The Columbia Guide to Social Work Writing Book

Foreword. A Social Work Leader on WritingLinda HoffmanPreface Jeanette TakamuraIntroductionWarren Green and Barbara Levy SimonPart I. The Foundations of Good Writing1. Writing in Social Work in the United States: 1880s to the PresentBarbara Levy Simon2. Writing Strategies for Academic PapersWarren Green3. Writing for Publication in Social Work JournalsRonald A. Feldman4. Inscribing Knowledge: Writing Research in Social WorkDenise BurnettePart II. Applied Professional Writing5. Student Writing in Field EducationKathryn Conroy6. Writing For and About Clinical PracticeMary Sormanti7. Getting the Policy Message Across to Diverse AudiencesShirley Gatenio-Gabel and Sheila B. Kamerman8. Writing in Program and Proposal Development: The Social Work Writer as TranslatorMarion Riedel9. AdvocacyVicki Lens10. Administrative WritingSue MatorinPart III. Writing in Distinct Fields of Practice11. Writing in Family and Child WelfareBrenda G. McGowan and Elaine M. Walsh12. Writing Strategies for School Social WorkersAlida Bouris and Vincent Guilamo-Ramos13. Writing About Contemporary Social Issues: Lessons Learned from Working with Street-Based Sex WorkersSusan Witte14. Writing in the Field of AgingAnn Burack-Weiss15. Writing in International Work: Power, Knowledge, and Social Interventions in the Globalized WorldFred Ssewamala and Elizabeth SperberNotesContributorsIndex

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