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ESSENTIALS OF SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
Assessment, Intervention, Evaluation
Thomas O’Hare, Boston College
This title is designed to teach social work students the basics of effective psychosocial practice. Its comprehensive coverage includes counseling and case management. In addition, the book stresses informed critical thinking skills that will carry over into students’ professional work. Essentials of Social Work Practice emphasizes the practical application of intervention research, maintaining up-to-date content based on empirical evidence.
Features
- Useful text for BSW and MSW programs
- Introduces evidence-based practices with counseling and case management skills, preparing students for more advanced content
- Provides sample assessment and intervention plans for beginning students to use and improve upon in their own field work
- Utilizes illustrative case studies to stress the importance of research in clinical practice
- Offers a flexible structure, allowing instructors to incorporate supplementary multimedia materials in their courses
Contents
Preface
Section I. |
Conceptual foundations of essential social work practice skills |
Chapter 1. |
Overview: defining and linking assessment, intervention and evaluation |
Chapter 2. |
Utilizing research findings to support practice: the role of informed critical thinking |
Chapter 3. |
Ethics in social work practice |
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Section II. |
Essential practice skills |
Chapter 4. |
Assessment and evaluation skills |
Chapter 5. |
Supportive skills |
Chapter 6. |
Therapeutic coping skills |
Chapter 7. |
Case management skills |
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| Section III. |
Applying combinations of essential skills with individuals, couples, children
and their families |
| Chapter 8. |
Adult disorders: schizophrenia, mood and anxiety disorders |
| Chapter 9. |
Adult disorders: personality and substance use disorders |
| Chapter 10. |
Couples conflict |
| Chapter 11. |
Emotional disorders in children |
| Chapter 12. |
Behavioral disorders in children |
Chapter 13. |
From essential skills to evidence-based practices |
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| References |
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| Appendices |
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| Appendix A: The Psycho Social Intervention Scale |
| Appendix B: The Comprehensive Service Plan |
| Appendix C: Guidelines for reviewing research |
About the Author
Thomas O’Hare (MSW, PhD Rutgers University) is an associate professor at Boston College. He has worked as a clinical social worker and served as director of quality assurance for the South Shore Mental Health Center in Charlestown, Rhode Island. He has written or contributed to extensively, often focusing on co-occurring mental health and substance abuse problems in young adults and persons with serious mental illnesses. He is a long-time advocate of evidence-based social work practices.
2008, Paper, 978-1-933478-50-0, Price: $49.95
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