Social Work Practice
Cases, Activities and Exercises
Kimberly Strom-Gottfried
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA
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An ideal supplement for courses in Social Work PRACTICE and METHODS. Covers the full range of generalist practice skills as prescribed by Council on Social Work Education. The 36 exercises - each keyed to specific skills and client groups - offers the most comprehensive coverage available today. An early exercise (4) is devoted exclusively to the NASW Code of Ethics, enabling the students to understand the Code and how it applies to a variety of case vignettes. Throughout the exercises, the student is provided with hands-on experience with individuals, families, groups, communities and organizations.
Contents
PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL WORK
- Introductions and Icebreakers
- Putting Systems Theory into Action
- Understanding and Resolving Value Dilemmas
- Understanding and Using the NASW Code of Ethics
- Examining the Values and Ethics Reflected in Policy Decisions
PART TWO: GETTING STARTED
- Building Rapport
- Tuning in through Guided Visualization
- Looking for Assets
- Understanding Loss
- Engaging a Family Who Has Not Asked for Help
PART THREE: GATHERING DATA
- Video Analysis and Interview Practice
- Practicing and Analyzing Interviews
- "Hanging in There" When Differences between Client and Worker Are at Issue
- "Stations"
- Ethnographic Strength-Based Interviewing
- Beyond Interviewing
- Data Collection Methods for Individuals, Families, Organizations and Communities
PART FOUR: MAKING SENSE OF DATA THROUGH ASSESSMENT
- Roundtable Interview
- Assessing Your Family of Origin
- The Organizational Diversity Audit
- Framing Organizational Issues for Assessment and Change
- Trouble at HighRisk Hospital
PART FIVE: SETTING GOALS
- Generating and Prioritizing Ideas Using Nominal Group Technique
- Gladys
- Working with a Client over Time
- Contracting with an Involuntary Client
- Teenager in Foster Care
- The Smith Family
- Multiple Perspectives on Service Goals
PART SIX: CREATING CHANGE
- INTERVENTIONS
- What You Look for Determines What You See
- Social Work Practice with Gay and Lesbian Families
- Constructively Engaging Professionals in Complex Organizations
- Co-Leadership of the Parenting Group
- Choosing a Strategy for Community Intervention with R&M Properties
- Family Interventions during a Life Crisis
PART SEVEN: EVALUATING EFFECTIVENESS
- How Do We Know We're Helping?
- Tracking Progress through Single Subject Design
- Evaluating Communication Skills through Process Recordings
PART EIGHT: ENDINGS AND TRANSITIONS
- Letter to the Editor
- Making Effective Referrals
- Getting Closure on Unplanned Endings
- Classrooms Terminations
Additional materials
Description
An ideal supplement for courses in Social Work PRACTICE and METHODS. Covers the full range of generalist practice skills as prescribed by Council on Social Work Education. The 36 exercises - each keyed to specific skills and client groups - offers the most comprehensive coverage available today. An early exercise (4) is devoted exclusively to the NASW Code of Ethics, enabling the students to understand the Code and how it applies to a variety of case vignettes. Throughout the exercises, the student is provided with hands-on experience with individuals, families, groups, communities and organizations.
Contents
PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL WORK
- Introductions and Icebreakers
- Putting Systems Theory into Action
- Understanding and Resolving Value Dilemmas
- Understanding and Using the NASW Code of Ethics
- Examining the Values and Ethics Reflected in Policy Decisions
PART TWO: GETTING STARTED
- Building Rapport
- Tuning in through Guided Visualization
- Looking for Assets
- Understanding Loss
- Engaging a Family Who Has Not Asked for Help
PART THREE: GATHERING DATA
- Video Analysis and Interview Practice
- Practicing and Analyzing Interviews
- "Hanging in There" When Differences between Client and Worker Are at Issue
- "Stations"
- Ethnographic Strength-Based Interviewing
- Beyond Interviewing
- Data Collection Methods for Individuals, Families, Organizations and Communities
PART FOUR: MAKING SENSE OF DATA THROUGH ASSESSMENT
- Roundtable Interview
- Assessing Your Family of Origin
- The Organizational Diversity Audit
- Framing Organizational Issues for Assessment and Change
- Trouble at HighRisk Hospital
PART FIVE: SETTING GOALS
- Generating and Prioritizing Ideas Using Nominal Group Technique
- Gladys
- Working with a Client over Time
- Contracting with an Involuntary Client
- Teenager in Foster Care
- The Smith Family
- Multiple Perspectives on Service Goals
PART SIX: CREATING CHANGE
- INTERVENTIONS
- What You Look for Determines What You See
- Social Work Practice with Gay and Lesbian Families
- Constructively Engaging Professionals in Complex Organizations
- Co-Leadership of the Parenting Group
- Choosing a Strategy for Community Intervention with R&M Properties
- Family Interventions during a Life Crisis
PART SEVEN: EVALUATING EFFECTIVENESS
- How Do We Know We're Helping?
- Tracking Progress through Single Subject Design
- Evaluating Communication Skills through Process Recordings
PART EIGHT: ENDINGS AND TRANSITIONS
- Letter to the Editor
- Making Effective Referrals
- Getting Closure on Unplanned Endings
- Classrooms Terminations
Additional materials
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December 1998 | 157 pages | Sage US
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An ideal supplement for courses in Social Work PRACTICE and METHODS. Covers the full range of generalist practice skills as prescribed by Council on Social Work Education. The 36 exercises - each keyed to specific skills and client groups - offers the most comprehensive coverage available today. An early exercise (4) is devoted exclusively to the NASW Code of Ethics, enabling the students to understand the Code and how it applies to a variety of case vignettes. Throughout the exercises, the student is provided with hands-on experience with individuals, families, groups, communities and organizations.
Table Of Contents:
- PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL WORK
- Introductions and Icebreakers
- Putting Systems Theory into Action
- Understanding and Resolving Value Dilemmas
- Understanding and Using the NASW Code of Ethics
- Examining the Values and Ethics Reflected in Policy Decisions
- PART TWO: GETTING STARTED
- Building Rapport
- Tuning in through Guided Visualization
- Looking for Assets
- Understanding Loss
- Engaging a Family Who Has Not Asked for Help
- PART THREE: GATHERING DATA
- Video Analysis and Interview Practice
- Practicing and Analyzing Interviews
- "Hanging in There" When Differences between Client and Worker Are at Issue
- "Stations"
- Ethnographic Strength-Based Interviewing
- Beyond Interviewing
- Data Collection Methods for Individuals, Families, Organizations and Communities
- PART FOUR: MAKING SENSE OF DATA THROUGH ASSESSMENT
- Roundtable Interview
- Assessing Your Family of Origin
- The Organizational Diversity Audit
- Framing Organizational Issues for Assessment and Change
- Trouble at HighRisk Hospital
- PART FIVE: SETTING GOALS
- Generating and Prioritizing Ideas Using Nominal Group Technique
- Gladys
- Working with a Client over Time
- Contracting with an Involuntary Client
- Teenager in Foster Care
- The Smith Family
- Multiple Perspectives on Service Goals
- PART SIX: CREATING CHANGE
- INTERVENTIONS
- What You Look for Determines What You See
- Social Work Practice with Gay and Lesbian Families
- Constructively Engaging Professionals in Complex Organizations
- Co-Leadership of the Parenting Group
- Choosing a Strategy for Community Intervention with R&M Properties
- Family Interventions during a Life Crisis
- PART SEVEN: EVALUATING EFFECTIVENESS
- How Do We Know We're Helping?
- Tracking Progress through Single Subject Design
- Evaluating Communication Skills through Process Recordings
- PART EIGHT: ENDINGS AND TRANSITIONS
- Letter to the Editor
- Making Effective Referrals
- Getting Closure on Unplanned Endings
- Classrooms Terminations
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Adopted as a supplement because it relates to course concepts.
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