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Social Workers as Game Changers

Confronting Complex Social Issues Through Cases
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Social Workers as Game Changers enables students to increase their knowledge base about specific social issues while at the same time increasing their sense of efficacy in fulfilling their role in addressing complex social justice issues. The case method approach will be used to cover a range of topics such as immigration, homelessness, education, health care, mental health, eminent domain, poverty, gangs and community development. Students will be challenged to think critically about vital issues, weigh the advantages and disadvantages of competing solutions, explore policy alternatives, and grapple with the unintended consequences of any decision.
Acknowledgments About the Author Introduction Chapter 1: Understanding the Complexities, Costs, and Benefits Surrounding Immigration Policy: Tough Decisions for Families and Policy Makers Chapter 2: Community Organizing Concepts and Principles: Rebuilding Holyoke From the Ground Up Chapter 3: Achieving Racial Equality: Education, Housing, Health, and Justice . . . A Long Way to Go Chapter 4: End-of-Life Care, Costs, Concerns, and Conflict: Too Much of the Wrong Kind of Care? Chapter 5: Mental Illness: Community Supports and Community Dilemmas Chapter 6: Perplexing Challenges in Child Protective Services: Life on the Front Line Chapter 7: Society's Evolving Understanding of Chemical Addiction and the Subsequent Changes in Policy and Treatment Approaches: The Struggle to Stay Clean Chapter 8: Understanding the Draw of Gangs, Consequences for Neighborhoods, and Determining an Effective Response: The North Side Crew Chapter 9: Eminent Domain, Urban Renewal, and NIMBY: Is There a Win-Win Solution? Chapter 10: Homelessness and the Housing First Debate: Wrestling With the Issues Chapter 11: Examining the Elementary and Secondary Education System in the United States and One Family's Dilemma: Fight or Flight
Social Workers as Game Changers by Laura Lewis is outstanding - I had high expectations and it exceeded all of them. The cases are current and very well developed. I will definitely be using it through all of my Practice courses. -- Gayle Mallinger
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