Full Description
Discusses social work practices within the US educational system. This title is also available as a more affordable e-book.
Social Work Services in Schools discusses major issues confronting education as well as practice directions for the design, delivery, and evaluation of social work in schools. Historical and contemporary concepts, policies, and evidence-based interventions in school social work services are closely examined. The seventh edition provides insight into the proposals and suggestions for a better education system, and offers supplement research and commentary to help reconsider the needs of public schools in the 21st century. Other materials include empirical findings described in professional literature, case illustrations of social work practice in schools, and interviews.
Social Work Services in Schools is designed for individuals specializing in social work services in schools, as well as for those who are preparing to work in related agencies of the community.
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Contents
In this Section:
I) Brief Detailed Table of Contents
II) Detailed Table of Contents
I) Brief Detailed Table of Contents
Chapter 1. School Social Work: A Historical and Contemporary View
Chapter 2. Major Issues in American Schools
Chapter 3. Perspectives in School Social Work Services
Chapter 4. The Design of Social Work Services: School Environment
Chapter 5. The Design of Social Work Services: Addressing Student Needs
Chapter 6. The Design of Social Work Services: Responding to Needs of Culture, Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation
Chapter 7. The Delivery of School Social Work Services
Chapter 8. Familiarizing Oneself with Key Groups of Children and Adolescents
Chapter 9. Children with Special Needs
Chapter 10. Student Rights and Control of Behavior
Chapter 11. Violence in Schools
Chapter 12. Evaluating School Social Work
II) Detailed Table of Contents
Chapter 1. School Social Work: A Historical and Contemporary View
The Profession of Social Work
The Establishment of Social Work
Chapter 2. Major Issues in American Schools
Purposes of Public Education
School Reform
The School as Community Hub
Finance
Chapter 3. Perspectives in School Social Work Services
An Ecosystems Perspective
Ecological Theory
General Systems Theory
Chapter 4. The Design of Social Work Services: School Environment
Working within A School
Political Dimensions in the Organization
The Effects of School Culture and Collaboration
Services Evaluation and Reporting
Chapter 5. The Design of Social Work Services: Addressing Student Needs
Socioeconomic Patterns
Mental Health, Behavioral, and Learning Difficulties
Assessment as the Initial Process in Designing Services
Assessing and Engaging the Family
Policies Affecting Services to Individual Students and Families
Collaborating with the Community
Chapter 6. The Design of Social Work Services: Responding to Needs of Culture, Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation
Culturally Grounded Assessment
Designing Empirically Supported Culturally Grounded Interventions
Bilingual and Bicultural Education
Gender in Education
Sexual Orientation and School-Based Social Work
Empirically Supported Interventions that Work
Chapter 7. The Delivery of School Social Work Services
Emerging Roles of School Social Workers within Expanded School Mental Health and School-Linked Services
Evidence-Based Practice and Empirically Supported Interventions
Current Intervention Roles
Specialized Intervention Roles
Chapter 8. Familiarizing Oneself with Key Groups of Children and Adolescents
Enrollment and Staffing
The Concept of Pupil Life Tasks
Pupil Life Tasks
Academic and Social Challenges
Children with Challenges at Home
Children Facing Abuse
Adolescents, Sex, and Sexuality
Chapter 9. Children with Special Needs
Key Legislation Supporting Students with Special Needs
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
Jacob Javits Gifted and Talented Education Act
Issues in Implementation: Renewed Attention to the Primary of Emotional Development
Chapter 10. Student Rights and Control of Behavior
Sources of School Districts' Authority
Basic Constitutional Rights
Discipline in the Schools
School Attendance
Chapter 11. Violence in Schools
Major Trends and Issues
Types of Interventions
Common Types of Interventions that Schools and School Social Workers are Using
Empirically-Supported Prevention and Intervention Programs
Chapter 12. Evaluating School Social Work
Designing and Implementing Evaluation Studies
Selected Types of Single-System Designs Useful in Evaluating School Social Work Services
Selected Group Research Designs for Evaluating School Social Work Practice
Ethical and Human Subjects Issues in Evaluation
Annotated Bibliography of Evaluation Resources
Appendix I An Example of Rural Practice
Appendix II An Example of Urban Practice
Appendix III Assessment of Adaptive Behavior and an Individual Education Program
