Social Work Practice with Children, Fourth Edition (Clinical Practice with Children, Adolescents, and Families) - Hardcover

Boyd-Webb, Nancy (Professor Emerita, Fordham University, USA)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1462537553 ISBN 13: 9781462537556

Verlag: Guilford Publications, 2019

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A leading course text and practitioner resource for over 20 years--now revised and updated--this book presents developmentally and culturally informed methods for helping children in family, school, and community settings. Nancy Boyd Webb offers vital guidance and tools for practitioners. The text demonstrates research-based strategies for working with victims of maltreatment and trauma as well as children affected by poverty, parental substance abuse, bullying, and other adversities. Vivid case examples illustrate the "whys" and "how-tos" of play and family therapy, group work, and school-based interventions. Student-friendly features include thought-provoking discussion questions and role-play exercises. Reproducible assessment forms can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.
 
New to This Edition
*Chapter on working with immigrant and refugee children.
*Coverage of additional evidence-based practices for intervening with kids.
*Discussion of therapist self-care.
*Coverage of working with gender-nonconforming children.
*Updated for DSM-5, and features up-to-date research on brain development, trauma, and more.
 
 

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Nancy Boyd Webb, DSW, LICSW, RPT-S, until her death in 2023, was a leading authority on play therapy with children who have experienced loss and traumatic bereavement. She was University Distinguished Professor Emerita of Social Work in the Graduate School of Social Service at Fordham University, where she formerly held an endowed Chair in Child Welfare Studies and founded the Post-Master’s Certificate Program in Child and Adolescent Therapy. Dr. Webb taught clinical practice at Fordham for 30 years. She published numerous books on child therapy, trauma, and bereavement, including multiple editions of Play Therapy with Children and Adolescents in Crisis and Social Work Practice with Children. Dr. Webb was a supervisor, consultant, and trainer who presented frequently at conferences in the United States and internationally. She was the recipient of honors including the Day-Garrett Award from the Smith College School for Social Work, the Clinical Practice Award from the Association for Death Education and Counseling, and the designation of Distinguished Scholar by the National Academies of Practice in Social Work. Throughout her career, she was committed to preparing social work students to help children and families in need.

Nancy Boyd Webb, DSW, LICSW, RPT-S, is a leading authority on play therapy with children who have experienced loss and traumatic bereavement. She is University Distinguished Professor Emerita of Social Work in the Graduate School of Social Service at Fordham University, where she held an endowed Chair in Child Welfare Studies and founded the Post-Master’s Certificate Program in Child and Adolescent Therapy. Dr. Webb taught clinical practice at Fordham for 30 years. She has published numerous books on child therapy, trauma, and bereavement, including Helping Bereaved Children, Third Edition; Play Therapy with Children and Adolescents in Crisis, Fourth Edition; and Social Work Practice with Children, Fourth Edition. Dr. Webb is an active supervisor, consultant, and trainer who presents frequently at conferences in the United States and internationally. She is a recipient of honors including the Day-Garrett Award from the Smith College School for Social Work, the Clinical Practice Award from the Association for Death Education and Counseling, and the designation of Distinguished Scholar by the National Academies of Practice in Social Work.

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Social Work Practice with Children

By Nancy Boyd Webb

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Contents

List of Figures, Tables, and Cases, xxi, 
Part I. An Ecological-Developmental Framework for Helping Children, 
1. The Challenge of Meeting Children's Needs in the Context, 3, 
2. Challenges for Practitioners in Helping Children: Understanding the Multifaceted Role of the Social Worker, 18, 
Part II. The Process of Helping Children: A Running Case Illustration of a Child in a Single-Parent Homeless Family, 
3. Building Relationships with All Relevant Systems, 41, 
4. The Biopsychosocial Assessment of the Child, 58, 
5. Contracting, Planning Interventions, and Tracking Progress, 98, 
Part III. Different Methods of Helping Children, 
6. Helping the Family Help Their Child, 115, 
7. Individual Play Therapy with the Child, 140, 
8. Group Work with Children, 164, 
9. School-Based Interventions, 187, 
Part IV. Helping Children in Special Circumstances, 
10. Children Living in Kinship and Foster Home Placements, 215, 
11. Children in Single-Parent, Divorcing, and Blended Families, 237, 
12. Children in Families Affected by Illness and Death, 258, 
13. Children in Substance-Using Families, 284, 
14. Child Victims and Witnesses of Family and Community Violence, 311, 
15. The Interpersonal Violence of Bullying: Its Impact on Victims, Perpetrators, and Bystanders/Witnesses, 336, 
16. Immigrant and Refugee Children, 348, 
17. The Impact of a Changing World on Practice with and for Children, 360, 
Appendices, 
Child-Related Professional Organizations, 377, 
Child-Related Professional Journals, 380, 
Training Programs and Certifications, 383, 
Suppliers of Play Materials, 387, 
Bereavement Resources, 388, 
Forms for Assessment of the Bereaved Child, 389, 
Forms for Assessment of the Child in Crisis, 395, 
References, 401, 
Author Index, 437, 
Subject Index, 447, 

CHAPTER 1

The Challenge of Meeting Children's Needs in the Context of Difficult Family and Community Environments

Babies are born dependent on others to meet their physical, psychological/ emotional, and cognitive/intellectual needs. A committed caregiver and/ or an entire family typically devotes much time and energy to nurturing the baby and helping him or her grow and develop. Ideally, this caretaking process results in the formation of a two-way attachment relationship that serves as the template through which the growing infant experiences the world and learns to relate to others. In the best of all possible worlds, a family feels great happiness anticipating the birth of a child. When prepared emotionally, physically, and financially, most families can deal with the mixture of pleasure and stress associated with raising a child. However, unpredictable circumstances related to the home situation, the baby's health, the family's economic and psychological state, and the community and neighborhood in which the family lives can cause the birth experience and the child's early years to be shrouded with worry and concern. Unforeseen challenges may set in motion a chain of reactions when parents are not prepared to deal with the inevitable responsibilities associated with raising their new baby or when their personal situation changes, as following the death of a family member or a deployment into the military. When parents cannot care for their baby, relatives may do so, and when the extended family is unavailable, the child welfare system may step in. Society therefore maintains a vested interest in ensuring that families meet the needs of their children.

Social workers assist families and children, either through small-scale direct interventions or on a larger scale by helping communities establish and maintain essential services. This book presents different methods of helping children within their families, in schools, and in community settings. Whereas much of the focus here is on micro-level clinical practice with children and their families, the ecological perspective that guides such interventions always evaluates and considers the surrounding physical, economic, and political environments that may facilitate or hinder helping efforts.

THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF CHILDREN'S LIVES

Children's basic needs include nurturance, responsiveness, predictability, support, and guidance from caretakers (Garbarino, Stott, & Associates, 1989; Garbarino, 1992). Fulfilling these needs requires at least one caring adult who will take the responsibility of being an active presence in the child's life. Over time an attachment relationship develops between the dependent baby and the nurturing caretaker, and this relationship has a crucial role in determining how the child will respond to others in the future. When the child's early relationships are neglectful, abusive, or traumatic, this can result in enduring emotional, behavioral, cognitive, social, and emotional problems later in the child's life (Perry, 2006; Osofsky, 1997).

Statistics from 2016 indicate that approximately 9.2 million poor children in the United States were living in single-parent families, with the majority in single-mother families (Children's Defense Fund, 2016). It is very challenging to balance the economic necessities of earning a living with finding the time to take care of home responsibilities and, in addition, to nurture and develop and maintain a loving relationship with a baby and young child. Although some mothers manage this very well, others do not, and the children may suffer neglect or abuse.

According to the Children's Defense Fund (2016), in 2014 nearly 1 in 11 children lived in extreme poverty (defined as an annual income of less than half the poverty level), and children in single-parent families were more likely to be poor. Black children have the highest poverty rate. Single mothers experience the combined effects of social isolation, economic pressure, and the burden of having sole responsibility for raising a child (Gustafsson, Larson, Nelson, & Gustafsson, 2009; American Psychological Association, 2007). These factors can seriously affect the mothers' ability to form a positive attachment with their babies.

What is the impact on children of living in impoverished environments, which may be characterized by unemployment, pervasive substance abuse, inadequate health care, poor quality child care, and high levels of child abuse and neglect? Numerous studies have found that these socioeconomic disadvantages can contribute to higher incidences of impairment in children's social, behavioral, and academic functioning (Achenbach, Howell, Quay, & Conners, 1991; Achenbach, McConaughy, & Howell, 1987; American Psychological Association, 2007; Brooks-Gunn & Duncan, 1997; Institute of Medicine, 1989; Perry, 2006; Perry & Szalavitz, 2006; Schteingart, Molnar, Klein, Lowe, & Hartmann, 1995; Siegel, 2012). Poverty is a serious social and personal crisis, and interventions to help poor children and families require broad-based efforts to find political and economic remedies, in addition to helping children with their emotional–behavioral difficulties.

However, all children raised in poverty do not develop psychological problems. The ratio of risk and resilience cannot be calculated with certainty, although practitioners should certainly try to reduce risk factors and do whatever possible to stack the deck in favor of the child and family. Sometimes an...

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• Verlag: Guilford Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1462537553
• ISBN 13: 9781462537556
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 4
• Anzahl der Seiten: 461
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