Case Studies in Social Work Practice

Part I Case Studies in Generalist Practice Case Study 1-1 Using the Ecological Model in Generalist Practice: Life Transitions in Late Adulthood Shirley Patterson, Jan Jess, and Craig Winston LeCroy Case Study 1-2 Finding Resources: Case Management with Childhood Chronic Illness Kathy L. Lortie Case Study 1-3 A Strengths-Focused Approach to Community Development Jeannine K Chapelle Part II Case Studies in Integrating Theory and Practice References Case Study 2-1 Social Work Practice from an Ecological Perspective Barbra Teater Case Study 2-2 Social Learning Theory in the Treatment of Phobic Disorders Bruce A. Thyer Case Study 2-3 Case Studies in Integrating Theory and Practice: Relational Theory with a Young Adult Experiencing Interpersonal Problems Joseph Walsh, Ph. D., L. C. S. W Case Study 2-4 Using a Family Systems Approach with the Adoptive Family of a Child with Special Needs Martha Morrison Dore Part III Case Studies in Child and Family Welfare Case 3-1 Clinical Social Work in a Interdisciplinary Team: An Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry Case Catherine Sammons Case Study 3-2 Family Drug Court Chris Swenson-Smith and Yesenia Campos Case Study 3-3 Child Welfare Supervision Case Study Cynthia A. Lietz, PhD, LCSW Case Study 3-4 Challenging the Tradition: In Some Families, Violence Is a Way of Life Steven Krugman Part IV Case Studies in Family Therapy Case Study 4-1 Homebuilders: Helping Families Stay Together Nancy Wells Gladow, Peter J. Pecora and Charlotte Booth Case Study 4-2 Humanizing the Impossible Case: Engaging the Power of a Family-Larger Systems Intervention Jay Lappin and John VanDeusen Case Study 4-3 Completing Brad's Dreams Dr. David Eddy Part V Case Studies in Treating Adult Problems Case Study 5-1 Nightshift Carl Oekerman Case Study 5-2 Individual Treatment of Depression Using Cognitive Therapy Brent B. Geary Case Study 5-3 Jasmika, The Docs, and Me: A Short Story with a Happy Ending About Partnership, Collaboration, Social Work, and Psychiatric Medication Kia J. Bentley Case Study 5-4 Beyond Just Words-Multisensory interventions can heighten therapy's impact Danie Beaulieu Case Study 5-5 Treatment of Depression and Coping with Chronic Pain through Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement Amber Kelly and Eric Garland Part VI Case Studies in Preventing Problems and Developing Resourcefulness Case Study 6-1 A Group Based Approach to Stress Management Randy Magen Case Study 6-2 Mediation and Facilitation: Alternatives to the Adversarial Process of Conflict Resolution in Child Welfare Cases Susan K. Parnell Case 6-3 Project Home Base: How Berto Came Indoors After Twenty Years of Sidewalk Sleeping Catherine Sammons Case Study 6-4 Treating Geriatric Depression in the Context of Caregiving Kristen Gustavson Case Study 6-5 The Go Grrrls Program: Universal Prevention for Early Adolescent Girls Craig Winston LeCroy Part VII Case Studies in Group Work Case Study 7-1 A Mutual Aid Support Group for Persons with AIDS in Early Substance Abuse Recovery Lawrence Shulman Case Study 7-2 A Group for Relatives and Friends of Institutionalized Aged Toby Berman-Rossi and Alex Gitterman Case Study 7-3 A Social Skills Group for Children Craig Winston LeCroy Case Study 7-4 Group Work with Men Who Batter Richard M. Tolman and Larry Bennett Part VIII Case Studies in Diversity Case 8-1 The Case of Ruth and Janice Deana F. Morrow and Frances E. Tack Case Study 8-2 Counseling an Interracial Couple Man-Keung Ho Case Study 8-3 Working with the Urban Poor Myrtle Parnell and Jo VanderKloot Case study 8-4 Highlighting the role of cross-cultural competence in ethically sound practice Kathleen Cox, Nancy Sullivan, Jennifer Reiman, and Cher Vang Part IX Case Studies in Using Practice Evaluation Reference Case Study 9-1 Evaluating the Treatment of a Sexually Assaulted Child Betty J. Blythe Case Study 9-2 Doing Family Therapy with an Acting-Out Adolescent: Using rapid assessment tools in clinical practice. Kevin Corcoran and Kristin Beers Case Study 9-3 Practice Evaluation Methods: Practical Variations on a Theme Paula S. Nurius and Sara Green Case Study 9-4 Becoming evidence-based: A social work agency's effort to move research into practice Jennifer L. Bellamy