Social work professionals must demonstrate their effectiveness to legislators and governments, not to mention clients and incoming practitioners. A thorough evaluation of the activities, ethics, and outcomes of social work practice is critical to maintaining investment and interest in the profession and improving the lives of underserved populations.
Incorporating the concerns of a new century into a consideration of models for practice research, this volume builds on the visionary work of William J. Reid (1928-2003) who transformed social work research through empirically based and task-centered approaches-and, more recently, synthesized intervention knowledge for framing future study. This collection reviews the task-centered model and other contemporary Evidence-Based Practice models for working with individuals, families, groups, communities, and organizations. Essays demonstrate the value of these pragmatic approaches in the United States and international settings. Contributors summarize state-of-the-art methods in several key fields of service, including children and families, aging, substance abuse, and mental health. They also evaluate the research movement itself, outlining an agenda for today's sociopolitical landscape and the profession. This volume inspires practice research to prioritize evidence as a base for the profession.
- Contents
- Preface
- Tribute
- Part 1
- 1. Critical Infrastructuresfor Social WorkPractice Research
- 2. Empirical Practice inSocial Work
- 3. Qualitative Social Work Practice Research
- Part 2
- 4. Group Work Research
- 5. Social Development Interventions Have Extensive,Long-Lasting Effects
- 6. Advances in Children’s Mental Health
- 7. Evidence-Based Servicesto Children in aConservative Environment
- 8. Social-Behavioral Researchin Aging and the SocialWork Research Agenda
- 9. A Culturally Grounded Approach to Drug Use Prevention with Latino Children and Youth
- 10. Development of Intervention Models with “New Overwhelmed Clients”
- 11. Pulling Together Research Studies to Inform Social Work Practice
- Part 3
- 12. The Intellectual Legacy of William J. Reid
- 13. Task-Centered Practice in the United States
- 14. Task-Centered Practice in Great Britain
- 15. Task-Centered Practice in the Netherlands
- 16. Task-Centered Practice in Germany
- 17. Task-Centered Practice in Switzerland
- 18. Task-Centered Practice in Norway
- 19. Task-Centered Practice in Australia
- 20. Task-Centered Practice in Japan
- 21. Task-Centered Practice in South Korea
- 22. Task-Centered Practice in Hong Kong
- 23. Task-Centered Practice in Taiwan
- Part 4
- 24. The Question of Questions
- 25. Building Capacity for Intervention Research
- 26. Building Evidence-Based Intervention Models
- Index
Text
Audio
Adobe DRM
Login to your account