Direct Social Work Practice: Theories and Skills for Becoming an Evidence-Based Practitioner

by Mary C. Ruffolo

Using a case-based approach to connect the classroom and the practice environment, this foundational text incorporates a broad set of themes that include advocacy, social justice, global focus, ethics, theory, and critical thinking. Integrated, up-to-date, evidence-based content related to diversity, social justice, and international issues helps readers develop the basic skills of engagement, assessment, intervention, and reflective practice, as well as the key skills needed for the field experience. Each chapter of the book is mapped to the latest Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) to aid schools of social work in connecting the course content with monitored outcomes.

282 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 22, 2014

About the author

Mary Carmel Ruffolo

Reviews

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is often wordy, though it includes useful information. It's also unbelievably overpriced for being softcover and only 265 pages long, but I guess that's the textbook industry; it's just kind of ironic that this is a social-work text.