Holosko / Dulmus / Sowers Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families

Evidence-Informed Assessments and Interventions
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-41935-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, E-Book

A lifespan approach presenting evidence-informedinterventions for working with individuals and families
Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families coversassessment of and intervention with children, adolescents, adults,the elderly, and families. It offers an array of pedagogicalfeatures within each chapter, as well as online resources andreview questions at the conclusion of each chapter to help guidecritical thinking about topics.
Reflecting the current state of evidence-informed social workpractice, each chapter's contributors emphasize the incorporationof wider forms of systematically collected data such as casestudies, best or promising practices, and consumer-focused data.Reading this book will not only give readers the tools to workeffectively with individuals and families, but also develop theirskills in evidence informed practice.
Comprehensive and insightful, Social Work Practice withIndividuals and Families is a student- andpractitioner-friendly text identifying the best assessment toolsand strategies available for social workers to successfully serveindividuals and families facing a broad range of challenges.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holosko, Michael J.

Dulmus, Catherine N.

Sowers, Karen M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
About the Editors xv
Contributors xv11
Chapter 1 Assessment of Children 1
Michael E. Woolley
Chapter 2 Intervention with Children 41
Mary C. Ruffolo and Paula Allen-Meares
Chapter 3 Assessment of Adolescents 71
David W. Springer and Tara M. Powell
Chapter 4 Intervention with Adolescents 97
Craig Winston LeCroy and Lela Rankin Williams
Chapter 5 Assessment of Adults 125
Elaine Congress
Chapter 6 Intervention with Adults 147
Bruce A. Thyer
Chapter 7 Assessment of the Elderly 177
Gregory J. Paveza
Chapter 8 Intervention with the Elderly 197
Michael J. Holosko, Jeffrey F. Skinner, Catherine A. Patterson, and Kimberly Brisebois
Chapter 9 Assessment of Families 237
Robyn Munford and Jackie Sanders
Chapter 10 Intervention with Families 265
Cynthia Franklin, Cathleen Jordan and Laura Hopson
Author Index 295
Subject Index 305

Über Autor(innen)

MICHAEL J. HOLOSKO, PhD, MSW, is the Pauline M.Berger Professor of Family and Child Welfare at the University ofGeorgia, School of Social Work. He has taught across theundergraduate and graduate curriculum in schools of social work,nursing, public administration, and applied social science inCanada, the United States, Hong Kong, Sweden, Australia, and theU.S. Virgin Islands.
CATHERINE N. DULMUS, PhD, LCSW, is Professor, AssociateDean for Research, and Director of the Buffalo Center for SocialResearch in the School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo,SUNY, and Research Director at Hillside Family of Agencies inRochester, New York.
KAREN M. SOWERS, PhD, is Dean and Beaman Professor in theCollege of Social Work at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.Her research interests include juvenile justice, sexuality, socialwork education, child welfare, evidence-based practice, andinternational social work practice.