Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 Assessment of Children -- Defining Assessment -- Data Collection -- Contextual Perspective -- Prevention or Intervention Planning -- Historical Background -- Assessment Informing Best and Evidence-Based Practices -- Evolving Ecological-Systems Perspective -- Biopsychosocial Assessment Report -- Summary of Current Evidence-Based Assessment of Children -- Multiple Informants -- Multiple Data Collection Strategies -- Limitations of the Evidence -- Emerging Trends in Child Assessment -- Implications for Social Work on Micro-, Mezzo-, and Macrolevels -- Child Protection -- Schools -- Mental Health -- Child Struggles That Cross Settings -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 2 Intervention With Children -- Development of EBPs for Children at Risk for Emotional or Behavioral Problems -- Current EBPs With Children -- Child- and Family-Based Interventions -- Schoolwide/Community Interventions -- Limitations of the Evidence -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 3 Assessment of Adolescents -- Evidence-Based Assessment With Adolescents -- Interviews -- Rapid-Assessment Instruments and Standardized Assessment Tools -- Validity -- Additional Considerations in Selecting Scales -- Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers -- Drug Use Screening Inventory-Revised -- Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale -- The Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory for Adolescents -- Adolescent Concerns Evaluation -- Additional Rapid-Assessment Instruments -- Limitations of Evidence-Based Assessment With Adolescents -- Treatment Goals -- Implications for Social Work -- Conclusion.

Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 4 Intervention With Adolescents -- Overview of Issues and Problems Facing Adolescents -- Promising Programs of Prevention and Intervention -- Promoting the Development of Competencies and the Prevention of Disorders -- Substance-Abuse-Prevention Programs -- Substance-Abuse Prevention -- Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and HIV Prevention -- Promising Treatment Programs -- Adolescent Coping With Depression Course -- Multisystemic Therapy -- Functional Family Therapy -- Problem-Solving and Social-Skills Training -- Ongoing Treatment and Case Management -- Multidimensional Foster Care -- Considerations in Service Delivery -- Motivation for Treatment -- Context and Focus of Treatment -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 5 Assessment of Adults -- Historical Background -- Psychosocial Diagnostic Assessment -- Problem-Solving Assessment -- Cognitive-Behavior Assessment -- Life-Model Assessment -- Task-Centered Assessment -- Solution-Focused Assessment -- Strengths-Perspective Assessment -- Summary of Current Evidence-Based Assessment for Individuals -- Assessment Scales and Tools -- Cultural Assessment -- Suicide Assessment -- Depression and Anxiety Tests -- Substance-Abuse Assessment -- Assessment of Older People -- Evidence-Based Assessment -- Implications for Social Work on Micro-, Mezzo-, and Macrolevels -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 6 Intervention With Adults -- Historical Background -- Task Force on Promotion and Dissemination of Psychological Interventions -- Institute of Medicine -- National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices -- Summary of Useful Resources.

Limitations of the Evidence -- Implications for Social Work at the Micro-, Mezzo-, and Macrolevels -- Micro- and Mezzolevel Practice -- Macrolevel Practice -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 7 Assessment of the Elderly -- Historical Background -- Elements of the Comprehensive Assessment -- Mental Status -- Functional Assessment -- Medical History and Nutritional and Health-Behaviors Assessment -- Assessment of Emotional Well-Being -- Assessment of Social, Economic, and Environmental Well-Being -- Social Assessment -- Economic Well-Being -- Environmental Assessment -- The Care Plan -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 8 Intervention With the Elderly -- Historical Background -- The Demographic Reality -- Practice Implications -- Defining and Assessing the Evidence-Based Practice Interventions -- Summary of Current Evidence-Based Interventions With the Elderly -- Cohort 1-Conceptual/Theoretical Frameworks -- Cohort 2-Effectiveness Studies -- Cohort 3-Specified Intervention and Outcome Studies -- Limitations of the Evidence -- Implications for Social Work at Micro-, Mezzo-, and Macrolevels -- Societal Themes Issues -- Basic Knowledge Areas -- Level 1-Intervention Skills -- Level II Intervention Skills -- Applying Evidence to Render Better Practice Decisions -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 9 Assessment of Families -- Historical Background -- Current Evidence on the Assessment of Families -- Limitations to the Evidence on the Assessment of Families -- The Assessment Process Within Social Work Practice-Micro-, Mezzo-, and Macrolevels -- The Microlevel -- The Mezzolevel -- The Macrolevel -- Conclusion -- Key Terms.

Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 10 Intervention With Families -- Historical Background -- Summary of Current Evidence-Based Intervention With Families -- Evidence-Based Practices -- Cognitive Behavior Therapy With Parent Component -- Limitations of Evidence-Based Family Interventions -- Improving the Implementation of EBP -- Implications for Social Work Practice -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.

MICHAEL J. HOLOSKO, PhD, MSW, is the Pauline M. Berger Professor of Family and Child Welfare at the University of Georgia, School of Social Work. He has taught across the undergraduate and graduate curriculum in schools of social work, nursing, public administration, and applied social science in Canada, the United States, Hong Kong, Sweden, Australia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. CATHERINE N. DULMUS, PhD, LCSW, is Professor, Associate Dean for Research, and Director of the Buffalo Center for Social Research in the School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo, SUNY, and Research Director at Hillside Family of Agencies in Rochester, New York. KAREN M. SOWERS, PhD, is Dean and Beaman Professor in the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her research interests include juvenile justice, sexuality, social work education, child welfare, evidence-based practice, and international social work practice.

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