Laura Lewis

Social Workers as Game Changers

Confronting Complex Social Issues Through Cases

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Produktbeschreibung

Designed to promote active, hands-on learning, Social Workers as Game Changers: Confronting Complex Social Issues Through Cases by Laura Lewis is composed of 11 chapter-length case studies that prepare students to address the types of challenging social issues they will encounter as practicing social workers. The cases-covering topics from immigration, gangs, and education to race, mental health, and end-of-life care-illustrate the interrelationship between the micro, mezzo, and macro levels and facilitate not just recall of facts, but also higher-level learning. Each case allows students to confront realistic scenarios as they evaluate, analyze, and synthesize information, resulting in more engaged and informed classroom discussions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9781506317052
• ISBN-10: 1506317057
• Artikelnr.: 45607083

Autorenporträt

Laura Lewis

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter 1: Understanding the Complexities, Costs, and Benefits Surrounding
Immigration Policy: Tough Decisions for Families and Policy Makers
Chapter 2: Community Organizing Concepts and Principles: Rebuilding
Holyoke From the Ground Up
Chapter 3: Achieving Racial Equality: Education, Housing, Health, and
Justice . . . A Long Way to Go
Chapter 4: End-of-Life Care, Costs, Concerns, and Conflict: Too Much of the
Wrong Kind of Care?
Chapter 5: Mental Illness: Community Supports and Community Dilemmas
Chapter 6: Perplexing Challenges in Child Protective Services: Life on the
Front Line
Chapter 7: Society's Evolving Understanding of Chemical Addiction and the
Subsequent Changes in Policy and Treatment Approaches: The Struggle to Stay
Clean
Chapter 8: Understanding the Draw of Gangs, Consequences for Neighborhoods,
and Determining an Effective Response: The North Side Crew
Chapter 9: Eminent Domain, Urban Renewal, and NIMBY: Is There a Win-Win
Solution?
Chapter 10: Homelessness and the Housing First Debate: Wrestling With the
Issues
Chapter 11: Examining the Elementary and Secondary Education System in the
United States and One Family's Dilemma: Fight or Flight