Social Workers' Desk Reference

Following in the groundbreaking path of its predecessor, the second edition of the Social Workers' Desk Reference provides reliable and highly accessible information about effective services and treatment approaches across the full spectrum of social work practice. Succinct, illuminating chapters written by the field's most respected and experienced scholars and practitioners ensure that it will continue to be the sourcebook for all social workers. Social work practitioners and agency administrators are increasingly confronted with having to do more with less, and must make decisions and provide services as quickly as possible. The Social Workers' Desk Reference, Second Edition, builds on the landmark achievement of the first edition with thorough revisions and over 75 all-new chapters. Its outstanding wealth of well-tested knowledge, presented in a crisp, to-the-point manner, makes it an even more vital resource for time-pressed practitioners. Page after page offers an abundance of up-to-date information and key tools and resources such as practice guidelines, program evaluations, validated assessment scales, and step-by-step treatment plans necessary for success in today's managed-care environment. The growing importance of evidence-based practice in social work is reflected throughout the chapters, as well as by the inclusion of an entire section devoted to showing how to use evidence intelligently and efficaciously. The Social Workers' Desk Reference, Second Edition, speaks directly to the daily realities of social workers in private, non-profit, and public settings, whatever their expertise and in all areas of practice: assessment and diagnosis, ethics, risk assessment, program evaluation, and beyond. Case managers, clinical social workers, supervisors, and administrators alike who have come to rely on the previous volume will quickly find its successor just as indispensable.

Table of Contents:
Foreword Preface About the Contributors Section 1, Introduction and Overview 1: The Synergy and Generativity of Social Work Practice - Anita Lightburn Section 2, Roles, Functions, and Typical Daily Schedule of Social Workers in Different Practice Settings (Section Editor: Albert R. Roberts) 2: The Social Worker in a Behavioral Health Care Setting- Cynthia Franklin and Christine Lagana-Riordan 3: The Addiction Treatment Specialist - Kenneth R. Yeager and Daryl Shorter 4: The Social Worker in an Outpatient Child and Adolescent Unit -Lisa Rapp-Paglicci 5: The Social Worker in a School Setting - Michael Kelly 6: The Social Worker as Family Counselor in a Non-Profit Community-Based Agency - Jack Nowicki and LeShawn Arbuckle 7: The Essential Elements of Private Practice Social Work - Raymond Fox 8: Community-based Mental Health with Children and Families - Susan C. Ayers and Borja Alvarez de Toledo 9: Social Work Practice in Home Based Services with Children and Their Families - Martha Morrison Dore and Charlene Zuffante 10: The Oncology Social Worker in a Medical Setting: Traditional vs. Innovative Roles - James Zabora 11: The Social Worker in a Police Department - Karen Knox and Albert R. Roberts 12: The Social Worker in a Domestic Violence Shelter - Diane L. Green 13: The Social Worker in Traumatic Stress and Emergency Service Settings - Ted Bober and Cheryl Regehr Section 3, Social Work Values, Ethics and Licensing Standards (Section Editor: Albert R. Roberts) 14: Ethical Issues in Social Work - Frederic G. Reamer 15: Risk Management in Social Work - Frederic G. Reamer 16: Avoiding Malpractice Lawsuits by Following Standards of Care Guidelines and Preventing Suicide : A Guide for Mental Health Professionals - Albert R. Roberts, Ianna Monferrari, and Kenneth R. Yeager 17: Social Work Licensing Examinations in the United States and Canada: Development and Administration - Donna DeAngelis 18: Social Work Regulations and Licensing - Andrew T. Marks and Karen Knox 19: On Being an Accountable Profession: The Code of Ethics, Oversight by Boards of Directors, and Whistle-Blowers as a Last Resort - Sheldon R. Gelman 20: The Impaired Social Work Professional - Frederic G. Reamer 21: How Social Workers Can Do More Good Than Harm: Critical Thinking, Evidence-Based Clinical Reasoning, and Avoiding Fallacies - Leonard Gibbs 22: Optimizing the Use of Patient Safety Standards, Procedures, and Measures - Kenneth R. Yeager, Albert R. Roberts, and Radu Saveanu 23: The Role and Regulations for Technology in Social Work Practice and E-Therapy: Social Work 2.0 - Jonathan Singer 24: Quality Standards and Quality Assurance in Health Settings - Kenneth R. Yeager and Tina R. Latimer Section 4, Theoretical Foundations and Treatment Approaches in Clinical Social Work (Section Editors: Cynthia Franklin and Albert R. Roberts) 25: Front Line Crisis Intervention - IYvonne Eaton and Albert R. Roberts 26: Fundamentals of Brief Treatment - Jan Ligon 27: Common Factors in Therapy - James Drisko 28: Task-Centered Practice - Anne E. Fortune 29: The Life Model - Alex Gitterman 30: Client-Centered Theory and Therapy - William Rowe and Alicia Stinson 31: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - M. Elizabeth Vonk and Teresa Early 32: Psychosocial Therapy - Francis J. Turner 33: Solution-focused Therapy - Peter DeJong 34: Comparative Theories - William Borden 35: Logotherapy - David Guttmann 36: Narrative Therapy - Patricia Kelley 37: Feminist Issues and Practices in Social Work- Mary Bricker-Jenkins and F. Ellen Netting 38: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - Kelly Wilson, Emily K. Sandoz, and Regan Slater 39: A Behavioral Approach to Social Work Treatment - Denise Bronson 40: Using Social Constructivism in Social Work Practice - Mo Yee Lee and Gilbert Greene 41: Gestalt Therapy - Bill P. Panning 42: Object Relations Psychology - William Borden 43: Using Self-Psychology in Clinical Social Work - Jerrold R. Brandell 44: How Clinicians Can Effectively Use Assessment Tools to Evidence Medical Necessity and Throughout the Treatment Process - Kevin Corcoran and Jill Boyer-Quick Section 5, Assessment in Social Work Practice: Knowledge and Skills (Section Editors: William R. Nugent and Albert R. Roberts) 45: Using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision - Janet B. W. Williams 46: Guidelines for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV-TR) Multiaxial System Diagnosis - Carlton Munson 47: Clinical Assessment of Bipolar Disorder: Balancing Strengths and Diagnosis - Elizabeth Pomeroy and Diane Green 48: Developing Client-Focused Measures - Cathy King Pike 49: Brief Screening Instruments - Steven L. McMurtry and Susan Rose 50: Person-in-Environment System - James M. Karls and Maura E. O'Keefe 51: Guidelines for Conducting a Biopsychosocial Assessment - Sonia Austrian 52: Guidelines for Selecting and Using Assessment Tools with Children - Craig Winston LeCroy and Scott Kiyoshi Okamoto 53: Assessment Protocols and Rapid Assessment Instruments with Troubled Adolescents - David W. Springer and Stephen J. Tripodi 54: Using Standardized Tests and Instruments in Family Assessments - Jacqueline Corcoran 55: Understanding a Diagnosis: What It Does and Does Not Tell You - William R. Nugent 56: Guidelines and Uses of Rapid Assessment Instruments in Managed Care Settings - Laura M. Hopson and John S. Wodarski Section 6, Working with Couples and Families (Section Editor: Cynthia Franklin) 57: Using Genograms to Map Family Patterns - Monica McGoldrick 58: A Family Resilience Network - Froma Walsh 59: Treatment Planning with Families: An Evidence-Based Approach - Catheleen Jordan and Cynthia Franklin 60: Effective Couple and Family Treatment - Cynthia Franklin, Catheleen Jordan, and Laura Hopson 61: Structural Family Therapy - Harry J. Aponte 62: Bowen Family Systems Therapy - David V. Papero 63: It Takes One to Tango - Michele Weiner Davis 64: Parenting with Love and Limits - Scott P. Sells 65: Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy - Katherine J. Williams, Felicia De La Garza Mercer, and Andrew Christensen 66: Psychoeducation - Joseph Walsh 67: Guidelines for Couple Therapy with Survivors of Childhood Trauma - Kathryn Karusaitis Basham 68: Multifamily Groups with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder- Barbara Van Noppen 69: Working with Families of Persons with Severe Mental Illness - Tina Bogart Marshall and Phyllis Solomon Section 7, Developing and Implementing Treatment Plans with Specific Groups and Disorders (Section Editor: Vikki Vandiver) 70: Guidelines for Establishing Effective Treatment Goals and Treatment Plans with Axis I Disorders: Sample Treatment Plan for Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Vikki Vandiver and Kevin Corcoran 71: Using Evidence-Based Practice and Expert Consensus in Mental Health Settings: Step by Step Guidelines for Schizophrenia - Vikki Vandiver 72: Developing Therapeutic Contracts with Clients - Juliet Cassuto Rothman 73: Developing Goals - Charles Garvin 74: Treatment Planning with Adolescents: ADHD Case Applications - David W. Springer and Kim Bender 75: Eating Disorders and Treatment Planning - Nina Rovinelli Heller 76: Panic Disorders and Agoraphobia - Gordon MacNeil 77: Treatment Plans for Clients with Social Phobia - Bruce A. Thyer 78: Depression: Integration of Psychodynamic and Cognitive Behavioral Practices - Nina Rovinelli Heller and Terry B. Northcut 79: The Assessment and Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - M. Elizabeth Vonk 80: Guidelines for Clinical Social Work with Clients with Dissociative Disorders -Lina Hartocollis Section 8, Guidelines for Specific Techniques (Section Editors: Lisa Rapp Paglicci and Albert R. Roberts) 81: Developing Successful Therapeutic Relationships - Lawrence Shulman 82: Using Metaphor with Clients - Stephen Lankton 83: Cognitive Restructuring Techniques - Donald Granvold 84: Using the Miracle Question and Scaling Technique in Clinical Practice - Mo Yee Lee 85: Using Evidence-Based Hypnosis - William R. Nugent 86: Kundalini Yoga Meditation Techniques for the Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive and OC Spectrum Disorders - David S. Shannahoff-Khalsa 87: Storytelling and the Use of Metaphor with OCD - Allen H. Weg 88: Best Practices in Parenting Techniques - Carolyn Hilarski 89: Terminating with Clients - Anne E. Fortune 90: Bereavement and Grief Therapy - Elizabeth C. Pomeroy, Renée Bradford Garcia, and Diane L. Green Section 9, Guidelines for Specific Interventions (Section Editors: Lisa Rapp-Paglicci and Albert Roberts) 91: Transtheoretical Model Guidelines for Families with Child Abuse and Neglect - Janice M. Prochaska and James O. Prochaska 92: Play Therapy with Children in Crisis - Nancy Boyd-Webb 93: Child Therapy and Social Skills - Craig Winston LeCroy 94: Recognizing Indicators of Child Maltreatment - Judith S. Rycus and Ronald C. Hughes 95: Guidelines for Social Skills Training for Persons with Mental Illness - Susan Gingerich 96: Delinquency Prevention and an Evidence-Based Social Work Intervention: Families and Schools Together (FAST) - Lynn McDonald 97: Group Process and Group Work Techniques - Paul Ephross and Geoffrey Greif 98: Psychopharmacology - Kia Bentley and Joseph Walsh 99: Guidelines for Chemical Abuse and Dependency Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment - Diana M. DiNitto and C. Aaron McNeece 100: Trauma Informed Services - Maggie Bennington-Davis 101: Supported Employment Approaches - Marina Kukla and Gary R. Bond 102: Working with and Strengthening Social Networks - Elizabeth M. Tracy 103: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing with Trauma Clients - Allen Rubin 104: Enacting the Educator-role: Principles for Practice - Kimberly Strom-Gottfried 105: Critical Incident Stress Management: Integrated Crisis Intervention and Disaster Mental Health - George Everly and Alan M. Langlieb 106: Divorce Therapy: The Application of Cognitive-Behavioral and Constructivist Treatment Methods - Donald Granvold 107: Social Work Practice With Sexual Issues - Paul H. Ephross and Joan C. Weiss 108: Interventions With Borderline Personality Disorder - Jonathan B. Singer Section 10, Case Management Guidelines (Section Editor: Phyllis Solomon) 109: An Overview of Case Management - Jack Rothman 110: Clinical Case Management - Joseph Walsh 111: Case Management Policies & Programs with the Developmentally Disabled - Elizabeth Lightfoot 112: Case Management and Child Welfare - Jannah H. Mather and Grafton H. Hull, Jr. 113: Case Management in Psychosocial Rehabilitation - David P. Moxley 114: A Strengths Approach to Case Management with Clients with Psychiatric Disabilities - Charles A. Rapp 115: Case Management with Substance-Abusing Clients - W. Patrick Sullivan 116: Social Work Case Management in Medical Settings - Candyce S. Berger 117: Case Management with Older Adults - Carol D. Austin and Robert W. McClelland 118: HIV/AIDS Case Management - Brian Giddens, Lana Sue Ka'opua, and Evelyn P. Tomaszewski 119: The Consumer-Provider Relationship Within Case Management - Victoria Stanhope and Phyllis Solomon Section 11, Social Work Fields of Practice (Section Editor: Albert R. Roberts) 120: Current and Future Directions of Social Work Practice with Children and Adolescents - Lisa Rapp-Paglicci and Alison Salloum 121: Current and Future Directions of Social Work in Adult Mental Health Settings - Vikki Vandiver 122: Development of a Proactive Model of Health Care Versus a Reactive System of Referrals - James N. Zabora 123: Overview of Alcohol and Drug Dependence: Assessment and Treatment - Kenneth R. Yeager 124: Evidence-Based Practice in Older Adults with Mental Health Disorders: Geriatric Mental Health - Zvi D. Gellis Section 12, Community Practice (Section Editor: Phyllis Solomon) 125: Community-Based Clinical Practice - Anita Lightburn and Phebe Sessions 126: International Perspectives on Social Work Practice - Karen M. Sowers and William S. Rowe 127: Guidelines for Assertive Community Treatment Teams - Mary Ann Test 128: Community Organizing Principles and Practice Guidelines - Terri Mizrahi 129: Community Practice Model for the 21st Century - Marie Overby Weil and Dorothy Gamble 130: Legislative Advocacy to Empower Oppressed and Vulnerable Groups - Michael Reisch 131: Principles and Practice Guidelines for Social Action - Jacqueline B. Mondros 132: Community Partnerships for School-Based Services: Action Principles - Dennis Poole 133: Building Community Capacity in the United States Air Force: The Community Readiness Consultant Model - Gary Bowen, James A. Martin, and Brenda J. Liston 134: Fathering Programs and Community Services - Jay Fagan Section 13, Working with Vulnerable Populations and Persons at Risk (Section Editor: Rowena Fong) 135: Overview of Working with Vulnerable Populations and Persons at Risk - Rowena Fong 136: The Legacy of Racism for Social Work Practice Today and What do About it - Joshua Miller and Ann Marie Garran 137: Social Work with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Clients - Mary Boes and Katherine van Wormer 138: Clinical Social Work with Older Adults - Virginia Richardson 139: Effective Practice with Refugees and Immigrants - Miriam Potocky-Tripodi 140: Social Work Practice with Native Americans - Teresa Evans Campbell 141: Social Work Practice with Asian and Pacific Islander Americans - Rowena Fong and Halaevalu Vakalahi 142: Social Work Practice with Latinos - Ilze Earner and Genoveva Garcia 143: Social Work Practice with African Americans - Sadye Logan 144: The Culturagram - Elaine P. Congress Section 14, School Social Work (Section Editor: Paula Allen-Meares) 145: Overview of Current and Future Practices in School Social Work - Paula Allen-Meares 146: Evidence-based Violence Prevention Programs and Best Implementation Practices - Ron Astor, Roxana Marachi, Rami Benbenishty, Ron Pitner, and Michelle Rosemond 147: Promising Interventions for Students who have Co-Occurring Disorders - Stephen J. Tripodi, Johnny S. Kim, and Kim Bender 148: Effective Interventions for Students With Conduct Disorder - David W. Springer and Courtney J. Lynch 149: Solution-focused, Brief Therapy Interventions for Students at Risk to Drop Out - Cynthia Franklin and Stephen Tripodi 150: Case Management Interventions with Immigrant and Refugee Students and Families - Rowena Fong, Marilyn Armour, Noel Busch Armendariz and Laurie Cook Heffron 151: Treating Children and Adolescents with ADHD in the Schools - Steven W. Evans, Joanna M. Sadler, and Christine E. Brady 152: Working with Culturally/Racially Diverse Students to Improve Connection to School and Academic Performance - Daphna Oyserman Section 15, Forensic Social Work (Section Editor: Jose B. Ashford) 153: Overview of forensic social work: Broad and narrow definitions - Jose B. Ashford 154: Forensic social work and expert witness testimony in child welfare - Carlton E. Munson 155: An interest based approach to child protection mediation - Allan E. Barsky 156: Mediation and Conflict Resolution - John Allen Lemmon 157: Children exposed to domestic violence: Assessment and treatment protocols - Peter Lehmann and Catherine Simmons 158: Risk assessment guidelines for dually diagnosed offenders and civil patients - Jose B. Ashford and Albert R. Roberts 159: Risk assessment guidelines for dually diagnosed offenders and civil patients - Jose B. Ashford and Albert R. Roberts 160: Elder Abuse - Patricia Brownell and Catherine T. Giblin Section 16, Evidence-based Practice (Section Editor: Bruce Thyer) 161: Evidence-based Practice, Science, and Social Work: An Overview - Bruce A. Thyer 162: Developing Well-Structured Questions For Evidence-Informed Practice - Eileen Gambrill and Leonard Gibbs 163: Locating Credible Studies for Evidence-based Practice - Allen Rubin and Danielle Parrish 164: Critically Appraising Studies for Evidence-based Practice - Denise Bronson 165: Randomized Controlled Trials and Evidence-based Practice - Paul Montgomery 166: Meta-analysis and Evidence-based Practice - Jacqueline Corcoran and Julia H. Littell 167: Systematic Reviews and Evidence-based Practice - Julia H. Littell and Jacqueline Corcoran 168: The Cochrane and Campbell Collaborations and Evidence - Matthew Howard, Brian Perron, and Michael G. Vaughn 169: Integrating Research, Clinical Skills, Values, and Client Circumstances in Evidence-based Practice - Eileen Gambrill 170: Evidence-based Practice in Social Work Education - Aron Shlonsky 171: N = 1 Experiments and Their Role in Evidence-based Practice - Bruce A. Thyer Glossary Author Index Subject Indext

About the Author :
Albert R. Roberts is a Professor of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University.

Review :
"This enhanced edition continues to provide students, teachers, and practitioners an effective resource tool reflecting best practices in the social work field. It continues the tradition of the 1st edition by providing the reader the most up-to-date information in a straightforward manner written by experts in their areas of practice...Social Workers' Desk Reference is a must have resource document for all social work practitioners. The text creates an environment for learning from the beginning to the end. The content is easy to read and understand. Students, educators, and practitioners will find it valuable as a reference guide in learning new knowledge and keeping updated with concepts, theories, and interventions that pertain to social work practice."--Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics