Multisystem Skills and Interventions in School Social Work Practice

Foreword
Paula Allen-Meares

Introduction
Edith M. Freeman, Cynthia G. Franklin, Rowena Fong, Gary L. Shaffer, and Elizabeth M. Timberlake
Part I: Skills and Interventions for Practice with Individuals

* How to Interview for Client Strengths
Peter De Jong and Scott D. Miller
* The Getting Better Phenomenon: Videotape Applications of Previously At-Risk High School Student Narratives
Glenn Carley
* Female Gang Members: A Profile of Aggression and Victimization
Christian E. Molidor
* A Critical Review of Strategies to Reduce School Violence
Rudolph Alexander, Jr., and Carla M. Curtis
* A Comprehensive Afrocentric Rites of Passage Program for Black Male Adolescents
Aminifu R. Harvey and Julia B. Rauch
* Addressing the Needs of Foster Children: The Foster Youth Services Program
Robert H. Ayasse
* Decelerating Self-Stimulating and Self-Injurious Behaviors of a Student with Autism: Behavioral Intervention in the Classroom
Barbara Peo Early
* Using Portfolios to Assess Students’ Academic Strengths: A Case Study
Jean C. Karoly and Cynthia G. Franklin
* Aggressive Behavior in Childhood and Early Adolescence: An Ecological–Developmental Perspective on Youth Violence
Mark W. Fraser
* Nonconvulsive Seizure Disorders: Importance and Implications for School Social Workers
Diane Kistner and Kevin L. DeWeaver

Part II: Skills and Interventions for Practice with Families

* Engaging Effectively with Culturally Diverse Families and Children
Frances S. Caple, Ramon M. Salcido, and John di Cecco
* Techniques for Assessing Family–School Connections
Carolyn B. Pryor
* Socialization Issues for Chinese American Children and Families
Rowena Fong and David Y. H. Wu
* Early Intervention to Improve Attendance in Elementary School for At-Risk Children: A Pilot Program
Janet Ford and Richard D. Sutphen
* Supporting and Empowering Families through Cooperative Preschool Education
Katherine M. Dunlap
* School Social Workers as Family Therapists: A Dialectical–Systemic–Constructivist Model
Gilbert J. Greene, Dorothy Harper Jones, Cara Frappier, Martha Klein, and Barbara Culton
* The Link between Childhood Maltreatment and Teenage Pregnancy
Carolyn A. Smith
* Factors Associated with Early Sexual Activity among Urban Adolescents
Carolyn A. Smith
* Outcomes of Mandated Preventive Services Programs for Homeless and Truant Children: A Follow-up Study
Diane Tirado-Lampert and James A. Twaite

Part III: Skills for Practice with Groups and Classrooms

* Social Work with Groups and the Performing Arts in the Schools
Flavio Francisco Marsiglia and Marjorie Witt Johnson
* Assessment and Prevention of Aggressive Behavior among Youths of Color: Integrating Cultural and Social Factors
Jorge Delva
* A Model for School Social Work Facilitation of Teacher Self-Efficacy and Empowerment
Rosemary O’Connor and Wynne S. Korr
* Group Work with High-Risk Urban Youths on Probation
Harriet Goodman and William Ford
* Group Support for Teenagers with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
David F. Timmer
* Honoring Children’s Narratives: Practice Strategies
Edith M. Freeman
* School Violence: A Blueprint for Elementary School Interventions
Ron A. Astor
* The Many Faces of Violence: Policy and Practice Implications
Edith M. Freeman
* Traumatic Event Debriefing: Service Delivery Designs and the Role of Social Work
Janet L. Bell

Part IV: Skills and Interventions in Community Practice

* Everything I Know about Consultation: Implications for Community Practice
Edith M. Freeman
* School Social Workers Are a Critical Part of the Link
Cynthia G. Franklin and Paula Allen-Meares
* Children in Protective Services: The Missing Educational Link for Children in Kinship Networks
Barbara Rittner and Arlene Sacks
* Maintaining Positive School Relationships: The Role of the Social Worker vis-à-vis Full-Service Schools
Jill Duerr Berrick and Mark Duerr
* Homeless Children and Their Families: Delivery of Educational and Social Services through School Systems and Communities
Jack C. Wall
* Using a Lawyer–Doctor Education Team for Substance Abuse Prevention in a Middle School
Lynne E. Orens, Lori J. Brady, and John E. McIntosh, Jr.
* The School’s and Community’s Role in the Prevention of Youth Suicide
Brenda Robinson Ward

Part V: Skills and Interventions with Larger Systems and Policy Development and Reform

* HIV/AIDS Policy Development and Reform: Lessons from Practice, Research, and Education
Edith M. Freeman, Marion Halim, and K. Jean Peterson
* Medicaid Managed Care and Urban Poor People: Implications for Social Work
Janet D. Perloff
* School Reform: Linking Public Schools with Human Services
Cynthia G. Franklin and Calvin L. Streeter
* Services for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: IDEA, Part H
Edward J. Saunders
* Funding School-Linked Services through Grants: A Beginner’s Guide to Grant Writing
Nancy Feyl Chavkin
* Combining Mental Health Treatment with Education for Preschool Children with Severe Emotional and Behavioral Problems
Cathryne L. Schmitz and Alan Hilton
* Appropriate versus Least Restrictive: Educational Policies and Students with Disabilities
James C. Raines
* Regulating School Social Work Practice into the 21st Century
Isadora Hare
* The Status of School Social Workers in America
Santos Torres, Jr.

About the Editors

About the Contributors

Index