Social work practice with children / Nancy Boyd Webb ; foreword by Luis H. Zayas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Webb, Nancy Boyd, 1932- author.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost.

Series:

Clinical practice with children, adolescents, and families

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social work with children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 461 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : The Guilford Press, [2019]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Part 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 p. 3

The Social Context of Children's Lives p. 4

The Case of Jacob, Age 10, and Damien, Age 14 p. 5

Emotional and Behavioral Problems p. 9

An Ecological Perspective on Etiology p. 11

Current Issues in Social Work with Children p. 13

2 Challenges for Practitioners in Helping Children: Understanding the Multifaceted Role of the Social Worker p. 18

The Case of José, Age 61/2 p. 19

Commitment to a Core of Values and Code of Ethics p. 21

The Essential Knowledge Base for Work with Children p. 26

Necessary Competences in Work with Children p. 31

Avoiding Potential Pitfalls in Work with Children p. 33

Supervision and Self-Monitoring of Practice p. 34

Discussion Questions and Role-Play Exercises p. 35

Part 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 p. 41

The Case of Barbie, Age 10 p. 42

Identification of the Need for Services p. 44

Interagency Collaboration on Behalf of Children and Families p. 47

Establishing Professional Relationships p. 51

Discussion Questions and Role-Play Exercises p. 57

4 The Biopsychosocial Assessment of the Child p. 58

What Is an Assessment? p. 58

The Assessment Process p. 60

Determining Who/What Is to Be Assessed p. 60

Obtaining Collateral Information p. 62

Order and General Guidelines for Assessment p. 62

Assessment Tools p. 71

Summarizing the Relevant Data p. 90

A Sample Biopsychosocial Assessment Summary: Barbie Smith p. 91

Feedback/Review with Parents and Other Professionals p. 95

Discussion Questions and Role-Play Exercise p. 97

5 Contracting, Planning Interventions, and Tracking Progress p. 98

Contracting: Engaging Clients and Identifying Their Needs p. 98

Planning Interventions p. 101

Tracking Progress, and Terminating p. 108

Update on the Smith Family: 1995; Barbie, Age 13 p. 109

Update on Barbie: 2002, Age 181/2 p. 110

Part III Different Methods of Helping Children

6 Helping the Family Help Their Child p. 115

Different Levels of Family Involvement p. 116

Ethical Challenges in Family Work p. 124

Integrating Child and Family Therapy in Work with (or Dealing with) Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Childhood Gender Identity Issues p. 125

Discussion Questions and Role-Play Exercises p. 139

7 Individual Play Therapy with the Child p. 140

Individual versus Family Interventions p. 141

Rationale for Working Separately with the Child p. 142

Selected Play Therapy Techniques p. 146

Using the Child's Play Therapeutically p. 150

Letting the Child Direct the Play p. 151

Different Child Therapy Approaches p. 153

The Case of Linda, Age 10: Parent and Child Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches p. 156

8 Group Work with Children p. 164

Rationale for the Use of Groups p. 164

Different Types of Groups for Children p. 165

Considerations in Planning a Group for Children p. 169

Group Play Interventions for Children with ADHD: An Example of a Remedial Skills-Based Group p. 174

Banana Splits Groups for Children of Divorce: An Example of a Supportive School-Based Group p. 175

Crisis Intervention Groups Following Disasters: An Example of a Psychoeducational Group p. 178

Discussion Questions and Role-Play Exercise p. 186

9 School-Based Interventions p. 187

School-Home-Community Partnerships p. 187

Additional "Outside" Influences on the School: Legislation p. 188

Overview of the Role of the School Social Worker p. 194

Issues in Interprofessional Collaboration p. 197

Children with Special Needs p. 200

The Case of Pedro, Age 7 p. 205

Part IV Helping Children in Special Circumstances

10 Children Living in Kinship and Foster Home Placements p. 215

Beliefs about the Best Interests of the Child p. 215

The Impact of Neglect, Abuse, and Placement on a Child p. 217

Determining the Need for Placement p. 218

Different Levels of Care p. 225

Typical Issues for Children in Placement p. 227

Interventions with the Children p. 228

Interventions with the Foster Parents p. 233

The Role of the Social Worker in Child Welfare p. 234

Discussion Questions and Role-Play Exercise p. 236

11 Children in Single-Parent, Divorcing and Blended Families p. 237

Issues of Loss and Multiple Stressors p. 239

Assessment of the Impact of Family Circumstances on the Child p. 242

Goals for Helping Children in Divorcing or Blended Families p. 242

Custody Disputes: Children "Caught in the Middle" p. 247

The Case of Charlie, Age 11 p. 249

Ethical Issues for Practitioners p. 254

Discussion Questions and Role-Play Exercise p. 256

12 Children in Families Affected by illness and Death p. 258

The Case of Sabrina, Age 5 3/4 p. 258

Developmental Influences on Children's Understanding of Death p. 264

The Tripartite Assessment of the Bereaved Child p. 265

Issues in Sibling Death p. 270

Selected Helping Interventions for Bereaved Children p. 274

Discussion Questions and Role-Play Exercises p. 283

13 Children in Substance-Using Families p. 284

Clarification of Terminology p. 284

The Impact of Growing Up in a Substance-Using Family/Environment p. 285

Ethical Dilemmas and Pressures on Practitioners p. 289

Combining Individual and Family, Helping Methods p. 293

Groups for Children of Substance-Using Parents p. 297

The Case of Vanessa, Age 9, and Vernon, Age 10 p. 301

Discussion Questions and Role-Play Exercises p. 308

14 Child Victims and Witnesses of Family and Community Violence p. 311

Definition and Scope of the Problem p. 312

The Impact on Children of Exposure to Violence and Implications for Treatment p. 313

The Assessment of the Child Victim and/or Witness of Family Violence p. 315

The Case of Elisa Izquierdo, Age 6 p. 316

The Assessment of the Traumatized Child: PTSD in Children p. 321

Selected Helping Methods p. 323

The Case of Marta, Age 5, Whose Father Died in the New York World Trade Center Terrorist Attack: An Example of Community Violence p. 329

Group Approaches p. 331

Preventive Approaches to Family and Community Violence p. 333

Self-Care Strategies to Help Practitioners Avoid Vicarious Traumatization p. 334

15 The Interpersonal Violence of Bullying: Its Impact on Victims, Perpetrators, and Bystanders/Witnesses p. 336

Definitions and Impact of Bullying p. 337

Causes of Bullying p. 339

Cyberbuliying or Internet Aggression p. 342

Anti-Bullying Intervention Programs p. 342

Interventions with the Individual Child p. 346

16 Immigrant and Refugee Children p. 348

Categories of Immigrants and Refugees p. 349

The Process of Legal Immigration and Deportation p. 350

The Multiple Traumas of Immigrant and Refugee Children and Teens p. 352

Treatment for Traumatized Immigrant Adolescents p. 356

17 The Impact of a Changing World on Practice with and for Children p. 360

The Impact on Children of Poverty and Homelessness p. 361

Family Breakdown and Parental Absence p. 362

Exposure to Violence, Trauma, and Bullying p. 362

Stresses Related to Gender Issues p. 363

The Stresses of Noncitizen Status p. 363

The Case of Alexa, Age 8 p. 364

Trends in Direct Practice with Children p. 367

Discussion Questions and Role-Play Exercise p. 374.

Notes:

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 --.

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1462537588

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99982985394

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