TY  - BOOK
AU  - Webb,Nancy Boyd
TI  - Social work practice with children
T2  - Social work practice with children and families
SN  - 9781609186449
AV  - HV713 .W39 2011
U1  - 362.7/253 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Guilford Press
KW  - Social service
KW  - Family social work
KW  - Social work with children
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; 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
N2  - 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
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