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Chapter 1. An Introduction to Social Problems, Social Welfare Organizations, and the Profession of Social Work
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Chapter 2. A Brief History of Social Work: From the English Poor Laws to the Progressive Policies of President Barack Obama
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- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mDcgQDY2k4 This video describes the history of Jane Addams and the Hull House community.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAVqF3g9icY Listen to this interview with Dr. Roger Christenfeld from The Hudson River Psychiatric Center and learn about how people with mental illnesses have been treated in the US.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_C63Bljr_k This video describes how Social Security has emerged as a target in White House budget negotiations. Sen. Bernie Sanders insists that the retirement program must not be cut as part of any deficit reduction deal.
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- The social work history station
Professor Dan Huff’s social work history station has links to speeches, significant laws and people, and a train ride through social work history.
- The social work history station
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Chapter 3. The Social Work process
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- Methods of developing skill from psychological self-help Dombeck and Wells-Moran state how clients effectively use help for social and emotional problems.
- Constructing a model for personal practice
J. Singer explains his model for practice, which was written while he was an MSW student. - The therapeutic relationship is the most important ingredient in successful therapy
R. Singer’s paper on relationships does an exceptionally good job of explaining why the helping relationship is so important in producing effective professional work.
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Chapter 4. Professional Social Work Practice: The Sophisticated Generalist
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- Sigmund Freud An in-depth explanation of Sigmund Freud’s work on the psychodynamic approach.
- What is solution-focused therapy? An article involving research on solution-focused brief therapy is presented here.
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Chapter 5. Social Work Education
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- 2008 EPAS handbook The accreditation
handbook discussed in Chapter 5.
- 2008 EPAS handbook The accreditation
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Chapter 6. The Importance of Critical Thinking and Research in Social Work Practice
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- Research and paradigms Williams discusses in detail the issue of research paradigms and how they are used in the research process.
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Chapter 7. The Economically and Socially Disadvantaged: Professional Social Work in the Public and Private Social Welfare Systems
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- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SmIAruRPrc
This video describes 15 shocking facts that indicate that the middle class is being wiped out. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8RIFtrXMAkThis video discusses rural U.S. poverty as World Vision’s Ruston Seaman and other voices in the struggle to help Americans living in poverty discuss the issues that work against American families in need.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TelyWI6okoThis video displays statistics on homeless Americans as well as pictures which depict their experiences.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SmIAruRPrc
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- Economic security for all: How to end poverty in the United States Hudson writes three intriguing and timely chapters (Chapters 2, 8, and 10) on how to end poverty in the United States
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- Who we are
- Geospatial and Statistical Data Center
- Geostat Center: Historical Census Browser
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Chapter 8. Children in Difficulty: The Child Welfare System and Professional Social Work With Abused, Neglected, and Emotionally Troubled Children and Their Families
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- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXPJFLOXZls In this video, the specialists of the CARE House of Oakland County tell the stories of mental, physical and sexual abuse of children. The children mentioned in these accounts were brought into CARE House for support, intervention and treatment
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuGz2GrKOSo This video describes how childhood trauma may help drive physical changes in the way the human body later responds to stress, including chronic migraine in adulthood. Three physicians discuss the numbers, the potential pathophysiology, and the approach physicians should take when treating adult headache patients who may be survivors of childhood abuse.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbwNlXCo-xQ
In this video, a child abuse survivor shares her story.
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- Child abuse: Statistics, research and resources Hopper has compiled information on child abuse with statistics and relevant data.
- Child welfare information gateway The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (n.d.) provides suggestions for preventing child abuse and neglect.
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Chapter 9. The Education System in America and the Role of School Social Workers
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- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei_ROza-l_g
This video describes the Columbine High School massacre where Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed twelve classmates and a teacher. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpbXShBUtEs&feature=related This video discusses the state of education in
American schools. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx4pN-aiofw
This episode of 20/20 describes the issues that plague American schools and prevent children from receiving an adequate education.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei_ROza-l_g
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- The Nation’s Report Card (Reading and Mathematics) The Nation’s Report Card (2010) evaluates how well we’ve done in teaching children to read and do math.
- The decline of education Simanek (1994) discusses the decline of education.
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Chapter 10. Troubled Families: The Social Welfare Safety Net and Professional Social Work With Families Experiencing Financial, Emotional, and Social Difficulties
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- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOdPLr4zyNU In this video, two women describe their experiences of domestic abuse and how they found the strength and support to leave their situation.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOu_BszChIE This video discusses the role women have in domestic violence relationships.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVRGpcqNOXgIn this video, three women describe the difficulties keeping a family together on an income below the poverty level.
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- Reflections on family Besharov (2001) discusses the future of the American family and his concerns about the current state of the family.
- Healthy marriage initiative The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (2004) describes the healthy marriage initiative.
- Family psychoeducation The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Mental Health Information Center (2005) outlines what can be done to make families function more effectively.
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Chapter 11. Problems in the Workplace: Work-Related Helping Organizations and the Role of Industrial Social Work
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- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkuSonZNCzY This video discusses the devastating U. S. unemployment rate. While talks on the debt ceiling and deficit are underway in Washington DC, a new job report highlights that numbers are way worse than analysts expected.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2leLuzA77yM This video outlines 7 tips for preventing workplace violence.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlsONkvouFcThis video displays news footage of the mass shooting at Fort Hood.
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- Preventing homicide in the workplace
- Stress at work Job stress poses a threat to the health of workers and, in turn, to the health of organizations. This booklet highlights knowledge about the causes of stress at work and outlines steps that can be taken to prevent job stress.
- Workplace Violence Initiative Information about the Workplace Violence Initiative is available at this site.
- Guidelines for preventing workplace violence for health care and social service workers This report suggests ways of preventing violence that may be directed against health and social service workers.
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Chapter 12. Problems of Crime and Violence: The Legal System and the Role of Forensic Social Work in Work With Juveniles
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- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChN4QvbbpFM
This documentary focuses on street gang violence and its affect on communities throughout California's Central Valley.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0XiK9uZG9M
In this video, Gabrielle Prisco of the Juvenile Justice Project at the Correctional Association of New York, talks about the way the justice system fails all youth--and the reasons LGBT youth wind up in the system more often than straight teens.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH6TSrkCNlo
This video describes the experience of a boy who has been bullied.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChN4QvbbpFM
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- Bipartisan Working Group on Youth Violence The National Institute of Prisons (2006) reports the findings and recommendations of the bipartisan working group of the U.S. House of Representatives on preventing youth violence.
- Youth violence: A report to the U.S. Surgeon General Satcher (2001) reports on youth violence.
- Best practices of youth violence prevention: A sourcebook for community action Thornton, Craft, Dahlberg, Lynch, and Baer from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention argue that violence is a public health problem.
- Bipartisan Working Group on Youth Violence The National Institute of Prisons (2006) reports the findings and recommendations of the bipartisan working group of the U.S. House of Representatives on preventing youth violence.
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Chapter 13. The Graying of America: Helping Organizations With Older Adults and the Role of Social Workers in Gerontology
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- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eaJXBj87to
This video was produced by the Elder Justice Now campaign and shows the families and individuals whose lives have been turned upside down by elder abuse.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsAlXRV1yx0
This video describes Medicare including how and when will to use it? Watch this short and easy to understand video about Medicare Part A, B, C and D.
- http://www.youtube.com/user/mowaausa?blend=11&ob=5
This video shows how your support of the Meals On Wheels Association of America is instrumental in our work to end senior hunger in America by the year 2020.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eaJXBj87to
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- Older Americans 2010: Key indicators of well-being A discussion of aging is available from the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics (2010).
Substance abuse among older adults: Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP)
Read the discussion of the silent epidemic of substance abuse among older adults (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2004).
- Older Americans 2010: Key indicators of well-being A discussion of aging is available from the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics (2010).
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Chapter 14. Serious Emotional Problems and Mental Illness: Helping Organizations and the Role of Clinical Social Work
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- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPUsdxMBEOQ
In this video, Josh Rushing goes deep inside one of the largest prison systems in the United States to look at the criminalization of the mentally ill.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxHQ8aq84IY
This video takes a look inside America's college campuses, where eating disorders may
affect up to 20% of its students.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74vTftboC_A&feature=related
This documentary summarizes the symptoms of Schizophrenia, and also gives you a look into the simulator of hallucinations and delusions.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPUsdxMBEOQ
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- Home The discussion of common and severe forms of emotional difficulty and mental illness is reported by the National Institute of Mental Health (2010).
- Review of recovery literature A report on the recovery programs that emphasize the consumer recovery movement and its effectiveness (Ralph, 2000).
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Chapter 15. Health Problems, Disabilities, Death and Dying, and Access to Care: The Many Helping
Roles of Medical
Social Workers
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- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24oVaeHeBAk
This documentary discusses childhood obesity in America.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVruzrZmgN4
In this video, Marcia Stefanick talks about the medical differences between men and women and how the different chemical makeups of the different sexes can affect a person's health and longevity.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pQAzoVJxdY&playnext=1&list=PL8B0629FC154666A4
This documentary explores learning disabilities within school and through to the work place.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24oVaeHeBAk
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- Leading causes of death The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2009) reports the 10 leading causes of death by age-group.
- Get the facts: What is complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)? A highly informative discussion of alternative medicine is provided (National Institutes of Health, 2005a).
- The National Health Security Plan (executive summary) A national health care plan that would cover all Americans with health needs is summarized (National Institutes of Health, 2005b).
- Leading causes of death The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2009) reports the 10 leading causes of death by age-group.
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Chapter 16. A Society With Serious Substance Abuse Problems: The Helping Organizations and the Role of Social Workers in Treating and Preventing Alcohol and Drug Abuse
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- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILx8Mo0Edac This documentary discusses the abuse of prescription drugs and how this type of drug abuse is quickly becoming an epidemic.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70-JMC8V_w4
This documentary focuses on the geriatric population (a generation that is not usually the target of anti-drug efforts). It discusses the signs of abuse and explain how to prevent, treat, and manage drug use among this generation.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yho3OjsP184This video discusses the cost of substance abuse. By viewing it you, will find out the ramifications for an addict when abuse happens to someone you know.
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- National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National findings The results of a national survey by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2002) on substance use in the United States are provided.
- Preventing drug abuse among children and adolescents The National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes for Health (2003) reports on preventing substance abuse among children and adolescents.
- A call to action: Changing the culture of drinking at U.S. colleges Binge drinking and campus use of substances are addressed (Task Force of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2007).
- National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National findings The results of a national survey by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2002) on substance use in the United States are provided.
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Chapter 17. Immigration: Xenophobia, the Organizations Helping New Immigrants, and Social Work’s Role in Smoothing Transitions to the United States
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- A national ID system: Big Brother’s solution to illegal immigration A response to the suggestion that the country use a national ID system to determine if anyone is here illegally (Miller & Moore, 1995).
- Immigration law and policy The National Immigration Law Center (2010) website contains all recent comments and proposed laws regarding immigration policy and should help you understand the ongoing debate over immigration.
- Become a U.S. citizen The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2010) website explains the forms and procedures required to enter the United States legally, obtain a green card, and ultimately achieve citizenship.
- A national ID system: Big Brother’s solution to illegal immigration A response to the suggestion that the country use a national ID system to determine if anyone is here illegally (Miller & Moore, 1995).
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Chapter 18. Natural Disasters, Terrorism, and Random Violence: Helping Organizations and the Role of Social Work in Treating Victims in Crisis
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- Terrorism, the future, and U.S. foreign policy: Issue brief to Congress An article for Congress on terrorism, the future, and how the United States should conduct foreign policy in response to terrorism (Perl, 2003).
- Full report of the prevalence, incidence, and consequences of violence against women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey Website on violence toward women (Tjaden & Thoennes, 2000).
- Crime and victim statistics Website from the U.S. Department of Justice (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2002) on crime and violence data.
- Terrorism, the future, and U.S. foreign policy: Issue brief to Congress An article for Congress on terrorism, the future, and how the United States should conduct foreign policy in response to terrorism (Perl, 2003).
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Chapter 19. International Social Problems: The Helping Organizations and the Roles of International Social Workers
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- Websites for organizations that could have international job openings A listing of international aid organizations is provided, which could help in finding positions in international aid work overseas.
- Finance Development Deaton (2002) argues that the economies of many third- and fourth- world countries are improving and, with that improvement, hunger is decreasing.
- Hunger stats A disturbing UN report (World Food Programme, 2010) is provided on world hunger.
- Websites for organizations that could have international job openings A listing of international aid organizations is provided, which could help in finding positions in international aid work overseas.
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Chapter 20. Medical, Social, and Emotional Problems in the Military: The Veterans Administration and Military Social Work
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- The new war against terror The famous scientist Noam Chomsky (2001), who has done much of the cutting-edge work on the development of speech in children, discusses the war on terror in a very controversial way, which will hopefully encourage discussion and thought.
- A summary of VA benefits VA benefits are summarized to help you understand the long-term medical and service benefits in one of the country’s largest medical and social service systems (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2009).
- The new war against terror The famous scientist Noam Chomsky (2001), who has done much of the cutting-edge work on the development of speech in children, discusses the war on terror in a very controversial way, which will hopefully encourage discussion and thought.
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Chapter 21. The Problems Faced by Diverse Populations: The Helping Organizations and Culturally Sensitive Social Work Practice
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- HIV/AIDS among African Americans The Centers for Disease control and Prevention (2007) report on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS among African Americans and what we might do to lower the rate of the disease.
- Black (African-American) history month: February 2010 The U.S. Census Bureau (2010) provides insight into Black history.
- HIV/AIDS among African Americans The Centers for Disease control and Prevention (2007) report on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS among African Americans and what we might do to lower the rate of the disease.
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Chapter 22. The Role of Social Work and Social Welfare Organizations in Developing Healthy Community Life: Building Better Communities Through Community Organizing
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- Dangerous days of summer Rate your community’s pollution level with Environmental Defense (Balbus & Chee, 2004).
- Healthier communities: A compendium of best practices Flower (1993) discusses the healthy communities movement.
- Creating healthy communities checklist Healthy Ohio (n.d.) provides a checklist for healthy communities.
- Power to the people: Thirty-five years of community organizing Walls (2009) explains more on the concept of community organizing.
- Dangerous days of summer Rate your community’s pollution level with Environmental Defense (Balbus & Chee, 2004).
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Chapter 23. The Impact of Religion and Spirituality on the Social and Emotional Lives of Americans: Religiously Affiliated Social Service Institutions and the Role of Social Work
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- Atheism: The skeptics dictionary An article on atheism and its beliefs and values (Carroll, 2010).
- Religion A series of polls of Americans regarding their attitudes toward religion and spirituality is conducted by a number of different polling services (PollingReport.com, 2010).
- Guidance to faith-based and community organizations on partnering with the federal government The rules that guide faith-based organizations that contract with public agencies to provide social services are described by the White House (n.d.).
- Atheism: The skeptics dictionary An article on atheism and its beliefs and values (Carroll, 2010).
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Chapter 24. Achieving Social Justice Through Organizational Change: Social Work Administration, Social Justice, and the Public Social Service System
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- Planned organizational change Izumi and Taylor (1998) explain planned organizational change.
- First Things Michael Novak (2000) explains social justice from his unique point of view.
- Social Justice Another definition of social justice (Social Justice, 2010) is explained in an article appearing on Wikipedia.
- Planned organizational change Izumi and Taylor (1998) explain planned organizational change.
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Chapter 25. Achieving Social Justice Through Social Policy Initiatives
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- Social welfare (Almanac of Policy Issues, 2004) provides you with an opportunity to use links to a large number of Internet sources on social policy.
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Chapter 26. Potential Social Problems in the 21st Century and the Future Directions for Social Welfare and Social Work
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- Strengths of the safety net The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (1998) reports on the strength of the social safety net for poor and at-risk clients.
- Psychology and the Internet: Intrapersonal, interpersonal and transpersonal implications King and Moreggi (1998) consider issues pertaining to Internet counseling and psychotherapy.
- The Nation Press (2004) brings up the problem of our declining middle class.
- Strengths of the safety net The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (1998) reports on the strength of the social safety net for poor and at-risk clients.
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