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The enlightening collection of new approaches to understanding
sexual abuse When sexual abuse occurs, helping those directly
affected can be a difficult and convoluted task. The Handbook of
Social Work in Child & Adolescent Sexual Abuse is a
comprehensive guide that provides the latest information on
assessment, management, prevention, and policy. Through insightful
and accessible discussions, this collection of essays encompasses
the full spectrum of child and adolescent sexual abuse to shed
needed light on an affecting issue. This innovative text is the
up-to-date source for unique and compassionate ways of supporting
and treating survivors. The increased attention given to child
sexual abuse in recent years has revealed how little we know about
this tragedy. The Handbook of Social Work in Child & Adolescent
Sexual Abuse is the practical compendium that covers the already
existing information regarding violence against children and delves
into practical methods for treating those immediately affected by
it. From its historical place in society to contemporary issues of
prevention that have only recently come to light, contributors
examine essential details in-depth and provide concise, empirical
directions for short- and long-term support. Also included is the
important and newly-available assessment and treatment information
focusing on ethnicity, gender, and comorbid influences as they
relate to family member treatment. Among the topics discussed in
the Handbook of Social Work in Child & Adolescent Sexual Abuse
are: historical views of and responses to sexual abuse risk and
protective factors life stage consequences theories of family
dysfunction comorbidity and attachment intrafamilial abuse the
non-family offender current empirical assessment methods approaches
to treatment in children approaches to treatment in adolescents
neurological effects of abuse treatment for the non-offending
caregiver the role of the internet and other media policy and
practice implications the prevalence and consequences of abuse new
methods of abuse prevention and child protection the etiology of
sexual offending in an attachment framework and much more! The
Handbook of Social Work in Child & Adolescent Sexual Abuse is
an essential resource for educators, medical practitioners,
psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, family
therapists, and students, researchers, and academics in the field
of social work.
Discover the roots of international transracial adoption
International Korean Adoption: A Fifty-Year History of Policy and
Practice explores the long history of international transracial
adoption. Scholars present the expert multidisciplinary
perspectives and up-to-date research on this most significant and
longstanding form of international child welfare practice.
Viewpoints and research are discussed from the academic disciplines
of psychology, ethnic studies, sociology, social work, and
anthropology. The chapters examine sociohistorical background, the
forming of new families, reflections on Korean adoption, birth
country perspectives, global perspectives, implications for
practice, and archival, historical, and current resources on Korean
adoption. International Korean Adoption: A Fifty-Year History of
Policy and Practice provides fresh insight into the origins,
development, and institutionalization of Korean adoption. Through
original research and personal accounts, this revealing text
explores how Korean adoptees and their families fit into their
family roles-and offers clear perspectives on adoption as child
welfare practice. Global implications and politics, as well as the
very personal experiences are examined in detail. This source is a
one-of-a-kind look into the full spectrum of information pertaining
to Korean adoption. Topics in International Korean Adoption: A
Fifty-Year History of Policy and Practice include: adoption from
the Korean perspective historical origins of Korean adoption in the
United States adjustments of young adult adoptees marketing to
choosy adopters ethnic identity perspectives on the importance of
race and culture in parenting birth mothers' perspectives
sociological approach to race and identity representations of
adoptees in Korean popular culture adoption in Australia and the
Netherlands much, much more International Korean Adoption: A
Fifty-Year History of Policy and Practice is illuminating reading
for adoptees, adoptive parents, practitioners, educators, students,
and any child welfare professional.
Unprecedented, broad coverage of downtown and community development
topics from a practitioner's viewpoint! Making Business Districts
Work: Leadership and Management of Downtown, Main Street, Business
District, and Community Development Organizations is the essential
desk reference for downtown and community business district
professionals and board members. It's also a complete survey of all
the skills and information students will need as they emerge from
school and begin work in this challenging profession. The book
covers nearly all aspects of leading and managing downtown and
community development organizations, from planning and implementing
programs and policies, to evaluating successes and failures.
Charts, tables, photographs, chapter analyses, and Web resources
make this vital text even more essential. An unprecedented
diversity of perspectives makes this book unique, with
contributions from the United States, Canada, and Portugal, and
from small, medium, and large cities. Case studies provide a sharp
focus on events that have something to teach every student and
professional in the field. These include a look at how Lower
Manhattan dealt with the crisis during and after September 11,
2001, how Los Angeles deals with an overwhelming homelessness
crisis, and the 20-year planning and development of a major
revitalization project in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In addition, Making
Business Districts Work covers: downtown/business district
managementan essential state-of-the-art overview plus examinations
of developing leadership roles, vision-driven organizations, and
the leadership versus management debate organizationstructures,
governance, human resources, staffing structure, finance, and
fundraising operationsstrategic planning, diversity, and advocacy
marketing and communicatingwith downtown, shopping, and electronic
applications management of a downtown districtsafety and
cleanliness, urban design, hospitality, transportation, parking,
social atmosphere, and hiring consultants development secrets for
downtown districtseconomic and residential development, attracting
the right retailers and a solid retail base, regional attractions,
and political considerations international perspectives from Canada
and Portugal a look at how the field has evolvedand where it is
likely to go in the near future Making Business Districts Work
presents step-by-step instructions for performing a host of
essential tasks in the business district revitalization field, but
more than that, it clearly shows how America's most experienced and
successful downtown executives handle these responsibilities.
Whether you are involved in practice or academia in urban planning,
public administration, social work, architecture, international
studies, public policy, political science, or business
administration, Making Business Districts Work provides tools,
skills, and insights to help youor your studentssucceed.
Contains field-tested techniques to enhance the effectiveness of
your local social services! Changing Welfare Services: Case Studies
of Local Welfare Reform Programs describes promising programs and
practices that have emerged in the United States since the
enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996. Using case studies, this reference
provides important lessons that will help social service directors
and staff to develop strategies that will improve local
welfare-to-work services. This casebook focuses on the agencies
rather than the welfare population, emphasizing the guiding values
of these agencies and the lessons they learned. Changing Welfare
Services explores new approaches to service delivery, with emphasis
on removing barriers to work force participation and promoting
self-sufficiency through support services. The case studies involve
programs focused on working with the community by developing
partnerships with local organizations to provide better services.
This text emphasizes the organizational changessuch as the
development of new training programs, merging employment and social
service agencies, and restructuring agency programs to foster
collaboration between child welfare services and welfare-to-work
programsthat were successful strategies used to implement welfare
reform. In Changing Welfare Services, you will learn about: the
Connections Shuttle and the Guaranteed Ride Home
Programtransportation services for welfare-to-work participants the
Exempt Provider Training Program trains Temporary Assistance to
Needy Families (TANF) participants and others to launch and improve
their own high-quality child care businesses co-location of support
servicessituating mental health and substance abuse services near
the social services agency so TANF participants can make a single
visit for all necessary services the Family Loan Programhelps
low-income families deal with large or unexpected one-time expenses
the JobKeeper Hotlineprovides round-the-clock counseling, crisis
intervention, and referral services to help participants stay
employed and much more! Changing Welfare Services shows how these
agencies discovered new ways to serve the needs of low-income
residents and offers you a variety of inventive techniques for
improving your own agency's support for welfare recipients.
Enhanced with tables, figures, and appendixes, this
practitioner-oriented casebook is a much-needed complement to the
many quantitative studies of the welfare population. This book is a
valuable resource for state and local human service administrators
and staff, policymakers, and university faculty and students of
public policy.
Rather than treating financial management as an independent
administrative practice, Financial Management in Human Services
provides students and social service administrators with a
conceptual framework in which financial management is the major
responsibility of an administration, not just a separate practice.
This text describes how the integration of administrative practice
with fiscal responsibility and accountability will help you plan
better programs, account for all fiscal transactions, and
coordinate and evaluate services more effectively. Containing many
different approaches on how to determine costs, obtain information,
and collect data, this text will help you clearly evaluate your
organization's progress and determine if your program goals are
being reached.Financial Management in Human Services also discusses
other topics related to efficient management, including: applying
financial management techniques to the areas of program planning,
service monitoring, estimating service and unit costs, and setting
future service priorities in order to make better business
decisions utilizing the information generated from the Financial
Management System (FMS) to improve administrative functions, such
as forecasting and goal determination, activity flow and service
provision monitoring, and service planning according to program
policy examining the importance of the four administrative
subsystems-- budgeting and accounting, service coordination,
program planning, and program evaluation choosing a FMS with
consideration to certain factors, such as availability of
information and identifying informational needs of the
administration listing of reactive and proactive types of financial
reports that help administrators evaluate the costs of services
provided and identify problems in balancing the fiscal budget using
methods such as a line item analysis to accurately compute the
costs of staff involvement in a program This organized,
straightforward text will help you evaluate all costs-- from
salaries, travel time, and office supplies to direct costs to make
your office more organized and productive.Complete with questions
and answers about starting and maintaining a FMS, Financial
Management in Human Services will enable you to manage finances
more efficiently, making it easier for you to reach and set goals
that better serve your clients.
This stimulating book explores the many ways in which social group
workers approach diversity. Capturing the Power of Diversity
represents a range of interests and approaches to the challenges
faced by group workers throughout the world. It illustrates the
complexity, creativity, and excitement of the diversity concept and
it explores how practitioners manage and adjust to diversity and
use its power constructively. The contributing authors discuss
macro approaches to inequality in social, political, and economic
spheres and address concerns about the fit of group work into the
social work curriculum and practitioners'techniques. In this
guidebook, readers can discover how to emphasize social group work
to enhance the education of social work students and to help
professionals deal more effectively with cultural
diversity.Capturing the Power of Diversity covers practice, theory
building, teaching, research, and various age and ethnic groups.
Chapters explore topics related to: the value and importance of
using social group work practice at the macro level educational and
practice dimensions of diversity the necessity of dealing with
inequality the macro system and its economic and political
consequences teaching and practice issues emerging from the effects
of race and class on practiceAn enlightening reference and guide,
Capturing the Power of Diversity is a much-needed source of
information for social work practitioners and students who are
interested in how diversity impacts social group work and are
curious as to how to make group work more effective.
Here is a comprehensive review of adolescent substance abuse issues
and an expansive, empirically based curriculum for school-based
programs to teach adolescents about the dangers of drugs and
alcohol. The abuse of alcohol and other drugs among young people is
a problem of alarming scope and gravity. Adolescent Substance Abuse
explores the multiple forces which impact adolescents and can push
them toward drug and alcohol abuse.Adolescent Substance Abuse
proposes means by which to effect macro-level change in societal
norms and values regarding substance abuse. The authors describes
in detail an effective means of teaching adolescents about drugs
and alcohol using an empirically based teaching method called
Teams-Games-Tournaments (TGT). TGT was developed through extensive
research on games used as teaching devices. It uses small groups as
classroom work units and capitalizes on peer influence by using
peers as teachers and supporters. The book explains an effective
curriculum which utilizes the TGT approach and provides a program
for parents. The curriculum is unique in that it is anchored in
empirical data and delivered via adolescent peer groups. Adolescent
Substance Abuse addresses other issues pertinent to the reduction
of adolescent substance abuse by exploring subsystems of change,
including school and peer group environments, home and family, the
media, community movements, and business and industry. The book is
a great source of innovative ideas for beginning and expert
counselors, social workers, mental health professionals, school
psychologists, and others who want to prevent adolescent abuse of
drugs and alcohol.
Here is a comprehensive review of adolescent substance abuse issues
and an expansive, empirically based curriculum for school-based
programs to teach adolescents about the dangers of drugs and
alcohol. The abuse of alcohol and other drugs among young people is
a problem of alarming scope and gravity. Adolescent Substance Abuse
explores the multiple forces which impact adolescents and can push
them toward drug and alcohol abuse.Adolescent Substance Abuse
proposes means by which to effect macro-level change in societal
norms and values regarding substance abuse. The authors describes
in detail an effective means of teaching adolescents about drugs
and alcohol using an empirically based teaching method called
Teams-Games-Tournaments (TGT). TGT was developed through extensive
research on games used as teaching devices. It uses small groups as
classroom work units and capitalizes on peer influence by using
peers as teachers and supporters. The book explains an effective
curriculum which utilizes the TGT approach and provides a program
for parents. The curriculum is unique in that it is anchored in
empirical data and delivered via adolescent peer groups. Adolescent
Substance Abuse addresses other issues pertinent to the reduction
of adolescent substance abuse by exploring subsystems of change,
including school and peer group environments, home and family, the
media, community movements, and business and industry. The book is
a great source of innovative ideas for beginning and expert
counselors, social workers, mental health professionals, school
psychologists, and others who want to prevent adolescent abuse of
drugs and alcohol.
This timely book brings together for the first time critical
information about the evaluation of employee assistance programs.
Although EAPs have existed for over 40 years, the assessment of
their value has been fragmented. Contributors to this new
volume--blending practical and academic insights--document
concerns, address the newer issues and developments in the field of
EAPs, and present case examples of actual evaluations. The range
and diversity of topics reflect EAPs in transition, their growth
patterns, evaluation needs, and evaluation methods. Overall, this
important volume emphasizes that successful evaluations depend not
only on methodological expertise but a consideration of much
broader salient and societal issues.
Over the past few decades, as administrative and technological
complexity has increased, so has the role and importance of
administrative practice in social work. For those making the switch
from front-line practice to administration and management there is,
therefore, a real need to prepare and enhance the knowledge base
and skill set necessary at the executive level. In particular, the
importance of budgeting and fiscal management, the need for
accountability, negotiation between different and competing
organizations, along with an understanding of decision-making,
planning, and understanding levels of risk. Written by two
experienced authors within social work education, this practical
workbook presents the interrelated nature of decision-making, and
provides a model for understanding what is required in the
transition from clinician, to clinical and upper level management.
The text covers: The difference between clinical and upper level
management skills The major trends that influence health and human
service organizations An analysis of the concept of leadership The
skills needed by Clinical Managers and Upper Level Managers to
administer effectively. Distinguishing Clinical and Upper Level
Management is a much needed update to the field of management and
administration within human service organizations, and will be
important reading for social work students, social service
professionals, and other human service providers.
Over the past few decades, as administrative and technological
complexity has increased, so has the role and importance of
administrative practice in social work. For those making the switch
from front-line practice to administration and management there is,
therefore, a real need to prepare and enhance the knowledge base
and skill set necessary at the executive level. In particular, the
importance of budgeting and fiscal management, the need for
accountability, negotiation between different and competing
organizations, along with an understanding of decision-making,
planning, and understanding levels of risk. Written by two
experienced authors within social work education, this practical
workbook presents the interrelated nature of decision-making, and
provides a model for understanding what is required in the
transition from clinician, to clinical and upper level management.
The text covers: The difference between clinical and upper level
management skills The major trends that influence health and human
service organizations An analysis of the concept of leadership The
skills needed by Clinical Managers and Upper Level Managers to
administer effectively. Distinguishing Clinical and Upper Level
Management is a much needed update to the field of management and
administration within human service organizations, and will be
important reading for social work students, social service
professionals, and other human service providers.
Be a more effective human service provider when working with native
peoples! Voices of First Nations People contains extensive
information on how issues such as gambling, drinking, homelessness,
health, and parenting affect Native Americans. This text will help
you more effectively provide and direct services, administer
programs, develop policies, and conduct research on topics that are
relevant to native peoples. Through research and case studies, this
book explores the specific needs of Native Americans and aids human
service professionals in creating more successful services for
these clients. Since practitioner effectiveness relies on the
awareness of cultural identity, this text gives you insight into
factors that form the Native American identity to help you
understand Native Americans' emotional and social interactions.
With this knowledge, you will be able to offer the most appropriate
services possible. Voices of First Nations People illustrates many
of the challenges concerning Native Americans and discusses
significant research findings in these areas. This book covers many
related issues, including: the gambling habits of adolescents and
the relationship revealed between gambling, other high-risk
behaviors, and self-esteem the components of alcohol recovery for
Native American women The Seventh Generation Program, an
intervention program that blends mainstream alcoholism prevention
approaches with American Indian culture for urban American Indian
youth the deleterious effects out-of-home placement has on
children, such as psychiatric disorders, trauma, and alcohol abuse
and dependence how cultural factors contribute to resiliency among
oppressed populations and using the Ethnic, Culture, and
Religion/Spirituality Questionnaire (ECR) Scale the effects of
historical trauma on parenting skills of particular tribes and two
intervention methodsfacilitating parental awareness to life span
and communal trauma across generations and reattaching the
individual to traditional tribal values the differences between
urban Native Americans' acculturation styles and identity attitudes
Voices of First Nations People also gives you insight into the
specific health problems of Native Americans, including the
increasing mortality rates due to alcohol and drug abuse, suicide,
homicide, motor vehicle accidents, cancer, and child abuse and
neglect. With suggestions on how you can help combat and alleviate
the causes of these problems, Voices of First Nations People will
help you successfully provide culturally sensitive services to
Native Americans.
Unprecedented, broad coverage of downtown and community development
topics from a practitioner's viewpoint! Making Business Districts
Work: Leadership and Management of Downtown, Main Street, Business
District, and Community Development Organizations is the essential
desk reference for downtown and community business district
professionals and board members. It's also a complete survey of all
the skills and information students will need as they emerge from
school and begin work in this challenging profession. The book
covers nearly all aspects of leading and managing downtown and
community development organizations, from planning and implementing
programs and policies, to evaluating successes and failures.
Charts, tables, photographs, chapter analyses, and Web resources
make this vital text even more essential. An unprecedented
diversity of perspectives makes this book unique, with
contributions from the United States, Canada, and Portugal, and
from small, medium, and large cities. Case studies provide a sharp
focus on events that have something to teach every student and
professional in the field. These include a look at how Lower
Manhattan dealt with the crisis during and after September 11,
2001, how Los Angeles deals with an overwhelming homelessness
crisis, and the 20-year planning and development of a major
revitalization project in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In addition, Making
Business Districts Work covers: downtown/business district
managementan essential state-of-the-art overview plus examinations
of developing leadership roles, vision-driven organizations, and
the leadership versus management debate organizationstructures,
governance, human resources, staffing structure, finance, and
fundraising operationsstrategic planning, diversity, and advocacy
marketing and communicatingwith downtown, shopping, and electronic
applications management of a downtown districtsafety and
cleanliness, urban design, hospitality, transportation, parking,
social atmosphere, and hiring consultants development secrets for
downtown districtseconomic and residential development, attracting
the right retailers and a solid retail base, regional attractions,
and political considerations international perspectives from Canada
and Portugal a look at how the field has evolvedand where it is
likely to go in the near future Making Business Districts Work
presents step-by-step instructions for performing a host of
essential tasks in the business district revitalization field, but
more than that, it clearly shows how America's most experienced and
successful downtown executives handle these responsibilities.
Whether you are involved in practice or academia in urban planning,
public administration, social work, architecture, international
studies, public policy, political science, or business
administration, Making Business Districts Work provides tools,
skills, and insights to help youor your studentssucceed.
This stimulating book explores the many ways in which social group
workers approach diversity. Capturing the Power of Diversity
represents a range of interests and approaches to the challenges
faced by group workers throughout the world. It illustrates the
complexity, creativity, and excitement of the diversity concept and
it explores how practitioners manage and adjust to diversity and
use its power constructively. The contributing authors discuss
macro approaches to inequality in social, political, and economic
spheres and address concerns about the fit of group work into the
social work curriculum and practitioners'techniques. In this
guidebook, readers can discover how to emphasize social group work
to enhance the education of social work students and to help
professionals deal more effectively with cultural
diversity.Capturing the Power of Diversity covers practice, theory
building, teaching, research, and various age and ethnic groups.
Chapters explore topics related to: the value and importance of
using social group work practice at the macro level educational and
practice dimensions of diversity the necessity of dealing with
inequality the macro system and its economic and political
consequences teaching and practice issues emerging from the effects
of race and class on practiceAn enlightening reference and guide,
Capturing the Power of Diversity is a much-needed source of
information for social work practitioners and students who are
interested in how diversity impacts social group work and are
curious as to how to make group work more effective.
The enlightening collection of new approaches to understanding
sexual abuse When sexual abuse occurs, helping those directly
affected can be a difficult and convoluted task. The Handbook of
Social Work in Child & Adolescent Sexual Abuse is a
comprehensive guide that provides the latest information on
assessment, management, prevention, and policy. Through insightful
and accessible discussions, this collection of essays encompasses
the full spectrum of child and adolescent sexual abuse to shed
needed light on an affecting issue. This innovative text is the
up-to-date source for unique and compassionate ways of supporting
and treating survivors. The increased attention given to child
sexual abuse in recent years has revealed how little we know about
this tragedy. The Handbook of Social Work in Child & Adolescent
Sexual Abuse is the practical compendium that covers the already
existing information regarding violence against children and delves
into practical methods for treating those immediately affected by
it. From its historical place in society to contemporary issues of
prevention that have only recently come to light, contributors
examine essential details in-depth and provide concise, empirical
directions for short- and long-term support. Also included is the
important and newly-available assessment and treatment information
focusing on ethnicity, gender, and comorbid influences as they
relate to family member treatment. Among the topics discussed in
the Handbook of Social Work in Child & Adolescent Sexual Abuse
are: historical views of and responses to sexual abuse risk and
protective factors life stage consequences theories of family
dysfunction comorbidity and attachment intrafamilial abuse the
non-family offender current empirical assessment methods approaches
to treatment in children approaches to treatment in adolescents
neurological effects of abuse treatment for the non-offending
caregiver the role of the internet and other media policy and
practice implications the prevalence and consequences of abuse new
methods of abuse prevention and child protection the etiology of
sexual offending in an attachment framework and much more! The
Handbook of Social Work in Child & Adolescent Sexual Abuse is
an essential resource for educators, medical practitioners,
psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, family
therapists, and students, researchers, and academics in the field
of social work.
Discover the roots of international transracial adoption
International Korean Adoption: A Fifty-Year History of Policy and
Practice explores the long history of international transracial
adoption. Scholars present the expert multidisciplinary
perspectives and up-to-date research on this most significant and
longstanding form of international child welfare practice.
Viewpoints and research are discussed from the academic disciplines
of psychology, ethnic studies, sociology, social work, and
anthropology. The chapters examine sociohistorical background, the
forming of new families, reflections on Korean adoption, birth
country perspectives, global perspectives, implications for
practice, and archival, historical, and current resources on Korean
adoption. International Korean Adoption: A Fifty-Year History of
Policy and Practice provides fresh insight into the origins,
development, and institutionalization of Korean adoption. Through
original research and personal accounts, this revealing text
explores how Korean adoptees and their families fit into their
family roles-and offers clear perspectives on adoption as child
welfare practice. Global implications and politics, as well as the
very personal experiences are examined in detail. This source is a
one-of-a-kind look into the full spectrum of information pertaining
to Korean adoption. Topics in International Korean Adoption: A
Fifty-Year History of Policy and Practice include: adoption from
the Korean perspective historical origins of Korean adoption in the
United States adjustments of young adult adoptees marketing to
choosy adopters ethnic identity perspectives on the importance of
race and culture in parenting birth mothers' perspectives
sociological approach to race and identity representations of
adoptees in Korean popular culture adoption in Australia and the
Netherlands much, much more International Korean Adoption: A
Fifty-Year History of Policy and Practice is illuminating reading
for adoptees, adoptive parents, practitioners, educators, students,
and any child welfare professional.
Get the new educational standard under the Council of Social Work
Education for human behavior and social environment studies!
Critical thinking skills are an indispensable component of any
educational program, but especially the HBSE curriculum. The
Conundrum of Human Behavior in the Social Environment shows ways to
spark those needed skills while providing a comprehensive framework
on the social environment impact and human behavior theory crucial
for graduate and undergraduate courses. Macro, mezzo, and micro
forces are examined in depth, along with considerations for
redesigning the content in HBSE curricula in accordance with
current educational standards. Noted authorities detail
evidence-based practices and present extensive referencing along
with offering Web site listings and syllabi for coursework. The
Conundrum of Human Behavior in the Social Environment presents
theories of behavioral change that can be facilitated by
practitioners to eliminate or modify undesirable behaviors, as well
as provides a framework useful for understanding how a macro-system
consisting of four societal forces (social justice, social
problems, social policy, and the political economy) works to
influence a micro-system of community, organizational, and group
dynamic. Four types of HB and SE course outlines are presented and
discussed with an eye toward strengthening foundation courses,
along with an analysis of fourteen frequently used Human Behavior
and Social Environment textbooks based on the Council on Social
Work Education's 2001 guidelines that also offers a framework for
integrating content. The application of the transtheoretical model
of behavioral change to the welfare to work transition with public
housing residents is presented using both quantitative and
qualitative data that has been closely analyzed. The Conundrum of
Human Behavior in the Social Environment provides: extensive
references clear and helpful figures and tables of data numerous
appendices of useful detailed outlines and descriptions of
textbooks lists of Web sites a syllabi and course sequence
description for micro/macro/mezzo issues The Conundrum of Human
Behavior in the Social Environment is valuable reading for
students, educators, social workers, health professionals,
psychologists, sociologists, and other human services professionals
interested in staying on top of the shifts of focus in human
behavior and social environmental curriculums.
Get the new educational standard under the Council of Social Work
Education for human behavior and social environment studies!
Critical thinking skills are an indispensable component of any
educational program, but especially the HBSE curriculum. The
Conundrum of Human Behavior in the Social Environment shows ways to
spark those needed skills while providing a comprehensive framework
on the social environment impact and human behavior theory crucial
for graduate and undergraduate courses. Macro, mezzo, and micro
forces are examined in depth, along with considerations for
redesigning the content in HBSE curricula in accordance with
current educational standards. Noted authorities detail
evidence-based practices and present extensive referencing along
with offering Web site listings and syllabi for coursework. The
Conundrum of Human Behavior in the Social Environment presents
theories of behavioral change that can be facilitated by
practitioners to eliminate or modify undesirable behaviors, as well
as provides a framework useful for understanding how a macro-system
consisting of four societal forces (social justice, social
problems, social policy, and the political economy) works to
influence a micro-system of community, organizational, and group
dynamic. Four types of HB and SE course outlines are presented and
discussed with an eye toward strengthening foundation courses,
along with an analysis of fourteen frequently used Human Behavior
and Social Environment textbooks based on the Council on Social
Work Education's 2001 guidelines that also offers a framework for
integrating content. The application of the transtheoretical model
of behavioral change to the welfare to work transition with public
housing residents is presented using both quantitative and
qualitative data that has been closely analyzed. The Conundrum of
Human Behavior in the Social Environment provides: extensive
references clear and helpful figures and tables of data numerous
appendices of useful detailed outlines and descriptions of
textbooks lists of Web sites a syllabi and course sequence
description for micro/macro/mezzo issues The Conundrum of Human
Behavior in the Social Environment is valuable reading for
students, educators, social workers, health professionals,
psychologists, sociologists, and other human services professionals
interested in staying on top of the shifts of focus in human
behavior and social environmental curriculums.
Contains field-tested techniques to enhance the effectiveness of
your local social services! Changing Welfare Services: Case Studies
of Local Welfare Reform Programs describes promising programs and
practices that have emerged in the United States since the
enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996. Using case studies, this reference
provides important lessons that will help social service directors
and staff to develop strategies that will improve local
welfare-to-work services. This casebook focuses on the agencies
rather than the welfare population, emphasizing the guiding values
of these agencies and the lessons they learned. Changing Welfare
Services explores new approaches to service delivery, with emphasis
on removing barriers to work force participation and promoting
self-sufficiency through support services. The case studies involve
programs focused on working with the community by developing
partnerships with local organizations to provide better services.
This text emphasizes the organizational changessuch as the
development of new training programs, merging employment and social
service agencies, and restructuring agency programs to foster
collaboration between child welfare services and welfare-to-work
programsthat were successful strategies used to implement welfare
reform. In Changing Welfare Services, you will learn about: the
Connections Shuttle and the Guaranteed Ride Home
Programtransportation services for welfare-to-work participants the
Exempt Provider Training Program trains Temporary Assistance to
Needy Families (TANF) participants and others to launch and improve
their own high-quality child care businesses co-location of support
servicessituating mental health and substance abuse services near
the social services agency so TANF participants can make a single
visit for all necessary services the Family Loan Programhelps
low-income families deal with large or unexpected one-time expenses
the JobKeeper Hotlineprovides round-the-clock counseling, crisis
intervention, and referral services to help participants stay
employed and much more! Changing Welfare Services shows how these
agencies discovered new ways to serve the needs of low-income
residents and offers you a variety of inventive techniques for
improving your own agency's support for welfare recipients.
Enhanced with tables, figures, and appendixes, this
practitioner-oriented casebook is a much-needed complement to the
many quantitative studies of the welfare population. This book is a
valuable resource for state and local human service administrators
and staff, policymakers, and university faculty and students of
public policy.
Examine school-based health clinics and the political
considerations and strategies that can help them succeed!The
Politics of Youth, Sex, and Health Care in American Schools reveals
the history and political dynamics involved in building and
sustaining an important innovation in the way health care services
are delivered to America's youth: the school-based health clinic.
These clinics provide vital health services--including crucial yet
controversial reproductive services--to youth. In addition to
analyzing the nature and extent of the political barriers facing
school-based clinics, this vital book describes the strategies that
have proven most effective in overcoming them.This essential book
begins with an overview of the existing literature on the history
and provision of health care for youth. Then it presents the
results of a study that utilized a two-pronged approach: a
nationwide survey of clinic administrators (supplemented with
aggregate data) and intensive case studies of five representative
locales. By combining the quantitative data from the national
survey with the more qualitative information gleaned from the case
study field work, The Politics of Youth, Sex, and Health Care in
American Schools can deliver broad yet accurate generalizations as
well as detailed interpretation of the authors'findings.This
informative and insightful volume explores: the ways that
school-based health clinics (SBHCs) have evolved, confronted
opposition, and grown day-to-day issues that SBHCs face, including
inadequate funding, lack of parental involvement, unsupportive
teachers and schools, staffing/training issues, cultural issues,
and more sources of opposition to SBHCs, including fundamentalist
Protestants, Black Evangelicals, Catholics, and conservative parent
groups ways to establish successful school health care reforms
issues and recommendations for SBHCs in the future To date, there
have been very few empirical studies of the politics of school
health or of the provision of sexuality-related health services for
youth. The greatest depth and breadth of information you can find
on the subject is here, in The Politics of Youth, Sex, and Health
Care in American Schools.
Be a more effective human service provider when working with native
peoples! Voices of First Nations People contains extensive
information on how issues such as gambling, drinking, homelessness,
health, and parenting affect Native Americans. This text will help
you more effectively provide and direct services, administer
programs, develop policies, and conduct research on topics that are
relevant to native peoples. Through research and case studies, this
book explores the specific needs of Native Americans and aids human
service professionals in creating more successful services for
these clients. Since practitioner effectiveness relies on the
awareness of cultural identity, this text gives you insight into
factors that form the Native American identity to help you
understand Native Americans' emotional and social interactions.
With this knowledge, you will be able to offer the most appropriate
services possible. Voices of First Nations People illustrates many
of the challenges concerning Native Americans and discusses
significant research findings in these areas. This book covers many
related issues, including: the gambling habits of adolescents and
the relationship revealed between gambling, other high-risk
behaviors, and self-esteem the components of alcohol recovery for
Native American women The Seventh Generation Program, an
intervention program that blends mainstream alcoholism prevention
approaches with American Indian culture for urban American Indian
youth the deleterious effects out-of-home placement has on
children, such as psychiatric disorders, trauma, and alcohol abuse
and dependence how cultural factors contribute to resiliency among
oppressed populations and using the Ethnic, Culture, and
Religion/Spirituality Questionnaire (ECR) Scale the effects of
historical trauma on parenting skills of particular tribes and two
intervention methodsfacilitating parental awareness to life span
and communal trauma across generations and reattaching the
individual to traditional tribal values the differences between
urban Native Americans' acculturation styles and identity attitudes
Voices of First Nations People also gives you insight into the
specific health problems of Native Americans, including the
increasing mortality rates due to alcohol and drug abuse, suicide,
homicide, motor vehicle accidents, cancer, and child abuse and
neglect. With suggestions on how you can help combat and alleviate
the causes of these problems, Voices of First Nations People will
help you successfully provide culturally sensitive services to
Native Americans.
This practice-oriented text presents evidence-based assessment
methods and interventions that have been extensively field-tested
in child welfare settings. The contributors offer empirical and
field insights, comprehensive treatment models, and curricula in
key areas such as child maltreatment, substance abuse, parent
training, social skills, and youth employment interventions. For
the professional reader, the book offers real-world guidance on
social work practice, from hiring opportunities within a system to
promoting lasting change as families and their issues grow
increasingly complex. These chapters also take significant steps
toward future improvements in child protection systems as the field
evolves toward being more coordinated, effective, and professional.
Included in the coverage: Legal requisites for social work practice
in child abuse and neglect. The integrated model for human service
delivery in child welfare. Risk assessment: issues and
implementation in child protective services. Substance use and
abuse: screening tools and assessment instruments. The process of
intervention with multi-problem families. Preventative services for
children and adolescents. Its multi-level approach makes
Evidence-Informed Assessment and Practice in Child Welfare an
essential professional development text for social workers,
particularly those new to the job, as well as a progressive
blueprint for social work administrators.
This practice-oriented text presents evidence-based assessment
methods and interventions that have been extensively field-tested
in child welfare settings. The contributors offer empirical and
field insights, comprehensive treatment models, and curricula in
key areas such as child maltreatment, substance abuse, parent
training, social skills, and youth employment interventions. For
the professional reader, the book offers real-world guidance on
social work practice, from hiring opportunities within a system to
promoting lasting change as families and their issues grow
increasingly complex. These chapters also take significant steps
toward future improvements in child protection systems as the field
evolves toward being more coordinated, effective, and professional.
Included in the coverage: Legal requisites for social work practice
in child abuse and neglect. The integrated model for human service
delivery in child welfare. Risk assessment: issues and
implementation in child protective services. Substance use and
abuse: screening tools and assessment instruments. The process of
intervention with multi-problem families. Preventative services for
children and adolescents. Its multi-level approach makes
Evidence-Informed Assessment and Practice in Child Welfare an
essential professional development text for social workers,
particularly those new to the job, as well as a progressive
blueprint for social work administrators.
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