Social Work Practice Research for the Twenty-First Century / / ed. by Philip McCallion, Anne Fortune, Katharine Briar-Lawson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Berkman, Barbara,; Blackburn, James A.,; Briar-Lawson, Katharine,; Catalano, Richard F.,; Chou, Yueh-Ching,; Christian, Ollie G.,; Eriksen, Rita Elisabeth,; Feldman, Ronald A.,; Fleming, Charles B.,; Fortune, Anne E.,; Fraser, Mark W.,; Garvin, Charles D.,; Haggerty, Kevin P.,; Hawkins, David,; Hill, Karl G.,; Hopps, June G.,; Huh, Nam-Soon,; Ito, Fujie,; Jagt, Louwerus,; Jagt, Nel,; Kirk, Stuart A.,; Kobel, Alexander,; Koh, Yun-Soon,; Littell, Julia H.,; Lo, T. Wing,; Lowe, Tony B.,; Marsh, Peter,; Marsiglia, Flavio Francisco,; McCallion, Philip,; Naleppa, Matthias,; Proctor, Enola K.,; Richman, Jack M.,; Rollins, Latrice S.,; Rooney, Ronald H.,; Shaw, Ian,; Terzian, Mary A.,; Trotter, Christopher,; Videka, Lynn,
• HerausgeberIn: Briar-Lawson, Katharine,; Fortune, Anne,; McCallion, Philip,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 4 illus., 5 tables

Social work professionals must demonstrate their effectiveness to legislators and governments, not to mention clients and incoming practitioners. A thorough evaluation of the activities, ethics, and outcomes of social work practice is critical to maintaining investment and interest in the profession and improving the lives of underserved populations.Incorporating the concerns of a new century into a consideration of models for practice research, this volume builds on the visionary work of William J. Reid (1928-2003) who transformed social work research through empirically based and task-centered approaches-and, more recently, synthesized intervention knowledge for framing future study. This collection reviews the task-centered model and other contemporary Evidence-Based Practice models for working with individuals, families, groups, communities, and organizations. Essays demonstrate the value of these pragmatic approaches in the United States and international settings. Contributors summarize state-of-the-art methods in several key fields of service, including children and families, aging, substance abuse, and mental health. They also evaluate the research movement itself, outlining an agenda for today's sociopolitical landscape and the profession. This volume inspires practice research to prioritize evidence as a base for the profession.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Tribute -- Part One: A Historical Mapping of Social Work Practice Research -- 1. Critical Infrastructures for Social Work Practice Research -- 2. Empirical Practice in Social Work -- 3. Qualitative Social Work Practice Research -- Part Two: Status of Evidence- Based Practice in Selected Areas of Social Work -- 4. Group Work Research -- 5. Social Development Interventions Have Extensive, Long-Lasting Effects -- 6. Advances in Children's Mental Health -- 7. Evidence-Based Services to Children in a Conservative Environment -- 8. Social-Behavioral Research in Aging and the Social Work Research Agenda -- 9. A Culturally Grounded Approach to Drug Use Prevention with Latino Children and Youth -- 10. Development of Intervention Models with "New Overwhelmed Clients" -- 11. Pulling Together Research Studies to Inform Social Work Practice -- Part three: An Example of Empirical Model Development and Dissemination -- 12. The Intellectual Legacy of William J. Reid -- 13. Task-Centered Practice in the United States -- 14. Task-Centered Practice in Great Britain -- 15. Task-Centered Practice in the Netherlands -- 16. Task-Centered Practice in Germany -- 17. Task-Centered Practice in Switzerland -- 18. Task-Centered Practice in Norway -- 19. Task-Centered Practice in Australia -- 20. Task-Centered Practice in Japan -- 21. Task-Centered Practice in South Korea -- 22. Task-Centered Practice in Hong Kong -- 23. Task-Centered Practice in Taiwan -- Part four: Future Directions -- 24. The Question of Questions -- 25. Building Capacity for Intervention Research -- 26. Building Evidence-Based Intervention Models -- Index