Each title in the Allyn &amp; Bacon Johnson &amp; Grant Casebook Series presents three to four in-depth cases in a different topic area, prefaced by an introduction to generalist social work practice. 
 Allyn &amp; Bacon Casebook Series for Substance Abuse, First Edition by Jerry Johnson and George Grant provides students with personal and intimate glimpses into the thinking and actions of experienced practitioners working with with substance abusing clients. The contributors to this casebook combined many decades of social work experience and teaching to create a one-of-a-kind tool for students to study and analyze how practitioners think about practice. The authors move beyond the belief that practice involves finding “correct” interventions to solve client problems, and instead invite students to review and challenge the work of others to help them understand what compromises important practice decision with real clients in real practice settings.

Casebook: Substance Abuse (Allyn & Bacon Casebook Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Johnson, Jerry L.

Grant, Jr. George

Social Sciences

Pearson

Each title in the Allyn &amp; Bacon Johnson &amp; Grant Casebook Series presents three to four in-depth cases in a different topic area, prefaced by an introduction to generalist social work practice. 
 Allyn &amp; Bacon Casebook Series for Mental Health, First Edition by Jerry Johnson and George Grant provides students with personal and intimate glimpses into the thinking and actions of experienced practitioners working with clients on mental health issues. The contributors to this casebook combined many decades of social work experience and teaching to create a one-of-a-kind tool for students to study and analyze how practitioners think about practice. The authors move beyond the belief that practice involves finding "correct" interventions to solve client problems, and instead invite students to review and challenge the work of others to help them understand what compromises important practice decision with real clients in real practice settings.

Casebook: Mental Health (Allyn & Bacon Casebook Series)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Each title in the Allyn &amp; Bacon Johnson &amp; Grant Casebook Series presents three to four in-depth cases in a different topic area, prefaced by an introduction to generalist social work practice. 
 Allyn &amp; Bacon Casebook Series for Medical Social Work, First Edition by Jerry Johnson and George Grant provides students with personal and intimate glimpses into the thinking and actions of experienced practitioners working with clients with medical issues. The contributors to this casebook combined many decades of social work experience and teaching to create a one-of-a-kind tool for students to study and analyze how practitioners think about practice. The authors move beyond the belief that practice involves finding "correct" interventions to solve client problems, and instead invite students to review and challenge the work of others to help them understand what compromises important practice decision with real clients in real practice settings.

Casebook: Medical Social Work (Allyn & Bacon Casebook Series)

Each title in the Allyn &amp; Bacon Johnson &amp; Grant Casebook Series presents three to four in-depth cases in a different topic area, prefaced by an introduction to generalist social work practice. 
 Allyn &amp; Bacon Casebook Series for Domestic Violence, First Edition by Jerry Johnson and George Grant provides students with personal and intimate glimpses into the thinking and actions of experienced practitioners working with clients coping with domestic violence. The contributors to this casebook combined many decades of social work experience and teaching to create a one-of-a-kind tool for students to study and analyze how practitioners think about practice. The authors move beyond the belief that practice involves finding "correct" interventions to solve client problems, and instead invite students to review and challenge the work of others to help them understand what compromises important practice decision with real clients in real practice settings.

Casebook: Domestic Violence (Allyn & Bacon Casebook Series)

Each title in the Allyn &amp; Bacon Johnson &amp; Grant Casebook Series presents three to four in-depth cases in a different topic area, prefaced by an introduction to generalist social work practice. 
 Allyn &amp; Bacon Casebook Series for Adoption, First Edition by Jerry Johnson and George Grant provides students with personal and intimate glimpses into the thinking and actions of experienced practitioners working with children and families. The contributors to this casebook combined many decades of social work experience and teaching to create a one-of-a-kind tool for students to study and analyze how practitioners think about practice. The authors move beyond the belief that practice involves finding "correct" interventions to solve client problems, and instead invite students to review and challenge the work of others to help them understand what compromises important practice decision with real clients in real practice settings.

Casebook: Adoption (Allyn & Bacon Casebook Series)

Each title in the Allyn &amp; Bacon Johnson &amp; Grant Casebook Series presents three to four in-depth cases in a different topic area, prefaced by an introduction to generalist social work practice. 
 Allyn &amp; Bacon Casebook Series for Community Organization, First Edition by Jerry Johnson and George Grant provides students with personal and intimate glimpses into the thinking and actions of experienced practitioners working with clients and communities. The contributors to this casebook combined many decades of social work experience and teaching to create a one-of-a-kind tool for students to study and analyze how practitioners think about practice. The authors move beyond the belief that practice involves finding “correct” interventions to solve client problems, and instead invite students to review and challenge the work of others to help them understand what compromises important practice decision with real clients in real practice settings.

Casebook: Community Practice (Allyn & Bacon Casebook Series)

This casebook on working with victims of sexual abuse provides students with personal and intimate glimpses into the thinking and actions of experienced practitioners working with them. The contributors to this casebook combined many decades of social work experience and teaching to create an opportunity for students to study and analyze how practitioners think about practice. The authors move beyond the belief that practice involves finding ";correct"; interventions to solve client problems, and instead invite students to review and challenge the work of others to help them understand what compromises important practice decision with real clients in real practice settings.

Sexual Abuse

Child and Family Welfare: A Casebook

Child and Family Welfare: A Casebook provides readers with informative and valuable cases to help them improve their engagement, assessment, diagnostic, and treatment planning skills. The cases also serve to enhance the way readers think about their clients and practice in child and family welfare. The opening chapter presents the Advanced Multiple Systems (AMS) approach, which provides readers with a series of guiding practice principles to use while reading the evaluating cases. In proceeding chapters, readers learn about a Children’s Protective Services worker managing multiple cases, investigating abuse and neglect, and dealing with the challenges of assessment and placement. Additional cases chronicle the journey of two boys moving through the foster care system and a teenage girl and her little brother waiting to see if an agency can place them together in an adoptive home. Another case shares the story of a teenager who grew up in foster care while still connected to her biological family and who is now attending college. The closing chapter reviews best practice methods in child and family welfare. Child and Family Welfare is part of the Cognella Casebook Series for the Human Services, a collection of textbooks that challenge students to learn through example, build critical competencies, and prepare for effective, vibrant practice. 
Jerry L. Johnson is an associate professor in the School of Social Work at Grand Valley State University. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from Western Michigan University. Johnson has been in the human services field since 1983, serving as a family therapist, clinical supervisor, administrator, consultant, teacher, trainer, and author. 
George Grant, Jr. is the dean of the College of Community and Public Service and a professor in the School of Social Work at Grand Valley State University. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from Western Michigan University. Grant, Jr. is a professor, administrator, evaluator, practitioner, and consultant.

Cognella Academic Publishing

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Practice: A Casebook on Co-occurring Disorders

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Practice: A Casebook on Co-occurring Disorders provides readers with illuminating, complex cases that shed light on how experienced practitioners think about practice, struggle to resolve practice dilemmas, and make clinical decisions to meet the needs of clients with co-occurring disorders. The opening chapter presents the Advanced Multiple Systems (AMS) approach, gleaned from the editors' 80 years of combined professional experience and providing readers with a series of guiding practice principles to use while reading the evaluating cases. In following chapters, cases are presented in the form of in-depth narratives. Through an informative storytelling, readers learn about individuals struggling with substance abuse, mental health disorders, racial identity, trauma, and parental rights. In additional chapters, readers are provided with standard assessment forms and challenged to make clinical sense of clients' information and their complex lives. The final chapter reviews best practice methods in the field of co-occurring disorders. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Practice is part of the Cognella Casebook Series for the Human Services, a collection of textbooks that challenge students to learn through example, build critical competencies, and prepare for effective, vibrant practice.

Trauma-Informed Care: A Casebook

Trauma-Informed Care: A Casebook provides readers with thought-provoking and invaluable cases to help them improve their skills in working with clients presenting trauma-based problems and diagnoses. The opening chapter presents the Advanced Multiple Systems (AMS) approach, which provides readers with a series of guiding practice principles to use while evaluating the cases. In proceeding chapters, readers learn about a 77-year-old African American man who suffered the trauma of Hurricane Katrina; an adolescent female who identifies as male and experiences significant personal, family, and social issues on his way to embracing his gender identity; and an adolescent girl in a foster care placement unsuitable for her situation. Additional cases follow a successful salesman and community member whose childhood involved trauma, rape, and loss, and a lesbian women in a long-term, committed relationship who suffers with problems on the job because of her gender identity and desire to surgically transition from female to male. The final chapter reviews best practices in the field of trauma and trauma-informed care. Trauma-Informed Care is part of the Cognella Casebook Series for the Human Services, a collection of textbooks that challenge students to learn through example, build critical competencies, and prepare for effective, vibrant practice.

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