A Guide to Writing for Human Service Professionals - Hardcover

Glicken, Morley D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0742559475 ISBN 13: 9780742559479

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007

Synopsis

A Guide to Writing for Human Service Professionals helps students and professionals in the human services learn to improve their writing by explaining the process and rules of writing in non-technical and practical ways. Effective use of APA Style, how to write research reports, client assessments and evaluations, and how to avoid common writing mistakes, among other topics, are explained in clear, concise prose. The book will appeal to students and professionals who struggle with writing and is a necessary resource book for writers in human services who suffer the consequences of poor writing.

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About the Author

Morley D. Glicken, ACSW, MSW, MPA, DSW, is professor emeritus in social work at California State University, San Bernardino and director of the Institute for Positive Growth: A Training Institute in Los Angeles. Dr. Glicken is the former dean of the Worden School of Social Service; the founding director of the Master of Social Work program at California State University, San Bernardino; and the former director of the Master of Social Work program at the University of Alabama. He has held faculty positions in social work at the University of Kansas and Arizona State University. He has published over 50 articles in professional journals and has written extensively on personnel issues for Dow Jones, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal. His eight published books include such diverse subjects as evidence-based practice, men's issues, social research, violence, and the strengths perspective. Dr. Glicken's website can be found at http://www.morleyglicken.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0742559475
• ISBN 13: 9780742559479
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288