Social Work Practice with Children, First Edition

Nancy Boyd Webb, DSW, BCD, RPT-S, is University Distinguished Professor of Social Work at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service. Her publications include Helping Bereaved Children and Social Work Practice with Children, as well as an award-winning video, Techniques of Play Therapy. In addition to teaching and writing, she maintains a clinical practice and supervises and consults with schools and agencies. A board-certified diplomate in clinical social work and a registered play therapy supervisor, Dr. Webb presents frequently at play therapy, social work, and mental health conferences in the United States and abroad.

Foreword. Part I. An Ecological Developmental Framework for Helping Children. Children's Problems and Needs. Necessary Background for Helping Children. Part II. The Process of Helping Children: A Running Case Illustration of a Child in a Single-Parent Homeless Family. Building Relationships with All Relevant Systems. The Biopsychosocial Assessment of the Child. Contracting, Planning Interventions, and Tracking Progress. Part III. Different Methods of Helping Children. Working with the Family. One-to-One Work with the Child. Group Work with Children. School-Based Interventions. Part IV. Helping Children in Special Circumstances. Children in Out-of-Home Placements. Children in Nontraditional Families. Children in Families Affected by Illness and Death. Children in Substance-Disordered Families. Child Victims and Witnesses of Family Violence. A Changing World's Impact on Practice with and for Children. Appendices.