"I found the book easy to read, the questions are engaging, and the book can be used as a resource after the class is complete, especially once students are working as school social workers." —Zabrina Grisby, University of Missouri
"This book provides clear, operationalized procedures, interventions, and more to support an array of topics that arise throughout a school year. The appendix is full of useful tools to help us do our work. I highly recommend this text." —Emily George, New York University
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School Social Work
A Direct Practice Guide
Second Edition
The foundations of working with vulnerable populations are a vital part of understanding the nuances and complexities of working with children and adolescents in today’s educational environments. In the updated Second Edition, School Social Work: A Direct Practice Guide combines critical thinking and evidence-based interventions in the context of global issues, special education, and current societal issues affecting children today. The authors provide hands-on experiences, best practice approaches, and case examples throughout the book to demonstrate assessments and techniques in a culturally responsive and diverse school setting. Each chapter includes in-depth activities and self-reflection and class discussion questions that allow school social workers to thoughtfully apply their growing skills and knowledge to ethical dilemmas and real-life situations in schools.
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1. An Overview of the Theoretical Information Necessary in the Field of School Social Work
2. A Typical Day?
3. Introduction and Definitions: Discussion of the Skills, Techniques, and Essential Practices
4. Special Education and School Social Work
5. Collaboration and Consultation with Parents, Faculty, Staff, and Administration
6. Ethical Dilemmas
7. Being a Culturally Responsive School Social Worker
8. Current Societal Issues Affecting Children in Schools
9. Engagement, Assessment, and Intervention Skills in the School for Individuals Using Evidence-Based Practice Modalities and Other Practice Methods
10. Engagement, Assessment, and Intervention Skills in the School for Groups Using a Variety of Practice Methods
11. Studies, Analysis, and Discussion from an Authentic School Practice Perspective
12. School Policy, Program Development, and Evaluation
13. Practice Evaluation
14. Global Issues in School Social Work
Appendix A: From the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Appendix B: Solution-Focused Therapy in the Schools
Appendix C: Hassle Log
Appendix D: A Counselor Checklist for School-Based Suicide
Appendix E: The Columbia Suicide Screening
Appendix F
2. A Typical Day?
3. Introduction and Definitions: Discussion of the Skills, Techniques, and Essential Practices
4. Special Education and School Social Work
5. Collaboration and Consultation with Parents, Faculty, Staff, and Administration
6. Ethical Dilemmas
7. Being a Culturally Responsive School Social Worker
8. Current Societal Issues Affecting Children in Schools
9. Engagement, Assessment, and Intervention Skills in the School for Individuals Using Evidence-Based Practice Modalities and Other Practice Methods
10. Engagement, Assessment, and Intervention Skills in the School for Groups Using a Variety of Practice Methods
11. Studies, Analysis, and Discussion from an Authentic School Practice Perspective
12. School Policy, Program Development, and Evaluation
13. Practice Evaluation
14. Global Issues in School Social Work
Appendix A: From the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Appendix B: Solution-Focused Therapy in the Schools
Appendix C: Hassle Log
Appendix D: A Counselor Checklist for School-Based Suicide
Appendix E: The Columbia Suicide Screening
Appendix F