Social Work Practice with Children, Second Edition: (Clinical Practice with Children, Adolescents, and Families)

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. This book will be of value to students of social work, as well as practitioners wishing to bring the most up?to?date knowledge and skills to their work with children. It serves as an ideal text for use in undergraduate courses in child welfare and social work practice, and graduate?level courses in social work with children, advanced practice, and child abuse and family violence.

Table of Contents:
Foreword. Part I. An Ecological Developmental Framework for Helping Children. Children's Problems and Needs. Necessary Background for Helping Children. Part II. The Process of Helping Children: A Running Case Illustration of a Child in a Single?Parent Homeless Family. Building Relationships with All Relevant Systems. The Biopsychosocial Assessment of the Child. Contracting, Planning Interventions, and Tracking Progress. Part III. Different Methods of Helping Children. Working with the Family. One?to?One Work with the Child. Group Work with Children. School?Based Interventions. Part IV. Helping Children in Special Circumstances. Children in Out?of?Home Placements. Children in Nontraditional Families. Children in Families Affected by Illness and Death. Children in Substance?Disordered Families. Child Victims and Witnesses of Family Violence. A Changing World's Impact on Practice with and for Children. Appendices.

About the Author :
Nancy Boyd Webb, DSW, BCD, RPT-S, University Distinguished Professor of Social Work at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service, is a leading authority on play therapy with children who have experienced loss and traumatic bereavement. Her bestselling publications are considered essential references for clinical courses as well as agencies that work with children. These include [i]Helping Bereaved Children[i] and [i]Play Therapy with Children in Crisis[/i], as well as an award-winning video, [i]Techniques of Play Therapy[/i]. In addition to teaching and writing, Dr. Webb 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, she presents frequently at play therapy, social work, and bereavement conferences in the United States and abroad. She is the editor of The Guilford Press book series Social Work Practice with Children and Families.

Review :
"Offers practitioners and social work educators an invaluable resource of methods and skills for helping children with challenging life conditions and perilous life situations...An excellent and much needed contribution to contemporary practice literature." - Alex Gitterman, M.S.W., Ed.D. "A highly relevant, readable, and pragmatic text on the treatment of children built on the bases of history, rich practice experience, knowledge of the literature, and a deep commitment to the need for responsible, accountable, flexible, knowledgeable, skilled practitioners....The volume clearly represents the outcome of a rich and distinguished history of direct practice and teaching." - Francis J. Turner, D.S.W. "No other textbook exists that has been able to accomplish what Nancy Boyd Webb has done: Create, through an ecological developmental framework, a true multicontextual perspective for understanding and working with children in a changing world. As an educator, practitioner, and researcher, I find this remarkable book about children to be a significant addition to my library." - Sadye L. Logan, D.S.W., A.C.S.W. "Offers practitioners and social work educators an invaluable resource of methods and skills for helping children with challenging life conditions and perilous life situations...An excellent and much needed contribution to contemporary practice literature." - Alex Gitterman, M.S.W., Ed.D.