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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 Perspective
Colin Ward
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Strengths Perspective Introduction Traditional theories of mental health and therapy have been the primary influence on the training of profes...
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...
United States, History of Social Welfare in the
P. Nelson Reid
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
History of Social Welfare in the United States Introduction “Social welfare” is an encompassing and imprecise term, but most often it is define...
Victim Services
Karen S. Knox
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Victim Services Introduction According to the National Crime Victimization Survey, there were an estimated 20 million violent crime and proper...
Violence
Lisa Rapp-Paglicci
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Violence Introduction Violence has been a part of American culture since its inception and has always been found in many facets of American...
Welfare State Theory
Neil Gilbert
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Welfare State Theory Introduction Public arrangements for social protection were conceived amid the decline of feudalism and the rise of in...
Women and Macro Social Work Practice
F. Ellen Netting
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Women and Macro Social Work Practice Introduction This entry primarily identifies historical and contemporary resources on women’s roles and ...
Working with Non-Voluntary and Mandated Clients
Jacqueline Corcoran
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Working with Nonvoluntary and Mandated Clients Introduction Social work’s traditional commitment to impoverished, socially diverse, and otherwi...
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