Social Work in Schools

Principles and Practice
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-59385-578-9
Verlag: Guilford Publications

Buch, Englisch, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 579 g

Reihe: Clinical Practice with Children, Adolescents, and Families

This accessible and authoritative text gives social workers the tools they need for effective and ethical practice in school settings. Readers learn practical skills for observation, assessment, intervention, and research that will enable them to respond to the needs of diverse students from preschool through the secondary grades. The book presents strategies for dealing with particular problems, such as violence, trauma, parental absence, substance abuse, bereavement, and mental health concerns. Also reviewed are developmental issues that can interfere with school success. Specific guidelines for implementing interventions, including group work, are provided. Student-friendly features include many concrete examples; study and discussion questions; and reproducible letters, forms, and checklists.

Zielgruppe

Students in social work graduate programs; school-based social workers and counselors. Serves as a primary text in courses on social work practice in schools, and as a supplemental text in courses on social work practice with children and adolescents.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Openshaw, Linda

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Role and Function of the School Social Worker
2. An Ecological-Developmental Framework for Practice in the Schools
3. Uncovering Problems and Working within the System
4. School Social Work with Children in Preschool to Grade 3
5. School Social Work with Children in Grades 4 to 6
6. School Social Work with Children in Grades 7 and 8
7. School Social Work with Children in Grades 9 and 10
8. School Social Work with Children in Grades 11 and 12
9. Group Work in the School Setting
10. Violence and Trauma
11. Parental Absence
12. Alcohol and Drug Abuse
13. Death and Loss
14. Working with Noncitizen Populations, Joyce Kelen
15. Mental Health Services in the Schools
16. Linking Community, Home, and School, Rosemarie Hunter and Rocio Paredes-Mora

Über Autor(innen)

Linda Openshaw, DSW, LCSW, is Associate Professor of Social Work, Texas A&M University-Commerce. Her interests include school social work, child and adolescent welfare and counseling, clinical practice, and the role of spirituality in social work. Dr. Openshaw practiced as a school social worker for 14 years in Utah and Texas and worked for 3 years in community mental health in Utah and California. She received her MSW and DSW degrees from the University of Utah College of Social Work.