Handbook of Empirical Social Work Practice, Volume 2 Social Problems and Practice Issues

by Wodarski, John S.; Thyer, Bruce A.

• ISBN13: 9780471654346
• ISBN10: 0471654345
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-01-29
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Now available in paperback, this timely resource brings together empirically validated interventions for many of the psychosocial problems most frequently encountered by social workers in their daily practice. Chapters cover crime, homelessness, and unemployment, domestic violence and sexual abuse, gamily conflict and preservation, the elderly and caregivers, case management and supervision, and caregivers to the seriously ill, hospice care, and more.

Author Biography

John S. Wodarski, PhD, is Director of Research and a Professor at the University of Tennessee—Knoxville. He has edited or authored over nineteen books, including Adolescent Sexuality and Maltreatment and The School-Age Child.

Bruce A. Thyer, PhD, is Professor and Dean of the Department of Psychology at Florida State University. His research focuses on evidence-based practice, evaluation research, behavior analysis, mental health, substance abuse, and social work theory, practice, and education.

Table of Contents

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

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