Practice Courses

Digital Social Work: Tools for Practice with Individuals, Organizations, and Communities

Lauri Goldkind, Lea Wolf, and Paul P. Freddolino

9780190871116
Paperback
28 November 2018

Critical Multiculturalism and Intersectionality in a Complex World

Second Edition

Lacey Sloan, Mildred Joyner, Catherine Stakeman...

9780190904241
Paperback
03 September 2018

By providing a balance between self-reflection and knowledge building, this book guides the examination of social identities, biases, mechanisms of oppression, and impact of privilege. Learning is globally situated with a lens on localized identity, and positionality at the intersections of multiple identities is explored.

Environmental Justice as Social Work Practice

Christina L. Erickson

9780190871055
Paperback
02 July 2018

Environmental Justice as Social Work Practice places the natural environment as central to practice. Utilizing the Phases of Practice and micro to macro levels of practice, the book integrates neatly into a college semester course.

A Space for Race: Decoding Racism, Multiculturalism, and Post-Colonialism in the Quest for Belonging in Canada and Beyond

Kathy Hogarth and Wendy L. Fletcher

9780190858919
Paperback
28 June 2018

Financial Capability and Asset Building in Vulnerable Households: Theory and Practice

Margaret Sherraden, Julie Birkenmaier, and J. Michael Collins

9780190238568
Paperback
22 June 2018

Financial Capability and Asset Building in Vulnerable Households prepares students and practitioners for financial practice. This comprehensive text offers knowledge and skills to enable families to improve their financial circumstances, and to promote policies and services for household economic security and development.

Essential Interviewing Skills for the Helping Professions: A Social Justice and Wellness Approach

Nicole Nicotera

9780190876876
Paperback
21 June 2018

Essential Interviewing Skills for the Helping Professions reaches beyond most other essential skills for clinical interviewing books with its emphasis on social justice, attention to the role of microaggressions in clinical practice, and the upmost importance of practitioner wellness as integral to longevity in the helping professions.

Interviewing for the Helping Professions: A Comprehensive Relational Approach

Second Edition

Fred McKenzie and Nicole Nicotera

9780190876845
Paperback
13 June 2018

Interviewing for the Helping Professions will help students understand the nature and purpose, technique, meaning, emotions, and outcomes of the interviewing process.

Integrative Body-Mind-Spirit Social Work: An Empirically Based Approach to Assessment and Treatment

Second Edition

Mo Yee Lee, Celia C. H. Y. Chan, Cecilia L. W. Chan...

9780190458515
Hardcover
06 April 2018

Integrative Body-Mind-Spirit Social Work strongly connects Western therapeutic techniques with Eastern philosophy and practices, while also providing a comprehensive and pragmatic agenda for social work, and mental health professionals.

The Handbook of Policy Practice

Ira C. Colby

9780190858827
Paperback
26 February 2018

The Handbook for Policy Practice is a hands-on practice textbook that explores ways to influence social policy in an agency setting or through formal governmental processes.

Assessment in Counseling: Practice and Applications

Richard S. Balkin and Gerald A. Juhnke

9780190672751
Paperback
19 January 2018

Explorations in Diversity: Examining the Complexities of Privilege, Discrimination, and Oppression

Third Edition

Sharon K. Anderson and Valerie A. Middleton

9780190617042
Paperback
09 January 2018

Narratives by professionals and future professionals unpacking the complexities of privilege and oppression in our multicultural world.

Challenging Oppression and Confronting Privilege: A Critical Approach to Anti-Oppressive and Anti-Privilege Theory and Practice

Third Edition

Bob Mullaly and Juliana West

9780199022328
Paperback
02 January 2018

Music, Song, Dance, and Theater: Broadway meets Social Justice Youth Community Practice

Melvin Delgado

9780190642167
Hardcover
27 November 2017

Social Work with Latinos: Social, Economic, Political, and Cultural Perspectives

Second Edition

Melvin Delgado

9780190684792
Paperback
27 July 2017

This book is specifically focused on preparing social workers for practice and research focused on Latinos in the United States.

Social Work Treatment: Interlocking Theoretical Approaches

Sixth edition

Francis J. Turner

9780190239596
Hardcover
20 April 2017

Inclusive Group Work

William Pelech, Robert Basso, Cheryl Lee...

9780190657093
Paperback
08 September 2016

An innovative approach to working with intervention groups and task groups by redefining the concept of diversity and reframing core group work concepts.

Group Work with Populations At-Risk

Fourth Edition

Geoffrey Greif and Carolyn Knight

9780190212124
Paperback
30 August 2016

Equips students and practitioners to address the needs of a wide range of under-served populations

Motivational Interviewing: A Workbook for Social Workers

Jacqueline Corcoran

9780199332212
Paperback
06 July 2016

A person-centered, collaborative method for exploring client ambivalence and enhancing change that is compatible with social work values and ethics

Increasing Service User Participation in Local Planning: A How-To Manual for Macro Practitioners

Judith Dunlop and Michael Holosko

9780190656423
Paperback
01 June 2016

Social Work and Social Justice: Concepts, Challenges, and Strategies

Michael Reisch and Charles D. Garvin

9780199893010
Hardcover
07 April 2016

Goes beyond a discussion of abstract social justice concepts and goals by focusing on how concepts can be used as guides for socially just practice