Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Social Work Practice

by Sowers, Karen M.; Dulmus, Catherine N.; Rowe, William; Rapp-Paglicci, Lisa A.

• ISBN13: 9780471762805
• ISBN10: 0471762806
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-07
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Volume 3: Social Work Practice features contributions from leading international researchers and practitioners and presents the most comprehensive, in-depth source of information on the field of social work and social welfare.

Author Biography

Editors-in-Chief, Karen M. Sowers, PhD, is Professor and Dean at the University of Tennessee College of Social Work in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Catherine N. Dulmus, PhD, is Associate Professor of Social Work and Director of the?Buffalo Center?for Social Research at the University of Buffalo, New York.?She is coeditor of several social work journals and has authored or coedited a number of books, including Essentials of Child Welfare, Handbook of Preventive Interventions for Children and Adolescents, Handbook of Preventive Interventions for Adults, and The Social Work and Human Services Treatment Planner.

Volume Editors, William Rowe, D.S.W., is the Director of the School of Social Work at the University of South Florida.

Lisa A. Rapp-Paglicci, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the University of South Florida and a coeditor of the Handbook of Violence and the Handbook of Prevention Interventions for Children and Adolescents.

Table of Contents

Handbook Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Contributors	p. xvii
Assessment and Intervention Overview
Evidence-Informed Practice	p. 3
Interviewing Skills	p. 29
Assessment and Data Collection	p. 46
Problem Identification, Contracting, and Case Planning	p. 78
Practice Evaluation	p. 98
Program Evaluation: Its Role and Contribution to Evidence-Based Practice	p. 120
Case Management	p. 139
Advocacy	p. 161
Crisis Intervention	p. 179
Termination, Stabilization, and Continuity of Care	p. 199
Assessment and Intervention with Specific Populations
Assessment of Children	p. 215
Intervention with Children	p. 246
Assessment of Adolescents	p. 268
Intervention with Adolescents	p. 288
Assessment of Adults	p. 310
Intervention with Adults	p. 326
Assessment of the Elderly	p. 348
Intervention with the Elderly	p. 363
Assessment of Families	p. 399
Intervention with Families	p. 423
Assessment of Groups	p. 447
Group Work: A Critical Addition to the Social Work Repertoire	p. 473
Assessment of Communities	p. 488
Intervention with Communities	p. 505
Assessment of Organizations	p. 533
Intervention with Organizations	p. 556
Assessment of Institutions	p. 582
Intervention with Institutions	p. 611
Author Index	p. 639
Subject Index	p. 663
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