Social Work Services in Schools - Tapa dura

Social Work Services in Schools covers broad school social work service issues, including education and development, effects of educational policy on practice, and planning, implementation, and evaluation. The editor, Paula Allen-Meares, is the Dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and is a well-known expert on child welfare and working with children in the school system. This book presents aspects of child, family, school and community social work in a comprehensive manner that includes material that all social work and child welfare professionals need, such as the effects of welfare reform on children and their families or diversity and its effects on social work practice in schools.

This comprehensive school social work text discusses major issues confronting education, and practice directions for the design, delivery, and evaluation of school social work services. This edition features a broader ecological perspective, with more attention on the effects of federal reforms, poverty, multiculturalism, and prevention efforts. The Fourth Edition offers information on recent legislation and litigation, servicing disabled pupils, dealing with violence in the schools, and counseling gay and lesbian youth. This edition also includes more case material and examples to illustrate the concepts being discussed.