Social work speaks
Subtitle: National Association of Social Workers policy statements, 2015-2017
By: Darrell P. Wheeler, PhD, ACSW, MPH, President ; Angelo McClain, PhD, LICSW, Chief Executive Officer
Contributors: Wheeler, Darrell P.; McClain, Angelo
Edition: 10th ed.
Publisher: NASW Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9780871014597
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Social service; Social policy; Social Work; Public Policy; National Association of Social Workers
Description: The 10th edition of Social Work Speaks is a comprehensive and unabridged collection of policies adopted and revised by the NASW Delegate Assembly in 2014. The Delegate Assembly, NASW's key policy-making body, meets every three years. The policy statements set the parameters for NASW's positions and actions on a broad range of public policy and professional issues. Social Work Speaks is an unrivaled reference tool that represents the collective thinking of thousands of experienced social workers from all fields of practice. It is a first-rate introductory social policy text that will spark dynamic and valuable debates on public policy and the role of social work in effecting social change. This edition includes 20 revised and expanded policy statements on topics ranging from affirmative action and early childhood care to health care and women's issues. All of the revised policy statements were last updated in 2005. -- from back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Public and professional policy statements. Adolescent and young adult health; title: Adolescent pregnancy and parenting; title: Aging and wellness; title: Affirmative action; title: Capital punishment and the death penalty; title: Child abuse and neglect; title: Child welfare workforce; title: Civil liberties and justice; title: Community development; title: Confidentiality and information utilization; title: Crime victim assistance; title: Cultural and linguistic competence in the social work profession; title: Deprofessionalization and reclassification; title: Disasters; title: Drug testing in the workplace; title: Early childhood care and services; title: Education of children and adolescents; title: Electoral politics; title: Employee assistance; title: End-of-life decision making and care; title: Environment policy; title: Family planning and reproductive choice; title: Family policy; title: Family violence; title: Foster care and adoption; title: Genetics; title: Health care; title: HIV and AIDS; title: Homelessness; title: Hospice care; title: Housing; title: Immigrants and refugees; title: International policy on human rights; title: Juvenile justice and delinquency prevention; title: Language and cultural diversity in the United States; title: Lesbian, gay, and bisexual issues; title: Long-term services and supports.; title: Mental health; title: Parental kidnapping; title: Peace and social justice; title: People with disabilities; title: Poverty and economic justice; title: Professional impairment; title: Professional self-care and social work; title: Prostituted people, commercial sex workers, and social work practice; title: Racism; title: Role of government, social policy, and social work; title: Rural social work; title: School violence; title: Slavery and human trafficking; title: Social services; title: Social work in the criminal justice system; title: Sovereignty, rights, and well-being of indigenous peoples; title: Substance use disorder treatment; title: Technology and social work; title: Transgender and gender identity issues; title: Voter participation; title: Welfare reform; title: Women in the social work profession; title: Women's issues; title: Workplace discrimination; title: Youth suicide; title: NASW Code of Ethics.