Social Work and Human Services
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- 25712
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Social work focuses on individuals, families, groups and communities to enhance social functioning and overall well-being. Social work is a broad profession that intersects with several disciplines. Social functioning is the way in which people perform their social roles, and the structural institutions that are provided to sustain them. Social work intersects with other social science fields including sociology, psychology, political science, law, and economics.
- Introduction to Social Work (Gladden et al.)
- This book was written by MSW students as their final project for their Capstone class. Students were each assigned a chapter of the book to write to show that they had achieved competency as a Master’s level social worker. Chapters were assigned based on student interest and experience in certain areas of the field. The 2017 MSW class was excited to be able to contribute to the learning of their peers by writing this book!
- Social Problems - Continuity and Change
- Social Problems: Continuity and Change is a realistic but motivating look at the many issues that are facing our society today. As this book’s subtitle, Continuity and Change, implies, social problems are persistent, but they have also improved in the past and can be improved in the present and future, provided that our nation has the wisdom and will to address them.
- Front Matter
- 1: Understanding Social Problems
- 2: Poverty
- 3: Racial and Ethnic Inequality
- 4: Gender Inequality
- 5: Sexual Orientation and Inequality
- 6: Aging and Ageism
- 7: Alcohol and Other Drugs
- 8: Crime and Criminal Justice
- 9: Sexual Behavior
- 10: The Changing Family
- 11: Schools and Education
- 12: Work and the Economy
- 13: Health and Health Care
- 14: Urban and Rural Problems
- 15: Population and the Environment
- 16: War and Terrorism
- Back Matter
- Remix: Human Behavior and the Social Environment I (Tyler)
- Front Matter
- 1: The Person in Environment
- 2: The Biopsychosocial Dimension
- 3: The Sociocultural Dimension
- 4: The Social Change Dimension
- 5: Pre-Pregnancy and Prenatal Development
- 6: Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
- 7: Development in Early Childhood
- 8: Development in Middle Childhood
- 9: Development in Adolescence
- 10: Development in Early Adulthood
- 11: Development in Middle Adulthood
- 12: Development in Late Adulthood
- Back Matter
- Human Behavior and the Social Environment II (Payne)
- Front Matter
- 1: Traditional Paradigms and Dominant Perspectives on Individuals
- 2: Alternative Perspectives on Individuals
- 3: Perspectives on Families
- 4: Perspectives on Groups
- 5: Stages of Group Development and Group Think
- 6: Perspectives on Organizations
- 7: Perspectives on Communities
- 8: Communities and Police Relations
- 9: Global Perspectives and Theories
- Back Matter
- Scientific Inquiry in Social Work (DeCarlo)
- As an introductory textbook for social work students studying research methods, this book guides students through the process of creating a research project. Students learn how to discover a researchable topic that is interesting to them, examine scholarly literature, formulate a proper research question, design a quantitative or qualitative study to answer their question, carry out the design, interpret quantitative or qualitative results, and disseminate their findings to audiences.
- Front Matter
- 1: Introduction to Research
- 2: Beginning a Research Project
- 3: Reading and Evaluating Literature
- 4: Conducting a Literature Review
- 5: Ethics in Social Work Research
- 6: Linking Methods with Theory
- 7: Design and causality
- 8: Creating and refining a research question
- 9: Defining and measuring concepts
- 10: Sampling
- 11: Survey Research
- 12: Experimental Design
- 13: Interviews and Focus Groups
- 14: Unobtrusive Research
- 15: Real-world Research
- 16: Reporting Research
- Back Matter
- Social Science Research - Principles, Methods, and Practices (Bhattacherjee)
- This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines.
- Front Matter
- 1: Science and Scientific Research
- 2: Thinking Like a Researcher
- 3: The Research Process
- 4: Theories in Scientific Research
- 5: Research Design
- 6: Measurement of Constructs
- 7: Scale Reliability and Validity
- 8: Sampling
- 9: Survey Research
- 10: Experimental Research
- 11: Case Research
- 12: Interpretive Research
- 13: Qualitative Analysis
- 14: Quantitative Analysis- Descriptive Statistics
- 15: Quantitative Analysis- Inferential Statistics
- 16: Research Ethics
- 17: Appendix
- Back Matter
- Book: Treatment of Addictions, Individual and Group
- This text has been developed as a resource for students in the Chemical Dependency Professional Alternative Training courses at Whatcom Community College. It hosts a variety of learning resources, such as articles, links to websites, webinars, videos, and infographics. This text covers evidenced based approaches and systems of care in individual and group addiction treatment along with systems of care, historical models, healthy system recovery, and new peer supports.
- Front Matter
- 1: Case Studies
- 2: Sample Documents for Individual Treatment
- 3: Sample Completed Documents for Case Study
- 4: Group Counseling- Theories, Modalities, and Skills
- 5: Addiction Counseling Practices, Skills, and Treatment Modalities
- 6: Documentation, Referral, and Coordination of Care
- 7: Relapse Prevention and Treatment
- 8: Co-occurring Disorder Treatment
- 9: Enhancing Motivation in SUD Treatment
- 10: Case Management
- Back Matter
- Foundations of Addiction Studies (Florin and Trytek)
- In this book, we want to bring to life the core concepts at the heart of addiction. You may have friends or family members struggling with an addiction, or you yourself may have problems with addiction. You might be interested in working to help people in recovery, or you are simply curious to know more about this issue. Whatever the case, this book will introduce key terminology and research help you define, discuss, diagnose, and deal with this problem.
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