Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Revised edition of the author's 2011 book, Social work practice with children. Machine generated contents note: Foreword, Luis H. Zayas -- I. An Ecological-Developmental Framework for Helping Children -- 1. The Challenge of Meeting Children's Needs in the Context of Difficult Family and Community Environments -- 2. Challenges for Practitioners in Helping Children -- II. The Process of Helping Children: A Running Case Illustration of a Child in a Single-Parent Homeless Family -- 3. Building Relationships with All Relevant Systems -- 4. The Biopsychosocial Assessment of the Child -- 5. Contracting, Planning Interventions, and Tracking Progress -- III. Different Methods of Helping Children -- 6. Helping the Family Help Their Child -- 7. Individual Play Therapy with the Child -- 8. Group Work with Children -- 9. School-Based Interventions -- IV. Helping Children in Special Circumstances -- 10. Children Living in Kinship and Foster Home Placements -- 11. Children in Single-Parent, Divorcing, and Blended Families -- 12. Children in Families Affected by Illness and Death -- 13. Children in Substance-Using Families -- 14. Child Victims and Witnesses of Family and Community Violence -- 15. The Interpersonal Violence of Bullying: Its Impact on Victims, Perpetrators, and Bystanders/Witnesses -- 16. Immigrant and Refugee Children -- 17. The Impact of a Changing World on Practice with and for Children -- Appendices -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index --.
Summary:
"A leading course text and practitioner resource for over 20 years--now revised and updated--this book presents developmentally and culturally informed methods for helping children in family, school, and community settings. Nancy Boyd Webb offers vital guidance and tools for practitioners. The text demonstrates research-based strategies for working with victims of maltreatment and trauma as well as children affected by poverty, parental substance abuse, bullying, and other adversities. Vivid case examples illustrate the 'whys' and 'how-tos' of play and family therapy, group work, and school-based interventions. Student-friendly features include thought-provoking discussion questions and role-play exercises. Reproducible assessment forms can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. New to This Edition, *Chapter on working with immigrant and refugee children, *Coverage of additional evidence-based practices for intervening with kids, *Discussion of therapist self-care, *Coverage of working with gender-nonconforming children, *Updated for DSM-5, and features up-to-date research on brain development, trauma, and more."-- Provided by publisher. "Subject Areas/Keywords: direct practice, family, families, childhood problems, at-risk, adolescents, adolescence, assessments, interventions, psychotherapy, counseling, child abuse, maltreatment, child welfare, neglect, trauma, parents, play therapy, schools, substance abuse, poverty, child development, social workers, textbooks, texts, kids, social work courses, MSW, masters classes, masters students, social work school, LCSW, child protective services, therapists, counselors, practitioners, helping professionals, mental health, transgender, ADHD, emotional and behavioral problems, violence, homelessness, PTSD, parental drug use, domestic violence, community violence, abused children, poor families, dysfunctional, bullying, loss, divorced, immigrants"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Clinical practice with children, adolescents, and families
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