The Social Work Skills Workbook

by Barry R. Cournoyer

Using this experiential workbook, readers can practice all the steps important to social work practice. The author includes case examples and situations that clearly illustrate the essential skills of social work practice, dozens of summaries and skill-building exercises. As readers work their way through the book, they'll get actual hands-on practice in developing skills. There is no other book available that gives readers the kind of hands-on practice offered in this workbook.

Genres: Social Work, Textbooks, Psychology, Academic, Nonfiction, Reference

464 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1990

About the author

Dr. Cournoyer has been a social work practitioner for more than 40 years and a university teacher for more than 35 years. He received his M.S.S.W. degree from the University of Tennessee and the D.S.W. degree from the University of Utah. He is Emeritus Professor at the Indiana University School of Social Work, where he taught social work practice courses. A former Associate Dean with the School, he remains interested in student learning assessment and quality improvement activities in social work education. In addition to this sixth edition of The Social Work Skills Workbook, he co-authored The Social Work Portfolio and the Seventh Edition of Sovial Work Process — all published by Brooks/Cole.

Reviews

[Mary · Rating 2 out of 5]

The information was good. Sometimes the writing was confusing. It's good beginning book for learning basic social work skills, but can be tedious at times.

[Clara Troltenier (Support Modest Behaviour) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Textbook for my Introduction to Social Welfare class.

[Lindsay Allyson · Rating 4 out of 5]

The information presented in this book is extremely helpful in getting a solid foundation for working with clients. The appendix is chock full of resources that could be helpful to a generalist worker. The text can be a little dense and hard to read at times, (especially chapter 3).

Overall, not a bad textbook.

[Janeen · Rating 2 out of 5]

not bad for required reading. simple, easy to read, a little redundant though.

[Jami · Rating 5 out of 5]

Doing the entire workbook for one of my advanced social work classes was quite daunting, but in the long run, it really has helped me in the field.

[Annie]

OH BOY, SCHOOL.