Social work practices : global perspectives, challenges and educational implications / Eva Nicole Arnold, editor.

Includes index.

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SOCIAL WORK PRACTICES: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES, CHALLENGES AND EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS; SOCIAL WORK PRACTICES: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES, CHALLENGES AND EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Social Work As a Profession: Made Insecure by Its Own History and Abraham Flexner?; Abstract; The Strength of Social Work; Social Work and COS and ASSA; For or Against Research? For, But Not Quite ; For or Against Research? Implications for Education; Criticism of Social Work: Abraham Flexner; The Weakness of Social Work.

Social Work and Its Insecurity Exemplified in Its Education and ResearchEducation of Social Workers; Its Research-Based Journals; Conclusive Thoughts; References; Chapter 2: Chinese Strategies on Juvenile Delinquency and Correctional Social Work: Development and Practice; Abstract; Introduction: The Rising Juvenile Crime in China; The Changing Conceptions of Juvenile Delinquency in China; Stage One (1949-1965); Stage Two (1966-1983); Stage Three (1984-present); Education and Correction of Juvenile Offenders: The Chinese Strategies.

(1) Early Social-Education Intervention of Crime Prevention(2) Work-Study School; (3) Juvenile Reformatory; Implementations of Community Correction in China; Emerging Role of Social Work in Community Correction; Practice of Correctional Social Work: Beijing Model and Shanghai Model; (1) Beijing Model and Sunshine Halfway House; (2) Shanghai Model and Xinghang Community Service Center; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Social Work Interventions at Different Stages of Disaster Illustrated by Asian Experiences; Abstract; Psychological Impact of Disaster.

Prevalence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)Recovery from PTSD; Mental Health Interventions; Psychosocial versus Mental Health Care; Positive Psychology and Psychosocial Recovery; Economic Redevelopment and Psychosocial Recovery; Community Development and Psychosocial Recovery; Social Work Interventions in Disasters; Disaster Social Interventions in Asia and Pacific Region; Impact Stage; Disillusionment Stage; Recovery Stage; Reconstruction Stage; Practice of Disaster Social Work in Asia and Pacific Region; Thailand; China; Taiwan; Japan; Conclusion; References.

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