Not just play : summer camp and the profession of social work / Meryl Nadel, Susan Scher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nadel, Meryl, 1947- author.

Scher, Susan, 1942- author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service.

Camps--Social aspects.

Camps.

Physical Description:

xx, 264 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]

Contents:

Natural environment as refuge, nurturer, catalyst

Resilience and the strengths perspective in action

Community, group, group work

Social work and summer camp in historical perspective

The beginnings of the summer camp movement

From fresh air to summer camp : social work enters the picture

Growth and development of social work camps : 1920s-1940s

Expansive growth, changing times : 1950s-1970s

The therapeutic camp : trends in camps for children with social-emotional challenges

The group experience in camping : observations from Schwartz and Shulman / William Schwartz and Lawrence Shulman

Camps and the social work profession

Roles for social workers

Recruitment to the profession

Social work researchers go to camp / Dana R. Dillard, Stacey R. Kolomer, and Katharine Hanavan

Group work orientation in the contemporary summer camp

Social work and camps today

Camps for many populations

Social work students at camp : field placements and service learning at summer camp

Opportunities and issues

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Nadel, Meryl, 1947- author. Not just play

ISBN:

9780190496548

0190496541

OCLC:

1081340124