Digital Social Work: Tools for Practice with Individuals, Organizations, and Communities

Digital Social Work: Tools for Practice with Individuals, Organizations, and Communities
ISBN-10
019087113X
ISBN-13
9780190871130
Category
Social Science
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
2018-10-31
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Authors
Lauri Goldkind, Lea Wolf, Paul P. Freddolino

Description

In a rapidly advancing technological culture, social work practitioners are frequently challenged to invent new strategies to meet client needs and foster social change. Despite the Council on Social Work Education's new standards for technology in social work practice, few schools of social work teach the use of technology for practice, and many instructors struggle with the integration of this increasingly necessary dimension into education. Digital Social Work is designed to offer engaging, meaningful, and easy-to-use technology content that can be incorporated into generalist and advanced social work practice courses. The chapters in this volume offer instructors and students insight into the knowledge, skills, and values required of those who practice social work 2.0; by providing concrete examples of technology tools, they complement traditional social work curricula dealing with micro, mezzo, and macro systems. Chapters can be used singly--to augment Practice, Research, or Policy courses--or can provide a format to discuss technology in courses addressing practice with individuals, youth, and families. Virtual worlds, social media, GIS, blogs, and many other technology tools are represented in this collection.

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