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Social Work Policy Practice

Author : Jessica A. Ritter
Publisher : Cognella Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781516527380
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book Social Work Policy Practice written by Jessica A. Ritter and published by Cognella Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of Social Work Policy Practice: Changing Our Community, Nation, and the World demystifies policymaking for social work students and demonstrates why policy practice is a critical dimension of social work. The text provides a comprehensive introduction to political advocacy, the political process, and how laws are enacted to inspire social work students to enter the field with a mind for political advocacy and social justice. The book is divided into three parts. In Part I, students learn a brief history of social welfare legislation in the United States and the role of social workers in policy development. Part II provides concrete information on how policies become law. It includes an overview of the levels and branches of government, in-depth descriptions of the policy change process, and various strategies advocates employ to enact change. Part III consists of real-world stories of advocates and advocacy organizations that have attempted to change policies on behalf of vulnerable populations. This edition includes up-to-date information regarding policy issues in child welfare, aging, healthcare, mental health, poverty and income equality, rights for racial minorities, and immigration. New material addresses policy issues pertaining to gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and the #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter social movements. Engaging and accessible, Social Work Policy Practice is an ideal resource for courses that introduce policymaking to students of social work.

Be the Change in your Community

Author : Megan Kopp
Publisher : Triangle Interactive, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1684445973
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book Be the Change in your Community written by Megan Kopp and published by Triangle Interactive, Inc. . This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read Along or Enhanced eBook: This empowering title will help readers discover that they have the ability to create positive changes in their communities. Inviting text and relatable examples prompt children to learn what it means to be a citizen of a community and find meaningful ways to act for the common good. Ideas include creating artwork to brighten up a local retirement facility and donating old books to a library or reading program.

Changing Our Community

Author : Ben Nussbaum
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
ISBN 13 : 1087628628
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book Changing Our Community written by Ben Nussbaum and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how streets are fixed, sidewalks get added, and new schools are built with this nonfiction book. Perfect for young readers, the book includes a fiction story related to the topic, a glossary, an additional project, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color book describes the many ways individuals can make changes in their communities. It also covers essential civics topics such as leadership and voting, and includes an extension activity for grade 2. Perfect for the classroom, at-home learning, or homeschool, to explore voting, local government, and being an informed citizen.

Our World Is a Family

Author : Miry Whitehill
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1728231841
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book Our World Is a Family written by Miry Whitehill and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to welcome new neighbors into your community, particularly when they might be far from home, in this uplifting and diverse picture book that champions human connection and inclusivity. After all, the world is everyone's home and we're one big family! When we see someone new in our neighborhood, how can we help them feel safe and loved and important? How can we tell them, you're not alone? There are so many ways! From the creators of Miry's List, the nonprofit that has helped thousands of refugees, Our World is a Family is an all-ages picture book exploring the complicated topic of human migration in a gentle, loving, and affirming way. It lightly touches on the reason people might leave their homes, like climate change or lack of safety, and inspires children to welcome their new neighbors into their communities with love.

We Make Change

Author : Kristin Layng Szakos
Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826515551
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book We Make Change written by Kristin Layng Szakos and published by Vanderbilt University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community organizers work at their jobs because they are passionate, because they believe that change is possible, and because they enjoy working with people. Although it's not an occupation that leads to great wealth, community organizers can make a living at it. They get salaries, pensions and health insurance. They raise families. They do well by doing good. This book explores the world of community organizing through the voices of real people working in the field, in small towns and city neighborhoods--women and men of different races and economic backgrounds, ranging in age from those in their twenties to those in their sixties. Fourteen in-depth profiles tell the life stories of a cross-section of the diverse people who choose the life of an organizer. Other chapters, focused on issues of organizing, are tapestries of experience woven from the 81 interviews the authors conducted.

Building Powerful Community Organizations

Author : Michael Jacoby Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Building Powerful Community Organizations written by Michael Jacoby Brown and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using stories and exercises from grassroots organizing experience ... [this book] walks you through the steps of starting a new group or strengthening an old one - to build a better world.-Back cover.

ADKAR

Author : Jeff Hiatt
Publisher : Prosci
ISBN 13 : 9781930885509
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book ADKAR written by Jeff Hiatt and published by Prosci. This book was released on 2006 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his first complete text on the ADKAR model, Jeff Hiatt explains the origin of the model and explores what drives each building block of ADKAR. Learn how to build awareness, create desire, develop knowledge, foster ability and reinforce changes in your organization. The ADKAR Model is changing how we think about managing the people side of change, and provides a powerful foundation to help you succeed at change.

Changing Our Community ebook

Author : Ben Nussbaum
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
ISBN 13 : 1087620007
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book Changing Our Community ebook written by Ben Nussbaum and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2021-08-02 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how streets are fixed, sidewalks get added, and new schools are built with this nonfiction book. Perfect for young readers, the book includes a fiction story related to the topic, a glossary, an additional project, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 32-page full-color book describes the many ways individuals can make changes in their communities. It also covers essential civics topics such as leadership and voting, and includes an extension activity for grades 2-3. Perfect for the classroom or at-home learning, explore voting, local government, and being an informed citizen.

Social Work Policy Practice

Author : Jessica A. Ritter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781793540874
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Social Work Policy Practice written by Jessica A. Ritter and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of Social Work Policy Practice: Changing Our Community, Nation, and the World demystifies policymaking for social work students and demonstrates why policy practice is a critical dimension of social work. The text provides a comprehensive introduction to political advocacy and the political process to inspire social work students to enter the field with a mind for advocacy and social justice. The book is divided into three parts. In Part I, students learn a brief history of social welfare legislation in the United States and the role of social workers in policy development. Part II includes an overview of the levels and branches of government, in-depth descriptions of the policy change process, and various strategies advocates employ to enact change. Part III consists of real-world stories of advocates and advocacy organizations that have attempted to change policies on behalf of vulnerable populations in a wide range of social work fields such as healthcare, mental health, children and families, aging, immigration, and civil rights. This edition features updated policy changes throughout all chapters including fresh material on social movements, such as #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter, and the impacts of the Trump presidency and the coronavirus pandemic on social welfare policy. Engaging and accessible, Social Work Policy Practice is an ideal resource for courses that introduce policymaking to undergraduate and graduate students of social work.

Arts and Community Change

Author : Max O. Stephenson Jr.
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317688570
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Arts and Community Change written by Max O. Stephenson Jr. and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arts and Community Change: Exploring Cultural Development Policies, Practices and Dilemmas addresses the growing number of communities adopting arts and culture-based development methods to influence social change. Providing community workers and planners with strategies to develop arts policy that enriches communities and their residents, this collection critically examines the central tensions and complexities in arts policy, paying attention to issues of gentrification and stratification. Including a variety of case studies from across the United States and Canada, these success stories and best practice approaches across many media present strategies to design appropriate policy for unique populations. Edited by Max Stephenson, Jr. and A. Scott Tate of Virginia Tech, Arts and Community Change presents 10 chapters from artistic and community leaders; essential reading for students and practitioners in economic development and arts management.

Research Methods for Community Change: A Project-Based Approach

Author : Randy Stoecker
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1412994055
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Research Methods for Community Change: A Project-Based Approach written by Randy Stoecker and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2013 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research Methods for Community Change: A Project-Based Approach, Second Edition is an in-depth review of all of the research methods that communities can use to solve problems, develop their resources, protect their identities, and build power. With an engaging writing style and numerous real world examples, Randy Stoecker shows how to use a project-based research model in the community to: diagnose a community condition; prescribe an intervention for the condition; implement the prescription; and evaluate its impact. At every stage of this model there are research tasks, from needs and assets assessments to process and outcome studies. Readers also learn the importance of involving community members at every stage of the project and in every aspect of the research, making the research part of the community-building process.

Community Engagement in a Changing Social Landscape

Author : Winston Tinglin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781525561894
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Community Engagement in a Changing Social Landscape written by Winston Tinglin and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community Engagement in a Changing Social Landscape reaches deep into the authors' extensive experience as both observers and practitioners of community engagement. It is further enriched by insights drawn from the diverse experiences of professionals in the field. Critical questions are honestly faced in a refreshing discourse that also highlights promising practices and approaches. These combined features provide both a thought-provoking retrospective and forward-looking commentary, which offer the reader a renewed understanding of community engagement and its exciting possibilities. Professionals, students and volunteers working in the community should find in this book a very useful resource....

Democracy in Action

Author : Kristina Smock
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231126735
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Democracy in Action written by Kristina Smock and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In cities across the US, grass-roots organizations are working to revitalize popular participation in disenfranchised communities by bringing ordinary people into public life. This book examines the techniques used to achieve these goals.

Collective Action for Social Change

Author : A. Schutz
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230118534
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Collective Action for Social Change written by A. Schutz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-04-11 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community organizers build solidarity and collective power in fractured communities. They help ordinary people turn their private pain into public action, releasing hidden capacities for leadership and strategy. In Collective Action for Social Change , Aaron Schutz and Marie G. Sandy draw on their extensive experience participating in community organizing activities and teaching courses on the subject to empower novices to think like an organizers.

Builders of the Dawn

Author : Corinne McLaughlin
Publisher : Book Publishing Company (TN)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Builders of the Dawn written by Corinne McLaughlin and published by Book Publishing Company (TN). This book was released on 1990 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and sensitive examination of community living by two people who have lived it. Presents an overview of community lifestyles based on interviews with many community founders. It offers workable guidelines for those interested in building tomorrow's communities.

Youth Participation and Community Change

Author : Barry Checkoway
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136449310
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book Youth Participation and Community Change written by Barry Checkoway and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empowered youth CAN and DO make a difference! Young people become empowered by their participation in the institutions and decisions that affect their lives—which in turn can lead to real positive change in the community. Youth Participation and Community Change presents leading authorities providing the latest research and effective approaches on how young people can be drawn to participate in organizations and communities. The diverse perspectives discuss youth participation in today’s society, the models and methods of its practice, the roles of youth and adults, and the future of youth participation and community in a diverse democracy. Approaches include those which promote participatory community-based research and evaluation, and involve youth groups in poor and racially segregated areas. The mainstream view of much of today’s youth is that of being victims of society rather than a being a possible positive influence on society as a whole. Youth Participation and Community Change seeks to shift the viewpoint from youth as being problems to empowering them to enact positive social change. The book explores community agency efforts to involve young people, and the process by which youth civic engagement promotes empowerment. Social work and public health approaches are examined, with cogent discussions on conceptual and theoretical issues. Empirically based case studies illustrate best practices and interdisciplinary work that draws upon psychology, sociology, social work, public health, education, and related academic disciplines and professional fields. Topics in Youth Participation and Community Change include: key dimensions of critical youth empowerment a case study of youth leadership development in Hawaii—the Sariling Gawa Youth Council the Lexington Youth Leadership Academy—a leadership development and community change program a new model for youth civic engagement in Hampton, Virginia three projects that engage urban youth in community change through participatory research youth engagement strategies and the benefits of youth participation in health research ten projects which used photovoice to represent, advocate, and enhance community health a participatory action research process with youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina the Growing Up in Cities project of UNESCO training students as facilitators for the Youth Empowerment Strategies (YES!) project four characteristics of engagement in the research literature and a school-community-university project differences in developmental outcomes among youth organizing, identity-support, and traditional youth development agencies Youth Participation and Community Change is thought-provoking, enlightening reading that is perfect for organizers, planners, policymakers, advocates, youth service workers, agency administrators, educators, students, and professionals in psychology, sociology, social work, urban planning, public policy, and public health.

Research Methods for Community Change

Author : Randy Stoecker
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 0761928898
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Research Methods for Community Change written by Randy Stoecker and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2005-02-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an engaging, friendly style and numerous real world examples, Randy Stoecker presents an in-depth review of all of the research methods that communities use to solve problems, develop their resources, and protect their identities.