An Introduction to Family Social Work

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Collins, Donald

Jordan, Catheleen

Coleman, Heather

Cory, David

Collins, Tara

Psychology & Counseling

Oxford University Press

Prepare for family social work with AN INTRODUCTION TO FAMILY SOCIAL WORK! Providing you with the foundational knowledge and skills needed for family social work, this social work text equips you with the tools you need to succeed. Engaging case studies, end-of-chapter exercises, illustrations, and graphics are just a few of the tools that will help you build your skills and master the material.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Cengage Learning'

This text is intended for Methods/Practice with Families (Mezzo) courses in Social Work as a basic primer that introduces students to an overview of practice with families. It can also be used in Generalist Practice courses in which instructors want to emphasize work with families. Likewise, it is appropriate for paraprofessional, two-year human services programs.

In this collaborative memoir, a parent and a transgender son recount wrestling with their differences as Donald Collins undertook medical-treatment options to better align his body with his gender identity. As a parent, Mary Collins didn’t agree with her trans son’s decision to physically alter his body, although she supported his right to realize himself as a person. Raw and uncensored, each explains her or his emotional mindset at the time: Mary felt she had lost a daughter; Donald activated his “authentic self.” Both battled to assert their rights. A powerful memoir and resource, At the Broken Places offers a road map for families in transition.

At the Broken Places: A Mother and Trans Son Pick Up the Pieces (Queer Action/Queer Ideas, a Unique Series Addressing Pivotal Issues Within the Lgbtq Movement)

Collins, Mary

Biographies & Memoirs

Beacon Press

Like Trees That Grow Beside a Stream: Praying Through the Psalms

Religion & Spirituality

Upper Room

This text provides beginning students with the knowledge and skills necessary for family social work. Not a family therapy text, it is intended for students who will work with families, but who will not necessarily undertake advanced training in family therapy. Chapters 1 and 2 present a philosophical perspective and provide an understanding of family functions. Chapters 3 and 4 treat family assessment, and Chapters 5 through 10 lead students through the actual process of working with families. The concluding chapters discuss gender and culturally sensitive practice and cover special situations that family social workers may encounter in working with children and adults.

A useful book that guides social work students through the field practicum, this text offers words of wisdom, practical applications, reflective exercises, and helpful suggestions for all members of the practicum team--the student, practicum instructor, and practicum liaison. It includes well-developed tools and techniques that focus the student's learning in a range of critical arenas leading to the development of competent and confident social work professionals. GUIDE TO THE SOCIAL WORK PRACTICUM can be used as a self-study guide for students in distance education programs or distant field placements; as a textbook in a practicum seminar; or by students and practicum instructors as a manual that supports maximizing the learning value from the supervisory relationship.

Guide to the Social Work Practicum: A Team Approach

Rogers, Gayla

Barlow, Constance A.

Grinnell, Jr., Richard M.

"The story you are about to read is one of persistence in the face of overwhelming odds, and how with love driving a dream, the impossible can be made possible...." -David Schmidt, CEO/Founder, LifeWave, Inc.  "Don Collins is a remarkable man with a remarkable story.... It begins as a teenager in combat, and passes through a hellish journey.... In the end, there is triumph. As a Vietnam veteran myself, this story means a lot to me, and I take a special, deep gratification from my small role in being part of his ultimate victory over his condition." -Michael J. Collins, President, LifeWave, Inc.  He Went to War an Idealistic Boy...He Came Back a Broken, Tortured Man  At 18 years old, Don Collins joined the US Army to fight for America, even requesting a guarantee he would get to fight in Vietnam - in the infantry. In late 1966, with his request granted, he was shipped off to Vietnam, eager to fulfill his patriotic duty to his country and find the glory of war.  In Vietnam, his glorious illusions were quickly shattered by the death, destruction and horror that are the reality of war. Then, on April 5, 1967, in the flash of a VC booby trap blast, Don's body was ripped to shreds and his life was forever changed. He was just 19 years old.   In the action-packed, page-turner, Wounded Eagle: A Veteran's 42-Year War with Pain and Victory through LifeWave, follow Don through his short-lived tour of duty in Vietnam, the 42-year battle with pain, alcoholism and addiction that followed, and finally to the freedom he found from that pain through LifeWave patches.  Donald "Donnie" Collins is a businessman and a Vietnam War veteran who endured 42 years of pain from war injuries before finding relief through LifeWave patches. Born in Milan, MO, he now resides in Tucson, AZ, with his wife, Sandy.

Wounded Eagle: A Veteran's 42-Year War with Pain and Victory Through Lifewave

CEDT Publishing

"The story you are about to read is one of persistence in the face of overwhelming odds, and how, with love driving a dream, the impossible can be made possible...." -David Schmidt, CEO/Founder, LifeWave, Inc.  "Don Collins is a remarkable man with a remarkable story.... It begins as a teenager in combat, and passes through a hellish journey.... In the end, there is triumph. As a Vietnam veteran myself, this story means a lot to me, and I take a special, deep gratification from my small role in being part of his ultimate victory over his condition." -Michael J. Collins, President, LifeWave, Inc.  He Went to War an Idealistic Youth...He Came Back a Broken, Tortured Man  At eighteen years of age, Don Collins joined the US Army to fight for America, even requesting a guarantee he would get to fight in Vietnam - in the infantry. In late 1966, his request granted, he was shipped off to Vietnam, eager to fulfill his patriotic duty to his country and find the glory of war.   In Vietnam, his glorious illusions were quickly shattered by the death, destruction, and horror that are the reality of war. Then, on April 5, 1967, in the flash of a VC booby trap blast, Don's body was ripped to shreds and his life was forever changed. He was just nineteen years old.   In the riveting Words of a Wounded Eagle: A Vietnam Combat Vet's Story of War, Pain, Love, and Life, follow Don through his short-lived tour of duty in Vietnam, his forty-two year battle with pain, alcoholism and addiction that followed, and finally, to the freedom from pain he found through LifeWave patches.   Donald "Donnie" Collins is a businessman and a Vietnam War veteran who endured forty-two years of pain from war injuries before finding relief through LifeWave patches. Born in Milan, MO, he now resides in Tucson, AZ, with his wife, Sandy.

Words of a Wounded Eagle: A Vietnam Combat Vet's Story of War, Pain, Love, and Life

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