Product DescriptionSchool Social Work: Practice, Policy, and Research, seventh edition, is still the most comprehensive guide to social work practice in schools. This edition includes a greater emphasis on evidence-based practices and an enhanced focus on diversity. Two new chapters address the history of education of African American children and important policies regarding work with vulnerable groups in the United States.School Social Work maintains its extensive coverage of contemporary topics, including the No Child Left Behind Act, the accountability movement in education, and the changing economic, social, and political climate for schools in the 21st century. Case examples and policy and practice applications support the book's strong emphasis on group work, work with families, attendance, case management, the child welfare system, social skills training, violence reduction, crisis intervention, and peer mediation.Review"Published first in 1982, the seventh edition has doubled its length and continues to meet the demands of both beginning and established school social work practitioners in the United States." ―Gary L. Shaffer, UNC-Chapel HillAbout the AuthorRobert Constable (MSW,Loyola University, DSW,University of Pennsylvania) is professor emeritus of social work at Loyola University Chicago. Former editor ofSocial Work in Education, he is author of more than 100 publications in social work. He currently is in private practice and continues his contribution to the literature of his profession.Carol Rippey Massat (MSW, PhD,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) is associate professor at the Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago, where she has taught school social work practice, policy and research over the past fifteen years. She is currently editor of the School Social Work Journal, and is the author of numerous social work publications.Shirley McDonald (MSW,University of Illinois, Chicago) is vice president of the Park Forest-Chicago Heights, Illinois School Board and chair of the Calumet District of the National Association of Social Workers. She is the former editor of theSchool Social Work Journal, and the past-president of the Illinois Association of School Workers. She has retired from service as a clinical associate professor at the Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago, where she chaired the school social work concentration.John P. Flynn (MSW,University of Michigan, PhD,University of Denver) was professor emeritus at Western Michigan University. He taught social welfare policy, planning, and administration at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.