Preface 1
Chapter One Social Work with Children and Families 3
Passage 1 The Power of Lifebooks 3
Passage 2 Social Work and Fathers：Child Support and Fathering Programs 7
Passage 3 About Self-harm 20
Chapter Two Social Work with Young People 29
Passage 1 Diary of a Substance Misuse Social Worker in Child and Adolescent Mental Health 29
Passage 2 The Many Layers of Social Support：Capturing the Voices of Young People with Spina Bifida and Their Parents 31
Chapter Three Gerontological Social Work 47
Passage 1 A Supporting Role in Elder Care 47
Passage 2 Social Work with the Older People of Tomorrow：Restoring the Person-in-Situation 51
Passage 3 Community Collaborations between the Medical Examiner's Office and Gerontological Service Providers：Implementation of an Older Adult Death Review Team 64
Chapter Four Social Work for Disabled People 77
Passage 1 The Social Acceptance of Secondary School Students with Learning Disabilities 77
Passage 2 Parental Experiences of Children's Disabilities and Special Education in the United States and Japan：Implications for School Social Work 90
Chapter Five School Social Work 103
Passage 1 School Social Work Models 103
Passage 2 Elements of School Social Work Services 107
Passage 3 Outcome Evaluation of School Social Work Services 108
Chapter Six Medical Social Work 121
Passage 1 A Longitudinal Look at Social Work Leadership in Hospitals：The Impact of a Changing Health Care System 121
Passage 2 Do Social Workers Need Some Medical Training？ 134
Passage 3 Riding Third：Social Work in Ambulance Work 137
Chapter Seven Methods and Values of Social Work 155
Passage 1 The Social Work Student as Participant Observer in Group Therapy Training 155
Passage 2 Paradigm for Pluralism：Mikhail Bakhtin and Social Work Practice 171
Passage 3 CASW Code of Ethics 189
Bibliography 193
Epilog 224