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Social Work Practice with Children - Hardcover

Webb, Nancy Boyd

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9781572301498: Social Work Practice with Children

Synopsis

This clear and comprehensive text shows social work students and practitioners how to make psychosocial assessments and plan interventions based on a solid understanding of the child's needs. Illustrated with detailed case examples, the volume covers a variety of different helping methods, including family-centered approaches, working through children's groups, working one-to-one with individual children, and working in collaboration with schools. Special attention is given to the needs of children dealing with family violence, substance-disordered families, placement in foster care, being in "the middle" of child custody suits, deaths in the family, immigration, and adoption. Throughout, readers gain valuable insight into specific helping techniques as well as an appreciation for the diverse roles of the social worker/counselor.

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About the Author

Nancy Boyd Webb, DSW, BCD, RPT-S, is University Distinguished Professor of Social Work at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service. Her publications include Helping Bereaved Children and Social Work Practice with Children, as well as an award-winning video, Techniques of Play Therapy. In addition to teaching and writing, she maintains a clinical practice and supervises and consults with schools and agencies. A board-certified diplomate in clinical social work and a registered play therapy supervisor, Dr. Webb presents frequently at play therapy, social work, and mental health conferences in the United States and abroad.

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Foreword I. An Ecological Developmental Framework for Helping Children 1. Children's Problems and Needs
2. Necessary Background for Helping Children
II. The Process of Helping Children: A Running Case Illustration of a Child in a Single-Parent Homeless Family
3. Building Relationships with All Relevant Systems
4. The Biopsychosocial Assessment of the Child
5. Contracting, Planning Interventions, and Tracking Progress
III. Different Methods of Helping Children
6. Working with the Family
7. One-to-One Work with the Child
8. Group Work with Children
9. School-Based Interventions
IV. Helping Children in Special Circumstances
10. Children in Out-of-Home Placements
11. Children in Nontraditional Families
12. Children in Families Affected by Illness and Death
13. Children in Substance-Disordered Families
14. Child Victims and Witnesses of Family Violence
15. A Changing World's Impact on Practice with and for Children
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