LibGuides: SWR-450: Week 3 Resources

Week 3 Required Resources

Schriver, J. M. (2020). Human behavior and the social environment: Shifting paradigms in essential knowledge for social work practice (7th ed.). Allyn & Bacon. READ: pp. 320-360

Read Chapter 10: Enduring Theories, Perspectives, and Practice Models Influencing Social Work Practice with Organizations. This chapter covers how to apply an understanding of organizational dynamics to human development and behavior.

Your course textbook can be accessed in the Getting Started module of your course.

Practice Research Methods in Social Work: Processes, Applications and Implications for Social Service Organisations
McBeath, B., Austin, M. J., Carnochan, S., & Chuang, E. (2022). Practice research methods in social work: Processes, applications and implications for social service organisations. British Journal of Social Work, 52(6), 3328–3346. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab246

The two goals of this article are to introduce essential methods and approaches to practice research and to identify points of connection involving practice research and social service organisational studies.

Adverse Childhood Experiences: Beyond Signs of Safety; Reimagining the Organisation and Practice of Social Work with Children and Families
Spratt, T., Devaney, J., & Frederick, J. (2019). Adverse Childhood Experiences: Beyond Signs of Safety; Reimagining the Organisation and Practice of Social Work with Children and Families. British Journal of Social Work, 49(8), 2042–2058. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcz023

This article focuses on the development of ACE research and draws implications for social work with children and families.