Description
Book SynopsisMary Ann Suppes is a professor at Mount Mary University where she taught and chaired the Social Work Department for many years. She currently teaches two courses per semester at Mount Mary and remains involved with committees. In addition to previous editions of The Social Work Experience, she has published several periodical articles. She is a member of the Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Association (where she has served on the board of directors), The Council on Social Work Education (served on committees), the Wisconsin Council on Social Work Education (served on their board for many years), and the National Association of Social Workers and the Academy of Certified Social Workers, and is a licensed clinical social worker. She has conducted numerous accreditation site visits for Council on Social Work Education accreditation, and has served several terms on the CSWE Commission on Accreditation. Her social work practice experience has been in the fields of health care, especially pediatrics and obstetrics, and mental health. She provides curriculum consultation for schools of social work. She received both her undergraduate and graduate degrees in social work from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.
Carolyn Cressy Wells is professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. She was the social work program director at Marquette University for many years. She is a member of the National Association of Social Workers and the Academy of Certified Social Workers, and is a licensed clinical social worker. She has served many times as an accreditation site visitor for the Council on Social Work Education, and has authored three other texts: Social Work Day to Day: The Experience of Generalist Social Work Practice; Social Work Ethics Day to Day, Guidelines for Professional Practice; and Stepping to the Dance: The Training of a Family Therapist. She maintained a small private practice in family counseling for many years. She is a certified music practitioner and currently plays celtic harp at local nursing homes. She received her undergraduate degree in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley and an MSSW and PhD in Child Development and Family Relationships from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Table of Contents
- 1. The Social Work Profession
- 2. Theoretical Perspectives for Social Workers
- 3. Social Justice, Poverty, and Diversity: The Intersectionality of Multiple Factors
- 4. Social Welfare Policy: Historical Perspectives
- 5. Family and Children’s Services
- 6. Social Work in Mental Health
- 7. Social Work in Health Care
- 8. Social Work in the Schools
- 9. Social Work with Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders
- 10. Social Work with Older Adults
- 11. Social Work in the Criminal Justice System
- 12. Developmental Disabilities and Social Work
- 13. The Social Work Profession Looks to the Future
