Multisystem Skills and Interventions in School Social Work Practice

Contents

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

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