Social Work Essentials: Selections from the Encyclopedia of Social Work

Covering a range of theoretical and practical orientations, Social Work Essentials provides timely updates on the fundamental knowledge needed for contemporary social work practice, written by the field's leading scholars and practitioners. This extensive collection features rigorous analysis of nearly 70 topics that are central to the field today, from child welfare and community organization to human trafficking, military social work, the DSM-5, cognitive behavioral therapies, and motivational interviewing. All articles are written in a clear, straightforward style that will be accessible to readers throughout the profession, and each entry includes a bibliography that provides readers with further directions for research and in-depth study. Drawn from the constantly-updated, field-defining Encyclopedia of Social Work, Social Work Essentials brings together a vital compilation of cutting-edge articles in a compact reference guide that will prove valuable in a diverse range of settings. Individual practitioners, school social workers, and social work students will all benefit from keeping Social Work Essentials close at hand.

Table of Contents:
Action Research Adolescents: Overview Advocacy Aging: Overview Alcohol & Drug Problems: An Overview Child & Adolescent Mental Health Disorders Child Abuse and Neglect Children: Overview Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Collaborative Practice Common Factors in Psychotherapy Community: Practice Interventions Criminal Justice: Overview Cultural Competence Disproportionality and Disparities Ecological Framework Ethics and Values Ethics in Research Evidence-Based Practice Family Therapy Family: Overview Financial Social Work Generalist and Advanced Generalist Practice Groupwork Health Care: Practice Interventions Housing Human Trafficking: Overview Immigration Policy International Social Work: Overview Intervention Research Interviewing Intimate Partner Violence Juvenile Justice: Overview Leadership, Foundations of Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgender (LGBT) Families and Parenting Macro Social Work Practice Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Mood Disorders Military Social Work Motivational Interviewing Multiculturalism Multiethnic and Multiracialism Oppression Organizational Change in Human Service Organizations Outcome Measures Person-in-Environment Poverty Practice Intervention and Research Primary Health Care Psychosocial Framework Qualitative Research Rights-Based Framework and Social Work School Social Work Social Justice Social Policy: Overview Social Work Malpractice, Liability, and Risk Management Social Work Practice: History and Evolution Social Work Profession: History Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Spirituality in Social Work Strengths Perspective Survivors of Suicide, Those Left Behind When Someone Dies by Suicide Systematic Reviews Task-Centered Practice Teams Technology: Technology in Macro Practice The NASW Code of Ethics Transdisciplinary and Translational Research Trauma-Informed Care Women: Practice Interventions

About the Author :
Cynthia Franklin, Ph.D, is Professor and holder of the Stiernberg/Spencer Family Professorship in Mental Health at The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. An internationally known scholar and leader in school mental health practice, she has over 100 publications on topics such as aiding youth at risk of dropping out, solution-focused brief therapy, and helping parenting youths stay in school. She is the author of several books including The School Services Sourcebook: A Guide for School-based Professionals and Family Treatment: Evidence-based Practice with Populations At-Risk. Her numerous awards include a lifetime achievement award from the Solution-focused, Brief Therapy Association. Dr. Franklin is a clinical member of The American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy and holds licenses in clinical social work and marriage & family therapy. Before going in to academia full time, Dr. Franklin conducted a clinical practice for 10 years.