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Books by Topic

Anti-Oppressive Social Work by Gary C. Dumbrill & June Ying Yee.
Call Number: HM821 .D86 2019
Publication Date: 2019
Challenging Oppression and Confronting Privilege by Bob Mullaly; Juliana West
Call Number: HM 821. M85 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Examines the many forms that oppression and privilege can take, at the personal, cultural, and structural levels.
Diversity, Oppression, and Change by Flavio Francisco Marsiglia; Stephen S. Kulis; Stephanie Lechuga-Peña
Call Number: HV41 .M282 2021
Publication Date: 2021
Diversity, Oppression, and Change, Third Edition provides a culturally grounded approach to practice, policy, and research in social work and allied fields. The book's intersectionality perspective provides a lens through which students can identify connections between identities based onrace/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, social class, religion, and ability status.
Doing Anti-Oppressive Social Work by Bindi Bennett (Editor); Raven Sinclair (Ótiskewápíwskew) (Foreword by); Wanda Thomas Bernard (Afterword by); Donna Baines (Editor); Natalie Clark (Editor)
Publication Date: 2022
Brings together critical social work authors to passionately engage with pressing social issues, and to pose new solutions, practices and analysis in the context of growing inequities and the need for reconciliation, decolonization and far-reaching change. The book presents strong intersectional perspectives and practice, engaging closely with decolonization, re-Indigenization, resistance and social justice.
Walking This Path Together: Anti-racist and Anti-oppressive Child Welfare Practice by Jeannine Carrière (Editor); Susan Strega (Editor); Jeannine Carrière (Editor)
Call Number: HV745.A6 W35 2015
Publication Date: 2015
An edited collection devoted to improving the lives of children and families that come to the attention of child welfare authorities by demonstrating and advocating for socially just child welfare practices.

Community Economic Development in Social Work by Steven D. Soifer; Joseph B. McNeely; Nancy Pickering-Bernheim; Cathy Costa
Call Number: HV 41. S65 2014
Publication Date: 2014
Community economic development (CED) is an increasingly essential factor in the revitalization of low- to moderate-income communities. This cutting-edge text explores the intersection of CED and social work practice, which both focus on the well-being of indigent communities and the empowerment of individuals and the communities in which they live.
Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Welfare by Meredith Minkler (Editor)
Call Number: RA 427.8 M56 2012
Publication Date: 2012
Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Welfare provides new and more established ways to approach community building and organizing, from collaborating with communities on assessment and issue selection to using the power of coalition building, media advocacy, and social media to enhance the effectiveness of such work. With a strong emphasis on cultural relevance and humility, this collection offers a wealth of case studies in areas ranging from childhood obesity to immigrant worker rights to health care reform.
Promoting Community Change: Making It Happen in the Real World by Mark S. Homan
Publication Date: 2016
Addresses the real-world issues facing professionals in social work, human services, and community health--and gives readers the skills and information they need to be effective agents of change at the community level.
SAGE Handbook of Community Practice
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2012
A comprehensive guidebook of community practice grounded in social justice and human rights. It utilizes community and practice theories and encompasses community development, organizing, planning, social change, policy practice, program development, service coordination, organizational cultural competency, and community-based research in relation to global poverty and community empowerment.
Canadian perspectives on community development by Todd & Savard (Eds.)
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2020
Offers an in-depth analysis geared toward advanced study in community practice. Addresses diverse topics in Canadian contexts: community work in various regions of the country exploring issues of poverty and environmental activism; community work with immigrants and refugees, and with trans communities; feminist community organizing as well as organizing with persons with disabilities and with members of linguistic communities; and, finally, artsbased community work with the elderly.

Choices : interviewing and counselling skills for Canadians by Bob Shebib
Call Number: BF 636.6 S54 2017
Publication Date: 2017
Group Counseling: Strategies and Skills by E. Jacobs; Christine J. Schimmel; Robert L. L. Masson; Riley L. Harvill, Editors
Publication Date: 2016
Provides an in-depth look at group counseling with an emphasis on practical knowledge and techniques for effective group leadership.
Helping Skills for Human Service Workers by Kenneth France; Kim Weikel
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2014
This revised third edition is a comprehensive yet easy-to-read resource for learning communication skills used in human services such as crisis intervention, mental health, case management, social services, rehabilitation, and patient care. Chapter 9 focuses on special considerations relevant to the following groups: children, older persons, clients having low socioeconomic status, individuals experiencing psychosis, and persons with long-standing issues.
Working with Involuntary Clients by Chris Trotter
Call Number: HV 41. T76 2015
Publication Date: 2015
Many social workers are employed in positions where they deal with involuntary clients. These positions are demanding, and require a specific set of skills. The new edition of this successful book provides an accessible and practical guide for managing difficult and sensitive relationships and communicating with reluctant clients.

Nature-Based Play and Expressive Therapies by Janet A. Courtney; Jamie Lynn Langley; Lynn Louise Wonders; Rosalind Heiko; Rose LaPiere
Publication Date: 2022
Addresses a wide range of healing modalities and case studies that can be used in both indoor and outdoor environments. Each chapter includes vignettes to support the interventions and approaches presented. Chapters focus on work with young children and teens in individual settings as well as work with families and groups, making this book an important read for a wide range of mental health professionals.
Social Work and Family Violence by Joan McClennen; Amanda M. Keys; Michele Day
Publication Date: 2016
Focusing on child abuse and maltreatment, intimate partner violence (IPV), and older adult abuse, the book covers assessment procedures and evidence-based treatments used by social workers with victims and perpetrators of all age groups and of both genders. It provides expanded information on agencies advocating on behalf of children including child advocacy centers, guardians ad litem, and court-appointed special advocates as well as child welfare laws and policies.
Adverse Childhood Experiences by Roberta Waite; Ruth Ann Ryan
Publication Date: 2019-08-09
Explores the nature of adversity and its effects on the physical, emotional, cognitive and social health of individuals, communities and society. The book, written by two experienced psychiatric nurses, will equip healthcare students and professionals with an understanding for critical change in practice and offer action steps designed to assist them with prevention and intervention approaches and steps to help build resilience.
Decision-Making and Judgment in Child Welfare and Protection by Rami Benbenishty (Editor); Erik J. Knorth (Editor); Donald J. Baumann (Editor); John D. Fluke (Editor); Mónica López López (Editor)
Publication Date: 2020
Pulls together the best internationally sourced expertise and makes it accessibly available and applicable to scholars, educators, practitioners, students, and policymakers--the key stakeholders in child protective services and child welfare.
Intimate Partner Violence by Samuel R. Aymer
Publication Date: 2021
Through case studies, theory, research, and the author's clinical practice wisdom, this text will: increase understanding of how to work clinically with women affected by IPV, increase knowledge of how to work with abusive men, heighten knowledge of how IPV affects children and adolescents, expand knowledge of social and cultural notions, and explore men's role in terms of advocating against gender-based violence.
Seeing the Child in Child Protection Social Work by Sue Kennedy
Publication Date: 2020
This book repositions social work thinking and practice by placing the child's lived experience at the centre of its illustrative examples and cases.
Developing Knowledge and Skills for Child and Family Social Work by Barry Fearnley
Publication Date: 2022
This book will provide you with the initial developing knowledge and skills needed to practice ethically and effectively with children and families. It will take you on a journey, introducing you to all the relevant theory, legislation and skills for practice, using case studies, activities and research summaries to help you navigate the complexities and challenges along the way.
Child Abuse and Child Protection by Julia Davidson; Antonia Bifulco
Publication Date: 2018
A comprehensive and cohesive book on child abuse and child protection, drawing on both criminological and psychological perspectives on all forms of child maltreatment and child protection practice together with impacts on the victims. This book considers a range of areas, from definitions of child abuse and discussions of its prevalence, to an examination of the experiences of children in care, to international perspectives on children within the criminal justice system, to the emergence of online child abuse and the increasing awareness of historical abuse.

Group work practice kit : how to improve the everyday practice of group work by Robert Conyne (Editor)
Call Number: HV 45. C66 2014
Publication Date: 2014
Group Work with Populations at Risk by Geoffrey L. Greif (Editor); Carolyn Knight (Editor)
Call Number: HV 45 G73165 2017
Publication Date: 2016
Geared toward students and professionals gaining a beginning understanding of groups, this volume describes how to work with vulnerable populations. The vulnerable populations that are addressed include returning war veterans, immigrants, the aging and their caregivers, children and adults who have been abused, and people struggling with substance abuse issues, cancer, and chronic mental illness.
How to Create and Sustain Groups That Thrive by Ann Steiner
Publication Date: 2020
An accessible manual for group leaders of all kinds, from psychotherapy groups to discussion groups. This thoroughly updated third edition of the author's popular group psychotherapy guide provides a wealth of tools for starting and maintaining groups, including sample group agreements, a screening and preparation system, and an innovative collaborative goal setting system.
Deconstructing Group Work for Human Service Professionals by Dominique Moyse Steinberg; Eileen C. Lyons
Publication Date: 2022
Provides practical skills-based support in a theoretical and value-based context derived from the social work profession. Relevant for all general social work practice courses at BSW or MSW level. Relevant for all human service/health and social care professionals who work with groups such as social workers, youth workers, counsellors and mental health professionals.

Intimate Integration: A History of the Sixties Scoop and the Colonization of Indigenous Kinship by Stevenson
Publication Date: 2021
Decolonizing Social Work by Mel Gray; John Coates; Michael Yellow Bird; Tiani Hetherington
Call Number: HV 3176. G73 2013
Publication Date: 2013
In this volume, Indigenous and non-Indigenous social work scholars examine local cultures, beliefs, values, and practices as central to decolonization.
Imagining Child Welfare in the Spirit of Reconciliation by Dorothy Badry, H. Monty Montgomery, Daniel Kikulwe, Marlyn Bennett & Don Fuchs, Editors
Call Number: HV 745. P73 B34 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Strong Helpers' Teachings: The Value of Indigenous Knowledges in the Helping Professions by Baskin
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2016
Ohpikiihaakan-Ohpihmeh: Raised Somewhere Else: A 60s Scoop Adoptee's Story Of Coming Home by Colleen Cardinal
Publication Date: 2018
Wícihitowin : Aboriginal social work in Canada by Raven Sinclair (Ótiskewápíwskew), Michael Anthony Hart (Kaskitémahikan), Gord Bruyere (Amawaajibitang)
Publication Date: 2009
Walking Together by Jason Albert (Editor); Dorothy Badry (Editor); Don Fuchs (Editor); Peter W. Choate (Editor); Marlyn Bennett (Editor); H. Monty Montgomery (Editor)
Publication Date: 2022
This edited collection brings together accomplished Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars from the prairie provinces to forward critical research about a range of contemporary child welfare issues currently impacting Indigenous children in Canada. Centering Indigenous knowledge and working to decolonize child welfare, contributors address the over-representation of Indigenous children in the child welfare system, the un-met recommendations of the TRC, the connections between colonialism and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, the impact of Bill C-92, and more.

Mental health social work in context by Nick Gould
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2016
Mental Health Social Work Practice in Canada by Cheryl Regehr; Graham Glancy
Call Number: HV 690. C2 R43 2014
Publication Date: 2014
Critical Issues In Child And Adolescent Mental Health by Sarah Campbell, Dinah Morley, Roger Catchpole
Publication Date: 2016
Understanding the Mental Health Problems of Children and Adolescents by Painter; Scannapieco
Publication Date: 2021
A practical guide to identifying, diagnosing, and treating mental health and substance abuse challenges in children and adolescents, including ADHD, childhood trauma, anxiety disorders, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, bipolar disorder, the spectrum of schizophrenia, psychosis, and substance abuse. Provides definitions as well as early signs of detection, symptoms, diagnoses, and treatment options.
Introduction to Mental Health for Child and Youth Care by Ranahan, Kutcher, & Hashish
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2020

Connecting Policy to Practice in the Human Services by Brad McKenzie & Brian Wharf
Call Number: HV 107 M33 2016
Publication Date: 2016
Traditionally, human services policy has been made by people whose own lives are unaffected by their decisions. As a consequence, that policy often fails to meet the needs of service users. In Connecting Policy to Practice in the Human Services, Brad McKenzie and Brian Wharf suggest that a more inclusive process will produce better results. They look at a number of alternative strategies, including shared decision-making, policy communities, and community governance.
Essential law for social work practice in Canada by Cheryl Regehr & Karima Kanani.
Call Number: KF 390. S6 R43 2010
Publication Date: 2010
Canadian Social Policy: A New Introduction by Graham, Shier & Delaney
Call Number: HV 108 G73 2015
Publication Date: 2017
Examines major social policy considerations in Canada. Intended for students in social work, and for professionals who want to update their knowledge of current policy contexts.
Welfare reform in Canada: Provincial social assistance in comparative perspective by Béland & Daigneault
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2015
Child Welfare by Kathleen Kufeldt (Editor); Brad McKenzie (Editor)
Call Number: HV 745. A6 K84 2011
Publication Date: 2011
Children who receive child welfare services are a vulnerable group, and their numbers are growing. All who care about them need to be fully informed about current outcomes, indicators of success and failure, and best practices. The book highlights major developments in child welfare and shows how these inform directions taken in research, policy, and practice. Contributors provide recommendations for promoting best practice and enhancing resilience among children and families.
Social Welfare Policy and Advocacy by Jansson
Call Number: HV40 .J37 2020
Publication Date: 2019
Presents a multi-level framework to show students how micro, mezzo, and macro policy advocacy can be used effectively by social workers in eight policy sectors: healthcare, gerontology, safety-net, child and family, mental health, education, immigration, and criminal justice.