Multisystem Skills and Interventions in School Social Work Practice

Making Choices is the first volume of the NASW Practice Resources Series. It offers a cognitive problem-solving approach to the urgent need for children to acquire competence in meeting the demands of childhood within social, school, and family parameters. Designed for children from kindergarten through middle school, Making Choices is especially appropriate for children whose behavior is impulsive, oppositional, or aggressive. Because a great deal of children's behavior is tied to problem solving, the authors give practitioners a program to help children solve instrumental and relational issues in differing social settings. Using a wealth of examples, role plays, games, and activities, this volume guides children in formulating goals for better social intervention. Immensely practical for today's social worker, Making Choices uses activities to help children in social situations build good relationships with peers and others. Special Features * Defines and illustrates cognitive problem-solving in a step-by-step approach * Provides guidance in helping children gain insight into social processes and building competence * Serves as a hands-on tool * Addresses the dynamics of group conditions and development in implementing the program * Describes interventions for weekly or session-by-session use * Uses most recent research in the field of child development

Also available:

School Social Work Worldwide - ISBN 0871013487
Risk and Resilience in Childhood: An Ecological Perspective - ISBN 0871013568

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Edith M. Freeman, PhD, is professor, University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, Lawrence. She has practiced as a medical and school social worker and has been published in the area of school-community practice. She was the editor of Social Work in Education from 1993 to 1997.

Cynthia G. Franklin, PhD, LMSW-ACP, is associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin, School of Social Work, where she teaches courses on clinical practice and research. She has numerous publications on school social work, clinical assessment, practice theories, and child and family practice. She also serves as editor-in-chief of Social Work in Education.

Rowena Fong, MSW, EdD, is associate professor, School of Social Work, University of Hawaii, Honolulu. She has served on the editorial boards of Social Work in Education and Multicultural Social Work.

Gary L. Shaffer, PhD, is associate professor and director of field education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a member of the editorial board of Social Work in Education.

Elizabeth M. Timberlake, DSW, BCD, is ordinary professor of social work at the Catholic University of America. Her current research addresses the biopsychosocial functioning of homeless children and families and participants in Early Head Start. She has served on the editorial boards of Social Thought, Child and Adolescent Social Work, Social Work in Education, and Clinical Social Work.