Social Work 

The introductory chapters set the context by providing an in-depth overview of social work. The bulk of the Volume then offers insight into different fields of practice, such as child welfare, substance abuse, and international social work. The work then concludes with a chapter on issues that will inform the future of social work. 

Handbook Preface - Karen M. Sowers and Catherine N. Dulmus
Acknowledgments
Preface - Barbara W. White
Contributors
Chapter 1 The History of Social Work and Social Welfare - Leslie Leighninger
Chapter 2 Educating for Social Work - Julia M. Watkins and Jessica Holmes
Chapter 3 The Scope of Social Work Practice - June G. Hopps and Tony B. Lowe
Chapter 4 Professional Credentials and Professional Regulations: Social Work Professional Development - Donna DeAngelis and Mary Jo Monahan
Chapter 5 Social Work Organizations - Gary R. Lowe and Terry L. Singer
Chapter 6 Values and Ethics for Professional Social Work Practice - Kimberly Strom-Gottfried
Chapter 7 The Strengths Perspective: Putting Possibility and Hope to Work in Our Practice - Dennis Saleebey
Chapter 8 Child Welfare: Historical Trends, Professionalization, and Workforce Issues - Robin E. Perry and Alberta J. Ellett
Chapter 9 Family Centered Practice - Barbara Thomlison
Chapter 10 School Social Work - Cynthia Franklin, Beth Gerlach and Amy Chanmugam
Chapter 11 Substance Abuse - Lori K. Holleran Steiker and Samuel A. MacMaster
Chapter 12 The Mental Health Field of Practice - King Davis
Chapter 13 Healing the Disjuncture: Social Work Disability Practice - Elizabeth DePoy and Stephen Gilson
Chapter 14 Gerontology: A Field of Practice - Roberta R. Greene and Namkee Choi
Chapter 15 Forensic Social Work: Current and Emerging Developments - Katherine van Wormer, Albert Roberts, David W. Springer, and Patricia Brownell
Chapter 16 International Social Work - Doreen Elliott and Uma A. Segal
Chapter 17 Immigrant and Indigenous Populations: Special Populations in Social Work - Jon Matsuoka and Hamilton I. McCubbin
Chapter 18 Diversity - Iris B. Carlton-LaNey
Chapter 19 Social and Economic Justice - Tricia B. Bent-Goodley
Chapter 20 Putting Evidence-Based Practice into Practice - James G. Barber
Chapter 21 Making Social Work Practice More Scientific - Allen Rubin
Chapter 22 Issues in Social Work - Stanley L. Witkin and Roberta Rehner Iversen

Author Index
Subject Index
 

Includes bibliographical references.