Social Work Essentials

Selections from the Encyclopedia of Social Work

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

Covering a range of theoretical and practical orientations, Social Work Essentials provides timely updates on the fundamental knowledge needed for contemporary social work practice, written by the fields leading scholars and practitioners. This extensive collection features rigorous analysis of nearly 70 topics that are central to the field today, from child welfare and community organization to human trafficking, military social work, the DSM-5, cognitive behavioral therapies, and motivational interviewing.All articles are written in a clear, straightforward style that will be accessible to readers throughout the profession, and each entry includes a bibliography that provides readers with further directions for research and in-depth study. Drawn from the constantly-updated, field-defining Encyclopedia of Social Work, Social Work Essentials brings together a vital compilation of cutting-edge articles in a compact reference guide that will prove valuable in a diverse range of settings. Individual practitioners, school social workers, and social work students will all benefit from keeping Social Work Essentials close at hand.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-07-28
Mått:259 x 188 x 48 mm
Vikt:1 202 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:656
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780190499624

Utforska kategorier

Psykisk hälsovård inom Medicin
Socialt arbete och välfärd inom Samhälle och politik
Folkhälsa och hälsopedagogik inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Cynthia Franklin, Ph.D, is Professor and holder of the Stiernberg/Spencer Family Professorship in Mental Health at The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. An internationally known scholar and leader in school mental health practice, she has over 100 publications on topics such as aiding youth at risk of dropping out, solution-focused brief therapy, and helping parenting youths stay in school. She is the author of several books including The School Services Sourcebook: A Guide for School-based Professionals and Family Treatment: Evidence-based Practice with Populations At-Risk. Her numerous awards include a lifetime achievement award from the Solution-focused, Brief Therapy Association. Dr. Franklin is a clinical member of The American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy and holds licenses in clinical social work and marriage & family therapy. Before going in to academia full time, Dr. Franklin conducted a clinical practice for 10 years.

Innehållsförteckning

Action ResearchAdolescents: OverviewAdvocacyAging: OverviewAlcohol & Drug Problems: An OverviewChild & Adolescent Mental Health DisordersChild Abuse and NeglectChildren: OverviewCognitive Behavioral TherapyCollaborative PracticeCommon Factors in PsychotherapyCommunity: Practice InterventionsCriminal Justice: OverviewCultural CompetenceDisproportionality and DisparitiesEcological FrameworkEthics and ValuesEthics in ResearchEvidence-Based PracticeFamily TherapyFamily: OverviewFinancial Social WorkGeneralist and Advanced Generalist PracticeGroupworkHealth Care: Practice InterventionsHousing Human Trafficking: OverviewImmigration PolicyInternational Social Work: Overview Intervention ResearchInterviewingIntimate Partner ViolenceJuvenile Justice: Overview Leadership, Foundations ofLesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgender (LGBT) Families and ParentingMacro Social Work Practice Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Mood DisordersMilitary Social WorkMotivational InterviewingMulticulturalism Multiethnic and MultiracialismOppression Organizational Change in Human Service OrganizationsOutcome MeasuresPerson-in-EnvironmentPoverty Practice Intervention and Research Primary Health CarePsychosocial FrameworkQualitative ResearchRights-Based Framework and Social WorkSchool Social WorkSocial JusticeSocial Policy: OverviewSocial Work Malpractice, Liability, and Risk ManagementSocial Work Practice: History and EvolutionSocial Work Profession: HistorySolution-Focused Brief TherapySpirituality in Social WorkStrengths PerspectiveSurvivors of Suicide, Those Left Behind When Someone Dies by SuicideSystematic ReviewsTask-Centered PracticeTeamsTechnology: Technology in Macro PracticeThe NASW Code of EthicsTransdisciplinary and Translational ResearchTrauma-Informed CareWomen: Practice Interventions