The focus of this book is on understanding the major social issues in America, the social welfare system and it's attempts to resolve those issues, and the many roles assumed by professional social workers within the social welfare system. This is an easy to read book which includes many examples of successful social work practices within existing social welfare settings.
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Dr. Morley D. Glicken is the former Dean of the Worden School of Social Service in San Antonio; the founding director of the Master of Social Work Department at California State University, San Bernardino; the past Director of the Master of Social Work Program at the University of Alabama; and the former Executive Director of Jewish Family Service of Greater Tucson. He has also held faculty positions in social work at the University of Kansas and Arizona State University. He currently teaches in the Department of Social Work at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.
Dr. Glicken received his BA degree in social work with a minor in psychology from the University of North Dakota and holds an Master of Social Work degree from the University of Washington and the Master of Public Administration and Doctor of Social Work degrees from the University of Utah. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Fraternity.
In 2010, Praeger Press published his books on workaholism and retirement and another on mature love. In 2009, Praeger Press published his book A Simple Guide to Retirement (with Brian Haas). Elsevier, Inc. published his books Evidence-Based Practice with Troubled Children and Adolescents: A Psychosocial Perspective and, Evidence Based Counseling and Psychotherapy with an Aging Population, also in 2009. In 2008 he published A Guide to Writing for Human Service Professionals for Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. In 2006 he published Life Lessons from Resilient People, published by Sage Publications. He published Working with Troubled Men: A Practitioner's Guide for Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers in 2005 and Improving the Effectiveness of the Helping Professions: An Evidence-Based Approach to Practice in 2004 for Sage Publications. In 2003 he published Violent Young Children, and Understanding and Using the Strengths Perspective for Allyn and Bacon/Longman Publishers. Dr. Glicken published two books for Allyn and Bacon/Longman Publishers in 2002: The Role of the Helping Professions in the Treatment of Victims and Perpetrators of Crime (with Dale Sechrest) and, A Simple Guide to Social Research.
Dr Glicken has published over 50 articles in professional journals and has written extensively on personnel issues for Dow Jones, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal. He has held clinical social work licenses in Alabama and Kansas and is a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers. He is currently Professor Emeritus in Social Work at California State University, San Bernardino and Executive Director of the Institute for Personal Growth: A Research, Treatment, and Training Institute in Prescott, Arizona offering consulting services in counseling, research, and management.
More information about Dr. Glicken may be obtained on his website: www.morleyglicken.com. A listing of all of his books may be found on Amazon.com at:
https://authorcentral.amazon.com/v/1973805540 and he can be contacted by email at: mglicken@msn.com.
Preface
Acknowledgements
PART I: SOCIAL ISSUES, THE SOCIAL WELFARE SYSTEM, AND THE ROLE OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORK
Ch 1: An Introduction to Social Problems, Social Welfare Organizations, and the Profession of Social Work
What Are Social Problems?
Media Bias: Two Views
My Political Philosophy
Religion and Spirituality
What Is Social Work
Core Social Work Values
What Social Workers Do
The Following Chapters
Political Correctness
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Summary
Ch 2: A Brief History of Social Work: From the Poor Laws to the Conservative Revolution
The English Poor Laws: Regulating the Poor
A Slightly Edited 1536 Draft of the Poor Laws Explaining Who Is Poor and Why They Need Help
The Workhouses
A Criticism of the Poor Laws Written in 1817
The American Experience
Dorothea Dix and the Condition of American Mental Institutions in 1840
Are We Doing Better Now?
The Origins of Modern Social Work
Hull House
The Great Depression and the New Deal
Problems Remain for the Social Security of Americans
Word War II and the Rise of Social Work Education
The "War on Poverty" and the "Great Society"
The 1970s
The Conservative Reaction: 1975 to the Present
The Clinton Years
Remaining Social Problems
Some Important Dates in Social Work and Social Welfare
Summary
Internet Sources
Ch 3. The Social Work Process
Collecting Information About the Client: Assessment
An Outline for a Psychosocial Assessment
Helping Relationships
Evaluation of a Social Worker's Effectiveness
Evaluating a Client's Level of Improvement
Why Clients Get Better
Summary
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Internet Sources
Ch 4: Professional Social Work Practice: The Sophisticated Generalist
The Social Work Generalist
The Social Work Specialist
Five Approaches to Helping People Often Used in Social Work
The ABC's of Cognitive therapy
Assuring Clients of Effective Social Work Practice
Summary
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Internet Sources
PART II: PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS RESPOND TO SOCIAL ISSUES IN RELATED WORK SETTINGS
Ch 5: The Economically and Socially Disadvantaged: Professional Social Work in the Public and Private Social Welfare Systems
The Federal Goverment's Poverty Guidelines
The Culture of Poverty
The Economic Safety Net
Homelessness
Why Don't We Outlaw Poverty?
What Social Work Do to Help Clients Move Out of Poverty
Summary
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Internet Sources
Ch 6: Children in Difficulty: The Child Welfare System and Professional Social Work With Abused, Neglected, and Emotionally Troubled Children and Their Families
The Serious Problem of Child Abuse and Neglect
Legal Definitions of Abuse and Neglect
The Impact of Child Physical Abuse and Neglect
Child Sexual Abuse
Incest and Intrafamilial Abuse
Repressed Memory Syndrome
The Organizations That Provide Services for Child Abuse
The Role of Social Work in Treating and Preventing Child Abuse
Social Work Intervention With Child Molestation
Summary
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Internet Sources
Ch 7: The Education System in America and the Role of School Social Workers
The Reasons for Increased School Violence
The Relationship Between Family Problems and School Acting Out
What Social Workers Do in Schools
Reforming Public Education
Summary
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Internet Sources
Ch 8: Troubled Families: The Social Welfare Safety Net and Professional Social Work With Families Experiencing Financial, Emotional, and Social Difficulties
The Changing American Family
Healthy Families
Family Poverty Data
Health Care Data
Special Programs to Help Families
How Social Workers Help Families
Family Resilience
Summary
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Internet Sources
Ch 9: Problems in the Workplace: Work-Related Helping Organizations and the Role Industrial Social Work
Work Related Stress
Unemployment
Underemployment
Workplace Violence
Social Work Interventions: Employee Assistance Programs and Other Forms of Organizational Assistance
Summary
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Internet Sources
Ch 10: Problems of Youth Crime and Violence: The Legal System and the Role of Forensic Social Work
Early and Late Starters of Violence
Gang Violence
The Relationship Between Child Abuse and Violence
Are Childhood Bullies Likely to Be Violent Adolescents and Adults?
Cruelty to Animals Predicts Future Violence
Fire Setting and Early Violence
Does Violence on TV and in Movies Lead to Violence in Real Life?
Getting Tough on Violence Youth Crime
Treating Youth Violence
Helping Organizations Dealing With Youth Violence and Crime
How Social Workers Help Violent Youth
Summary
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Internet Sources
Ch 11: The Graying of America: Helping Organizations With Older Adults and the Role of Social Workers in Gerontology
Common Emotional Problems Experienced by Older Adults
Social Programs to Help Older Adults
How Social Workers Help Older Adults
Social Work Intervention With Problems of Older Life Anxiety and Depression
Anxiety in Older Adults
Depression in Older Adults
Summary
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Internet Sources
Ch 12: Serious Emotional Problems and Mental Illness: Helping Organizations and the Role of Clinical Social Work
Definitions of Emotional Problems and Mental Illness
The Extent of Serious Emotional Problems
The Impact of Serious Emotional Problems
The Mental Movement in the United States
Deinstitutionalization
Treating Mood Disorders and Mental Illness
Is Mental Illness a Lifetime Condition?
The Organizations That Help People With Emotional Problems and Mental Illness
How Social Workers Help
Summary
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Internet Sources
Ch 13: Health Problems, Disabilities, Death and Dying, and Access to Care: The Many Roles of Medical Social Workers
Race and Health Care: Unequal and Troubling
Gender Differences in Health
The Reasons for Male Health Problems
HIV/AIDS
Disabilities
Medicare and Medicaid
The Role of Medical and Rehabilitation Social Workers
A Personal Story About Rehabilitation Social Work
Death and Dying
Summary
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Internet Sources
Ch 14: A Society With Serious Substance Abuse Problem: The Helping Organizations and the Role of Social Workers in Treating and Preventing Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Prevalence of Substance Abuse in America
How Do We Know if Someone Is Abusing Substances?
Tests to Determine the Extent of a Substance Abuse Problem
Helping People With Substance Abuse Problems
How Effective Are We in Treating Substance Abuse?
The Organizations That Provide Assistance to Substance Abusers
The Role of Social Work in Treating Substance Abuse
Summary
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Internet Sources
PART III: INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND THE ROLES OF SOCIAL WORK
Ch 15: Immigration: Xenophobia, the Organizations Helping New Immigrants, and Social Work's Role in Smoothing Transitions to the United States
The Cost to Taxpayers of Illegal Immigration
The Helping Organizations Assisting Immigrants
Social Work's Role in Immigrantion
Culturally Sensitive Social Work Practice With Two Immigrant Groups
Summary
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Internet Sources
Ch 16: Natural Disasters, Terrorism, and Random Violence: Helping Organizations and the Role of Social Work in Treating Victims
What Is PTSD?
Who Develops PTSD?
How Prevalent Is PTSD?
Resilience: The Ability to Cope With Traumas
The Impact of Natural Disasters
The Impact of Recent Acts of Terrorism in America
Helping Interventions With PTSD
The Organizations That Help Victims of Violence
What Social Workers Do to Help Victims of Traumas
Recovering From PTSD
Summary
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Internet Sources
Ch 17: International Social Problems: The Helping Organizations and the Roles of International Social Workers
International Social Work
International Social Problems Affecting the United States
Summary
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Internet Sources
Ch 18: Medical, Social, and Emotional Problems in the Military: The Veterans Administration and Military Social Work
The War on Terror and the Role of Social Work in the Military
Specific Functions of Military Social Work
Ethical Dilemmas in Military Social Work
The Veterans Administration (VA)
Summary
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Internet Sources
PART IV: KEY ELEMENTS IN COMBATING SOCIAL ISSUES AND ACHIEVING SOCIAL JUSTICE
Ch 19: The Problems Faces by Diverse Populations: The Helping Organizations and Culturally Sensitive Social Work Practice
Discrimination
Laws Governing Discrimination
Ethnically Sensitive Social Work Practice
Ethnically Sensitive Practice With African American Clients
Ethnically Sensitive Practice Guidelines With African American Clients
Summary
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Internet Sources
Ch 20: The Role of Social Work and Social Welfare Organizations in Developing Healthy Community Life
Healthy Community Life
What Happens When Communities Are Unhealthy?
The Tools for Community Change
A Dialogue: Individuals or Larger Issues? Where Should We Put Our Energies?
Summary
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Internet Sources
Ch 21: The Impact of Religion and Spirituality on the Social and Emotional Lives of Americans: Religiously Affiliated Social Services Institutions and the Role of Social Work
Definitions of Spirituality and Religious Involvement
Does Spirituality and Religious Involvement Have a Positive Impact on Physical and Mental Health?
Some Reasons why Spirituality and Religious Involvement May Improve Physical and Mental Health
Should Issues of Religion and Spirituality Be Included in the Work Done by Social Workers?
Religious Social Service Organizations and the Role of Social Work
Some Randomly Chosen Mission Statements From Religiously Sponsored Social Service Agencies
Some Opposing Views
Summary
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Internet Sources
Ch 22: Achieving Social Justice Through Organizational Change
Social Work and Organizational Change to Achieve Social Justice
Criticism of Social Work Management
Successful Organizations
Summary
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Internet Sources
Ch 23: Potential Social Problems in the 21st Century and Future Directions for Social Welfare and Social Work
Problems of the 21st Century
Problems Facing Social Work and Social Welfare Institutions
The Future of Social Work and Social Welfare
Summary
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference
Internet Sources
Appendix: NASW Code of Ethics
References
Additional Recommended Reading
About the Author
