Multisystem Skills and Interventions in School Social Work Practice

Edith M.; National Association of Social Workers (COR) Freeman

ISBN 10: 0871012952 / ISBN 13: 9780871012951

Published by NASW Press, 1998

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Synopsis:

Making Choices is the first volume of the NASW Practice Resources Series. It offers a cognitive problem-solving approach to the urgent need for children to acquire competence in meeting the demands of childhood within social, school, and family parameters. Designed for children from kindergarten through middle school, Making Choices is especially appropriate for children whose behavior is impulsive, oppositional, or aggressive. Because a great deal of children s behavior is tied to problem solving, the authors give practitioners a program to help children solve instrumental and relational issues in differing social settings. Using a wealth of examples, role plays, games, and activities, this volume guides children in formulating goals for better social intervention. Immensely practical for today s social worker, Making Choices uses activities to help children in social situations build good relationships with peers and others.

Synopsis: This book covers new multisystem interventions that work on all levels, from school to family to community agencies to the policy level. Five sections and 45 chapters explore strategies for areas of current challenge, including: Curbing aggressive behaviour in childhood; Improving attendance in at-risk children in elementary school; Empowering families through co-operative pre-school education; Working with teenagers with ADHD; Preventing youth suicide; Participating in a traumatic event debriefing; Preventing substance abuse in middle school; and many more. In addition, Multisystem Skills and Interventions, gives examples of larger system and policy interventions, in chapters that include HIV/AIDS policy development and reform, Medicaid managed care and urban poor people, and more. Written by and for frontline practitioners, Multisystem Skills and Interventions is ideal for courses in school social work; juvenile justice; family, children, and youths; child welfare; and children's mental health specialisation's.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Multisystem Skills and Interventions in ...
Publisher: NASW Press
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
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