Case Studies in Social Work Practice

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Edition: 3rd
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Pub. Date: 2014-02-10
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary

Now in its third edition, this popular and student-friendly text enlightens students to the day-to-day practice of real social workers and helps them integrate theory and practice. Each of the book's nine sections begins with an overview section, followed by a number of case studies, each representing a particular context and environment that social work students may encounter in the field. This collection of case studies vividly illustrates what social work looks like in a variety of settings and practice arenas.

Author Biography

Craig Winston LeCroy, PhD, is Professor in the School of Social Work at Arizona State University. Dr. LeCroy has directed several projects for children and adolescents, including a National Institue of Mental Health Training Grant for emotionally disturbed children and adolescents. He has published widely in the areas of children's mental health, social skills training, risk and needs assessment with juvenile offenders, and adolescent treatment and program evaluation.

Table of Contents

Part I Case Studies in Generalist Practice

Case Study 1-1 Using the Ecological Model in Generalist Practice: Life Transitions in Late Adulthood

Shirley Patterson, Jan Jess, and Craig Winston LeCroy

Case Study 1-2 Finding Resources: Case Management with Childhood Chronic Illness

Kathy L. Lortie

Case Study 1-3 A Strengths-Focused Approach to Community Development

Jeannine K Chapelle

 

Part II Case Studies in Integrating Theory and Practice

References

Case Study 2-1 Social Work Practice from an Ecological Perspective

Barbra Teater

Case Study 2-2 Social Learning Theory in the Treatment of Phobic Disorders

Bruce A. Thyer

Case Study 2-3 Case Studies in Integrating Theory and Practice: Relational Theory with a Young Adult Experiencing Interpersonal Problems

Joseph Walsh, Ph. D., L. C. S. W

Case Study 2-4 Using a Family Systems Approach with the Adoptive Family of a Child with Special Needs

Martha Morrison Dore

 

Part III Case Studies in Child and Family Welfare

Case 3-1 Clinical Social Work in a Interdisciplinary Team: An Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry Case

Catherine Sammons

Case Study 3-2 Family Drug Court

Chris Swenson-Smith and Yesenia Campos

Case Study 3-3 Child Welfare Supervision Case Study

Cynthia A. Lietz, PhD, LCSW

Case Study 3-4 Challenging the Tradition: In Some Families, Violence Is a Way of Life

Steven Krugman

 

Part IV Case Studies in Family Therapy

Case Study 4-1 Homebuilders: Helping Families Stay Together

Nancy Wells Gladow, Peter J. Pecora and Charlotte Booth

Case Study 4-2 Humanizing the Impossible Case: Engaging the Power of a Family-Larger Systems Intervention

Jay Lappin and John VanDeusen

Case Study 4-3 Completing Brad’s Dreams

Dr. David Eddy

 

Part V Case Studies in Treating Adult Problems

Case Study 5-1 Nightshift

Carl Oekerman

Case Study 5-2 Individual Treatment of Depression Using Cognitive Therapy

Brent B. Geary

Case Study 5-3 Jasmika, The Docs, and Me: A Short Story with a Happy Ending About Partnership, Collaboration, Social Work, and Psychiatric Medication

Kia J. Bentley

Case Study 5-4 Beyond Just Words-Multisensory interventions can heighten therapy’s impact

Danie Beaulieu

Case Study 5-5 Treatment of Depression and Coping with Chronic Pain through Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement

Amber Kelly and Eric Garland

 

Part VI Case Studies in Preventing Problems and Developing Resourcefulness

Case Study 6-1 A Group Based Approach to Stress Management

Randy Magen

Case Study 6-2 Mediation and Facilitation: Alternatives to the Adversarial Process of Conflict Resolution in Child Welfare Cases

Susan K. Parnell

Case 6-3 Project Home Base: How Berto Came Indoors After Twenty Years of Sidewalk Sleeping

Catherine Sammons

Case Study 6-4 Treating Geriatric Depression in the Context of Caregiving

Kristen Gustavson

Case Study 6-5 The Go Grrrls Program: Universal Prevention for Early Adolescent Girls

Craig Winston LeCroy

 

Part VII Case Studies in Group Work

Case Study 7-1 A Mutual Aid Support Group for Persons with AIDS in Early Substance Abuse Recovery

Lawrence Shulman

Case Study 7-2 A Group for Relatives and Friends of Institutionalized Aged

Toby Berman-Rossi and Alex Gitterman

Case Study 7-3 A Social Skills Group for Children

Craig Winston LeCroy

Case Study 7-4 Group Work with Men Who Batter

Richard M. Tolman and Larry Bennett

 

Part VIII Case Studies in Diversity

Case 8-1 The Case of Ruth and Janice

Deana F. Morrow and Frances E. Tack

Case Study 8-2 Counseling an Interracial Couple

Man-Keung Ho

Case Study 8-3 Working with the Urban Poor

Myrtle Parnell and Jo VanderKloot

Case study 8-4 Highlighting the role of cross-cultural competence in ethically sound practice

Kathleen Cox, Nancy Sullivan, Jennifer Reiman, and Cher Vang

 

Part IX Case Studies in Using Practice Evaluation

Reference

Case Study 9-1 Evaluating the Treatment of a Sexually Assaulted Child

Betty J. Blythe

Case Study 9-2 Doing Family Therapy with an Acting-Out Adolescent: Using rapid assessment tools in clinical practice.

Kevin Corcoran and Kristin Beers

Case Study 9-3 Practice Evaluation Methods: Practical Variations on a Theme

Paula S. Nurius and Sara Green

Case Study 9-4 Becoming evidence-based: A social work agency’s effort to move research into practice

Jennifer L. Bellamy

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