Books in the Evidence-Based Practices series

An accessible introduction to evidence-based practice for school social workers.

School Social Work: An Evidence-Informed Framework for Practice offers school social work students and veteran practitioners a new framework for choosing their interventions based on the best available evidence. It is the first work that synthesizes the evidence-based practice (EBP) process with recent conceptual frameworks.

This book will provide readers with a comprehensive overview of family psychoeducation as an evidence-based psychosocial treatment, describing psychoeducational models developed by major research centers in the U.S., the U.K., and other European countries as well as presenting data-based models developed in China and elsewhere, together with discussion of cultural variations and negative findings.

This comprehensive monograph synthesizes the research on the Individual Placement and Support model of supported employment for people with severe mental illness. It identifies empirical foundations for core principles of the model and reviews the literature on effectiveness, long-term outcomes, cost-effectiveness, generalizability, implementation, and policy implications.

Provides a detailed examination of research-supported psychosocial interventions for use with older adults. The interventions address the diversity of mental health and late-life challenges that older adults' experience. Comprehensive treatment and research information is provided for each intervention including practice skills, strategies, and adaptions for use with older clients.

This book is a comprehensive and easy-to-read volume addressing the critical need to close the gap between social work education and training and the field of addiction treatment. It includes a unique critical review of existing evidence and health disparities, and provides organizational, community, and policy perspectives on implementation.