Perspectives on Social Work: 2013
This collection gathers content from the volume of Perspectives on Social Work published in 2013.
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PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL WORK VOLUME 9 (FALL 2013)
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2013)This is the full-text volume of Perspectives on Social Work, vol. 9 (Fall 2013). -
Conceptualizing Ethics Education under the Joint JD/MSW Degree Program: An Overview
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2013)Several factors inhibit effective collaboration of social workers and lawyers. Notably are their respective professional codes of conducts which mandate divergent approaches to practice. As a result most of the dilemmas ... -
EDITORIAL FROM PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL WORK VOLUME 9 (FALL 2013)
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2013)Editorial from Perspectives on Social Work Volume 9 (Fall 2013) -
A Fish Out of Water: A Seasoned Professor from a Small Private University Discusses her First Experience as a Teaching Assistant at a Large State University
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2013)The following article describes the teaching experience of a teaching assistant and PhD student at the University of XXX. The student is an associate professor at a small private college with no prior experience at a state ... -
Reality TV Therapy: Implications for Mental Health Stigma and Service Utilization among African-American Adolescents
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2013)The literature has documented the presence of mental health stigma in African-American communities. Researchers have investigated the impact of this stigma on treatment seeking behaviors for different sub-groups of ... -
Community Based Participatory Research and Youth Tobacco Control: A Qualitative Interpretive Meta-Synthesis
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2013)Researchers have long sought to document best practices in both youth smoking prevention and cessation programming. Of the numerous interventions targeting tobacco use among youth, community based participatory research ... -
Will History Repeat Itself? An Overview of the Development of Knowledge for the Professional Social Worker
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2013)The Industrial Revolution transformed the social, economic, political and intellectual landscape of the United States. This transformation also manifested in a philosophical shift within social work practice, eventually ... -
A Perspective on the Historical Epistemology of Social Work Education
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2013)Social work has used several paradigms to guide its educational knowledge base. The writings, beliefs, and perceptions of three of social work’s founders who have greatly influenced the history of social work education—Jane ... -
In Critical Demand or Crisis: The Identity of the Social Work Profession
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2013)Social work as a profession in Canada spans many decades and can be dated back to 1927 when professionalization was established through the Canadian Association of Social Workers or may even be traced further back to 1914 ...
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