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Canadian Social Welfare, History of
John Graham
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
History of Canadian Social Welfare Introduction For the purpose of this entry, social welfare history encompasses the evolution of social...
Child Poverty
Robert Plotnick
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Child Poverty Introduction The child poverty literature overlaps to a significant degree the literature on poverty among working-age families. ...
Child Welfare
Jill Duerr Berrick, Colleen Henry
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Child Welfare Introduction The field of child welfare encompasses a range of family challenges and service responses. Traditional child welfare...
Child Welfare and Child Protection in Europe, History of
Mirja Satka, Caroline Skehill
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
History of Child Welfare and Child Protection in Europe Introduction This entry identifies resources on the European history of child welfare an...
Children
James K. Whittaker
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Children Introduction Since the inception of social work as a profession, children have constituted a key focus of interest for it. In fields o...
Chronic Illness
Patricia Fennell, Nichole Bennett
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Chronic Illness Introduction The epidemic of chronic illness is one of the fastest-growing challenges facing the health care system today. Med...
Clinical Social Work Practice with Adult Lesbians
Ski Hunter
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Clinical Social Work Practice with Adult Lesbians Introduction Lesbians were not notable in the United States until the term “lesbian” beca...
Cognitive Behavior Therapies with Diverse and Stressed Populations
Paula S. Nurius, Sara Green
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies with Diverse and Stressed Populations Introduction When psychotherapy was in the early stages of development, t...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
A. Antonio González-Prendes
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Introduction Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) encompasses various psychotherapeutic approaches that are rooted ...
Community
Megan Meyer
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Community Introduction Understanding, fostering, and mobilizing communities have been central features of social work practice since the profes...
Community-Based Participatory Research
Sarah Gehlert, Sarah Kye-Price, Venera Bekteshi
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Community-Based Participatory Research Introduction This entry identifies resources relevant to social work’s use of community-based participa...
Conflict Resolution
Allan E. Barsky
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Conflict Resolution Introduction Conflict resolution (CR) may be defined as any process used to manage, determine, or settle differences th...
Council on Social Work Education
Julia Watkins
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Council on Social Work Education Introduction The nonprofit Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), founded in 1952 and located in Alexandria,...
Counseling Female Offenders
Katherine van Wormer
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Counseling Female Offenders Introduction Gender-specific programming is viewed as essential to effective work with girls and women in the criminal ...
Cultural Competence and Ethnic Sensitive Practice
Sadye L.M. Logan
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Cultural Competence and Ethnic-Sensitive Practice Introduction Cultural competence, cultural sensitivity, multicultural or cultural responsive...
Culture, Ethnicity, Substance Use, and Substance Use Disorders
Diana DiNitto
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Culture, Ethnicity, Substance Use, and Substance Use Disorders Introduction Individuals in the United States who develop alcohol and other drug...
Dementia Care, Ethical Aspects of
Ruth Landau
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Ethical Aspects of Dementia Care Introduction Dementia is a clinical concept characterized by a person’s progressive decline in mental function...
Direct Practice in Social Work
Jacqueline Corcoran
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Direct Practice in Social Work Introduction Direct practice in social work constitutes one-on-one contact with people at the micro level a...
Disabilities
Joanna C. Rankin, Marcia H. Rioux, Ivan Brown
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Disabilities Introduction This entry identifies resources relevant to the study of disability that are pertinent to the field of social work. R...
Disasters
Ted Bober
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Disasters Introduction Disasters are complex interactions between nature, the human-built environment, and social processes that significantly ...
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