Webb, Nancy Boyd 1932- creator text bibliography Electronic books. Electronic books. nyu 2011 Third edition monographic eng 1 online resource (xxvi, 469 pages) : illustrations ; Widely adopted, this bestselling text provides the knowledge that social workers need for effective, culturally competent practice with children, adolescents, and their caregivers. The author presents a framework for developmentally informed assessment and intervention and describes a variety of powerful helping methods, illustrated with vivid case examples. Demonstrated are research-based strategies for working with victims of abuse and trauma as well as children affected by poverty, divorce, parental substance abuse, and other adverse circumstances. Special features include instructive discu. pt. 1. An ecological-developmental framework for helping children -- pt. 2. The process of helping children : a running case illustration of a child in a single-parent homeless family -- pt. 3. Different methods of helping children -- pt. 4. Helping children in special circumstances. An ecological-developmental framework for helping children. The challenge of meeting children's needs -- Necessary background for helping children -- The process of helping children : a running case illustration of a child in a single-parent homeless family. Building relationships with all relevant systems -- The biopsychosocial assessment of the child -- Contracting, planning interventions, and tracking progress -- Different methods of helping children. Working with the family -- Individual play therapy -- Group work with children -- School-based interventions -- Helping children in special circumstances. Children living in kinship and foster home placements -- Children in single-parent, divorcing, and blended families -- Children in families affected by illness and death -- Children in substance-abusing families -- Child victims and witnesses of family and community violence -- The interpersonal violence of bullying : impact on victims, perpetrators, and bystanders/witnesses -- The impact of a changing world on practice with and for children -- Appendices. Child-related professional organizations -- Child-related professional journals -- Training programs and certifications -- Suppliers of play materials -- Bereavement resources -- Forms for assessment of the bereaved child -- Forms for assessment of the child in crisis. Nancy Boyd Webb ; foreword by James W. Drisko. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Social service Family social work Social work with children HV713 .W39 2011 362.7/253 Webb, Nancy Boyd, 1932- New York : Guilford Press, ©2011 3rd ed. (DLC) 2011022100 (OCoLC)701013675 9781609186449 1609186443 https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=384562 https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=384562 https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=384562 https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=384562 N$T 110907 20221116153531.0 ocn750183087 eng