Social Work Services in Schools - Hardcover

Allen-Meares, Paula; Washington, Robert O.; Welsh, Betty

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0205627129 ISBN 13: 9780205627127

Publisher: Pearson, 2009

Synopsis

American schools are on an innovation streak – public schools are implementing new assessment and accountability measures, charter schools are growing in number, and new technologies are becoming routinely integrated into every facet of school life.

 

The Sixth Edition Social Work Services in Schools by Paula Allen-Meares – available now – offers a timely and important guide to developing the optimal use of social work in schools in this rapidly changing environment.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Social Work Services in Schools
Fifth Edition
By: Paula Allen-Meares (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Overview:
This comprehensive school social work text discusses major issues confronting education and practice directions for the design, delivery, and evaluation of school social work services.

This edition features a broader ecological perspective, with more attention on the effects of federal reforms, poverty, multiculturalism, and prevention efforts. It also offers more information on recent legislation and litigation, servicing disabled pupils, dealing with violence in the schools, and counseling gay and lesbian youth. This edition also includes more case material and examples to illustrate the concepts being discussed. Presents the specialized professional knowledge required by CSWE and NASW as well as recent legislation, litigation, and publications.

What Reviewers Are Saying:
“Social Work Services in Schools provides a cohesive framework for teaching school social work... an excellent and comprehensive approach to giving school social workers tools to assess their school community and then design services appropriately.”
–Beth G. Betman, Gallaudet University

“Social Work Services in Schools is an excellent resource....The text provides a comprehensive overview of the early days of school social work; the internal and external struggles within the profession, past and present.”
–Cassandra McKay, University of Illinois, Chicago

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About the Author:

Paula Allen-Meares is currently Chancellor and John Corbally Presidential Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Dean Emeritus/Professor Emeritus of Social Work and Education at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her research interests include school social work, the tasks and functions of social workers employed in educational settings and other organizational variables that influence service delivery; improving the mental health/health of poor children and adolescents of color; adolescent pregnancy, including repeat births among adolescents and young adults; health care utilization, and social integration factors which influence sexual behavior and parenthood; and maternal psychiatric disorders and their direct and indirect effects on parenting skills and developmental outcomes of offspring. In addition, she has published on such topics as conceptual framework for social work and research methodologies. She has served as Principal Investigator on a W.K. Kellogg Foundation Grant, entitled Global Program for Youth, and was Co-Principal Investigator of the NIMH Center on Poverty, Risk, and Mental Health. Dr. Allen-Meares serves as a board member of the New York Academy of Medicine and is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM).

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0205627129
• ISBN 13: 9780205627127
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 432