walsh Part Three. Theory by Practice 7. Love and Justice: A Silenced Language of Integrated Practice?, by Janet Finn 8. The Role of Theory in Conducting Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, by Stanley McCracken and Tina Rzepnicki 9. Practice Theory: Ideas Embedded in a Wise Person's Professional Process, by Malcolm Payne List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword by Joseph Wronka Introduction 1. Development and History of Human Rights 2. Universal Declaration of Human Rights 3. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 4. International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights 5. Diversity Within a Human Rights Perspective 6. Human Rights and Children, Persons with Disabilities, Persons with HIV-AIDS, Gays and Lesbians, Older Persons, and Victims of Racism 7: International Aspects of Human Rights 8: Applying Human Rights to the Social Work Profession Conclusion Appendix A: Universal Declaration of Human Rights Appendix B: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Including Optional Protocol Appendix C: International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Appendix D: Resolution Adopted by the General Assembly Appendix E: Suggested Internet Websites for Further Research Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAvidan Milevsky provides a good rationale for why we need to examine sibling relationships more closely in terms of family dynamics and individual well-being. His book synthesizes existing research and makes an original contribution by utilizing qualitative and quantitative data to illustrate the themes explored throughout the book. -- Katherine J. Conger, University of California, Davis The release of a new volume on siblings is timely, and the focus on sibling relationships in adolescence and emerging adulthood is very welcome. -- Lew Bank, Oregon Social Learning Center and Regional Research Institute, Portland State University An interesting book...highly recommended. Choice I would recommend this book to students interested in the positive, buffering effects that brothers and sisters can have on one another. -- Alison Pike Child and Adolescent Mental HealthTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Structural Variables and Sibling Relationships 2. Parenting and Sibling Relationships: Indirect Influences 3. Parenting and Sibling Relationships: Direct Influences 4. Well-being and Sibling Relationships 5. Compensatory Effects of Sibling Support: Parents 6. Compensatory Effects of Sibling Support: Friends 7. Sibling Deidentification 8. Summary, Application, and Future Directions References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewTransgender 101 is a highly readable and thorough primer on the history, terminology, types, politics, and medical and social realities of the transgender population. Teich uses insights from his personal and clinical experience and from the growing body of literature in transgender studies to educate the professional and lay communities on the many layered meanings and manifestations of transgenderism. This comprehensive introduction informs without being self-absorbed or polemical. -- Betty Morningstar, president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers In an eminently readable fashion, Teich covers topics ranging from the underlying sociological concepts of sex, gender, and sexual identification to the experiences of 'coming out' and 'transitioning." He then situates the 'trans' person in an historical context-examining the mental health and medical ramifications of the way society has viewed and (mis)treated the change from imputed to 'authentic' sex. I am glad I read this book. -- Kevin J. Mahoney, professor and director of the Center for Participant-Directed Services at Boston College ...a fascinating read... effectively raising questions and prompting discussions about assumptions we've always taken for granted... Bibrary Book Lust ...highly recommended reading as a user-friendly introduction. Youth TodayTable of ContentsForeword Introduction: Why This Book Was Written and How It Is Laid Out Acknowledgments 1. What Does It Mean to be Transgender?: An Introduction to the Term 2. Sexual Orientation Versus Gender: What's the Difference? 3. Coming Out as Transgender: When 4. Transition: The Social 5. The History of Transgenderism and Its Evolution Over Time 6. Transgenderis as a Mental Health Issue: The Controversy Over Transgender Identity as a Disorder 7. Discrimination: Exploring the Barriers That Transpeople Face 8. Lesser-Known Types of Transgenderism: Understanding Cross-Dressers Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Resources for Readers Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review...Strozier's intimate yet comprehensive, visceral, and intellectual dissection of 10 years of trauma, fear, and recovery is full of pain and mystery, radiance and strength. BooklistTable of ContentsIntroduction The Event Part I: 102 Minutes of Disaster Zones of Sadness 1. Survivors: Zone 2. Witnesses: Zone 3. Participants: Zone 4. Onlookers: Zone Reflections 5. The Dying 6. Apocalyptic Interlude 7. Traumasong 8. Television: Numbing and Rage 9. Hidden Children: Television's Exception Part II: 100 Days of Suffering 10. Organic Process 11. Disrupted Lives 12. Death and Future 13. Pregnant Women Part III: Ten Years of Effects 14. The Surprise of It All 15. On Trauma and Zones of Sadness 16. Historical Memory of the Disaster Acknowledgments Appendix: The Literature on Trauma and the Measurement of PTSD After 9/11 Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review...Strozier's intimate yet comprehensive, visceral, and intellectual dissection of 10 years of trauma, fear, and recovery is full of pain and mystery, radiance and strength. BooklistTable of ContentsIntroduction The Event Part I: 102 Minutes of Disaster Zones of Sadness 1. Survivors: Zone 2. Witnesses: Zone 3. Participants: Zone 4. Onlookers: Zone Reflections 5. The Dying 6. Apocalyptic Interlude 7. Traumasong 8. Television: Numbing and Rage 9. Hidden Children: Television's Exception Part II: 100 Days of Suffering 10. Organic Process 11. Disrupted Lives 12. Death and Future 13. Pregnant Women Part III: Ten Years of Effects 14. The Surprise of It All 15. On Trauma and Zones of Sadness 16. Historical Memory of the Disaster Acknowledgments Appendix: The Literature on Trauma and the Measurement of PTSD After 9/11 Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOne of the great challenges in teaching social work practice is helping students move beyond tidy, textbook formulations to wrestle with the messiness of true practice. This book provides a range of honest, nuanced decision cases that can be used in classes to help students identify, articulate, and sort through the ethical, practice, and personal issues they will face in their careers. Each case focuses on a thematic area (e.g. client autonomy, supervisory conflict) with a depth and complexity that precludes easy answers. An immensely helpful tool for any educator seeking to sharpen students' critical thinking and ability to 'think like a social worker.' -- Anna Sheyett, University of South Carolina This book is a more sophisticated, complex presentation of clinical social work cases. It contributes to advanced clinical training or with continuing education of professionals by providing an update on current clinical social work case issues. -- Mary Ortega, University of Michigan This is a must-have book for social work educators, students and practitioners who strive to integrate and sharpen their advanced knowledge and skills! Professors Wolfer, Franklin, Gray and their esteemed group of contributing authors have captured the complexity and nuance of social work practice through this collection of cases from professional social workers in real-world settings. -- David W. Springer, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, The University of Texas at Austin These cases involve complex life circumstances that blend clinical, organizational, administrative, and cultural issues where the facts are sometimes obscure, contradictory, and emotional. They help students expand the critical-thinking skills required to make collaborative decisions in practice and increase their competence, confidence, and understanding of how decisions are made and supported. -- King Davis, University of Texas, Austin An excellent tool for developing skills of critical reflection and analysis, alongside recognition of the impact of social work on self. -- Kay Wall Journal of Social Work PracticeTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments To Instructors, by Terry A. Wolfer To Students, by Terry A. Wolfer, Lori D. Franklin, and Karen A. Gray Introduction to the Cases, by Terry A. Wolfer and Vicki M. Runnion 1. No Place Like Home, by Lori D. Franklin 2. Gay-for-Pay, by Lori D. Franklin 3. But Someone Could Die!, by Karen A. Gray and Anna Woodham 4. Believing Women, by Gecole Harley and Terry A. Wolfer 5. I Knew This Internship Thing Would Blow Up!, by Gecole Harley and Terry A. Wolfer 6. Child Collectors?, by Lori D. Franklin 7. I'm a Social Worker!, by Karen A. Gray and Julie Sprinkle 8. Flying Flags in Alabama, by Noel Busch-Armendariz, Dawnovise N. Fowler, and Terry A. Wolfer 9. Private, Dismissed, by Michelle Hovis and Lori D. Franklin 10. Wandering, by Lori D. Franklin and Danielle R. Snyder 11. A Matter of Life and Death?, by Susy Villegas, Monica M. Alzate, and Karen A. Gray 12. Exposed, by David Pooler and Terry A. Wolfer 13. Nowhere to Skate, by Laura B. Poindexter and Terry A. Wolfer 14. Driven to Drink, by Terry A. Wolfer 15. "Don't Tell Her," by Sean Siberio and Terry A. Wolfer Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOne of the great challenges in teaching social work practice is helping students move beyond tidy, textbook formulations to wrestle with the messiness of true practice. This book provides a range of honest, nuanced decision cases that can be used in classes to help students identify, articulate, and sort through the ethical, practice, and personal issues they will face in their careers. Each case focuses on a thematic area (e.g. client autonomy, supervisory conflict) with a depth and complexity that precludes easy answers. An immensely helpful tool for any educator seeking to sharpen students' critical thinking and ability to 'think like a social worker.' -- Anna Sheyett, University of South Carolina This book is a more sophisticated, complex presentation of clinical social work cases. It contributes to advanced clinical training or with continuing education of professionals by providing an update on current clinical social work case issues. -- Mary Ortega, University of Michigan This is a must-have book for social work educators, students and practitioners who strive to integrate and sharpen their advanced knowledge and skills! Professors Wolfer, Franklin, Gray and their esteemed group of contributing authors have captured the complexity and nuance of social work practice through this collection of cases from professional social workers in real-world settings. -- David W. Springer, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, The University of Texas at Austin These cases involve complex life circumstances that blend clinical, organizational, administrative, and cultural issues where the facts are sometimes obscure, contradictory, and emotional. They help students expand the critical-thinking skills required to make collaborative decisions in practice and increase their competence, confidence, and understanding of how decisions are made and supported. -- King Davis, University of Texas, Austin An excellent tool for developing skills of critical reflection and analysis, alongside recognition of the impact of social work on self. -- Kay Wall Journal of Social Work PracticeTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments To Instructors, by Terry A. Wolfer To Students, by Terry A. Wolfer, Lori D. Franklin, and Karen A. Gray Introduction to the Cases, by Terry A. Wolfer and Vicki M. Runnion 1. No Place Like Home, by Lori D. Franklin 2. Gay-for-Pay, by Lori D. Franklin 3. But Someone Could Die!, by Karen A. Gray and Anna Woodham 4. Believing Women, by Gecole Harley and Terry A. Wolfer 5. I Knew This Internship Thing Would Blow Up!, by Gecole Harley and Terry A. Wolfer 6. Child Collectors?, by Lori D. Franklin 7. I'm a Social Worker!, by Karen A. Gray and Julie Sprinkle 8. Flying Flags in Alabama, by Noel Busch-Armendariz, Dawnovise N. Fowler, and Terry A. Wolfer 9. Private, Dismissed, by Michelle Hovis and Lori D. Franklin 10. Wandering, by Lori D. Franklin and Danielle R. Snyder 11. A Matter of Life and Death?, by Susy Villegas, Monica M. Alzate, and Karen A. Gray 12. Exposed, by David Pooler and Terry A. Wolfer 13. Nowhere to Skate, by Laura B. Poindexter and Terry A. Wolfer 14. Driven to Drink, by Terry A. Wolfer 15. "Don't Tell Her," by Sean Siberio and Terry A. Wolfer Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn a pathbreaking analysis, Joyce M. Bell shows again how black Americans have been this society's most important driving force for social justice. By analyzing the role of a key player in the understudied Black Power movement, the National Association of Black Social Workers, Bell illustrates that movement's brilliant antiracist strategies and transforming impacts in separate black organizations and within historically white organizations. -- Joe R. Feagin, Texas A&M University Bell has added considerable depth and detailed analysis on the development of Black professional associations by filling a research gap in the existing literature concerning the institutionalization of the Black liberation movement during the age of Black Power. Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics Historians wishing to explore black power's deeper nuances will find this sociological study of "intra-organizational social movements" a good entry point. Journal of American History This study is a rich resource on both the development of Black professional organizations, as well as the influence of social movements in American society. -- Wilma Peebles-Wilkins Journal of Sociology & Social WorkTable of ContentsForeword, by Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Race, Resistance, and the Civil Sphere 2. Re-envisioning the Black Power Movement 3. The Rise of the Black Power Professional 4. "A Nice Social Tea Party": The Rocky Relationship Between Social Work and Black Liberation 5. "We Stand Before You, Not as a Separatist Body": The Techni-Culture Movement to Gain Voice in the National Federation of Settlements 6. "We'll Build Our Own Thing": The Exit Strategy of the National Association of Black Social Workers 7. Exit and Voice in Intra-Organizational Social Movements 8. Conclusion: Institutionalizing Black Power Appendix 1: Methods Appendix 2: Founding Dates of Black Professional Associations Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Preface to the 2013 Reissue Introduction: The Relevance of Injustice and Oppression for Social Work and Social Policy Part One: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives 1. Injustice and Oppression: Meaning, Links, and Alternatives 2. Injustice and Oppression: Origins, Evolution, Dynamics, and Consequences 3. Social Change Strategies to Overcome Injustice and Oppression 4. Dilemmas and Vicissitudes of Social Work Part Two: Implications for Policy, Practice, and Organizing 5. Transition Policies Beyond Poverty, Unemployment, and Discrimination 6. Social-Change-Oriented "Radical" Practice Epilogue Appendix A. Franklin D. Roosevelt's Economic Bill of Rights Appendix B. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Appendix C. Framework for Analysis and Development of Social Policies Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Preface to the 2013 Reissue Introduction: The Relevance of Injustice and Oppression for Social Work and Social Policy Part One: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives 1. Injustice and Oppression: Meaning, Links, and Alternatives 2. Injustice and Oppression: Origins, Evolution, Dynamics, and Consequences 3. Social Change Strategies to Overcome Injustice and Oppression 4. Dilemmas and Vicissitudes of Social Work Part Two: Implications for Policy, Practice, and Organizing 5. Transition Policies Beyond Poverty, Unemployment, and Discrimination 6. Social-Change-Oriented "Radical" Practice Epilogue Appendix A. Franklin D. Roosevelt's Economic Bill of Rights Appendix B. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Appendix C. Framework for Analysis and Development of Social Policies Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisSpeaks to the experience of caring for a loved one with a terminal illness and the difficulties of encountering death.Trade ReviewAlexandra Butler's account of her parents' deaths is engaging and affecting. Boomers and their children will learn much from this memoir as they themselves approach the finitude of life. -- Andrew Achenbaum, Professor of Social Work at the University of Houston An honest look at marriage, aging, happiness, and survival-both wise and funny. You will walk the Night Road too. -- Barbara Walters A detailed, beautifully written, insightful account of the process of dying and of living-it's difficult to put down. Butler is able to use her words to breathe life into the people she is writing about and provide the reader with an ability to enter their lives as observers who can nearly feel the sun, shudder in the cold, and hear the creak of the floors. -- Jeanette Takamura, Dean, Columbia School of Social Work This book is Ms. Butler's passionate account of her fight to help her mother, the author of works on mental health and aging, Myrna Lewis, in her battle against a malignant brain tumor. The depth of her grief and her fury against a foe she knew must win is palpable on every page. -- Peter Pouncey, Author of Rules for Old Men Waiting Alexandra Butler's memoir of the last year-and-a-half of her mother's life is a searing, exquisitely written, brilliant work. Its honesty, insight, and poetic sensitivity left us deeply moved, far more so than anything else we've read in many years. It is truly a magnificent accomplishment. -- Lawrence K. Grossman, Former president of NBC News and PBS I read this book in one sitting last night and it is really remarkable. She captures, a la Virginia Woolf, the inner voice and experience of illness, death and grief in a way I have not seen before. Lots of talent there. -- Diane Meier, Director of Center to Advance Palliative Care The vivid, expressive intelligence of the writing made the exploding consequences of Myrna's cancer invade my mind in ways that were deeply moving and instructive. I was struck by the author's skill as a writer from the devastating start of the book, in which Myrna has already crossed the threshold into a world from which she can't return. It reads like a nightmare at first, but then settles into the pit of the stomach as not nightmare at all, not even the cultural nightmare of cancer as dread incarnate, but as our everyday, waking reality transformed into a bizarre parallel universe. Butler has composed a particular and telling vignette with implications beyond her immediate circumstances-a tragi-comic subtext to the way many of us are driven to organize our lives in unbroken chains of projects. -- Joan Retallack, John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Humanities, Bard College I read it in one sitting. I laughed; I cried my eyes out; I related the whole way. And the beauty of it is that my mother does not have cancer. No one has cancer. It's the relationship and the feelings, deep to the core. This is not about cancer. It's about people, about the relationship between the people and the journey. I bet that people will relate no matter what kind of death or loss. -- Joan Siffert, Senior Vice President of Development at Gilda's Club Beautifully and skillfully written. -- Rabbi Harold S. Kushner Beautiful, heartbreaking and incisive, Butler's memoir is a brutally honest retelling of her mother's tragic battle against cancer. Her words go beyond just grief, they inspire a greater understanding of what it means to be a child, and how the lines that define familial roles are often more complex and messy than they seem. A child is never just a child. A parent never just a parent. Walking the Night Road is a cathartic tribute to anyone who has ever lost a parent. -- Will Reiser, Screenwriter, 50/50 Butler has written a moving and powerful book about the unlikely blessings that a death can bring. Anyone who has lost a loved one-or indeed anyone who has unwillingly embarked on an adventure only to find themselves in a better place-will enjoy this account. She reminds us all that hardships can sometimes be gifts wrapped in pain. We just need to see them that way. -- Dan Buettner, Author, The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People Butler gives an exceptionally full-bodied description of family life, with its enduring connections, weaknesses, cruelties and warmth. -- Terri Apter Times Literary Supplement Very well written, organized and presented, Walking the Night Road is... extraordinary and highly recommended. The Midwest Book Review Well written and engaging. Journal of Gerontological Social WorkTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Walking the Night Road

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Book SynopsisSpeaks to the experience of caring for a loved one with a terminal illness and the difficulties of encountering death.Trade ReviewAlexandra Butler's account of her parents' deaths is engaging and affecting. Boomers and their children will learn much from this memoir as they themselves approach the finitude of life. -- Andrew Achenbaum, Professor of Social Work at the University of Houston An honest look at marriage, aging, happiness, and survival-both wise and funny. You will walk the Night Road too. -- Barbara Walters A detailed, beautifully written, insightful account of the process of dying and of living-it's difficult to put down. Butler is able to use her words to breathe life into the people she is writing about and provide the reader with an ability to enter their lives as observers who can nearly feel the sun, shudder in the cold, and hear the creak of the floors. -- Jeanette Takamura, Dean, Columbia School of Social Work This book is Ms. Butler's passionate account of her fight to help her mother, the author of works on mental health and aging, Myrna Lewis, in her battle against a malignant brain tumor. The depth of her grief and her fury against a foe she knew must win is palpable on every page. -- Peter Pouncey, Author of Rules for Old Men Waiting Alexandra Butler's memoir of the last year-and-a-half of her mother's life is a searing, exquisitely written, brilliant work. Its honesty, insight, and poetic sensitivity left us deeply moved, far more so than anything else we've read in many years. It is truly a magnificent accomplishment. -- Lawrence K. Grossman, Former president of NBC News and PBS I read this book in one sitting last night and it is really remarkable. She captures, a la Virginia Woolf, the inner voice and experience of illness, death and grief in a way I have not seen before. Lots of talent there. -- Diane Meier, Director of Center to Advance Palliative Care The vivid, expressive intelligence of the writing made the exploding consequences of Myrna's cancer invade my mind in ways that were deeply moving and instructive. I was struck by the author's skill as a writer from the devastating start of the book, in which Myrna has already crossed the threshold into a world from which she can't return. It reads like a nightmare at first, but then settles into the pit of the stomach as not nightmare at all, not even the cultural nightmare of cancer as dread incarnate, but as our everyday, waking reality transformed into a bizarre parallel universe. Butler has composed a particular and telling vignette with implications beyond her immediate circumstances-a tragi-comic subtext to the way many of us are driven to organize our lives in unbroken chains of projects. -- Joan Retallack, John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Humanities, Bard College I read it in one sitting. I laughed; I cried my eyes out; I related the whole way. And the beauty of it is that my mother does not have cancer. No one has cancer. It's the relationship and the feelings, deep to the core. This is not about cancer. It's about people, about the relationship between the people and the journey. I bet that people will relate no matter what kind of death or loss. -- Joan Siffert, Senior Vice President of Development at Gilda's Club Beautifully and skillfully written. -- Rabbi Harold S. Kushner Beautiful, heartbreaking and incisive, Butler's memoir is a brutally honest retelling of her mother's tragic battle against cancer. Her words go beyond just grief, they inspire a greater understanding of what it means to be a child, and how the lines that define familial roles are often more complex and messy than they seem. A child is never just a child. A parent never just a parent. Walking the Night Road is a cathartic tribute to anyone who has ever lost a parent. -- Will Reiser, Screenwriter, 50/50 Butler has written a moving and powerful book about the unlikely blessings that a death can bring. Anyone who has lost a loved one-or indeed anyone who has unwillingly embarked on an adventure only to find themselves in a better place-will enjoy this account. She reminds us all that hardships can sometimes be gifts wrapped in pain. We just need to see them that way. -- Dan Buettner, Author, The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People Butler gives an exceptionally full-bodied description of family life, with its enduring connections, weaknesses, cruelties and warmth. -- Terri Apter Times Literary Supplement Very well written, organized and presented, Walking the Night Road is... extraordinary and highly recommended. The Midwest Book Review Well written and engaging. Journal of Gerontological Social WorkTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Walking the Night Road

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Book SynopsisDesigned for students of social work, public policy, ethnic studies, community development, and migration studies, Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families provides the best knowledge for culturally responsive practice with immigrant children, adolescents, and families. This textbook summarizes the unique circumstances of Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino, South Asian, African, and Middle Eastern immigrant and refugee populations and the challenges faced by the social service systems, including child welfare, juvenile justice, education, health, and mental health care, that attempt to serve them. Each chapter features key terms, study questions, and resource lists, and the book meets many Council on Social Work Education Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) competencies. The book addresses the policy landscape affecting immigrant and refugee children in the United States, and a final section examines current and future approaches to advocacy.Trade ReviewAn exceptional primer for the reader who is new to this topic, Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families also puts in one place a respectful and comprehensive compendium of critical issues that will push the thinking of advanced readers. -- Robert Ortega, University of Michigan School of Social Work Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families is an up-to-date overview of the law, key populations, and specific challenges facing immigrants and refugees. The book raises awareness of legal issues, key demographic groups in the United States, and challenges of life that refugees face, such as healthcare, mental health, and education. -- Fernando Chang-Muy, coeditor of Social Work with Immigrants and Refugees: Legal Issues, Clinical Skills, and Advocacy Timely and thorough. ChoiceTable of ContentsForeword, by Luis H. Zayas Preface Part I. U.S. Immigration and Refugee Systems and the Federal Policy Landscape 1. Introduction, by Alan J. Dettlaff, Rowena Fong, and Caitlin O'Grady 2. Overview of the U.S. Immigration System, by Elizabeth Frankel 3. Federal Policy Implications for Immigrant Children and Families: Public Benefit Laws and Immigration Reform, by Wendy Cervantes 4. Immigration Enforcement and Its Impact on Children and Families, by David B. Thronson Part II. Major Immigrant and Refugee Populations in the United States 5. Latino Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families, by Alan J. Dettlaff, Michelle Johnson-Motoyama, and E. Susana Mariscal 6. Asian and Pacific Islander Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families, by Halaevalu Vakalahi, Ofa Ku'ulei Lanimekealoha Hafoka, and Rowena Fong 7. South Asian Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families, by Uma Segal 8. African Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families, by Margaret Lombe, Chiedza Mufunde, and Harriet Mabikke 9. Middle Eastern Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families, by Altaf Husain, Ayat Nashwan, and Stephanie Howard Part III. Practice with Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families Across Systems 10. Practice with Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families in the Child Welfare System, by Alan J. Dettlaff and Rowena Fong 11. Practice with Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families in the Juvenile Justice System, by Angie Junck and Rachel Prandini 12. Practice with Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families in the Education System, by Lyn Morland and Dina Birman 13. Practice with Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families in the Mental Health System, by Jodi Berger Cardoso and Liza Barros Lane 14. Practice with Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families in the Health Care System, by Krista Perreira and Leslie Cofie Part IV. Advocacy and Future Directions 15. Advocacy for Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families, by Yali Lincroft, Alexandra Salgado, and Rowena Fong 16. Future Directions, by Rowena Fong and Alan J. Dettlaff List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisOverwhelming evidence indicates that new social workers going into child welfare or other trauma-related care discover emotional challenges. In a textbook that bridges the gap between theoretical and pragmatic approaches, Jason M. Newell provides a solution by conceptualizing self-care as the key to professional resilience.Trade ReviewNewell emphasizes the importance of professional self-care as it relates to providing ethical and quality services to others who are vulnerable and needing help. Clearly, if as helping professionals we do not take the first breath of oxygen, how is it possible to help others breathe? -- Carolyn Szafran, Washburn University Jason M. Newell's important book is a wake call to the field of social work and its accrediting body; that self-care is the key to professional resilience. Awake and read this book! -- Charles R. Figley, Tulane UniversityTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. An Introduction to Resilient Practice Through Holistic Self-CareSection 1: Theory, Conceptualization, and Measurement2. Understanding the Connection Between Stress and Trauma 3. Chronic Empathy and Trauma in Human Service Work: Implications for Social Service Professionals4. Understanding and Preventing the Effects of Professional Burnout and Indirect Trauma: An Individual and Organizational Challenge5. Assessment and Measurement of Occupational Stress and TraumaSection 2: A Holistic Framework for the Application of Self-Care Practices6. The Essential Practice of Professional Self-Care: The Key to Professional Resilience7. Preserving Professional Resilience: The Ongoing Practice of Holistic Self-Care8. The Ethical Obligation of Professional Self-Care, with James L. Jackson Jr.9. Trauma-Informed Education, Training, and Professional Development10. The Use of Mindfulness Practice as a Function of Self-CareEpilogue: Finding Balance in Social Work Practice: Self-Care as Practice WisdomWorksheetsPersonal Reflection Exercise: Resilience and Self-AppreciationPersonal Reflection Exercise: Engaging Group Discussion on TraumaSample Assignment: Deep Breathing ExerciseSample Assessment of Organizational Strengths and ChallengesSelf-Care Process: Setting Organizational GoalsSelf-Care Process: Setting Personal GoalsProfessional Development Assignment: Construct a Plan of Personal and Professional Self-CareSuggestions for Developing a Comprehensive Plan of Self-CareSample Goals and Objectives for a Plan of Self-CareBlank Template for a Comprehensive Plan of Self-CareSample Self-Care Plan: Personal TableSample Assignment: Journaling MindfullyBibliography of Recommended ReadingsBibliography of Suggested Internet ResourcesGlossaryReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisMitchell Rosenwald provides a comprehensive examination of the role of politics in the social work profession. Considering both clinical and policy work, this book also offers recommendations for encouraging political reconciliation in order to strengthen the profession.Trade ReviewDespite frequent appeals to diversity and social justice, social work discourse largely overlooks the role political ideology has played and continues to play in shaping its philosophical goals and theories of practice. Mitchell Rosenwald’s book helps fill this gap with sharp insights that have important relevance for the contemporary profession. -- Michael Reisch, University of MarylandRosenwald explores political diversity, an important but neglected area of social work practice and education. His insights can help students grapple with what to do and why when their political ideology and their practice responsibilities collide. Educators and students will find much to use in this book. -- Richard Hoefer, The University of Texas at ArlingtonRosenwald’s compelling, well-grounded, and contextualized look at political diversity among social workers throughout the profession’s history fills an important gap in the professional literature. Timely, well-written, and replete with useful examples, this book offers strategies that promote open dialogue and respectful disagreement within the classroom and at the policy level. -- Cassandra L. Bransford, Binghamton UniversityTable of ContentsForewordPreface1. The Landscape of Political Diversity and Social Work2. The Evolution of the Profession in Political Context3. Research on Political Diversity and Social Work4. Social Work Education and Political Diversity5. Political Ideology and Social Work Practice6. A Model for Reconciling Political Diversity Among Social Workers7. Revisiting the Landscape of Political Diversity in Social WorkEpilogueAppendix: Sample Syllabus on Political Diversity and Social WorkAcknowledgmentsNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisMitchell Rosenwald provides a comprehensive examination of the role of politics in the social work profession. Considering both clinical and policy work, this book also offers recommendations for encouraging political reconciliation in order to strengthen the profession.Trade ReviewDespite frequent appeals to diversity and social justice, social work discourse largely overlooks the role political ideology has played and continues to play in shaping its philosophical goals and theories of practice. Mitchell Rosenwald’s book helps fill this gap with sharp insights that have important relevance for the contemporary profession. -- Michael Reisch, University of MarylandRosenwald explores political diversity, an important but neglected area of social work practice and education. His insights can help students grapple with what to do and why when their political ideology and their practice responsibilities collide. Educators and students will find much to use in this book. -- Richard Hoefer, The University of Texas at ArlingtonRosenwald’s compelling, well-grounded, and contextualized look at political diversity among social workers throughout the profession’s history fills an important gap in the professional literature. Timely, well-written, and replete with useful examples, this book offers strategies that promote open dialogue and respectful disagreement within the classroom and at the policy level. -- Cassandra L. Bransford, Binghamton UniversityTable of ContentsForewordPreface1. The Landscape of Political Diversity and Social Work2. The Evolution of the Profession in Political Context3. Research on Political Diversity and Social Work4. Social Work Education and Political Diversity5. Political Ideology and Social Work Practice6. A Model for Reconciling Political Diversity Among Social Workers7. Revisiting the Landscape of Political Diversity in Social WorkEpilogueAppendix: Sample Syllabus on Political Diversity and Social WorkAcknowledgmentsNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisAs older adults and their families opt out of nursing homes, a range of home and community-based services have risen up to provide care. This book examines existing and emerging models of these services. Emphasizing the multidisciplinary and inter-professional practice approaches used to deliver care, it is an essential learning tool.Trade ReviewPresenting a welcomed and needed comprehensive examination of home and community services—which has received insufficient attention until now—Anderson, Dabelko-Schoeny, and Fields offer a historical and contemporary understanding of this critical life space. Students, practitioners, policy makers, and other stakeholders in the health professions will learn fundamentals and gain new passion for assuring that health and care come home. -- Laura N. Gitlin, Drexel UniversityAmericans overwhelmingly desire to live at home in their communities as they grow older, especially those with chronic health conditions and daily living challenges who often fear ending up in institutions away from loved ones and friends. Home- and Community-Based Services for Older Adults is an essential primer for those working across the care continuum and seek to deliver person-centered support so that all of us can live well in the place we call “home." -- Gretchen Alkema, The SCAN FoundationThe authors have masterfully integrated information from a broad range of sources and distilled it into a well-researched, well-organized, well-written, and well, swell book that provides sound historical context, contemporary policy and practice implications, and a peek at the future. -- Mercedes Bern-Klug, University of IowaThis book could fill a gap in student education regarding her or his future professional opportunities and experiences. It is useful to have such depth provided on HCBS, as these are often embedded across content or covered in one to several chapters among other texts. The book is well written and accessible to readers at multiple levels of education. -- Marla Berg-Weger and Cara Wallace, St. Louis UniversityThis volume offers a timely treatment of an evolving, complex social phenomenon. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. Policies Related to Home- and Community-Based Services, by Amanda J. Lehning3. The Older Americans Act and the Aging Network4. Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Practice Skills Across Home- and Community-Based Services Settings5. Family Caregiving6. Home Health Care 7. The Village Concept and Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities 8. Home-Based Primary Care 9. Assisted Living and Housing with Services 10. Adult Day Services11. Hospice in Community Settings 12. International Perspectives on Home- and Community-Based Services13. Technology in Home- and Community-Based Services Afterword: A Commentary on the Future of Home- and Community-Based Services, by Joseph E. GauglerGlossaryIndex

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Book SynopsisCheryl Regehr explores the intersection between workplace stress, trauma exposure, and professional decision-making in social workers. She weaves together practice experience, research on the impact of stress and trauma on performance in other high-risk professions, and the empirical study of competence and decision-making in social work practice.Trade ReviewRegehr is masterful in her ability to synthesize research knowledge and scholarship from social work and related fields and bring the resulting synthesis to the discussion of this complex topic. She is exceptionally well informed about the relevant fields, particularly stress and trauma, and also draws on a range of social science and health disciplines, including recent work on neuroscience. The resulting synthesis is creative, original, and rigorous. -- Imogen Taylor, University of SussexRegehr provides a literate, timely analysis of how stress and trauma affect decision-making in social workers. Using in part her own substantial research program on social workers' risk assessment and decision-making activities, Regehr analyzes social workers' experience of stress and trauma in their work, as well as approaches to mitigation of stress and trauma. With its extensive review of post-traumatic stress and acute stress disorder literature, the book could be readily used by teachers, scholars, and practitioners in social work and related fields. -- John H. Harvey, Editor, Journal of Loss and Trauma, and Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of IowaDrawing on her wide experience, Regehr teases out how stress and trauma affect social workers and their work in this well-written and practice-relevant book. Timely in this era of doubted experts, this book will equip social workers, their managers, their supervisors, and educators with knowledge and reflective commentary about the impact of stress and trauma and what can be done to maintain good decision-making and risk taking. -- Jill Manthorpe, King's College London, UKStress, Trauma, and Decision-Making in Social Work, written by a renowned researcher-practitioner with decades of experience in the area of occupational and traumatic stress, offers its readers an innovative, trauma-informed decision-making model for social workers in high-risk situations and those working with traumatized populations. -- Carol Tosone, New York University Silver School of Social Work, and editor-in-chief, Clinical Social Work JournalThis book is quite useful for social workers at large, and it covers the most important aspects in the daily life of social workers. * Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. Stress and Trauma in Social Work3. Factors Contributing to Trauma Response4. Factors Contributing to Stress Response5. Competence and Expertise6. Decision-Making7. Stress, Trauma, and Decision-Making8. Mitigating the Effects of Stress and Trauma on Decision- Making9. Improving Decision-Making in Situations of UncertaintyReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisCheryl Regehr explores the intersection between workplace stress, trauma exposure, and professional decision-making in social workers. She weaves together practice experience, research on the impact of stress and trauma on performance in other high-risk professions, and the empirical study of competence and decision-making in social work practice.Trade ReviewRegehr is masterful in her ability to synthesize research knowledge and scholarship from social work and related fields and bring the resulting synthesis to the discussion of this complex topic. She is exceptionally well informed about the relevant fields, particularly stress and trauma, and also draws on a range of social science and health disciplines, including recent work on neuroscience. The resulting synthesis is creative, original, and rigorous. -- Imogen Taylor, University of SussexRegehr provides a literate, timely analysis of how stress and trauma affect decision-making in social workers. Using in part her own substantial research program on social workers' risk assessment and decision-making activities, Regehr analyzes social workers' experience of stress and trauma in their work, as well as approaches to mitigation of stress and trauma. With its extensive review of post-traumatic stress and acute stress disorder literature, the book could be readily used by teachers, scholars, and practitioners in social work and related fields. -- John H. Harvey, Editor, Journal of Loss and Trauma, and Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of IowaDrawing on her wide experience, Regehr teases out how stress and trauma affect social workers and their work in this well-written and practice-relevant book. Timely in this era of doubted experts, this book will equip social workers, their managers, their supervisors, and educators with knowledge and reflective commentary about the impact of stress and trauma and what can be done to maintain good decision-making and risk taking. -- Jill Manthorpe, King's College London, UKStress, Trauma, and Decision-Making in Social Work, written by a renowned researcher-practitioner with decades of experience in the area of occupational and traumatic stress, offers its readers an innovative, trauma-informed decision-making model for social workers in high-risk situations and those working with traumatized populations. -- Carol Tosone, New York University Silver School of Social Work, and editor-in-chief, Clinical Social Work JournalThis book is quite useful for social workers at large, and it covers the most important aspects in the daily life of social workers. * Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. Stress and Trauma in Social Work3. Factors Contributing to Trauma Response4. Factors Contributing to Stress Response5. Competence and Expertise6. Decision-Making7. Stress, Trauma, and Decision-Making8. Mitigating the Effects of Stress and Trauma on Decision- Making9. Improving Decision-Making in Situations of UncertaintyReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisTina Maschi and Keith Morgen offer a data-driven and compassionate analysis of the lives of incarcerated older people. The book draws on extensive quantitative and qualitative research as well as national datasets.Trade ReviewI encourage strongly this critical read for geriatricians, gerontologists, and gerontological social workers. Also, correctional, probation, and parole officers; correctional health-care providers; reentry coordinators; and correctional administrators would likely benefit from this important text -- Stephanie Grace Prost, PhD * The Gerontologist *This is a brilliant piece of work. These authors show their skill in humanizing all people through a caring justice model of practice. -- Karen Bullock * Journal of Gerontological Social Work *Overall, this text is an informative and useful addition to any clinical or macro special topics social work course. It is wellorganized, with up-front summaries of what the chapter will discuss and a final summary of the information discussed at the end of each chapter to help ground the reader. -- Lauren Dennelly * Research on Social Work Practice *Aging Behind Prison Walls fills a gap in the research literature by providing both quantitative and qualitative data not available elsewhere. Enriched by extensive data and compelling personal narratives, it offers a portrait of prison life that is comprehensive and fascinating. -- Katherine van Wormer, coauthor of Women and the Criminal Justice SystemAging Behind Prison Walls makes a unique and timely contribution to our understanding of the life histories of justice-involved aging people and the trauma experienced, resiliency marshalled, and coping measures employed. Maschi and Morgen offer a persuasive call for a caring justice system to replace our existing criminal justice system. -- Margaret E. Leigey, author of The Forgotten Men: Serving a Life without Parole SentenceUsing vivid stories of trauma and resilience, Aging Behind Prison Walls is an important and thought-provoking book that deserves wide readership. Bridging theory and practice, the authors make a compelling case for a correctional policy that is redemptive in nature and better suited for those who no longer pose a threat to society. -- Ronald Aday, author of Aging Prisoners: Crisis in American CorrectionsAging Behind Prison Walls provides an unvarnished view of being both older and incarcerated. Evocative vignettes recount challenges and traumas, as well as perseverance, resilience, and contributions. The authors don’t stop at heightening awareness—they offer a framework, tools, and call to action to address this pressing human issue. -- Susan J. Loeb, The Pennsylvania State UniversityAging Behind Prison Walls offers an engaging and insightful examination of the special needs and life worlds of incarcerated older adults before and after release to the community. It offers practical advice with roots in intersectional and life-course theory consistent with the need for a paradigm shift in the management and care of aging offenders. It will become essential reading. -- José B. Ashford, Arizona State UniversityAging Behind Prison Walls is a thoughtfully constructed work that adds substantially to the literature on incarceration by exploring a particularly understudied group: inmates over 50 years old. -- G. Christensen, Stetson University College of Law * Choice *Overarching, all-encompassing and peppered with individuals' narratives on aging in prison. . . . Aging Behind Prison Walls is well suited for advanced students in criminology, social work, and psychology. Practitioners in prison systems, community corrections officers and service providers would also benefit from this text. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Mass Aging in Prison: How Did We Get Here?1. An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure2. Intersecting Perspectives on Aging, Diversity, Difference, and Justice3. Trauma and Diversity Among Older Adults in Prison4. “I Try to Make the Best of It”: A Look Inside the Resilient Minds of Older Adults in Prison5. Trauma, Mental Health, and Medical Concerns of Older Adults in the Prison System6. How Do We Co-Construct Community? A Conceptual Map for Reuniting Older Adults in Prison with Their Families and Communities7. “Coming Out” of Prison: LGBTQ+ Older Adults’ Experiences Navigating the Criminal Justice SystemPart II: Realizing a Caring Justice World8. A Caring Justice Partnership Paradigm: Transforming the World from the Inside Out9. Accepting the Gift of Life: Incarcerated Older Adults’ Prescription for Living Longer, Happier, and Healthier Lives10. Realizing a Caring Justice World: Promising Global Practices for Justice-Involved Older AdultsAfterwordAppendix 1Appendix 2NotesIndex

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Book SynopsisIn an update to this classic text, Ronald H. Rooney and Rebecca G. Mirick explore the best ways to work with unwilling clients. This book provides a framework for understanding the legal, ethical, and practical concerns, offering theory, treatment models, and specific practice strategies to facilitate collaborative, effective working relationships.Trade ReviewHooray! The much-anticipated third edition of Strategies for Work with Involuntary Clients builds on the superb previous editions, adding depth and breadth to a uniquely useful presentation of practice strategies for working with individuals and families. Ronald H. Rooney and Rebecca Mirick provide insightful guidelines for legal and ethical issues and a new chapter on the ‘involuntary’ practitioner. An invaluable resource for both students and professionals. -- Alex Gitterman, University of Connecticut School of Social WorkIn this substantive and helpful collection of essays, the editors and the contributors manage to convey that we can be respectful of a client’s rights while not being too easily put off by understandable resistance. In the end, real change is always in the control of the clients, even those who didn’t have a choice in engaging in the service. -- Lawrence Shulman, SUNY BuffaloThis comprehensive and accessible text will be plundered for its insightful observations coupled with practical suggestions across a range of service areas. It is timely, as emphasis is shifting from identifying problems/risks to looking at how work can be undertaken with different types of involuntary clients to effect the required change. Best read from cover to cover, this is a genuine candidate for the authoritative guide in this challenging area of work. -- Martin C. Calder, director, Calder Training and ConsultancyThis book helped me define who is involuntary and how to approach a client who is defined that way. It presents cases, data, research, and questions that will shift our way of thinking about clients and therapist that are ‘forced’ to be in treatment. -- Elizabeth Misener, University of Southern CaliforniaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Part I: A Foundation for Work with Involuntary Clients1. Introduction to Involuntary Practice, by Ronald Rooney2. Legal and Ethical Foundations for Work with Involuntary Clients, by Ronald Rooney3. Effectiveness with Involuntary Clients, by Ronald Rooney 4. Influencing Behaviors and Attitudes, by Ronald Rooney5. Oppression and Involuntary Status, by Glenda Dewberry Rooney and Joan Blakey6. Trauma Informed Care with Legally Mandated Involuntary Clients, by Joan BlakeyPart II: Practice Strategies for Work with Involuntary Clients7. Assessing Initial Contacts in Involuntary Transactions, by Rebecca Mirick8. Initial Phase Work with Individual Involuntary Clients, by Rebecca Mirick9. Task-Centered Intervention with Involuntary Clients, by Ronald Rooney10. Work with Involuntary Families, by Rebecca Mirick11. Work with Involuntary Groups, by Michael ChovanecPart III: Practice Applications with Involuntary Problems and Settings 12. Work with Men in Domestic Abuse Treatment, by Michael Chovanec13. Integrated Health Care and Health Disparities, by Tamara Davis and Adriane Peck 14. Strengths-Based Strategies for Improving Quality of Life Among Dementia-Affected Older Adults, and Their Care Partners, by Justine McGovern15. Substance Abuse Treatment: A Field in the Midst of Change, by Katherine van Wormer and Laura Parker16. Work with Unmotivated Clients, by Per Revstedt 17. Bringing Up What They Don’t Want to Talk About: Use of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for Alcohol and Depression in a Community College Health Center, by Melinda Hohman, Christine Kleinpeter, and Tamara Strohauer18. Involuntary Clients in Public Schools: Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Interventions, by Cynthia Franklin, Laura Hopson and Samantha Guz19. Work with Involuntary Clients in Child Welfare Settings, by Rebecca Mirick, Julie Altman, and Debra Gohagan20. Work with Involuntary Clients in Corrections, by Chris Trotter21. Applying the Involuntary Perspective to Supervision, by Carol Jud and Tony Bibus22. The Nonvoluntary Practitioner and the System, by Ronald RooneyAppendixAbout the EditorsContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an overview of key sexuality-related topics for social workers from a sex-positive perspective. Accessible to students as well as professionals at all levels, Sex-Positive Social Work encourages discussions of sexuality with clients and provides an opportunity for self-reflection and professional growth.Trade ReviewThe topic of human sexuality in all of its complexity, however, is typically glossed over, despite that clients may struggle with it throughout their lives. The text, Sex-Positive Social Work, does an excellent job of bridging this curricular gap. -- Brent A. Satterly, PhD * Journal of Teaching in Social Work *The book’s introduction provides a compelling explanation for the need to end the “conspiracy of silence” surrounding sexuality in social work education and practice. . . The information and wealth of resources provided in the text are likely to enhance the competence of social work professionals, students, and educators across the board. -- Danie Brawand * The New Social Worker *In Sex-Positive Social Work, SJ Dodd shows how to translate social work’s strengths- and justice-based commitments into practice related to sexuality. Such knowledge and skills are vital to social workers’ ability to promote the sexual rights, well-being, and dignity of all clients. -- Laina Bay-Cheng, University at BuffaloSex-Positive Social Work is a brilliant, comprehensive, and well-constructed text useful for social workers in the classroom or practicing in the field. Moving through relevant foundational and contextual information on sex, sexuality, and practice, the text is a welcome addition to the field. It is framed with applicable case illustrations and resources to assist social workers in becoming more sex-positive in their practice. -- Michael Dentato, editor of Social Work Practice with the LGBTQ Community: The Intersection of History, Health, Mental Health, and Policy FactorsIn Sex-Positive Social Work, Dodd begins the conversation about healthy sexuality and sexual well-being that is missing from social work literature. She uses wonderful, clear, and realistic case vignettes to illustrate her arguments. Every practitioner should read and incorporate this text into their practice. -- Gerald P. Mallon, editor of Social Work Practice with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender PeopleFinally! A sex-positive text about sexuality for social work instructors and students that encourages pleasure, fulfillment, and the full embrace of engaging people around sexual well- being. The content is expansive and robust enough to deepen one’s capacity for conversations about sex and sexuality with clients, in supervision, or the classroom. -- Stephanie Wahab, Portland State UniversitySJ Dodd presents a strengths-based, health-positive approach to human sexuality. This should be a required text for all graduate-level social work students. -- Doni Whitsett, University of Southern CaliforniaTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Creating a Sex-Positive Environment for Your Clients2. Anatomy, Physiology, and Arousal3. Taking a Sexual History4. Sexual Identity5. Gender Identity6. Sex Across the Life Span: A Very Brief Scan7. Communicating About Love and Intimacy8. Alt Sex9. Sexual Dysfunctions and Disorders10. Ethics and the Sex-Positive Social WorkerConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book is a comprehensive survey of the theories, principles, methods, and formats that are most appropriate and applicable to teaching in the field of social work. Drawing from her extensive classroom and field experience, Jeane W. Anastas identifies the factors that produce effective educational outcomes.Trade ReviewJeane Anastas has written the complete guide to teaching in social work education. With numerous practical tips for teaching and learning, Teaching in Social Work is filled with everything you will need to know, from understanding learning styles to assessment tools and different methods for effective pedagogy. The coverage on diversity, equity, and inclusion in learning makes the book a timely source for building an inclusive classroom. -- Cynthia Franklin, editor in chief of the Encyclopedia of Social WorkTeaching in Social Work provides a highly intelligent, up-to-date synthesis of social work theory, practice, and trends, plus selected insights from andragogy. Anastas’s organization of this material within a ‘teaching-and-learning-in-environment’ framework remains an important and original contribution to social work education. A true tour de force. -- Edwina S. Uehara, dean of University of Washington School of Social WorkIn this second edition, Anastas takes a rigorous and refreshing approach to advancing critical thinking and applications about the content, process, and impact of teaching in the social work profession. Teaching in Social Work contributes immensely to the reader’s understanding and implementation of the critical issues of understanding and assessing student learning outcomes and teaching effectiveness. -- Darrell Wheeler, Iona CollegeTeaching in Social Work is an essential text for social work educators. Anastas describes well the unique considerations in the practice of social work education not addressed in other texts. -- Lance Peterson, University of St. ThomasTable of ContentsPreface to the Second EditionAcknowledgments1. Teaching and Learning in Social Work: The Context2. How Adults Think and Learn3. Teaching Courses: Methods and Modalities4. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Classroom5. Assessing Learning6. Assessing Teaching7. Online Teaching and Learning8. Academic Jobs and Faculty Work9. Ethical Issues in Teaching10. ConclusionsAcknowledgmentsNotesReferencesIndex

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