John S. Wodarski

Social Work Practice with Children and Adolescents

Marvin D. Feit

Evidence-based Interventions in Social Work: A Practitioner's Manual centers on the factorial complexity of planning interventions with major client groups. Monumental economic and political forces are reshaping the way medical, mental health, and social services are delivered in the United States. By focusing on the role of the social worker in the evolving systems of care, the book addresses the following critical questions that have been generated by the empirical practice research: Who should deliver the intervention to whom? What intervention is the most effective with which clients? Wher.

A Practitioner's Manual

Evidence-based Interventions in Social Work

Albert R. Roberts

Lisa A. Rapp-Paglicci

A multidisciplinary team of experts examines violence from aresilience perspective Violence knows no boundaries. It attacks in schools, in families,and even in the workforce-places that should be regarded as safehavens. Encompassing the enormity of violence through acomprehensive, biopsychosocial perspective, Handbook of Violenceexamines community, school, family, and workplace violence,including identification, classification, prevention, and interviewprograms and case management. Written by the leading authorities in their fields, thisgroundbreaking compilation: * Reviews how children and adolescents from violent homes aredetrimentally affected in multiple ways, including short- andlong-term consequences that seriously impair their psychological,social, educational, and physical development * Explores issues related to the occurrence of domestic violence inAfrican-American families, presenting an array of theoreticalformulations that may prove useful to practitioners who mustservice both victims and perpetrators * Examines the prevalence of female juvenile delinquency andreviews the literature from a sociological and practiceperspective * Focuses on the current trends and issues surrounding youth gangviolence,discussing identification, classification, and predictionas they relate to gang violence as well as effective prevention andintervention * Addresses the identification, classification, and prediction ofschool violence among middle-school and high-school youth * Covers the broad range of cases that are classified as "workplaceviolence," examining the differences in definition and analyzingthe bases for the growing prevalence of incidents Topics include: * Violence within families through the life span * Adolescent dating violence * Assessing violent behavior * Domestic violence in Latino cultures * Conduct disorder and substance abuse * Youth gang violence * School violence * Preventing workplace violence * Domestic violence in the workplace * And much more

Handbook of Violence

Bruce A. Thyer

Covers key social problems and practice-related issues The last two decades in social work have seen tremendous strides in field research, from the development of improved research designs to more accurate methods of problem measurement and outcome analysis. Drawing upon these significant advances, the two-volume handbook of Empirical Social Work Practice brings together empirically validated interventions for many of the psychosocial problems most frequently encountered by social workers in their daily practice. Unlike other books in the field that employ a theory-based approach to treatment, this handbook focuses on the best-supported methods of helping clients with particular problems irrespective of theoretical biases, offering clinicians a valuable compendium of practice guidelines for treatment. Edited and authored by recognized experts in the field, the Handbook of Empirical Social Work Practice is clearly written and organized for easy reference. Volume Two covers key social problems and practice-related issues including: * Crime, homelessness, and unemployment * Domestic violence and sexual abuse * Family conflict and preservation * Practice approaches for older clients * Empirically based supervision With information that is at once accessible and up to date, the Handbook of Empirical Social Work Practice is a vital source of guidance for today's clinical social workers and other practicing mental health professionals, as well as students. "One of the best tools to promote the values of the [social work] profession is that of empirical social work practice. 'Telling the truth' is one of these values, and discovering the truth is something that empirical research is very good at. This book presents credible reviews of contemporary empirical literature pertaining to selected behavioral, affective, and intellectual disorders, and their psychosocial assessment and treatment. That such a book is now possible is a striking affirmation of the merits of the approach to social work called empirical clinical practice." ---- from the Handbook of Empirical Social Work Practice

Social Problems and Practice Issues

Handbook of Empirical Social Work Practice, Volume 2

Catherine N. Dulmus

Rodney A. Ellis, PhD

Reach children and families and help them navigate the childwelfare system Case planning is one of the fundamental steps in working withdependent children, yet it is also one of the most challenging.Essentials of Child Welfare presents the key information clinicalsocial workers, child advocates, family law attorneys, and otherhuman services personnel need to work successfully with childrenand families in the child welfare system. Essentials of Child Welfare is packed with step-by-step guidelinesfor intervening proactively with foster care children and theircaretakers. Techniques are presented for handling a number ofrelated topics, including attachment issues, substance abuse,sexual abuse (victim and perpetrator), suicidal ideation, eatingdisorders, learning disabilities, juvenile delinquency, domesticabuse, and many more. As part of the Essentials of Social Work Practice series, this bookoffers a concise yet thorough overview of child welfare, numeroustips for best practices, and a prioritized assembly of all theinformation and techniques that must be at one's fingertips topractice knowledgeably, effectively, and ethically. Each concisechapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts,bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as"Test Yourself" questions that help you gauge and reinforce yourgrasp of the information covered.

John S. Wodarski

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