Social Work articles from March 2000

Social Work archives from March 2000

Noticing.
March 1, 2000... The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds. Ronald...

A Critique of the Model State Social Work Practice Act.
March 1, 2000... This article reviews the Model State Social Work Practice Act approved by the American Association of State Social Work Boards in 1998. The limitations of the definition of social work practice included in the model statute, inclusion of BSWs...

Valuing Families: Social Work Practice with Families from a Strengths Perspective.
March 1, 2000... Social work and social workers have long been concerned with families. Historically, most approaches to social work with families have focused on individual pathology and problem solving or have considered problems of a family member to be...

Effects of Court-Ordered Substance Abuse Treatment in Child Protective Services Cases.
March 1, 2000... Courts often play active roles in the lives of families supervised by child protective services (CPS). Judges adjudicate dependency, mandate services, determine placements of children, and order continued supervision or termination of parental...

Social Workers Employed in Substance Abuse Treatment Agencies: A Training Needs Assessment.
March 1, 2000... This article describes the results of an assessment of the substance abuse treatment training needs of social workers working in randomly selected substance abuse treatment facilities in New England. This assessment revealed that clinical...

A Topography of Self-Help Groups: An Empirical Analysis.
March 1, 2000... The current managed health care system creates an environment in which social workers need to be knowledgeable about low-cost interventions. Self-help groups have the potential to be beneficial to social workers' clients. Surprisingly, little...

Use and Support of Multicultural and Antiracist Education: Research-Informed Interdisciinlinarv Social Work Practice.
March 1, 2000... Multicultural education (MCE) and antiracist education (ARE) are the primary curricula through which school educators are combating the effects of racism and bigotry. To assist in the efforts of the educators, social workers need an...

Correction.
March 1, 2000... In the Commentary "Social Work and Speciesism," by David B. Wolf (p. 88, January 2000), in the reference entry for L.I.A. Birke, the title should read "The naming of the shrew." In the author blurb of the same Commentary, the author's degrees...

Design Evaluation: Illuminating Social Work Practice for Better Outcomes.
March 1, 2000... One of the difficulties in social work lies in finding forms of evaluation that suit the various kinds of work people actually do. There is a need for methods that allow a valid and rigorous evaluation of process as well as outcomes,...

Adoption Policy in the United States: A Word of Caution.
March 1, 2000... Recent public policies on adoption are aimed at expediting the termination of the rights of parents charged with child maltreatment, while making it easier for those who desire to adopt to do so. These policies are intended to protect the...

Group Work with Adolescents: Principles and Practice.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Andrew Malekoff. New York: Guilford Press, 336 pp. Hardcover. ISBN 1-57230-209-7. Andrew Malekoff's book is a much needed text about working with youths in the world today. He shows a deep understanding of the issues and concerns of...

Letters.
March 1, 2000... Wanted: Knowledge and Wisdom In their rebuttal to the thoughtful editorial critique of Professor Witkin (Social Work, January, 1998, pp. 75-80), Thyer and Myers (Social Work, September 1999, pp. 501-504) asked social workers some direct...