The Social Work Skills Workbook

by Barry R. Cournoyer

THE SOCIAL WORK SKILLS WORKBOOK, Eighth Edition, enables students to develop proficiency in professionalism and the essential social work skills. Each skill supports one or more of the 43 knowledge and value statements and the 31 practice behaviors that elaborate the core competencies in the 2015 EPAS of the CSWE. The skills also align with nationally standardized licensing exams. The text includes expository content grounded in contemporary research, assessment tools and processes, and strong experiential components that help students get a realistic sense of the field. Case examples, summaries, and skill-building exercises cultivate students' professionalism and expertise as confident, ethical, and effective helpers. Current social issues are evident throughout. The perforated three-hole-punch format can be used as a main text in social work skills labs, a resource for field or internship courses, or a supplement to social work methods and practice courses.

Genres: Social Work, Textbooks, Psychology, Academic, Nonfiction, Reference

704 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1990

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Mary]

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.

[Clara Troltenier (Support Modest Behaviour)]

Textbook for my Introduction to Social Welfare class.

[Lindsay Allyson]

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.

[Janeen]

not bad for required reading. simple, easy to read, a little redundant though.

[Jami]

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.

[Annie]

OH BOY, SCHOOL.