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Introduction to Human Services (Pearce et al.)
Elizabeth B. Pearce · Linn-Benton Community College
In the contents: 01: Introduction to the Human Services Field and Careers · 1.01: Introduction to Human Services · 2.01: Ethics and Values in the Human Services
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Treatment of Addictions, Individual and Group
Master Textbook · Whatcom Community College
In the contents: 04: Group Counseling- Theories Modalities and Skills · 05: Addiction Counseling Practices Skills and Treatment Modalities · 06: Documentation Referral and Coordination of Care
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SWHS 350: Ethics in Social Work/ Human Services (Baker-Nauman)
LibreTexts
In the contents: 1.01: Helping those in need- Human Service Workers · 1.03: Ethical Standards for Human Services Professionals · 2.01: Building a Trauma-Informed Workforce
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Human Services Field Work Practicum Manual
Wendy D. Bratina · Harrisburg Area Community College
In the contents: 2.05: Using your workplace as a practicum placement · 03: Preparing for the Field Work Practicum · 6.02: Linking Your Learning to Ethical Standards
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Rural and Northern Social Work Practice 2e: Examples within a Canadian Context
LibreTexts
In the contents: Anti-Oppressive Practice in Rural--Small Indigenous Communities: An Intersectional and Trauma-Informed Approach to Decolonial Praxis · Braiding Trauma-and-Violence Informed Care Practice Guidelines into Competencies for Social Workers working in Rural and Remote Locations · Informed Approach to Disclosures of Abuse and Healing
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Foundations of Addiction Studies
Jason Florin & Julie Trytek · College of DuPage via College of DuPage Digital Press
In the contents: 1.05: Adolescents and Addiction · 1.06: Addiction and the Family · 1.07: Bio-Psycho-Social Issues
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Social Science Research - Principles, Methods, and Practices
Anol Bhattacherjee · University of South Florida
In the contents: 01: Science and Scientific Research · 2.02: Concepts Constructs and Variables · 2.03: Propositions and Hypotheses
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Introduction to Social Work
Jessica Gladden et al. · Ferris State University
In the contents: 1.01: Introduction to Social Work · 1.05: Social Work Practice Settings · 1.07: Child Welfare and Foster Care
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Practicing and Presenting Social Research
Oral Robinson and Alexander Wilson · University of British Columbia
In the contents: 01: Generating and Developing Original Research Ideas · 1.02: A Note on Reflexivity and Positionality · 1.07: Worksheet - Surveying the Universe of Potential Topics
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Scientific Inquiry in Social Work
Matthew DeCarlo · Radford University
In the contents: 1.01: How do social workers know what to do · 1.02: Science and social work · 1.04: Understanding research
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SWHS 300: Introduction to Social Work/Human Services (Bradshaw)
LibreTexts
In the contents: 1.01: Introduction to Social Work · 1.03: Video- Legacies of Social Change · 3.2.04: Pop Culture Subculture and Cultural Change
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Social Problems - Continuity and Change
Saylor Foundation · 2016
Social Problems: Continuity and Change is a realistic but motivating look at the many issues that are facing our society today. As this book's subtitle, Continuity and Change, implies, social problems are persistent, but they have also improved in the past and can be improved in the present and future, provided that our nation has the wisdom and will to address them. It is easy for students to read a social problems textbook and come away feeling frustrated by the enormity of the many social problems facing us today. Social Problems: Continuity and Change certainly does not minimize the persistence of social problems, but neither does it overlook the possibilities for change offered by social research and by the activities of everyday citizens working to make a difference. Readers the book will find many examples of how social problems have been improved and of strategies that hold great potential for solving them today and in the future. You will find several pedagogical features help to convey the “continuity and change” theme of this text and the service sociology vision in which it is grounded: Each chapter begins with a “Social Problems in the News” story related to the social problem discussed in that chapter. These stories provide an interesting starting point for the chapter's discussion and show its relevance for real-life issues. Three types of boxes in each chapter provide examples of how social problems have been changed and can be changed. In no particular order, A first box, “Applying Social Research,” discusses how the findings from sociological and other social science research have either contributed to public policy related to the chapter's social problem or have the potential of doing so. A second box, “Lessons from Other Nations,” discusses how another nation or nations have successfully addressed the social problem of that chapter. A third box, “People Making a Difference,” discusses efforts by individuals, non-profit organizations or social cha
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Changing Society
Aimee Samara Krouskop, Ben Cushing, Kimberly Puttman, and Avery Temple · Open Oregon
In the contents: 01: How Does Social Change Matter to You · 1.03: Diverse Experiences of Social Change · 02: The Study of Social Change
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Introduction to Human Services
Ashley Patros & Keri Grokowsky · Western Technical College
In the contents: 01: Unit One--An Overview of the Human Services Field · 1.01: What is Human Services · 1.02: Ethics and Values
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Teaching AI Ethics
Leon Furze · LibreTexts
In the contents: 1.04: Ethical Perspectives Approaches and Frameworks · 02: Teaching AI Ethics- Bias and Discrimination · 04: Teaching AI Ethics- Truth and Academic Integrity