Introduction to Social Work Practice orients the students to the role of the professional social worker. The first chapter delineates the differences between being a good friend and being a good clinician in terms of social/emotional factors, professionalism, and self-disclosure. The second chapter covers techniques for building a trusting working environment that is conducive to processing sensitive issues along with an overview of key therapeutic communication skills. The remaining five chapters detail an easy-to-remember five-step problem-solving model to guide the clinical process: 1. Assessment, 2. Goal, 3. Objectives, 4. Activation, 5. Termination.
Key features include:
- role-play exercises
- brief essay and response questions to build and test key communication skills
- discussion points
- glossary of terms
- diagrams and charts that graphically represent the flow of the helping process.
The workbook presumes no prior clinical experience and uses no technical psychological jargon. It teaches fundamental communication skills while emphasizing key social work values, ethics, and issues of multicultural populations and diversity throughout.
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Preface
Overview of Exercises
PART I: DEFINING THE PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP
Social Work Diversity
Social/Emotional Factors
Professionalism
Self-Disclosure
Exercises
PART II: MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING
Principles
Skills
Emotional Aspects
Exercises
PART III: THE PROCESS
Before Meeting the Client
After Meeting the Client
Exercises
Rationale for Setting a Goal
Problems Versus Goals
Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Goals
Fundamental Attributes of a Goal: SMART
Supplemental Attributes of a Goal
Additional Techniques for Identifying a Goal
Simplification
Exercises
Definitions
Objectives in Detail: The Strategic Plan
Specifying Resources: Brainstorming Demonstrated
Alternate Sources for Assembling Strategies
Serial and Parallel Planning
Client Perspective
Exercises
Five Stages of Change
Laying the Groundwork for Change
Social Support
Homework
Evaluation
Identifying and Resolving Problems in Activation
Exercises
What Is Termination?
When Does Termination Happen?
How Does Termination Happen?
Termination Need Not Be Forever
Types of Termination
Progressive Termination
Mutual Emotional Aspects of Termination
Consolidating Gains
Posttermination Planning
Exercises
Appendix A. Sample Mental Status Exam (MSE)
Appendix B. Diagnostic Terminology
Appendix C. Documentation, Symbols, and Abbreviations
References
Index
About the Author
An instructor resources CD includes:
- Sample syllabi
- PowerPoint presentations
Features and benefits include:
- Easy to use and follow 5-step problem solving model
- Easy to read; jargon free
- Practical exercises to build clinical competency
- Hands on with space to write and reflect on activities and learning
- Helps students improve their clinical communication skills