Family Treatment: Evidence-Based Practice with Populations at Risk

Now featuring the work of two new co-authors (Catheleen Jordan and Cynthia Franklin) and emphasizing the field's current focus on evidence-based approaches in family treatment, this text gives students an understanding of the relationship between individual and family functioning and problem solving. It helps students develop skills to assist individuals and families in solving their own problems as well as making use of interventions from outside the family. Written especially for social workers, and complete with many new case studies throughout, this text builds on basic social work knowledge, focuses on the kinds of situations that commonly confront social workers, and takes into account the environment in which families live.

Curtis Janzen is an Emeritus Professor in the department of Social Work at the University of Baltimore.

Oliver Harris is an Emeritus Professor in the department of Social Work at the University of Baltimore.

Dr. Catheleen Jordan is Professor of Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington, where she has taught in the master's and doctoral programs since 1985. Her areas of expertise are family assessment and treatment, clinical research, and family-work issues. She currently serves as chair of the Direct Practice Sequence and Secretary of the Board for NASW-Texas. She is co-author of additional texts, including FAMILY PRACTICE: BRIEF SYSTEMS METHODS FOR SOCIAL WORK and FAMILY TREATMENT: EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE WITH POPULATIONS AT RISK.

Dr. Cynthia Franklin is Professor and Coordinator of Clinical Social Work Concentration at the University of Texas, Austin. Her professional interests include school social work, family therapy, clinical practice, clinical assessment and measurement, and integration of research and practice. She is co-author of another Brooks/Cole text, FAMILY PRACTICE: BRIEF SYSTEMS METHODS FOR SOCIAL WORK.