Nancy Boyd Webb 
Social Work Practice with Children [EPUB ebook] 

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.

 

 

Inhoudsopgave

Foreword, Luis H. Zayas

I. An Ecological–Developmental Framework for Helping Children

1. The Challenge of Meeting Children’s Needs in the Context of Difficult Family and Community Environments

2. Challenges for Practitioners in Helping Children

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

4. The Biopsychosocial Assessment of the Child

5. Contracting, Planning Interventions, and Tracking Progress

III. Different Methods of Helping Children

6. Helping the Family Help Their Child

7. Individual Play Therapy with the Child

8. Group Work with Children

9. School-Based Interventions

IV. Helping Children in Special Circumstances

10. Children Living in Kinship and Foster Home Placements

11. Children in Single-Parent, Divorcing, and Blended Families

12. Children in Families Affected by Illness and Death

13. Children in Substance-Using Families

14. Child Victims and Witnesses of Family and Community Violence

15. The Interpersonal Violence of Bullying: Its Impact on Victims, Perpetrators, and Bystanders/Witnesses

16. Immigrant and Refugee Children

17. The Impact of a Changing World on Practice with and for Children

Appendices

References

Author Index

Subject Index

 

Over de auteur

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.