This is the fifth and final text in McGraw-Hill's new series NEW DIRECTIONS IN SOCIAL WORK. The text covers the basics of using and conducting social work research in a user-friendly, practical way, and provides many examples of social work research drawn from the literature as well as the authors' many years as social work educators, researchers, and evaluation consultants. Research for Effective Social Work Practice addresses all the basic topics such as formulating research questions, sampling, research design, measurement, and analysis; unlike other texts in the field, however, this book logically links the chapters so that, based on the research question that the social worker selects, she or he will be able to (a) make a reasoned judgment about the best research methods to apply, (b) articulate the strengths and weaknesses of her or his choices, and (c) critique the research methods used in other studies.

Research for Effective Social Work Practice with Student CD-ROM and Ethics Primer

Politics & Social Sciences

Krysik, Judy

Finn, Jerry

Social Sciences

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Human Services Online: A New Arena for Service Delivery

Will your agency or students have the training to use the Internet in practice?Human Services Online: A New Arena for Service Delivery focuses on ways that Human Services are using the Internet for service delivery, community education, collaboration, advocacy, social change, and resource development. This valuable book highlights the array of innovative services now being offered on the Internet and provides guidelines and cautions for human service professionals in using the Internet to enhance their services.Human Services Online: A New Arena for Service Delivery provides much-needed research and empirical evaluation related to human service online activities and points to areas where future research efforts should be directed. The book describes and evaluates cutting-edge Internet-based services, ethical and legal threats to agencies and consumers that may result from online activities, and theoretical discussions of issues that impact human services as consumers and human service agencies increasingly come online.Topics addressed in Human Services Online: A New Arena for Service Delivery include: online therapy/counseling online fundraising online recruitment of volunteers and virtual volunteer programs online consultation, continuing education, and training ethical, legal, and liability issues related to Web sites and online support online support groups and self-help online advocacy and activism promoting access for under-represented populations use of the Internet to impact specific social problems such as domestic violence or HIV/AIDSHuman Services Online: A New Arena for Service Delivery provides guidelines and specific suggestions for agencies considering developing online services. The book examines model programs and their effectiveness so that other agencies can replicate them in their own areas, describes cutting-edge online services that today's human services students will need to be aware of as they enter the job market, and provides information for agencies that will enhance their ability to solicit volunteers and contributions on the Internet.

Business & Money

Holden, Gary

Economics

CRC-Press

Will your agency or students have the training to use the Internet in practice?Human Services Online: A New Arena for Service Delivery focuses on ways that Human Services are using the Internet for service delivery, community education, collaboration, advocacy, social change, and resource development. This valuable book highlights the array of innovative services now being offered on the Internet and provides guidelines and cautions for human service professionals in using the Internet to enhance their services.Human Services Online: A New Arena for Service Delivery provides much-needed research and empirical evaluation related to human service online activities and points to areas where future research efforts should be directed. The book describes and evaluates cutting-edge Internet-based services, ethical and legal threats to agencies and consumers that may result from online activities, and theoretical discussions of issues that impact human services as consumers and human service agencies increasingly come online.Topics addressed in Human Services Online: A New Arena for Service Delivery include: 
<ul>
<li>online therapy/counseling </li>
<li>online fundraising </li>
<li>online recruitment of volunteers and virtual volunteer programs </li>
<li>online consultation, continuing education, and training </li>
<li>ethical, legal, and liability issues related to Web sites and online support </li>
<li>online support groups and self-help </li>
<li>online advocacy and activism </li>
<li>promoting access for under-represented populations </li>
<li>use of the Internet to impact specific social problems such as domestic violence or HIV/AIDS</li>
</ul>Human Services Online: A New Arena for Service Delivery provides guidelines and specific suggestions for agencies considering developing online services. The book examines model programs and their effectiveness so that other agencies can replicate them in their own areas, describes cutting-edge online services that today's human services students will need to be aware of as they enter the job market, and provides information for agencies that will enhance their ability to solicit volunteers and contributions on the Internet.

Research For Effective Social Work Practice

Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group

This hands-on workbook provides tools, ideas, tips, and suggestions for nurturing developmental assets in young people through leadership opportunities. Using stories and examples, it shows how youth workers and educators in congregations, schools, and youth-serving organizations can prepare youth for leadership in their organizations and communities by giving them the strong foundation they need in life. 
Topics include: Key characteristics of effective leaders. Expanding your idea of youth leadership. Helping adults and youth work together. Overcoming challenges.

An Asset Builder's Guide to Youth Leadership

Education & Teaching

Adams, David

Griffin-Wiesner MEd, Jennifer

Davis, Kalisha

Schools & Teaching

Search Institute Press

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