Handbook Preface.
Karen M. Sowers.
Catherine N. Dulmus.
Volume Prolusion.
William Rowe.
Lisa A. Rapp-Paglicci.
Contributors.
Section I.
1. Evidence-Based Practice.
Eileen Gambrill.
2. Interviewing Skills.
Francis J. Turner.
3. Assessment and Data collection.
William R. Nugent.
4. Problem Identification, Contracting and Case Planning.
Sophia F. Dziegielewski.
5. Practice Evaluation.
Bruce A. Thyer.
6. Program Evaluation.
David Royse.
7. Case Management.
Joseph Walsh.
Valerie Holton.
8. Advocacy.
Cecilia Lai Wan Chan.
Chi Kwong Law.
9. Crisis Intervention.
Kenneth R. Yeager.
Albert R. Roberts.
Wendy Grainger.
10. Termination, Stabilization and Continuity of Care.
Samuel A. Mac Master.
Sara Sanders.
Section II.
11. Assessment of Children.
Michael E. Woolley.
12. Intervention with Children.
Mary Ruffolo.
Paula Allen-Meares.
13. Assessment of Adolescents.
David W. Springer.
14. Intervention with Adolescents.
Craig Winston Le Croy.
15. Assessment of Adults.
Elaine Congress.
16. Intervention with Adults.
Bruce A. Thyer.
17. Assessment of Elderly.
Gregory Paveza.
18. Intervention with Elderly.
Michael J. Holosko.
John Heckman
19. Assessment of Families.
Robyn Munford.
Jackie Sanders.
20. Intervention with Families.
Cynthia Franklin.
Catheleen Jordan.
Laura Hopson.
21. Assessment of Groups.
D. Mark Ragg.
22. Intervention with Groups.
Lena Dominelli.
23. Assessment of Communities.
Don M. Fuchs.
24. Intervention with Communities.
Michael Reisch.
25. Assessment of Organizations.
Michael J. Austin.
Catherine M. Vu.
26. Intervention with Organizations.
Charles Glisson.
27. Assessment of Institutions.
Heather K. Horton.
Katharine Briar-Lawson.
William Rowe.
Brian D. Roland.
28. Intervention with Institutions.
Leon C. Fulcher.

Editors-in-Chief, Karen M. Sowers, Ph D, is Professor and Dean at the University of Tennessee College of Social Work in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Catherine N. Dulmus, Ph D, is Associate Professor of Social Work and Director of the?Buffalo Center?for Social Research at the University of Buffalo, New York.?She is coeditor of several social work journals and has authored or coedited a number of books, including Essentials of Child Welfare, Handbook of Preventive Interventions for Children and Adolescents, Handbook of Preventive Interventions for Adults, and The Social Work and Human Services Treatment Planner.
Volume Editors, William Rowe, D.S.W., is the Director of the School of Social Work at the University of South Florida.
Lisa A. Rapp-Paglicci, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the University of South Florida and a coeditor of the Handbook of Violence and the Handbook of Prevention Interventions for Children and Adolescents.