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School Social Workfoundational guide to the profession for over 40 years. The first comprehensive introduction to the field, the book has featured the writings of the pioneers in the field while also accommodating the remarkable changes and growing complexities of the profession with each subsequent revision. The profession continues to grow in both the US and internationally, despite the ever-present concernssurrounding limited resources, budgets, and social worker to student ratios. Contemporary school social work takes place throughout the whole school and community, it takes place through policy change, and it takes place with at-risk students and their families as well as through individual and group work withstudents who struggle both emotionally and academically. This book reflects the many ways that school social work practice impacts academic, behavioral, and social outcomes for both youths and the broader school community.This revision features the contributions of 21 new scholars who bring their expertise in the field to this classic text. There are ten all-new chapters that reflect the current and emerging issues central to the profession, and eight extensive revisions of chapters from the previous edition. The eighth edition strengthens the book's focus on evidence informed practice, and places all content within the context of the prevailing multi-tiered model of school interventions.
Contents
PrefaceSection I History and General Perspectives in School Social WorkChapter 1. The Role of the School Social WorkerChapter 2. The Characteristic Focus of the Social Worker in the Public Schools Chapter 3. "Moving Through a Land of Wonders Wild and New": Grounding School Social Work Practice in an Organizational, Ecosystemic Understanding of the SchoolChapter 4. Evidence Informed Practice in the Real World of School Social WorkChapter 5. School Social Work SupervisionChapter 6. The Process of Ethical Decision Making in School Social WorkChapter 7. Ethical and Legal Complexities of Confidentiality for School Social WorkersChapter 8. School Social Workers: School-Based Consultants Supporting a Multi-Tiered System of In-Direct ServiceSection II The Policy Context for School Social Work PracticeChapter 9. Educational Mandates for Children with Disabilities: School Policies, Case law and the School Social WorkerChapter 10. The School Social Work Contribution to Meeting National Standards for Social Emotional LearningChapter 11. A History of the Education of African American ChildrenChapter 12. Policy and Law Affecting School Social Work with Vulnerable PopulationsChapter 13. Bullying and Sexual Harassment in SchoolsSection III Assessment and Practice-Based Research in School Social WorkChapter 14. School Social Workers and the Pre-Referral Process: Problem-Solving Teams and Data-Driven Decision MakingChapter 15. School Social Workers and the Special Education Process: From Assessment to IEPs to School Social Work ServicesChapter 16. The Screening and Assessment of Adaptive BehaviorChapter 17. Needs Assessment: A Tool of Policy Practice in School Social WorkChapter 18. Practitioner Research in the Schools: Becoming a Change AgentSection IV Policy PracticeChapter 19. Policy Practice for School Social WorkersChapter 20. Tackling Oppression in Schools: Skills for School Social WorkersChapter 21. Schools as OrganizationsChapter 22. Policy Development and the School Social WorkerChapter 23. Making School Social Work Visible, Viable, and Valued in SchoolsSection V Tier I InterventionsChapter 24. Developing Safe, Responsive, and Respectful School Communities: Evidence Informed Tier 1 InterventionsChapter 25. Evidence Informed Suicide Prevention in SchoolsSection VI Tier Two Interventions in Schools: Working with At-Risk StudentsChapter 26. Evidence Informed Tier 2 Behavioral Interventions for At-Risk StudentsChapter 27. Teaching Social Skills in School SettingsChapter 28. Working with Groups in Schools: Planning for and Working with Group ProcessChapter 29. Evaluation of School-Based Counseling GroupsSection VII Tier Three Interventions in SchoolsChapter 30. School Social Work Practice with Families of At-Risk StudentsChapter 31. Promoting Social Emotional Learning for Children with Special NeedsChapter 32. Evidence Informed Mental Health Practice in SchoolsChapter 33. School-based Trauma-informed Care for Traumatic Events: Clinical and Organizational PracticeAppendicesAppendix A The Practice of School Social WorkAppendix B The Wonderland of Social Work in the Schools or "How Alice Learned to Cope"Appendix C Putting It All Together: A Hypothetical Case Study (Devin)
