Revel Access Code for Social Work Skills for Beginning Direct Practice

Dr. Linda Cummins earned her MSW and PhD from the Ohio State University with a focus on homeless populations, rural women and communities and policy practice. She has been a social work researcher and educator for 25 years in the bricks & mortar, and online environments teaching courses in research methodology, social policy and social welfare, and ethics and diversity; and, conducting research with homeless populations (rural, urban, Appalachian women, poly-addicted severely mentally ill), community partnerships among social service agencies, and technology in social work education. Dr. Cummins has served as chair of many curriculum and technology committees, as an online curriculum designer and consultant, and has presented at national conferences on diversity in social work practice and education, homeless populations and service provision, technology in social work education, and ethic of care for aging populations. Dr. Cummins is author of Policy Practice of Social Workers: New Strategies for a New Era, with co-authors Katherine Byers and Laura Pedrick. Dr. Cummins is currently a professor in the graduate school of Northcentral University where she chairs dissertation committees across disciplines and serves as the co-chair of the Institutional Review Board. She resides on her multigenerational organic farm on the South Coast of Oregon.   Judith Sevel is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh (BASW) and Howard University (MSW), and has been a social work practitioner and educator since 1984. She has practiced in the fields of mental health, domestic violence, family and children services, incarcerated juveniles, and people with developmental disabilities. Recently she retired from Illinois State University, after serving as the Director of Field Education for the BSW and MSW programs. While at ISU, Judith taught courses in interviewing and assessment, and Field Seminar classes at all three levels of practice. Judith has been a disaster mental health services volunteer and a facilitator for the Reconnection Workshops for Military Families  through the American Red Cross since 2001.  She is also a certified mediator  in Small Claims, Child Protection, and Divorce and Custody mediation with the 11th Judicial Circuit Court in McLean County, IL. 

Brief Contents

An Introduction to Social Work and the Helping Process
Values and Ethics in Social Work
Theory-Directed Social Work Practice
The Cultural Context of Practice: Using Interviewing Skills Effectively
Basic Skills for Direct Practice
Advanced Social Work Skills for Direct Practice
Common Errors in Direct Practice
Intake and Engagement
The Assessment Process
Problem Identification, Planning, and Contracting
Treatment and Intervention
Practice Evaluation
Termination

Appendix A: Professional Writing and Documentation Guidelines Appendix B: HIPAA and Confidentiality Issues Appendix C: Practice Tools: Examples Appendix D: De-Escalation Techniques Appendix E: Full Case Studies Workbook