Decision Cases for Advanced Social Work Practice - Terry Wolfer

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Résumé :
These fifteen cases take place in child welfare, mental health, hospital, hospice, domestic violence, refugee resettlement, veterans' administration, and school settings and reflect individual, family, group, and supervised social work practice. They confront common ethical and treatment issues and raise issues regarding practice interventions, programs, policies, and laws. Cases represent open-ended situations, encouraging students to apply knowledge from across the social work curriculum to develop problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. An instructor's manual with teaching notes is available by emailing: instructors@columbiauniversitypress.com

Biographie:
Terry A. Wolfer is a professor at the University of South Carolina College of Social Work and a recipient of the Distinguished Recent Contributions in Social Work Education Award from the Council on Social Work Education. Lori D. Franklin is a licensed clinical social worker and a clinical assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma in the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work. Karen A. Gray is an associate professor at the University of Oklahoma in the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work.

Sommaire:
Preface and AcknowledgmentsTo Instructors, by Terry A. WolferTo Students, by Terry A. Wolfer, Lori D. Franklin, and Karen A. GrayIntroduction to the Cases, by Terry A. Wolfer and Vicki M. Runnion1. No Place Like Home, by Lori D. Franklin2. Gay-for-Pay, by Lori D. Franklin3. But Someone Could Die!, by Karen A. Gray and Anna Woodham4. Believing Women, by Gecole Harley and Terry A. Wolfer5. I Knew This Internship Thing Would Blow Up!, by Gecole Harley and Terry A. Wolfer6. Child Collectors?, by Lori D. Franklin7. I'm a Social Worker!, by Karen A. Gray and Julie Sprinkle8. Flying Flags in Alabama, by Noel Busch-Armendariz, Dawnovise N. Fowler, and Terry A. Wolfer9. Private, Dismissed, by Michelle Hovis and Lori D. Franklin10. Wandering, by Lori D. Franklin and Danielle R. Snyder11. A Matter of Life and Death?, by Susy Villegas, Monica M. Alzate, and Karen A. Gray12. Exposed, by David Pooler and Terry A. Wolfer13. Nowhere to Skate, by Laura B. Poindexter and Terry A. Wolfer14. Driven to Drink, by Terry A. Wolfer15. Don't Tell Her, by Sean Siberio and Terry A. WolferIndex

Confronting Complexity in Social Work: Decision Cases for Advanced Practice is, quite simply, a gift to social work educators. One of the great challenges in teaching social work practice is helping students move beyond tidy, textbook formulations to wrestling with the messiness of true practice. This book provides a range of honest, nuanced decision cases that can be used in classes to help students identify, articulate, and sort through the ethical, practice, and personal issues they will face in their careers. Each case focuses on a thematic area (e.g. client autonomy, supervisory conflict), with a depth and complexity that precludes easy answers. This text will be an immensely helpful tool for any educator seeking to sharpen students' critical thinking and ability to think like a social worker. -- Anna Sheyett, University of South Carolina This book is a more sophisticated, complex presentation of clinical social work cases. It contributes to advanced clinical training or with continuing education of professionals by providing an update on current clinical social work case issues. -- Mary Ortega, University of Michigan This is a must-have book for social work educators, students and practitioners who strive to integrate and sharpen their advanced knowledge and skills! Professors Wolfer, Franklin, Gray and their esteemed group of contributing authors have captured the complexity and nuance of social work practice through this collection of cases from professional social workers in real-world settings. -- David W. Springer, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, The University of Texas at Austin 1. Social work practice requires an understanding of case situations of varying complexity and the application of facts and data to reach critical decisions. Wolfer, Franklin, and Gray have organized an excellent book to assist students to make and compare their decisions with actual decision cases presented by leaders in the field. 2. The cases in this new work involve complex life circumstances that involve a blending of clinical, organizational, administrative, and cultural issues where the facts are sometimes obscure, contradictory, and emotional. This new book will be useful in in Capstone courses as a means of helping students expand the critical thinking skills that are required to make collaborative decisions in practice. 3. Wolfer, Frankin, and Gray have given us a very contemporary look at a range of decision cases. The new work is comprehensive and builds on earlier theory about how to teach practice behavior in social work. The way that the cases are presented will increase students' competence, confidence, and understanding of how decisions are made and supported. -- King Davis, University of Texas, Austin