Journal of Social Work Education articles from September 2001

Journal of Social Work Education archives from September 2001

Evaluating the Quality of Social Work Education: Options Galore.
September 22, 2001... Evaluating outcomes of education has long been of concern at all educational levels. Related literature reflects clashing views about how to measure outcomes, if they can be measured, and whether we should even try to do so. Social work is no...

Corrections to Spring/Summer 2001 Editorial.
September 22, 2001... Clarification regarding the process of evidence-based practice In the last editorial the sixth step involved in evidence-based practice was to "Take action based on the best evidence" (p. 229). The term "best evidence" refers to "only...

Social Justice and Social Work.
September 22, 2001... There is a growing consensus among social workers in the United States, and especially social work educators, that a central mission of social work is the promotion of social justice. But justice, I will maintain, should properly be considered...

Social Work and Social Justice: A Reply to Leroy Pelton.(Journal of Social Work Education, vol. 27, p. 447, 2001)
September 22, 2001... Professor Leroy Pelton's Social Work and Social Justice (2001) raises an important set of questions about the philosophy of social justice. He draws our attention to the debate between the historical social work conceptualization of justice...

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE RESEARCH CURRICULUM.
September 22, 2001... THE COUNCIL on Social Work Education (CSWE) took a bold step in mandating that content on social and economic justice be a central component of the social work curriculum (CSWE, 1994). In doing so, it increased recognition of the many social...

FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN MAKING CURRICULUM DECISIONS ABOUT TREATMENT GUIDELINES.
September 22, 2001... IN RECENT YEARS there has been increasing interest in and controversy surrounding the development and use of practice guidelines within social work. Practice guidelines, which are alternately described as practice parameters, treatment...

INCORPORATING CONTENT ON OFFENDERS AND CORRECTIONS INTO SOCIAL WORK CURRICULA.
September 22, 2001... SOCIAL WORK EDUCATORS strive to present material in the classroom that is relevant to the pressing social problems graduates will face in diverse practice settings. One area of great social importance that is often overlooked within social work...

IMPROVING THE WRITING SKILLS OF SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS.
September 22, 2001... AS COLLEGE PROFESSORS with many years of experience teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, the authors of this article have often decried the lack of academic ability of our incoming students. Along with many colleagues, we have...

THE SKILLS OF TEACHING SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE IN THE GENERALIST/FOUNDATION CURRICULUM: BSW AND MSW STUDENT VIEWS.
September 22, 2001... SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION has come a long way since its earliest days, when the emphasis was on learning through doing. From an almost exclusive focus on field experience, social work education has evolved over the last seven decades into a much...

THE CLASSIFICATION, INTERCORRELATION, AND DYNAMIC NATURE OF MSW STUDENT PRACTICE PREFERENCES.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2001... AS SOCIAL WORK has increasingly diversified in methods endorsed and populations served over the past three decades, and as environments for social workers' services have increased in number, the debate regarding the profession's identity and...

KOREAN SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARD HOMOSEXUALS.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2001... HOMOSEXUALITY has long been considered pathological, at least in Western countries. From the beginning of psychiatry in the 19th century, and through most of the 20th century, many psychiatrists considered homosexuality a neurotic disorder...

MOTHERS MAKING TENURE.
September 22, 2001... COMBINING MOTHERHOOD and a tenure track academic appointment is a challenging endeavor. One author of this article provides an illustration from her own experience: I was working at the computer, which is located basically in the...

Back to the Future.(Web sites for social work education, online education)
September 22, 2001... BACK IN 1997 when the Web was perhaps three years old, the Council on Social Work Education's (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting (APM) Tech Committee printed paper bookmarks listing major websites for social work educators. Those were exciting...

Touchpoints Three to Six: Your Child's Behavioral and Emotional Development.(Review)
September 22, 2001... Based on the ideas first disseminated in Touchpoints (1992), this new book applies the same concept of universal spurts of development and regression to children ages 3 through 6. The first part of the book follows narratives of four fictional...

Child Welfare Case Studies.(Review)
September 22, 2001... This collection of case studies drawn from the field is organized into six chapters. Following a detailed introduction that discusses the various forms of neglect and provides an extensive overview of the intervention process in child abuse...

Lesbian and Gay Families Speak Out: Understanding the Joys and Challenges of Diverse Family Life.(Review)
September 22, 2001... An estimated 6 to 14 million children are living with a gay or lesbian parent in America today, and this number is likely to increase in the coming years. These nontraditional families face a myriad of issues on both a personal and public...

Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency.(Review)
September 22, 2001... Thoroughly updated to include the latest trends in the prevention and control of juvenile delinquency, this book reflects the author's belief that less rather than more should be done to youth in trouble with the law. New sections include an...

Adolescents, Alcohol, and Substance Abuse: Reaching Teens through Brief Interventions.(Review)
September 22, 2001... Although this book covers a wide range of empirically supported approaches to addressing alcohol and other drug problems with adolescents, the editors focus on motivationally based brief interventions. These interventions can be delivered in a...

Complex Adoption and Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Developmental Approach to Clinical Practice.(Review)
September 22, 2001... In recent years, increasing numbers of individuals, both singles and couples, are exploring nontraditional ways of becoming parents, including complex adoption and pregnancy through assisted reproductive technology. While the families formed...

Inner Lives of Deaf Children: Interviews and Analysis.(Review)
September 22, 2001... While much attention has been focused on the educational development of deaf children, little time has been spent on the study of deaf children's self-concepts and social development. The author of this book seeks to correct this oversight with...

Culturally Diverse Parent--Child and Family Relationships: A Guide for Social Workers and Other Practitioners.(Review)
September 22, 2001... In an increasingly diverse social environment misunderstandings are inevitable between human services professionals and clients from different racial or ethnic backgrounds. This book attempts to eliminate many of these misunderstandings with...

The Promised Land: Socioeconomic Reality of the Hmong People in Urban America (1976-2000).(Review)
September 22, 2001... As an immigrant group, the Hmong people are unique in many ways. Political refugees from Laos, who fought for the CIA during the Vietnam War, most were reluctant to leave their homeland even with a promise of life and liberty in the United...

Prejudiced Communication: A Social Psychological Perspective.(Review)
September 22, 2001... Despite the much-celebrated ideal of America as a great cultural melting pot, the author argues that prejudiced communication is everywhere in the form of sexist jokes, exaggerated stories about cultural differences, and nonverbal expressions...

Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors: A Guide to Intervention and Classroom Management.(Review)
September 22, 2001... The authors of this book, intended as an educational textbook and a practice resource, present the Building Blocks of Learning model for helping students with learning disabilities and challenging behaviors. Ten building blocks are identified...

Social Work with the Aged and Their Families.(Review)
September 22, 2001... Written as a response to the aging of the United States population and the reciprocal need for services, this updated edition builds on the assessment and treatment models of the original to explain how "successful aging" can be achieved...

Social Work with Elders: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Assessment and Intervention.(Review)
September 22, 2001... No social institution has remained unchanged as the Baby Boomer generation has moved through the life cycle. The advancing age of this generation has made gerontology one of the more crucial areas of social work practice. This book was written...

Social Work, Health and Equality.(Review)
September 22, 2001... The authors use this volume to demonstrate how social work can make a significant contribution to creating greater equality in the experience of illness and health care as well as to describe the major adjustments in conceptualization,...

Your Genetic Destiny: Know Your Genes, Secure Your Health, Save Your Life.(Review)
September 22, 2001... With so many serious health problems linked to inherited genes, including heart disease, Alzheimer's, high blood pressure, schizophrenia, cancer, or diabetes, it may seem like being born under a bad sign is not only possible, but a distinct...

Human Behavior and Social Environments: A Biopsychosocial Approach.(Review)
September 22, 2001... This book relies upon a biopsychosocial perspective to demonstrate that there are a variety of ways of knowing, many methods of inquiry, and several distinct perspectives that can inform a person's understanding of human behavior. The author...

Achieving Excellence in the Management of Human Service Organizations.(Review)
September 22, 2001... In spite of the pervasive influence of various organizations upon our lives, most individuals take the functioning of organizations, even those which employ them, for granted. When time is taken to examine management theory or research, the...

Comparative Performance Measurement.(Review)
September 22, 2001... One of the fastest growing trends in human service agencies is performance measurement, which results from the desire of agencies, and the citizens they serves, to see how agencies compare to their peers. The authors present a practical guide...

Sacred Calling, Secular Accountability: Law and Ethics in Complementary and Spiritual Counseling.(Review)
September 22, 2001... As the use of spiritual and alternative therapies within the mental health profession becomes increasingly common, issues of law and ethics arise. This author looks to fill this important need by educating clients and clinicians on the legal...

Clinical Social Work Practice: An Integrated Approach.(Review)
September 22, 2001... Aimed at social work students, this textbook is designed to provide tools for integrating theory and practice and explain clinical processes through the use of case examples. The book also focuses on ethical concerns and presents information to...

The Essentials of Family Therapy.(Review)
September 22, 2001... The original edition of this book lays out the full scope of family therapy--the history, the classic schools of thought, and the latest developments--while emphasizing the practical and clinical aspects. This edition provides more updated...

Tangled Relationships: Managing Boundary Issues in the Human Services.(Review)
September 22, 2001... Boundary issues are an emerging topic in the field of human services, and this book seeks to provide a conceptual framework for the many forms that the relationship between practitioner and client can take. The author also presents...

Helping America's Homeless: Emergency Shelter or Affordable Housing?(Review)
September 22, 2001... Despite the growth in homeless services and resources, over the last 15 years the number of people whose circumstances are severe enough to cause homelessness has not diminished in any significant way, according to the authors. They contend...

Home Truths about Domestic Violence: Feminist Influences on Policy and Practice, A Reader.(Review)
September 22, 2001... In this volume, the authors state that although domestic violence against women is an everyday occurrence supported by the status quo culture, it can be stopped. Additionally, the authors insist that women and children in these situations can...

Community Analysis and Praxis: Toward a Grounded Civil Society.(Review)
September 22, 2001... Designed for social work students, educators, and practitioners, this text uses four steps to examine and develop three themes essential to community organization: environmental complexity, community as the target of intervention, and...

The Eco-Social Approach in Social Work.(Review)
September 22, 2001... This volume is a collection of essays that push for a new theoretical understanding and a new practical approach to the emerging questions of sustainable living environments and social inclusion in urban contexts. Social and community work...

The Role of Theory in Social Work Research.(response to articles by Bruce A. Thyer and Tomi Gomory, Journal of Social Work Education, Winter 2001; includes replies)
September 22, 2001... In "Two Dogmas of Empiricism" (1951) The philosopher W. V. O. Quine wrote that the totality of our knowledge... is a man-made fabric which impinges on experience only at the edges.... Total science is like a field of force, ...

Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards.(responses to editorial in the Journal of Social Work Education, Spring/Summer 2001)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... Perhaps Social Work against Itself would aptly summarize my response to the editorial in the Spring/Summer 2001 JSWE. As a former member of the Commission on Accreditation who had the opportunity to contribute to the development and final...