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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...
Triangulation
James Drisko
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Triangulation Introduction The origins of triangulation in social work and in the wider social sciences are only metaphorically related to the ...
Unions
Howard Karger
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Unions Introduction The relation between social work and labor unions dates back to the late 19th century, when Jane Addams and other settleme...
United Kingdom, History of Social Work in the
Caroline Skehill
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2010-02-15
History of Social Work in the United Kingdom Introduction This entry provides an overview of social work in the United Kingdom, which refer...
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