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Risk Assessment in Child Protection Services

Aron Shlonsky

Subject: Social Work »

Date Added: 2011-09-30

Risk Assessment in Child Protection Services Introduction Child welfare services are designed to promote the safety and well-being of children ...

Risk Management in Social Work

Frederic G. Reamer

Subject: Social Work »

Date Added: 2009-12-14

Risk Management in Social Work Introduction Social workers face several possible risks when they provide services to individuals, couples, f...

Rural Social Work Practice

Nancy Lohmann, Roger Lohmann

Subject: Social Work »

Date Added: 2009-12-14

Rural Social Work Practice Introduction Rural social work may be defined as the practice of social work in any setting identified by those ...

School Social Work

Paula Allen-Meares, Cynthia Franklin, Laura Hopson

Subject: Social Work »

Date Added: 2009-12-14

School Social Work Introduction School social work is a subspecialty within the social work profession. The field has been in existence in th...

Severe and Persistent Mental Illness: Adults

Allen Rubin

Subject: Social Work »

Date Added: 2009-12-14

Severe and Persistent Mental Illness: Adults Introduction This entry provides sources on severe and persistent mental illness that are relevant...

Sexual Assault

Cheryl Regehr

Subject: Social Work »

Date Added: 2011-05-25

Sexual Assault Introduction This entry identifies materials from the social work literature, other health science disciplines, and legal schola...

Social Insurance and Social Justice

Judie Svihula, Carroll L. Estes, Brooke Hollister, Erica Solway, Brian R. Grossman, Leah Rogne

Subject: Social Work »

Date Added: 2012-09-20

Social Insurance and Social Justice Introduction The concept of “justice” dates back to Aristotle, and in 533 ce it was defined in Roman law as...

Social Justice and Social Work

Elizabeth D. Hutchison

Subject: Social Work »

Date Added: 2009-12-14

Social Justice and Social Work Introduction Social justice is recognized as a core value of social work, and justice-oriented social work h...

Social Movements

Michael Reisch

Subject: Social Work »

Date Added: 2011-05-25

Social Movements Introduction Modern social movements have used a variety of sustained, organized, and public activities to advance their goals...

Social Planning

Donna Hardina

Subject: Social Work »

Date Added: 2011-04-14

Social Planning Introduction Social planning is a process for planning social services programs, services, and policies. Government agencies ...

Social Policy

Michael Reisch

Subject: Social Work »

Date Added: 2010-12-27

Social Policy Introduction Social policy has both broad and narrow definitions in the literature. A broad definition includes such diverse a...

Social Security in the United States (OASDHI)

Stephen H. Gorin

Subject: Social Work »

Date Added: 2013-02-26

Social Security in the United States (OASDHI) Introduction Social Security is the fundamental social welfare program in the United States. Ena...

Social Work Research Methods

Allen Rubin

Subject: Social Work »

Date Added: 2009-12-14

Social Work Research Methods Introduction Social work research means conducting an investigation in accordance with the scientific method. ...

Strategic Planning

Karun K. Singh

Subject: Social Work »

Date Added: 2011-03-02

Strategic Planning Introduction Strategic planning (SP) is a highly sophisticated, resource-intensive, future-oriented management technique compr...

Strengths-Based Models in Social Work

Jacqueline Corcoran

Subject: Social Work »

Date Added: 2011-05-25

Strengths-Based Models in Social Work Introduction “Strengths-based” practice in social work takes on a variety of meanings. It is a philosophy...

Suicide

Kenneth R. Yeager

Subject: Social Work »

Date Added: 2011-05-25

Suicide Introduction Each year about 30,000 people in the United States and 1 million worldwide die by suicide, and 650,000 people in the Unite...

Systematic Review Methods

Michael Saini

Subject: Social Work »

Date Added: 2011-04-14

Systematic Review Methods Introduction A systematic review is a comprehensive, transparent, and systematic literature review method for prepari...

Task-Centered Practice

Tina L. Rzepnicki

Subject: Social Work »

Date Added: 2012-07-24

Task-Centered Practice Introduction The task-centered approach to social work, developed by William J. Reid (b. 1928–d. 2003) and Laura Epstei...

Transdisciplinary Science

Sarah Gehlert

Subject: Social Work »

Date Added: 2011-05-25

Transdisciplinary Science Introduction This bibliography identifies resources relevant to the adaptation of social work to participating on tra...

Translational Science and Social Work

Haluk Soydan, Lawrence A. Palinkas

Subject: Social Work »

Date Added: 2013-02-26

Translational Science and Social Work Introduction Translational science is the study of the processes and outcomes of the translation and imp...

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