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Part 1, Introduction and Overview
1) The Synergy and Generativity of Social Work Practice
Anita Lightburn

Part 2, Roles, Functions, and Typical Daily Schedule of Social Workers in Different Practice Settings
2) The Social Worker in a Behavioral Health Care Setting
Cynthia Franklin and Christine Lagana-Riordan
3) The Addiction Treatment Specialist
Kenneth R. Yeager and Daryl Shorter
4) The Social Worker in an Outpatient Child and Adolescent Unit
Lisa Rapp-Paglicci
5) The Social Worker in a School Setting
Michael Kelly
6) The Social Worker as Family Counselor in a Non-Profit Community-Based Agency
Jack Nowicki and LeShawn Arbuckle
7) The Essential Elements of Private Practice Social Work
Raymond Fox
8) Community-based Mental Health with Children and Families
Susan C. Ayers and Borja Alvarez de Toledo
9) Social Work Practice in Home Based Services with Children and Their Families
Martha Morrison Dore and Charlene Zuffante
10) The Oncology Social Worker in a Medical Setting: Traditional vs. Innovative Roles
James Zabora
11) The Social Worker in a Police Department
Karen Knox and Albert R. Roberts
12) The Social Worker in a Domestic Violence Shelter
Diane L. Green
13) The Social Worker in Traumatic Stress and Emergency Service Settings
Ted Bober and Cheryl Regehr

Part 3, Social Work Values, Ethics and Licensing Standards
14) Ethical Issues in Social Work
Frederic G. Reamer
15) Risk Management in Social Work
Frederic G. Reamer
16) Avoiding Malpractice Lawsuits by Following Standards of Care Guidelines and Preventing Suicide : A Guide for Mental Health Professionals
Albert R. Roberts, Ianna Monferrari, and Kenneth R. Yeager
17) Social Work Licensing Examinations in the United States and Canada: Development and Administration
Donna DeAngelis
18) Social Work Regulations and Licensing
Andrew T. Marks and Karen Knox
19) On Being an Accountable Profession: The Code of Ethics, Oversight by Boards of Directors, and Whistle-Blowers as a Last Resort
Sheldon R. Gelman
20) The Impaired Social Work Professional
Frederic G. Reamer
21) How Social Workers Can Do More Good Than Harm: Critical Thinking, Evidence-Based Clinical Reasoning, and Avoiding Fallacies
Leonard Gibbs
22) Optimizing the Use of Patient Safety Standards, Procedures, and Measures
Kenneth R. Yeager, Albert R. Roberts, and Radu Saveanu
23) The Role and Regulations for Technology in Social Work Practice and E-Therapy: Social Work 2.0
Jonathan Singer
24) Quality Standards and Quality Assurance in Health Settings
Kenneth R. Yeager and Tina R. Latimer

Part 4, Theoretical Foundations and Treatment Approaches in Clinical Social Work
25) Front Line Crisis Intervention
Yvonne Eaton and Albert R. Roberts
26) Fundamentals of Brief Treatment
Jan Ligon
27) Common Factors in Therapy
James Drisko
28) Task-Centered Practice
Anne E. Fortune
29) The Life Model
Alex Gitterman
30) Client-Centered Theory and Therapy
William Rowe and Alicia Stinson
31) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
M. Elizabeth Vonk and Teresa Early
32) Psychosocial Therapy
Francis J. Turner
33) Solution-focused Therapy
Peter DeJong
34) Comparative Theories
William Borden
35) Logotherapy
David Guttmann
36) Narrative Therapy
Patricia Kelley
37) Feminist Issues and Practices in Social Work
Mary Bricker-Jenkins and F. Ellen Netting
38) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Kelly Wilson, Emily K. Sandoz, and Regan Slater
39) A Behavioral Approach to Social Work Treatment
Denise Bronson
40) Using Social Constructivism in Social Work Practice
Mo Yee Lee and Gilbert Greene
41) Gestalt Therapy
Bill P. Panning
42) Object Relations Psychology
William Borden
43) Using Self-Psychology in Clinical Social Work
Jerrold R. Brandell
44) How Clinicians Can Effectively Use Assessment Tools to Evidence Medical Necessity and Throughout the Treatment Process
Kevin Corcoran and Jill Boyer-Quick

Part 5, Assessment in Social Work Practice: Knowledge and Skills
45) Using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision null Janet B. W. Williams
46) Guidelines for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV-TR) Multiaxial System Diagnosis null Carlton Munson
47) Clinical Assessment of Bipolar Disorder: Balancing Strengths and Diagnosis null Elizabeth Pomeroy and Diane Green
48) Developing Client-Focused Measures null Cathy King Pike
49) Brief Screening Instruments null Steven L. McMurtry and Susan Rose
50) Person-in-Environment System null James M. Karls and Maura E. O'Keefe
51) Guidelines for Conducting a Biopsychosocial Assessment null Sonia Austrian
52) Guidelines for Selecting and Using Assessment Tools with Children null Craig Winston LeCroy and Scott Kiyoshi Okamoto
53) Assessment Protocols and Rapid Assessment Instruments with Troubled Adolescents null David W. Springer and Stephen J. Tripodi
54) Using Standardized Tests and Instruments in Family Assessments null Jacqueline Corcoran
55) Understanding a Diagnosis: What It Does and Does Not Tell You null William R. Nugent
56) Guidelines and Uses of Rapid Assessment Instruments in Managed Care Settings null Laura M. Hopson and John S. Wodarski

Part 6, Working with Couples and Families
57) Using Genograms to Map Family Patterns null Monica McGoldrick
58) A Family Resilience Network null Froma Walsh
59) Treatment Planning with Families: An Evidence-Based Approach null Catheleen Jordan and Cynthia Franklin
60) Effective Couple and Family Treatment null Cynthia Franklin, Catheleen Jordan, and Laura Hopson
61) Structural Family Therapy null Harry J. Aponte
62) Bowen Family Systems Therapy null David V. Papero
63) It Takes One to Tango null Michele Weiner Davis
64) Parenting with Love and Limits null Scott P. Sells
65) Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy null Katherine J. Williams, Felicia De La Garza Mercer, and Andrew Christensen
66) Psychoeducation null Joseph Walsh
67) Guidelines for Couple Therapy with Survivors of Childhood Trauma null Kathryn Karusaitis Basham
68) Multifamily Groups with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder null Barbara Van Noppen
69) Working with Families of Persons with Severe Mental Illness null Tina Bogart Marshall and Phyllis Solomon

Part 7, Developing and Implementing Treatment Plans with Specific Groups and Disorders
70) Guidelines for Establishing Effective Treatment Goals and Treatment Plans with Axis I Disorders: Sample Treatment Plan for Generalized Anxiety Disorder null Vikki Vandiver and Kevin Corcoran
71) Using Evidence-Based Practice and Expert Consensus in Mental Health Settings: Step by Step Guidelines for Schizophrenia null Vikki Vandiver
72) Developing Therapeutic Contracts with Clients null Juliet Cassuto Rothman
73) Developing Goals null Charles Garvin
74) Treatment Planning with Adolescents: ADHD Case Applications null David W. Springer and Kim Bender
75) Eating Disorders and Treatment Planning null Nina Rovinelli Heller
76) Panic Disorders and Agoraphobia null Gordon MacNeil
77) Treatment Plans for Clients with Social Phobia null Bruce A. Thyer
78) Depression: Integration of Psychodynamic and Cognitive Behavioral Practices null Nina Rovinelli Heller and Terry B. Northcut
79) The Assessment and Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder null M. Elizabeth Vonk
80) Guidelines for Clinical Social Work with Clients with Dissociative Disorders null Lina Hartocollis

Part 8, Guidelines for Specific Techniques
81) Developing Successful Therapeutic Relationships null Lawrence Shulman
82) Using Metaphor with Clients null Stephen Lankton
83) Cognitive Restructuring Techniques null Donald Granvold
84) Using the Miracle Question and Scaling Technique in Clinical Practice null Mo Yee Lee
85) Using Evidence-Based Hypnosis null William R. Nugent
86) Kundalini Yoga Meditation Techniques for the Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive and OC Spectrum Disorders null David S. Shannahoff-Khalsa
87) Storytelling and the Use of Metaphor with OCD null Allen H. Weg
88) Best Practices in Parenting Techniques null Carolyn Hilarski
89) Terminating with Clients null Anne E. Fortune
90) Bereavement and Grief Therapy null Elizabeth C. Pomeroy, Renee Bradford Garcia, and Diane L. Green

Part 9, Guidelines for Specific Interventions
91) Transtheoretical Model Guidelines for Families with Child Abuse and Neglect null Janice M. Prochaska and James O. Prochaska
92) Play Therapy with Children in Crisis null Nancy Boyd-Webb
93) Child Therapy and Social Skills null Craig Winston LeCroy
94) Recognizing Indicators of Child Maltreatment null Judith S. Rycus and Ronald C. Hughes
95) Guidelines for Social Skills Training for Persons with Mental Illness null Susan Gingerich
96) Delinquency Prevention and an Evidence-Based Social Work Intervention: Families and Schools Together (FAST) null Lynn McDonald
97) Group Process and Group Work Techniques null Paul Ephross and Geoffrey Greif
98) Psychopharmacology null Kia Bentley and Joseph Walsh
99) Guidelines for Chemical Abuse and Dependency Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment nullDiana M. DiNitto and C. Aaron McNeece
100) Trauma Informed Services null Maggie Bennington-Davis
101) Supported Employment Approaches nullMarina Kukla and Gary R. Bond
102) Working with and Strengthening Social Networks null Elizabeth M. Tracy
103) Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing with Trauma Clients null Allen Rubin
104) Enacting the Educator-role: Principles for Practice null Kimberly Strom-Gottfried
105) Critical Incident Stress Management: Integrated Crisis Intervention and Disaster Mental Health null George Everly and Alan M. Langlieb
106) Divorce Therapy: The Application of Cognitive-Behavioral and Constructivist Treatment Methods null Donald Granvold
107) Social Work Practice With Sexual Issues null Paul H. Ephross and Joan C. Weiss
108) Interventions With Borderline Personality Disorder null Jonathan B. Singer

Part 10, Case Management Guidelines
109) An Overview of Case Management null Jack Rothman
110) Clinical Case Management null Joseph Walsh
111) Case Management and Case Coordination with People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities null Elizabeth Lightfoot
112) Case Management and Child Welfare null Jannah H. Mather and Grafton H. Hull, Jr.
113) Case Management in Psychosocial Rehabilitation null David P. Moxley
114) A Strengths Approach to Case Management with Clients with Psychiatric Disabilities null Charles A. Rapp
115) Case Management with Substance-Abusing Clients null W. Patrick Sullivan
116) Social Work Case Management in Medical Settings null Candyce S. Berger
117) Case Management with Older Adults null Carol D. Austin and Robert W. McClelland
118) HIV/AIDS Case Management null Brian Giddens, Lana Sue Ka'opua, and Evelyn P. Tomaszewski
119) The Consumer-Provider Relationship Within Case Management null Victoria Stanhope and Phyllis Solomon

Part 11, Social Work Fields of Practice
120) Current and Future Directions of Social Work Practice with Children and Adolescents null Lisa Rapp-Paglicci and Alison Salloum
121) Current and Future Directions of Social Work in Adult Mental Health Settings null Vikki Vandiver
122) Development of a Proactive Model of Health Care Versus a Reactive System of Referrals null James N. Zabora
123) Overview of Alcohol and Drug Dependence: Assessment and Treatment null Kenneth R. Yeager
124) Evidence-Based Practice in Older Adults with Mental Health Disorders: Geriatric Mental Health null Zvi D. Gellis

Part 12, Community Practice
125) CommunitynullBased Clinical Practice null Anita Lightburn and Phebe Sessions
126) International Perspectives on Social Work Practice null Karen M. Sowers and William S. Rowe
127) Guidelines for Assertive Community Treatment Teams null Mary Ann Test
128) Community Organizing Principles and Practice Guidelines null Terri Mizrahi
129) Community Practice Model for the 21st Century null Marie Overby Weil and Dorothy Gamble
130) Legislative Advocacy to Empower Oppressed and Vulnerable Groups null Michael Reisch
131) Principles and Practice Guidelines for Social Action null Jacqueline B. Mondros
132) Community Partnerships for School-Based Services: Action Principles null Dennis Poole
133) Building Community Capacity in the United States Air Force: The Community Readiness Consultant Model null Gary Bowen, James A. Martin, and Brenda J. Liston
134) Fathering Programs and Community Services null Jay Fagan

Part 13, Working with Vulnerable Populations and Persons at Risk
135) Overview of Working with Vulnerable Populations and Persons at Risk null Rowena Fong
136) The Legacy of Racism for Social Work Practice Today and What do About it null Joshua Miller and Ann Marie Garran
137) Social Work with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Clients null Mary Boes and Katherine van Wormer
138) Clinical Social Work with Older Adults null Virginia Richardson
139) Effective Practice with Refugees and Immigrants null Miriam Potocky-Tripodi
140) Social Work Practice with Native Americans null Teresa Evans Campbell
141) Social Work Practice with Asian and Pacific Islander Americans null Rowena Fong and Halaevalu Vakalahi
142) Social Work Practice with Latinos null Ilze Earner and Genoveva Garcia
143) Social Work Practice with African Americans null Sadye Logan
144) The Culturagram null Elaine P. Congress

Part 14, School Social Work
145) Overview of Current and Future Practices in School Social Work null Paula Allen-Meares
146) Evidence-based Violence Prevention Programs and Best Implementation Practices null Ron Astor, Roxana Marachi, Rami Benbenishty, Ron Pitner, and Michelle Rosemond
147) Promising Interventions for Students who have Co-Occurring Disorders nullStephen J. Tripodi, Johnny S. Kim, and Kim Bender
148) Effective Interventions for Students With Conduct Disorder null David W. Springer and Courtney J. Lynch
149) Solution-focused, Brief Therapy Interventions for Students at Risk to Drop Out null Cynthia Franklin and Stephen Tripodi
150) Case Management Interventions with Immigrant and Refugee Students and Families null Rowena Fong, Marilyn Armour, Noel Busch Armendariz and Laurie Cook Heffron
151) Treating Children and Adolescents with ADHD in the Schools null Steven W. Evans, Joanna M. Sadler, and Christine E. Brady
152) Working with Culturally/Racially Diverse Students to Improve Connection to School and Academic Performance null Daphna Oyserman

Part 15, Forensic Social Work
153) Overview of forensic social work: Broad and narrow definitions null Jose B. Ashford
154) Forensic social work and expert witness testimony in child welfare null Carlton E. Munson
155) An interest based approach to child protection mediation null Allan E. Barsky
156) Mediation and Conflict Resolution null John Allen Lemmon
157) Children exposed to domestic violence: Assessment and treatment protocols null Peter Lehmann and Catherine Simmons
158) Risk assessment guidelines for dually diagnosed offenders and civil patients null Jose B. Ashford and Albert R. Roberts
159) Step-by-Step Guidelines for Assessing Sexual Predators null Graham Glancy and Cheryl Regehr
160) Elder Abuse null Patricia Brownell and Catherine T. Giblin
Part 16, Evidence-based Practice
161) Evidence-based Practice, Science, and Social Work: An Overview null Bruce A. Thyer
162) Developing Well-Structured Questions For Evidence-Informed Practice null Eileen Gambrill and Leonard Gibbs
163) Locating Credible Studies for Evidence-based Practice null Allen Rubin and Danielle Parrish
164) Critically Appraising Studies for Evidence-based Practice null Denise Bronson
165) Randomized Controlled Trials and Evidence-based Practice null Paul Montgomery
166) Meta-analysis and Evidence-based Practice null Jacqueline Corcoran and Julia H. Littell
167) Systematic Reviews and Evidence-based Practice null Julia H. Littell and Jacqueline Corcoran
168) The Cochrane and Campbell Collaborations and Evidence null Matthew Howard, Brian Perron, and Michael G. Vaughn
169) Integrating Research, Clinical Skills, Values, and Client Circumstances in Evidence-based Practice null Eileen Gambrill
170) Evidence-based Practice in Social Work Education null Aron Shlonsky
171) N = 1 Experiments and Their Role in Evidence-based Practice null Bruce A. Thyer
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