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Clinical Assessment for Social Workers: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
Catheleen Jordan, Cynthia Franklin

Lyceum Books, Incorporated, 1995

This best selling social work assessment book has been made even better. Franklin and Jordan combine two approaches that are typically considered at odds: qualitative and quantitative. The authors' unique synthesis creates a new approach that encourages the use of multiple methods in formulating client assessments.

Therapeutic Games And Guided Imagery: Tools for Mental Health And School Professionals : Working With ...

1 review
Monit Cheung

Lyceum Books, Incorporated, 2005

Therapist Helper
I am very happy with this book. I recently ran a adolescent girls therapy group and used a different relaxation exercise from the book at the start of each session, which the girls absolutely loved. Although, I did add my own twist on most of the exercises so they would fit more with my personal style. I have used a few of the games that require limited materials and have found them to be ...

A Practical Guide to Social Service Evaluation

1 review
Carl F. Brun

Lyceum Books, Incorporated, 2005

mandatory buy
I had to buy this book for my Program Evaluation: Advanced Research Methods course in grad school. I was worried that it would be an extremely dry read, but it's really not bad. Pleasantly surprised.

Campus Computing: How to Use Computers to Study Smarter, Earn Cash, and Even Improve Your Social Life at ...

1 review
Helmut Kobler

Lyceum Books, Incorporated, 1990

Fun book from Mac history
My brother bought this book years ago in college. It had a ton of good info for college students at the time, and it was just a great *fun* book in general. Very outdated now, but I'd love to get it again just to have it as a part of Mac history.

Cross-Cultural Practice: Social Work With Diverse Populations

1 review
Karen V. Harper, James E. Lantz

Lyceum Books, Incorporated, 1996

Informative AND INTERESTING!
This is a wonderful text for social workers, therapists and anyone in the helping professions because it is both informative and interesting. Authors Karen V. Harper and Jim Lantz provide a practical guide for working with diverse client groups that includes interesting insights into a wide variety of cross-cultural practice issues.The book is also unique in it's emphasis on the importance of ...

Disability: A Diversity Model Approach in Human Service Practice
Romel W. Mackelprang

Lyceum Books, Incorporated, 2009

This comprehensive text fills a huge void in the field! Romel W. Mackelprang and Richard O. Salsgiver introduce an empowerment approach to working with persons with disabilities -- a direction that lights the way for human service workers and provides clients with greater independence and resilience. The authors are ardent in their desire to empower persons with disabilities by building on their strengths. This comprehensive book features a ...

Case Management: An Introduction to Concepts and Skills

1 review
Arthur J. Frankel, Sheldon R. Gelman

Lyceum Books, Incorporated, 1998

Quality
In reading the book cover to cover, Frankel and Gelman display a comprehensive and succicnt role of the case manager. As a psychologist, reading and reviewing this book leads me to believe that this should be the role for most mental health practitioners. An easy to understand, highly academic, and a must if you practice in the mental health field. Your level of graduate study is irrelevant ...

Transformation of Intellectual Life in Victorian England

1 review
Thomas William Heyck

Lyceum Books, Incorporated, 1989

A Fascinating Glimpse at Victorian Intellectual History
The focus of this highly interesting volume are the forces that reshaped later Victorian intellectual life. The author identfies and then discusses in separate chapters the following influences at work: men of letters; science and the universities; science and Victorian intellectual life; reform of the universities; and the tradition of cultural criticism. Throughout, the author places special ...

Modern Social Work Theory: A Critical Introduction

4 reviews
Malcolm Payne

Lyceum Books, Incorporated, 1990

A brilliant book!!
This book gives you a true and infomative insight into the running of society's helping organisations. I highly recommend it for volunteers, social work or welfare students/workers.

Introduction to Social Work: The People's Profession
Ira Colby, Sophia Dziegielewski

Lyceum Books, Incorporated, 2000

In this stimulating introductory text, the authors present a broad, realistic, and accurate portrayal of the field of social work. The book is organized around questions often asked by students when first considering the profession. Unique to this text are profiles and photos of contemporary social workers that provide insight into the lives of modern-day professionals. Interspersed throughout the text are "Did you know" features that provide ...

Nature of History
Arthur Marwick

Lyceum Books, Incorporated, 1989

A study of the nature of history and its place in modern society.

Endings in Clinical Practice: Effective Closure in Diverse Settings
Joseph Walsh

Lyceum Books, Incorporated, 2003

Effective endings ensure that intervention gains continue after the therapeutic relationship ends. Walsh takes a multi-setting and multi-theoretical approach to the often-overlooked topic of endings in clinical practice and makes it applicable to all practitioners. In this second edition, Walsh expands on the use of diverse settings, detailed coverage of clinical endings, and extensive case illustrations that make the content concrete, ...

Navigating Human Service Organizations
Margaret Gibelman, Rich Furman

Lyceum Books, Incorporated, 2007

Social workers switch jobs frequently at the beginning of their careers. This trend, Gibelman believes, may be partially caused by the gap between what practitioners learn in their professional education and what they experience on the job. The vast majority of social workers are employed in organizations, yet they have not been prepared for the realities of the workplace, for the challenges and frustrations of working within a structured ...

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