Decision Cases for Advanced Social Work Practice

These fifteen cases take place in child welfare, mental health, hospital, hospice, domestic violence, refugee resettlement, veterans' administration, and school settings and reflect individual, family, group, and supervised social work practice. They confront common ethical and treatment issues and raise issues regarding practice interventions, programs, policies, and laws. Cases represent open-ended situations, encouraging students to apply knowledge from across the social work curriculum to develop problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.An instructor's manual with teaching notes is available by emailing: coursematerials@columbiauniversitypress.com.

Preface and AcknowledgmentsTo Instructors, by Terry A. Wolfer
To Students, by Terry A. Wolfer, Lori D. Franklin, and Karen A. Gray
Introduction to the Cases, by Terry A. Wolfer and Vicki M. Runnion
1. No Place Like Home, by Lori D. Franklin
2. Gay-for-Pay, by Lori D. Franklin
3. But Someone Could Die!, by Karen A. Gray and Anna Woodham
4. Believing Women, by Gecole Harley and Terry A. Wolfer
5. I Knew This Internship Thing Would Blow Up!, by Gecole Harley and Terry A. Wolfer
6. Child Collectors?, by Lori D. Franklin
7. I'm a Social Worker!, by Karen A. Gray and Julie Sprinkle
8. Flying Flags in Alabama, by Noël Busch-Armendariz, Dawnovise N. Fowler, and Terry A. Wolfer
9. Private, Dismissed, by Michelle Hovis and Lori D. Franklin
10. Wandering, by Lori D. Franklin and Danielle R. Snyder
11. A Matter of Life and Death?, by Susy Villegas, Mónica M. Alzate, and Karen A. Gray
12. Exposed, by David Pooler and Terry A. Wolfer
13. Nowhere to Skate, by Laura B. Poindexter and Terry A. Wolfer
14. Driven to Drink, by Terry A. Wolfer
15. "Don't Tell Her," by Sean Siberio and Terry A. Wolfer
Index