Product Description: The second in the Wicked & Wise series, offering new solutions to seemingly intractable problems Crowdocracy highlights one of the world's fastest growing issues—how will we govern in the future, and who will we be governed by? As a globalized world becomes ever more fractured by the growth of new nations, what is the role of individual governments, blocks of superpowers, and fledgling states? And how will the people of the future affect the power and position of those who govern, and are governed? This is the second in the Wicked and Wise series, each exploring a number of hotly debated and “wicked” issues facing the planet and its people, and offering some intelligent, challenging, and “wise” ways forward that may be able to break through the current intractable position...read more

Product Description: The bestselling introductory Social Work text on the market, Zastrow's INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL WELFARE: EMPOWERING PEOPLE is lauded for being the most comprehensive and practical text available for beginning social workers...read more

Product Description: In this revision of his best-selling text, Charles Zastrow has added much that is new, including a conceptual framework for generalist practice; up-to-date illustrations of current social problems; a fresh new two-color design (featuring new photos, new illustrations, and new cartoons); and many new topics...read more

Comprehensive and modern, this new edition of Charles Zastrow's INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL WELFARE, SEVENTH EDITION is in step with the current state of social work in contemporary society. The issues that affect people in need are presented in the context of the values, ethics, and knowledge base of today's professional social worker. The book's up-to-date coverage and its social problems approach, along with Zastrow's easy-reading style, make it an enduring favorite in preparing students for the rewards and the challenges of the real world of social work. The Seventh Edition has been completely updated, and now features international perspectives as well as many new discussions of key trends in the field. Just some of the topics Zastrow covers include: Generalist Practice, Spirituality, The strengths perspective, Managed care, Child molestation, rape, and incest, Diversity, The criminal justice system, populations at risk, Ethnic-sensitive social work practice, Proposed welfare alternatives, Institutional racism, Depression in the Elderly, and The population crisis and the future. Using a social problems approach, the book presents useful tools for social work intervention that readers can use in helping to facilitate positive changes. As students come face to face with the harsh realities of today's social problems, they become familiar with the social services and programs they'll encounter in helping people overcome their troubles. As they learn more about the shortcomings and benefits of the social services, they begin to think critically about new ways to solve problems.

Covers age discrimination, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, nursing home law, wills, abuse of the elderly, and protective services

Product Description: Choosing a career can be daunting. But as you start down the path toward becoming a social work professional, it helps to have a map to help you plot your course. Have you decided on a school? Need help getting started writing your statement of purpose? Wondering what your new program expects from students? Deciding which internship best fits your interests? Curious about the benefits of social work professional organizations? Getting Your MSW: How to Survive and Thrive in a Social Work Program, Second Edition has all the answers and so much more!This user-friendly book guides the student through the decision-making process and necessary deliberations that all MSW students face...read more

Product Description: From the Foreword: There is so much more to becoming a social work educator than just being prepared to walk into class. Career Reflections of Social Work Educators takes a giant step toward preparing the fledgling practitioner-turned-social-work-educator for the career adventure ahead...read more

This series examines a wide array of professions; each book goes behind the scenes and on the job with a professional in a particular field. These books provide a glimpse of some of the projects, challenges, and rewards of a job on a day-to-day basis. From dealing with challenging clients to building rewarding relationships, this diary presents a revealing look into the daily life of a professional social worker. All aspects of the profession, including working with families, interacting with attorneys, and understanding the legal system and agency administration are highlighted. Special attention is also given to how social workers employ a variety of methods—including humor to deal with stressful situations—when working with patients.

Product Description: Give your future some positive therapy and enjoy a successful career Careers that involve helping people are tremendously rewarding; they also offer diverse opportunities. In order to decide what job route is best for you, you need to begin with a clear plan: What will you specialize in? Do you need an advanced degree or certificate? How will you find the right position? Careers in Social and Rehabilitation Services has the answers...read more

Product Description: With all the career options in social work and human services, the right path or the best place to start may seem difficult to find. Many Paths, One Purpose identifies fifteen different career tracks in social work and human services and presents testimonials from professionals in each track...read more

Product Description: Never HIGHLIGHT a Book Again!  Virtually all testable terms, concepts, persons, places, and events are included. Cram101 Textbook Outlines gives all of the outlines, highlights, notes for your textbook with optional online practice tests...read more

Lists positions and the educational requirements and skills needed for careers in such organizations as the Red Cross, Goodwill, the Salvation Army, VISTA, the Peace Corps, and UNICEF

Product Description: What Social Workers Do: 2004 Paperback Edition

Social work is a complex profession with multiple specialties and work settings. Very few mass market career publications or web sites address in detail the career management and job search needs of social workers across job functions, fields, or degree levels. Social Work Career Development is the most comprehensive book of its kind and a superb reference for any social worker. Updated to respond to changes in the job market and the profession since the best-selling first edition, this unique handbook addresses in detail the career management and job search needs of social workers, including self-assessment exercises, strategies for researching the job market and networking, details on resumes, curriculum vitae, and portfolios; tips on selecting master's and doctoral programs, and much more. Social Work Career Development is a must for practitioners, managers, and faculty. It may be the most valuable career planning tool available to students and should be in every college career center and library. SPECIAL FEATURES: Questions to facilitate research regarding the market in sub-fields of social work Interview questions by function for practice Pitfalls and illegal questions in interviews Licensure and certification for social work and related specialties Detailed vignettes of job searches at the BSW, MSW, and PhD levelsAlso available:Professional Writing for the Human Services - ISBN 0871011999Social Work Research Methods: Building Knowledge For Practice - ISBN 0871013002NASW Press NASW Press, a division of National Association of Social Workers (NASW), is a leading scholarly press in the social sciences. We serve faculty, practitioners, agencies, libraries, clinicians, and researchers throughout the United States and abroad. Known for attracting expert authors, the NASW Press delivers professional information to hundreds of thousands of readers through its scholarly journals, books, and reference works.Some of the areas we publish in include:-Social work in the field of aging-Models of social work-Social work with children and adolescents-Ethics in social work-Community organization-Professional development

Product Description: ALERT: Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferable...read more

Product Description: Zastrow's comprehensive introduction to social work and social welfare looks at today's society with a realistic view of social problems and presents students with positive strategies in the context of the core values, ethics, skills and knowledge base of today's professional social worker...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Provides vocational guidance for jobs in the social services, including day care, home health care, and hospices

Product Description: Robot interaction control is one of the most challenging targets for industrial robotics. While it would provide the robotic systems with a high degree of autonomy, its effectiveness is limited by the complexity of this problem and by the necessity of special sensors (six-dof force sensors)...read more