Brooks/Cole The Social Work Skills Workbook, International Edition

THE SOCIAL WORK SKILLS WORKBOOK, International Edition gives you the opportunity to get involved in actual hands-on social work practice. Cournoyer’s comprehensive workbook/textbook helps you rehearse and practice the core skills needed in contemporary social work practice. Complete with interesting case examples, summaries and skill-building exercises, THE SOCIAL WORK SKILLS WORKBOOK will help you become a more confident, ethical, and effective helper. Review Part I: PROFESSIONALISM. 1. Introduction. 2. Introduction to Professionalism. 3. Critical Thinking, Scientific Inquiry, and Career-Long Learning. 4. Valuing Diversity, Advancing Human Rights and Social Justice, and Promoting Social Well-Being through Policy Practice. 5. Ethical Decision Making. Part II: SOCIAL WORK SKILLS. 6. Talking and Listening--The Basic Interpersonal Skills. 7. Preparing. 8. Beginning. 9. Exploring. 10. Assessing. 11. Contracting. 12. Working and Evaluating. 13. Ending. APPENDICES. About the Author Dr. Barry R. Cournoyer has been a social work practitioner for more than 40 years and a university teacher for more than 35 years. He received his M.S.S.W. degree from the University of Tennessee and the D.S.W. degree from the University of Utah. He is Emeritus Professor with the Indiana University School of Social Work, where he taught for 32 years. A former Associate Dean with the School, he remains interested in student learning assessment and quality improvement activities in social work education. In addition to this eighth edition of THE SOCIAL WORK SKILLS WORKBOOK, he co-authored THE SOCIAL WORK PORTFOLIO and the Seventh Edition of SOCIAL WORK PROCESSES -- all published by Brooks/Cole-Cengage. He also authored THE EVIDENCE-BASED SOCIAL WORK SKILLS BOOK, published by Allyn & Bacon.