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For courses in Group Social Work Practice Widely used by
professionals, educators, and students in undergraduate and
graduate courses in schools of social work throughout the world,
this text presents a comprehensive, coherent, organized overview of
group work practice from a generalist practice perspective. The new
Ninth Edition, Global Edition, continues to include typologies
illustrating group work practice with task and treatment groups at
the micro-,meso-, and macro-levels. Thoroughly updated throughout,
the new edition of An Introduction to Group Work Practice includes
research on virtual groups, updated and deeper content on practice
with treatment and task groups, the most current literature on
working with reluctant and resistant group members, updated and
expanded sections on working with individuals who have difficulty
engaging in and sustaining work in groups, updated material on
leadership and diversity, and thoroughly updated reference material
and new content from evidence-based practice sources.
Life on the Malecon is a narrative ethnography of the lives of
street children and youth living in Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic, and the non-governmental organizations that provide
social services for them. Writing from the perspective of an
anthropologist working as a street educator with a child welfare
organization, Jon M. Wolseth follows the intersecting lives of
children, the institutions they come into contact with, and the
relationships they have with each other, their families, and
organization workers. Often socioeconomic conditions push these
children to move from their homes to the streets, but sometimes
they themselves may choose the allure of the perceived freedoms and
opportunities that street life has to offer. What they find,
instead, is violence, disease, and exploitation-the daily reality
through which they learn to maneuver and survive. Wolseth describes
the stresses, rewards, and failures of the organizations and
educators who devote their resources to working with this
population. The portrait of Santo Domingo's street children and
youth population that emerges is of a diverse community with
variations that may be partly related to skin color, gender, and
class. The conditions for these youth are changing as the economy
of the Dominican Republic changes. Although the children at the
core of this book live and sleep on avenues and plazas and in
abandoned city buildings, they are not necessarily glue- and
solvent-sniffing beggars or petty thieves on the margins of
society. Instead, they hold a key position in the service sector of
an economy centered on tourism. Life on the Malecon offers a window
into the complex relationships children and youth construct in the
course of mapping out their social environment. Using a
child-centered approach, Wolseth focuses on the social lives of the
children by relating the stories that they themselves tell as well
as the activities he observes.
This book addresses a range of key issues concerning social work
education, research and practice in India and Australia from a
cross-cultural perspective. The respective chapters focus on
specific areas of social work regarding e.g. the status and
recognition of the profession, regulatory mechanisms, roles and
functions of social workers in different settings, and issues and
challenges faced by the social work community. The book shares
valuable perspectives to help understand the culturally sensitive
practice of social work in various socio-cultural, economic and
political contexts in both countries. Given the scope of its
coverage, the book is of interest to scholars, students and
professionals working in the areas of social work, social
development and social policy practice.
There are some things we just don't talk about. Things like sex,
particularly when our sexuality is a matter of personal struggle.
Things like the vulnerabilities of our pastors, who must maintain a
fa?ade not merely of respectability but of moral and psychological
superiority. We don't talk about things that make us feel insecure,
that make us feel unsettled. But the nature of spiritual growth,
even the story of Christian faith, is a matter of being unsettled
from the comfortable compromises we've made and set on a course
together toward wholeness and mutually supportive community. Pastor
T. C. Ryan takes us on an unsettling journey through his lifelong
struggle with sexual addiction, one that predated and pervaded his
pastoral ministry--one which for far too long he faced in secrecy
and isolation, separated from the brothers and sisters in Christ
who were called to bear one another's burdens. Ashamed No More
doesn't cast blame or argue for looser moral standards. It does,
however, call us to the unsettling ministry that a God who is love
calls us to--the unsettling grace that is the audacious gospel of
Christ.
In the early morning hours of December 31, 2010, Dr. Cornelius
H. Evans and his wife received a terrible phone call: their son,
Bryant, had been shot and killed. The agonizing days that followed
brought Evans face-to-face with the realization that evil had
touched his family's life, sending him on a quest to try to
understand the role evil plays in our world.
Deeply emotional and heartfelt, Surviving Evil in a Depraved
Society offers insight into how Evans dealt with the loss of his
son by analyzing the root of violence in America-evil. He examines
various theories on evil and its origin, its effects on mankind,
and how, according to the Christian belief, evil will remain a part
of our society until Christ returns.
Evans also challenges ideologies, philosophical beliefs, and
theologies on whether one can avoid evil elements. He demonstrates
that we can be on our guard against inviting evil into our lives by
spiritually guarding ourselves and raising our children with a
strong moral foundation.
An eye-opening look at the face of evil, Surviving Evil in a
Depraved Society offers hope for living in today's world.
This interdisciplinary volume examines the relationship between
community resilience and family resilience, identifying
contributing factors on the micro-, meso-, and macro-level.
Scholars and practitioners focus on how community-level policies
and programs facilitate the distribution of resources, assets, and
opportunities that provide valuable assistance to families who are
struggling or in crisis due to economic hardship, mental illness,
and the effects of natural and human made disasters. Additionally,
representatives of local government and community agencies on the
"front lines" of developing policies and programs to assist
families provide valuable context for understanding the ways
communities provide environments that encourage and nurture family
resilience. Among the topics covered: How cities promote resilience
from a public health perspective Family resilience following the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill Resilience in women from trauma and
addiction Trauma-sensitive schooling for elementary-age students
Developing family resilience through community based missions
Resilience and the Community will be of interest to policy-makers,
researchers, and practitioners seeking to facilitate the
development of evidence-based resilience practices, programs,
and/or policies for those working with families at risk.
In this book, the authors outline how policymakers in advanced
countries have moved away from exclusive reliance on the public
sector in social service delivery, towards a more multi-faceted
approach that seeks to combine the strengths of public agencies,
private firms and voluntary organizations. This development raises
interesting and complex questions concerning the comparative
advantages of these respective groups in the delivery of goods and
services. The Political Economy of the Voluntary Sector adopts a
comparative institutions approach to assess the strengths and
weaknesses of the government, market and voluntary sectors as
alternative instruments for implementing social and economic
policies. The authors examine existing market failure, government
failure and supply-side models of non-profit organizations before
proposing a new leadership theory of the voluntary sector. They
then explore the interface between the voluntary sector and the
development of social capital. The book culminates in an
investigation of appropriate public policy approaches towards the
voluntary sector. This book will be warmly welcomed by academics,
students, and researchers working on alternative methods of public
policy program delivery, primarily from the disciplines of
economics, political science and public administration.
Practitioners drawn from the public and voluntary sectors, as well
as public policymakers in governments from around the world, will
also find this accessible book of great interest.
This book explores the social-emotional learning (SEL) movement in
the United States and the current situation in schools that both
supports and impedes the infusion of programs and strategies that
actually work for children and adolescents. The volume describes
overarching issues to include what the term evidence-based should
mean as well as the confusing and sometimes ill-advised
proliferation of programs that become components of the many
barriers to the success of the SEL movement. The book examines why
it may be necessary to take a step back when considering
nonacademic interventions in schools. This book explores the need
to - and the process of - vetting interventions before trying to
implement them in the classroom. In addition, the volume examines
the various frameworks and standards involving SEL to shape a
thoughtful approach that makes a difference in each student's
academic success. It offers a scientific approach to selecting
brief, easy to implement SEL strategies for school psychologists,
teachers, and related mental health and educational professionals.
The book describes each strategy in detail and addresses how to use
these strategies, when to use them, and for whom they are likely to
work. The volume concludes recommended implementation and
dissemination strategies. This book is a must-have resource for
researchers, clinicians/practitioners, and graduate students in
child and school psychology, educational psychology, social work as
well as all interrelated sub disciplines.
God uses people daily to communicate His fragrance and message
to us. Too often we don't check to see what aroma or impression we
are leaving for others to see, hear, or smell.
After visiting someone's home or before checking out of a motel,
or when moving, we double check to make sure we haven't left
anything behind. Even criminals check to make sure they haven't
left any clues at the crime scene to identify them.
A story reminded me of this. A robber thought he had committed
the perfect crime. He assumed he left no clues behind. But he
didn't count on someone remembering how he smelled. The smell he
left behind was what helped convict him.
Yes, we leave something everywhere we go. Stuart Holden reminded
a young man moving from a boarding house of this fact when the
young man said, he was just double checking to make sure he wasn't
leaving anything behind. "There's one thing you will leave behind,
young man, your influence."
Assessing, Diagnosing, and Treating Serious Mental Disorders
uniquely provides information that is useful across mental health,
psychopathology, practice, and human behavior and development
classes, particularly for psychopathology and advanced mental
health practice courses. DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria is provided
for each mental disorder discussed in the textbook. This book
represents a new wave of social work education, focusing on mental
disorders as an interaction among neurobiology, genetics, and
ecological social systems. Edward Taylor argues that most all
mental disorders have a foundation within the person's brain that
differentially interacts with the social environment. Therefore,
how the brain is involved in mental disorders is covered far more
comprehensively than found in most social work textbooks. However,
the purpose is not to turn social workers into neuroscientists, but
to prepare them for educating, supporting, and where appropriate
providing treatment for, clients and families facing mental
illness. Entire chapters are dedicated to explaining bioecological
and other related theories, family support and intervention, and
assessment methods. To help students conceptualize methods, the
book includes specific steps for assessing needs, joining, and
including families in mental health treatment decisions. Methods
for helping families become part of the treatment team and for
providing in-home interventions are highlighted. Throughout the
book, readers can find helpful outlines and illustrations for how
to understand, assess, and treat mental disorders.
The number of children living in families with incomes below the
federal poverty level increased by 33 percent between 2000 and
2009, resulting in over 15 million children living in poverty. Some
of these children are able to overcome this dark statistic and
break the intergenerational transmission of poverty, offering hope
to an otherwise bleak outlook, but this raises the question-how? In
Fostering Resilience and Well-Being in Children and Families in
Poverty, Dr. Valerie Maholmes sheds light on the mechanisms and
processes that enable children and families to manage and overcome
adversity. She explains that research findings on children and
poverty often unite around three critical factors related to risk
for poverty-related adversity: family structure, the presence of
buffers that can protect children from negative influences, and the
association between poverty and negative academic outcomes, and
social and behavioral problems. She discusses how the research on
resilience can inform better interventions for these children, as
poverty does not necessarily preclude children from having
strengths that may protect against its effects. Importantly,
Maholmes introduces the concept of "hope" as a primary construct
for understanding how the effects of poverty can be ameliorated. At
the heart of the book are interviews with family members who have
experienced adversity but managed to overcome it through the
support of targeted programs and evidence-based interventions.
Student leaders provide unique perspectives on the important role
that parents and teachers play in motivating youth to succeed.
Finally, professionals who work with children and families share
their observations on effective interventions and the roles of
culture and spirituality in fostering positive outcomes. Excerpts
from these interviews bring research to life and help call
attention to processes that promote hope and resilience. This book
will be invaluable for policymakers, educators, and community and
advocacy groups, as well as scholars and students in family
studies, human development, and social work.
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