Special Topics in Human Services
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Use keywords in our online catalog to find ebooks, books, or videos about topics in human services or social work. You can use the following links to find books, videos, and other materials on special topics in the Library's collection. Of course, this is just a selection. There are many more topics covered in our collection. The following topics will also include items owned by other academic libraries in the Pacific Northwest that you can borrow using our Summit borrowing service. drug abuse -- treatment |
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Search for Videos
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The Library has a large collection of documentaries on its Kanopy platform. You can search for keywords and see what you find. You can also search for videos in the Library's catalog. We have several other streaming video collections that you can access through there. |
Interesting Online Books
To read one of the ebooks below, click on the link, then click on the name of the collection under where it says "Full text availability."
The Anti-Racist Social Worker: Stories of Activism by Social Care and Allied Health ProfessionalsThese stories are about either the writers’ experiences of racism and how this translated into action or their growing understanding of the impact of racism and subsequent decision to take personal action. Importantly, each chapter offers a personal case study and therefore a suggestion of individual anti-racist action that can be taken by social workers.
Building Better Social Programs: How Evidence Is Transforming Public PolicyEvidence-based policymaking has, in recent decades, become a focus of program innovation in social care, engaging foundations, universities, as well as state and federal governments. Rigorous research, epitomized by Randomized Controlled Trials, have become the benchmark for demonstrating efficacy and efficiency in social programming. Building Better Social Programs situates evidence-based policymaking with respect to the welfare state, describes key organizations driving the evidence-based movement, and proposes innovations designed to extend benefits to the working-class.
The Dynamics of the Social Worker-Client RelationshipThe Dynamics of the Social Worker-Client Relationship is an in-depth contemporary approach to the many ways in which social workers can develop, maintain, and rebuild constructive working relationships with clients who display various psychological symptoms.
Social Work, Cats and Rocket Science: Stories of Making a Difference in Social Work with AdultsThis text tells stories of just how powerful social work can be. At its heart are stories drawn from frontline practice, ranging from first interviews through to complex decision-making. Along the way, we meet the social worker who assessed a cat (though for all the right reasons). We witness the cost of failing to protect the rights of adults. We also see the transformations that can happen when social workers really get it right.
Social Work Values and EthicsHighlights potential conflicts between professional ethics and legal guidelines and expands discussions of informed consent, confidentiality and privileged communication, boundaries and dual relationships, documentation, conflicts of interest, and risk management.
Substance Abuse Counselors: A Practical Career GuideWill help you determine if this is the right career for you and what skills and educational background you need to succeed in this field. It includes interviews with substance abuse counselors currently working in the field.
Understanding the Mental Health Problems of Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Social WorkersA practical guide to mental health and substance abuse challenges faced by children and adolescents, the book provides definitions, early signs for detection, symptoms, diagnoses, treatment options for childhood trauma, anxiety disorders, ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, bipolar disorder, the spectrum of schizophrenia, first episode psychosis, and substance abuse.
