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The Social Work Skills Workbook

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THE SOCIAL WORK SKILLS WORKBOOK gives you the opportunity to get involved in actual hands-on social work practice. Cournoyer's comprehensive workbook/textbook helps you rehearse and practice the core skills needed in contemporary social work practice. Complete with interesting case examples, summaries and skill-building exercises, THE SOCIAL WORK SKILLS WORKBOOK will help you become a more confident, ethical, and effective helper.

600 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1990

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Barry R. Cournoyer

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Dr. Cournoyer has been a social work practitioner for more than 40 years and a university teacher for more than 35 years. He received his M.S.S.W. degree from the University of Tennessee and the D.S.W. degree from the University of Utah. He is Emeritus Professor at the Indiana University School of Social Work, where he taught social work practice courses. A former Associate Dean with the School, he remains interested in student learning assessment and quality improvement activities in social work education. In addition to this sixth edition of The Social Work Skills Workbook, he co-authored The Social Work Portfolio and the Seventh Edition of Sovial Work Process — all published by Brooks/Cole.

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August 1, 2018
The information was good. Sometimes the writing was confusing. It's good beginning book for learning basic social work skills, but can be tedious at times.
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May 24, 2016
The information presented in this book is extremely helpful in getting a solid foundation for working with clients. The appendix is chock full of resources that could be helpful to a generalist worker. The text can be a little dense and hard to read at times, (especially chapter 3).

Overall, not a bad textbook.
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January 16, 2008
not bad for required reading. simple, easy to read, a little redundant though.
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April 4, 2010
Doing the entire workbook for one of my advanced social work classes was quite daunting, but in the long run, it really has helped me in the field.
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