LibGuides: SWR-365: Week 8 Resources

Week 8 Required Resources

Textbook

Your course textbook, Human Behavior and the Social Environment, can be accessed via the Getting Started module in your course.

Schriver, J. M. (2020). Human behavior and the social environment: Shifting paradigms in essential knowledge for social work practice (7th ed.). Allyn & Bacon.

Read Chapter 8: Enduring Contemporary and Emerging Theories, Perspectives, and Practice Models Influencing Social Work Practice with Families
This chapter explores best practices for working with families from enduring contemporary and emerging theories, perspectives and practice models.

Articles

NASW Standards for Social Work Practice with Family Caregivers of Older Adults
NASW Standards for Social Work Practice with Family Caregivers of Older Adults. (2010). National Association of Social Workers. https://www.socialworkers.org/Practice/NASW-Practice-Standards-Guidelines/NASW-Standards-for-Social-Work-Practice-with-Family-Caregivers-of-Older-Adults
NASW standards for social work practice with aging families.
Rural Grandparenting through a Family Development Lens: Implications for Social Work Practice
Woods, T. (2021). Rural grandparenting through a family development lens: Implications for social work practice. Journal of Social Work Practice, 35(3), 273–286. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650533.2020.1737515
This article dives into rural grandparenting as a new type of family system.

Videos

TedXTaks. (2023, March). Living in color: Racial identity in multicultural adoptive families | Annie Bellavia | TEDxDayton [Video]. YouTube. Www.youtube.com. Retrieved December 1, 2023, from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWEMgmdoYh0

This video is about multiracial families.

Week 8 Optional Resources

Kendjayaolcom
Kendjayaolcom. (2022, August 5). (no title). https://africanamericanfamilyinstitute.org/
Research and resources for best practices with African American Families.
National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice
National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice | The University of Iowa (https://nrcfcp.uiowa.edu/)
Promotes family centered practice within organizations and across systems by contributing to the evidence base on family-centered interventions and by translating research and evaluation findings into social work practice.
Family Voices
Family Voices (https://familyvoices.org/)
<‌b>A national family-led organization of families and friends of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and disabilities.
The Compassionate Friends Non-Profit Organization for Grief
The Compassionate Friends Non-Profit Organization for Grief. (2016). Compassionate Friends. https://www.compassionatefriends.org/
National organization that supports families after a child dies; there are chapters in each state and many communities.
PFLAG
PFLAG (https://pflag.org/)
The first and largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and their families.
National Military Family Association
National Military Family Association. (2019). National Military Family Association. https://www.militaryfamily.org/
National organization that supports military families across the world.
National Fatherhood Initiative, a 501c3 Non-Profit
National Fatherhood Initiative, a 501c3 Non-Profit. (2016). National Fatherhood Initiative. Fatherhood.org. https://www.fatherhood.org/
The nation's leading provider of research on father presence and father involvement.