School Social Work: National Perspectives on Practice in Schools – PDF

School Social Work: National Perspectives on Practice in Schools (PDF) intends to offer a modern understanding of school social work practice provided the altering academic context. While distinct in that the material lines up with the freshly established national practice design established by SSWAA, the book consists of a number of other helpful functions. For one, practice and policy are approached from an intersectionality viewpoint, which offers a structure for thinking of numerous systems of injustice and enables the professional to represent the distinct experience of trainees based on migration experience, sexuality, ethnic culture, race, and gender. Practice and theory (together with case research studies) likewise highlight school social work throughout the United States in a range of settings. And lastly, the authors– consisting of school social work professionals and school social work researchers/academics– are representative of numerous areas in the nation, consequently offering a national introduction of the occupation. School Social Work is an undoubtedly indispensable resource for school social employees, school social work trainees, and school-based clinicians.