Full Description
Widely adopted, this bestselling work provides the knowledge that social workers need for effective, culturally competent practice with children, adolescents, and their caregivers. The author presents a framework for developmentally informed assessment and intervention and describes a variety of powerful helping methods, illustrated with vivid case examples. Demonstrated are research-based strategies for working with victims of abuse and trauma as well as children affected by poverty, divorce, parental substance abuse, and other adverse circumstances. Special features include instructive discussion questions and role-play exercises. Reproducible assessment forms can also be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2"" x 11"" size. New to This Edition*Updated to incorporate current research on child development, attachment, and trauma.*Chapter on bullying.*New discussions of autism, childhood obesity, and blended families.*School social work chapter has been extensively revised.*Expanded examples of group work, including groups for children with ADHD and crisis groups following disasters.
Contents
I. An Ecological-Developmental Framework for Helping Children1. The Challenge of Meeting Children's Needs2. Necessary Background for Helping ChildrenII. The Process of Helping Children: A Running Case Illustration of a Child in a Single-Parent Homeless Family3. Building Relationships with All Relevant Systems4. The Biopsychosocial Assessment of the Child5. Contracting, Planning Interventions, and Tracking ProgressIII. Different Methods of Helping Children6. Working with the Family7. Individual Play Therapy8. Group Work with Children9. School-Based InterventionsIV. Helping Children in Special Circumstances10. Children Living in Kinship and Foster Home Placements11. Children in Single-Parent, Divorcing, and Blended Families12. Children in Families Affected by Illness and Death13. Children in Substance-Abusing Families14. Child Victims and Witnesses of Family and Community Violence15. The Interpersonal Violence of Bullying16. The Impact of a Changing World on Practice with and for ChildrenAppendices:Child-Related Professional OrganizationsChild-Related Professional JournalsTraining Programs and CertificationsSuppliers of Play MaterialsBereavement ResourcesForms for Assessment of the Bereaved ChildForms for Assessment of the Child in Crisis
