Digital Social Work
Tools for Practice with Individuals, Organizations, and Communities
Edited by Lauri Goldkind, Lea Wolf, and Paul P. Freddolino
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
1. Introduction
Part I. INDIVIDUAL
2. Promoting Real Abilities in a Virtual World
Alice Krueger
3. Where I Was and Where I Want to Go: Digital Music and Therapeutic Songwriting
Andrew Tepper, Lea Wolf, Chelsea Tussing, Emily Carter, Janice Derito, Michael Jaonsch, and Sofia Konvitz
4. mDad: Helping Dads Be Better Parents with Mobile Phones
Shawna J. Lee, Tova B. Walsh, and Joyce Y. Lee
5. Online Social Support for Foster Care Youths Transitioning to College and Adulthood
Lynette Kvasny
6. Digital Storytelling: Tools, Techniques, and Traditions
Melanie Sage, Jonathan B. Singer, Andrea LaMarre, and Carla Rice
7. Using Data to Improve Client Services
Dale Fitch
Part II. ORGANIZATION
8. Getting Big Data to the Good Guys: The Promises and Challenges of San Francisco's Shared Youth Database
Chris Kingsley, Stephen Goldsmith, Lauri Goldkind, and Lea Wolf
9. The Use of Geographic Information Systems for Social Work Education, Research, and Practice
Thomas P. Felke
10. Social Media in Agency Settings
Kimberly Grocher, Lea Wolf, and Lauri Goldkind
Part III. COMMUNITY
11. Blogging: A Tool for Social Justice
Vu Le, Lea Wolf, and Lap Yan
12. The Safety Net Gets Much Closer: m-Government and Mobile Benefits
Abraham Lincoln Lee, Lauren Aaronson, and Lap Yan
13. #MacroSW: A Twitter Community of Personal Learning and Practice
Laurel Iverson Hitchcock, Karen Zgoda, and Kristin Battista-Frazee
14. Going Forward
Appendix A
Appendix B
References
Index