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Counseling and Human Services and Social Work 2014–2015 Catalog Cengage Learning Asia Pte Ltd 151 Lorong Chuan #02-08 New Tech Park (Lobby H) Singapore 556741 CLA www.cengageasia.com Tel (65) 6410 1200 Fax (65) 6410 1208 D E e-mail [email protected] C 2 www.cengageasia.com 01 3 Cengage Learning Asia introducing the new . . . Cengage Technology Editions are being launched to support educators and learners in making a smooth transition from print to digital learning and instruction. These hybrid editions combine full ebooks or digital solutions packages with print editions for maximum flexibility and benefits, including: enhanced student-teacher interactions engaged students, improved learning experiences and better outcomes a growing and interconnected pool of best-selling titles from Cengage Learning Cengage Technology Editions offer the best in print and digital content to create the kinds of blended learning experiences that are fast gaining popularity among students. These editions provide hybrid alternatives to best-selling titles from Cengage Learning in disciplines such as Business and Economics, Science and Mathematics, Social Sciences and Humanities, and more. Engage with Us! Email [email protected] • www.cengageasia.com Contents Counseling Social Work Assessment and Testing ........................................................2 Direct Methods/Practice with Individuals/Clinical ....164 Careers .......................................................................................5 Ethics & Legal Issues ...........................................................182 Children & Adolescents .........................................................8 Field/Practicum/Internship ...............................................185 Community & Agency Counseling ....................................10 Human Behavior in the Social Environment ................189 Consultation ..........................................................................14 Introduction to Human Services ......................................193 Counseling Diverse Populations ........................................17 Introduction to Social Work/Welfare .............................198 Crisis Intervention ................................................................24 Methods/Practice of Social Work ..................................206 Ethics & Legal Issues ............................................................29 Methods/Practice with Children/Child Welfare ...........215 Field/Practicum/Internship ................................................34 Methods/Practice with Communities ............................217 Group........................................................................................41 Methods/Practice with Diverse Populations ...............222 Human Growth and Development ....................................51 Methods/Practice with Families .....................................227 Introduction to Counseling .................................................53 Methods/Practice with Groups ........................................231 Introduction to Human Services ........................................61 Research Methods/Statistics/Writing/Evaluation ......239 Marriage & Family ................................................................69 Social Welfare Policy and History ....................................251 Research and Statistics ........................................................73 Special Topics .......................................................................255 School Counseling ................................................................76 Theories ................................................................................266 Skills, Techniques, & Process ..............................................80 Combined Author/Title Index ...........................................275 Special Topics ........................................................................98 Substance Abuse Counseling ...........................................105 Theories .................................................................................110 Human Services Careers ...................................................................................123 Community & Agency Counseling ...................................125 Counseling Diverse Populations ......................................127 Crisis Intervention ................................................................131 Ethics & Legal Issues ...........................................................133 Group......................................................................................136 Introductory ..........................................................................137 Practicum/Field Experience ..............................................145 Research, Statistics & Writing..........................................146 School Counseling ..............................................................147 Skills, Techniques, & Process ............................................148 Special Topics .......................................................................157 Substance Abuse Counseling ...........................................158 Theories ................................................................................160 Order form/pricelist is available upon request through Cengage Learning Representative. Special price requests for class adoption are subject to approval. Please contact your Cengage Learning Representative for details. Information contained in this catalog is correct at the time of printing. Prices are subject to change without prior notice. Counseling and nationalities. • NEW Discussion of Responsibilities of Users of Assessment And testing Standardized Tests Third Edition (RUST 3) has been incorporated into the Appendices. • NEW Language has been simplified to a level appropriate for entering graduate students, especially in the chapters on reliability and validity. FeAtuRes • The text is aligned with the assessment curriculum standards required by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs. • Full chapters discuss the finer points that professional counselors need to understand when engaging in all forms of assessment. Assessment FoR CounseloRs, • Current American Counseling Association ethical inteRnAtionAl edition, 2e standards and positions statements from the ACA and other professional organizations appear throughout Bradley T. Erford, Loyola College in Maryland the text. Erford’s book presents a broad overview of basic issues Contents in psychological and educational assessment. The book familiarizes students with the essentials of testing, 1. Basic Assessment Concepts. 2. Historical Foundations covering such concepts as ethical, legal, and diversity and Perspectives of Assessment. 3. Legal, Ethical, issues; reliability, validity, and test construction; and the and Diversity Foundations and Perspectives in pertinent tests needed by professional counselors to Assessment. 4. How Tests are Constructed. 5. Selecting, conduct thorough and effective assessments. Erford’s Administering, Scoring, and Interpreting Assessment guidance on basic procedures such as test selection, as Instruments and Techniques. 6. Reliability. 7. Validity. well as the book’s examples and applications relevant to 8. Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis. 9. Personality a range of practices and clientele, help students learn Assessment. 10. Behavioral Assessment. 11. Assessment how and when to use the correct assessment tools of Intelligence. 12. Assessment of Other Aptitudes. 13. with diverse clients. In addition, the author and other Assessment of Achievement. 14. Assessment in Career contributors focus on the importance of counselor Counseling. 15. Assessing Couples and Families. identity and the essentials of this complex field. © 2013, 512pp, Paperback, 9781133371595 neW to tHis edition • NEW This edition has been fully revised and updated. New content includes expanded discussion of how tests are used for or against social justice; suicide assessment; assessment in schools; extended discussion of neuropsychological assessment; and environmental assessment. • NEW To ease readability and comprehension, statistical and psychometric information has been placed in a tabular form that is consistent from chapter to chapter. • NEW Coverage of diversity has been infused into every chapter. Erford addresses concerns and controversies with assessing people of different cultures, ethnicities, 2 www.cengageasia.com the most recent versions. In addition, new instruments have been added, including the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT), the Woodcock-Johnson® III, the Wechsler Nonverbal Scale of Ability (WNV), the Conners 3, the Beck Anxiety Inventory, the CAT- ASVAB, O*NET’s Career Exploration Tools, and other special aptitude tests. FeAtuRes • Thought-provoking cases, vignettes, and real-life exercises engage students by providing opportunities essentiAls oF testing And for hands-on practice. Assessment, 3e • The book guides students step-by-step through the A Practical guide for Counselors, social Workers, and Psychologists increasingly complex process of gathering information about clients, and suggests specific ways of writing Edward S. Neukrug, Old Dominion University; R. Charles Fawcett, University of Virginia effective test reports. • Text illustrations, figures, and examples of test Comprehensive and easy to read, Neukrug and reports and interview outlines help students apply Fawcett’s ESSENTIALS OF TESTING AND ASSESSMENT: the concepts presented in the chapters. A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR COUNSELORS, SOCIAL • Down-to-earth, easy-to-understand writing clearly WORKERS, AND PSYCHOLOGISTS, 3rd Edition, explains the use of test statistics and how to apply introduces learners to the concepts and applications of them to the assessment process. assessment and testing. Case vignettes, samples of real • Neukrug and Fawcett devote individual chapters tests, and additional activities and exercises increase to commonly used assessment techniques in understanding and reduce student anxiety. educational ability, intelligence testing, career and neW to tHis edition occupational assessment, and clinical assessment, with each chapter highlighting the role of the helper in • Chapter 3, “Diagnosis in the Assessment Process,” assessment procedures and stressing the importance and Chapter 4, “The Assessment Report Process: of sensitivity when assessing any person. Interviewing the Client and Writing the Report” (previously Chapters 11 and 12), appear earlier in the Contents text to help highlight the importance of these topics. Section I: UNDERSTANDING THE ASSESSMENT • Chapters have been reorganized into three sections PROCESS: HISTORY, ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL to better suit classroom teaching: Section I, ISSUES, DIAGNOSIS, AND THE ASSESSMENT REPORT. “Understanding the Assessment Process: Ethical 1. History of Testing and Assessment. 2. Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues, Diagnosis, and the and Professional Issues in Assessment. 3. Diagnosis in Assessment Report”; Section II, “Test Worthiness the Assessment Process. 4. The Assessment Report and Test Statistics”; and Section III, “Commonly Used Process: Interviewing the Client and Writing the Report. Assessment Techniques.” The book retains the basic Section II: TEST WORTHINESS AND TEST STATISTICS. content from the previous edition. 5. Test Worthiness: Validity, Reliability, Cross-Cultural • Revised throughout to assure currency, this edition Fairness, and Practicality. 6. Statistical Concepts: Making includes the most recent information from the DSM-V, Meaning Out of Raw Scores. 7. Statistical Concepts: updated research and citations, and more information Creating New Scores to Interpret Test Data. Section on cross-cultural assessment. III: COMMONLY USED ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES. • Section II presents new information from two national 8. Assessment of Educational Ability: Survey Battery, studies (conducted by Neukrug) on the types of Diagnostic, Readiness, and Cognitive Ability Tests. 9. instruments used by counselors and taught by faculty. Intellectual and Cognitive Functioning: Intelligence • Assessments and tests have been updated to include Testing and Neuropsychological Assessment. 10. Career www.cengageasia.com 3 and Occupational Assessment: Interest Inventories, • NEW The author has added further discussion of the Multiple Aptitude, and Special Aptitude Tests. 11. Clinical changing nature of achievement testing. Assessment: Objective and Projective Personality Tests. FeAtuRes 12. Informal Assessment: Observation, Rating Scales, Classification Methods, Environmental Assessments, • Video clips for instructors, available on the Instructor’s Records and Personal Documents, and Performance- Companion Site, can be used to demonstrate an initial Based Assessment. interview, a case in using a mental state exam, and an interview that addresses issues of multicultural © 2015, 368pp, Paperback, 9781285454245 assessments. • Detailed discussions of specific assessment methods and strategies, including clinical measures and interviewing and observations in personality assessment, help readers to understand the relevance of each tool and strategy. • The book focuses on the importance of using assessment results to evaluate the efficacy of counseling. Examples and applications are geared specifically to the counseling audience. Contents SECTION 1: PRINCIPLES OF ASSESSMENT. 1. PRinCiPles And APPliCAtions Assessment in Counseling. 2. Basic Assessment oF Assessment in Counseling, Principles. 3. Reliability. 4. Validity and Item Analysis. inteRnAtionAl edition, 4e 5. Instrument Selection, Administration, Scoring, and Susan C. Whiston, Indiana University Communicating Results. SECTION 2: OVERVIEW OF ASSESSMENT AREAS. 6. Initial Assessment in This comprehensive introduction to appraisal and Counseling. 7. Intelligence and General Ability Testing. assessment, created specifically for counseling 8. Assessing Achievement and Aptitude: Applications students, presents mathematical and statistical for Counseling. 9. Assessment in Career Counseling. concepts in a simple and useful manner. The book 10. Appraisal of Personality. 11. Assessment in Marriage stresses the importance of counselors being good and Family Counseling. SECTION 3: APPLICATIONS consumers of assessment tools, to avoid misusing tools AND ISSUES. 12. Assessment and Diagnosis. 13. Using in manners harmful to clients. Assessment in Counseling. 14. Ethical and Legal Issues neW to tHis edition in Assessment. 15. Issues Related to Assessment with Diverse Populations. 16. Technological Applications and • NEW This edition features updated coverage of the Future Trends. Appendices A-E. Glossary. References. latest changes to the ACA Codes of Ethics. • NEW The discussion of revised assessment instruments © 2013, 460pp, Paperback, 9781133355205 has been updated. • NEW Discussion of instruments now includes the WAIS-IV and the MMPI-2-RF. • NEW Discussion of technology, particularly online testing, has been expanded. • NEW The author has clarified the book’s discussion of communicating results to clients. • NEW Chapter 15, “Issues Related to Assessment with Diverse Populations,” has been updated with the latest research. • 4 www.cengageasia.com CAReeRs theory, include Chapter Highlights instead. • Each chapter has been revised to reflect the results of new research and any subsequent changes in the theory under discussion. Research conducted outside of the United States—for instance, a marked increase from countries in Africa—continues to make a greater contribution to career development research discussed in the textbook. • Chapter 3, “Occupations: Information and Theory,” presents updated occupational information for the United States labor market and a greater number of references about the global labor market. • Chapter 7, “Career Development in Childhood,” offers APPlYing CAReeR deVeloPment new ideas and insights. Coverage features a revised tHeoRY to Counseling, discussion of Super’s early growth stage of children’s inteRnAtionAl edition, 6e career development, which has been modified by the Richard S. Sharf, University of Delaware results of Howard and Walsh’s studies concerning the fantasy substage—including Level 1 (Pure Association) Help your students go beyond learning only about and Level 2 (Magical Thinking). Discussion of the theories, and show them how to apply concepts modification of Super’s interest substage includes in a counseling setting with Sharf’s APPLYING material on Level 3 (External Activities). CAREER DEVELOPMENT THEORY TO COUNSELING, • Chapter 8, “Adolescent Career Development,” International Edition. Useful for practicing counselors provides recent views on Super’s late growth stage and counselors-in-training, Sharf’s text covers three of adolescent career development, which has been major theoretical areas: Trait and Type theory, Life- modified by Howard and Walsh’s work on adolescent span theory, and Special-focus theory. The final chapter vocational reasoning (e.g., Level 4 on Internal discusses theoretical integration, using each theory to Processes and Capacities and Level 5 on Interaction). provide a unique perspective on career development. The author also presents new information on work The text features numerous case examples, discusses by Vondracek and his colleagues on the concept of practical and theoretical career assessment, and vocational identity. integrates career theory with contemporary and • Chapter 9, “Late Adolescent and Adult Career historical labor-market information. Information about Development,” discusses Jeffrey Arnett’s description websites for internships, counseling organizations, of emerging adulthood (including the age of identity, and jobs has been added to help readers (and their the age of instability, a self-focused age, the age of clients) in their careers. Also included are the 2009 feeling in-between, and the age of possibilities). CACREP standards for Career Development. Highly Sharf focuses on how these stages relate to career praised for its clear writing style, relevant case development by providing new insights on how young examples, and extensive diversity coverage, APPLYING people approach entry into the labor market. CAREER DEVELOPMENT THEORY TO COUNSELING, • Chapter 10, “Adult Career Crises and Transitions,” International Edition strikes the ideal balance between now discusses the kaleidoscope career (a career theory and application. defined not by a corporation but by an individual’s neW to tHis edition own values and life choices) in expanded coverage of the boundaryless and protean careers. • A Theory Outline at the beginning of each chapter • Chapter 12, “Relational Approaches to Career summarizes major points of the theory to be covered, Development,” includes an explanation of Blustein’s introducing students to the upcoming material and relational theory of working, which is related to providing a convenient tool for review. Chapters 1 Richardson’s discussion of the working perspective. and 16, which don’t present descriptions of a specific www.cengageasia.com 5 • Chapter 13, “Krumboltz’s Social Learning Theory,” Keeping career counseling relevant to all counseling incorporates recent changes to Planned Happenstance students, Vernon Zunker uses an innovative holistic Theory (now called Happenstance Learning Theory), or “whole person” approach, demonstrating how to and information about the implications of the changes consider values, temperament, talents, and passions for career counseling. when integrating career with personal counseling to • Chapter 15, “Career Decision-Making Approaches,” determine a client’s best career fit. The thoroughly summarizes recent research on the concept of calling revised and updated Eighth Edition of this classic (of particular relevance in a spiritual perspective includes all-new chapters on integrating career and on career development), helping to clarify the personal counseling, job loss and transitions, adult differences between a spiritual perspective and other career development, and career-related programs perspectives. in middle schools. In addition, diversity issues are integrated throughout, while relevant case studies Contents bring chapter concepts to life. The text is also packed 1. Introduction. 2. Trait and Factor Theories. 3. with tools to help students maximize their success in Occupations: Information and Theory. 4. Work class and on the licensing exam. Adjustment Theory. 5. Holland’s Theory of Types. 6. neW to tHis edition Myers-Briggs Type Theory. 7. Career Development in Childhood. 8. Adolescent Career Development. 9. • NEW Chapter 4, “Integrating Career and Personal Late Adolescent and Adult Career Development. 10. Counseling”, features two case studies illustrating Adult Career Crises and Transitions. 11. Constructivist how to effectively integrate career and personal and Narrative Approaches to Career Development. counseling. 12. Relational Approaches to Career Development. 13. • Extremely relevant and practical, NEW Chapter 13, “Job Krumboltz’s Social Learning Theory. 14. Social Cognitive Loss and Transitions”, provides insightful coverage on Career Theory. 15. Career Decision-Making Approaches. adult transitions and job loss. 16. Theories in Combination. • NEW Chapter 14, “Adult Career Development Concerns”, reflects the latest practices and information © 2014, 544pp, Paperback, 9781285176062 from the field. • NEW Chapter 16, “Career-Related Programs for Career Development in Middle School”, provides solid insights into concerns of middle school students. • Bringing chapter concepts to life, cutting-edge case studies seamlessly connect the theory and models presented in the text with students’ eventual practice with clients. In this edition, 22 timely case studies illustrate examples of concerns clients bring to counseling. FeAtuRes • As demonstrated by the text’s “A Holistic Approach” CAReeR Counseling, 8e subtitle, the thoroughly revised Eighth Edition of this A Holistic Approach, international edition classic reflects the growing emphasis on looking at Vernon G. Zunker, Emeritus, Southwest Texas State University the “whole person”—values, temperament, talents, Providing the most current, comprehensive coverage and passions—to determine his or her best career fit. available, CAREER COUNSELING: A HOLISTIC • Helping you create engaging lectures, lively APPROACH, International Edition equips students PowerPoint slides are available on the text website. with a solid understanding of the theoretical models • The text’s comprehensive coverage offers career of career counseling and practical techniques on how guidance over the life span, including career guidance to effectively counsel clients about career issues. for school age children, college students, and adults 6 www.cengageasia.com in career transition. • To make students’ study and preparation for the licensing examination easier, the text includes tables that summarize theories of career development and counseling models. • Thorough diversity coverage includes “Diversity Issues” sections that highlight relevant research throughout, as well as five chapters dedicated to career counseling for special populations. Contents using Assessment Results FoR PART ONE FOUNDATIONS AND RESOURCES. 1. CAReeR deVeloPment, 8e Historical Development and Some Basic Issues. 2. Debra S. Osborn, University of South Florida; Vernon G. Zunker, Theories of Career Development. 3. Career Counseling Emeritus, Southwest Texas State University Models. 4. Integrating Career and Personal Counseling. 5. Career Counseling Intake Interview. 6. Using An excellent resource in both career development and Standardized Tests and Self-Assessment in Career tests and measurement courses, USING ASSESSMENT Counseling. 7. Some Career Information Resources RESULTS FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT, 8e vividly and Learning Platforms. 8. On Being an Ethical Career illustrates how to use assessment instruments to Counselor. PART TWO CAREER COUNSELING FOR increase clients’ self-awareness and help them make SPECIAL POPULATIONS. 9. Career Counseling for rational career choices. Extremely practical, this hands- Multicultural Groups. 10. Gender Issues and Dual on worktext delivers detailed information on applying Careers. 11. Career Counseling for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, knowledge of tests and measurements in clinical and Transgendered Clients. 12. Career Counseling for settings and using assessment results in a wide variety Individuals with Disabilities. PART THREE CAREER of counseling situations. Through case studies, charts, TRANSITIONS AND ADULT CAREER DEVELOPMENT bulleted/numbered lists, dialogues, agency addresses, CONCERNS. 13. Career Transitions and Job Loss. 14. and more, students learn to truly master the use of Adult Career Development Concerns. PART FOUR assessment results. CAREER COUNSELING IN EDUACATIONAL SETTINGS. neW to tHis edition 15. Career-Related Programs for Career Development • Reflecting the dynamics of today’s marketplace, in Elementary Schools. 16. Career-Related Programs discussions of ethics and multicultural issues as they for Career Development in Middle School. 17. Career- relate to testing and assessment are now integrated Related Programs for Career Development in High throughout the text where applicable. School and Beyond. • Going beyond the typical factual-centered focus © 2012, 528pp, Paperback, 9780840034366 of most text questions, the new Eighth Edition’s discussion questions focus more upon analysis/ synthesis/evaluation/application, giving students practice applying chapter concepts to real-world situations. • The authors shifted emphasis away from Holland’s theory to ensure that students do not assume that this is only or preferred theory. FeAtuRes • Delivering coverage that is both comprehensive and practical, USING ASSESSMENT RESULTS FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT, 8e addresses assessment www.cengageasia.com 7 in the K through 12 population, breaking it down by CHildRen & AdolesCents elementary, middle, and high school. • Selective international assessments are woven throughout the text, giving students an increased global perspective. • Expanded coverage is given to the critical topic of ethics and testing, equipping students with a solid foundation. • A unique conceptual model helps counselors analyze assessment procedures and results appropriate for specific counseling needs. It also illustrates how to stimulate career exploration among groups of individuals. At RisK YoutH, inteRnAtionAl • The worktext reflects the guidelines developed by the edition, 5e National Occupational and Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC) that stress career development J. Jeffries McWhirter, Arizona State University; Benedict T. McWhirter, University of Oregon; Ellen Hawley McWhirter, University of Oregon; concepts, providing readers with a foundation on Robert J. McWhirter which they can build strategies necessary to meet their clients’ needs. This text provides the conceptual and practical • Case studies throughout illustrate the ways in which information on key issues and problems that students a variety of assessment instruments may be used for need to prepare effectively for work with at-risk youth. career development. The authors describe and discuss the latest prevention • Numerous charts, bulleted/numbered lists, dialogues, and intervention techniques that will help future and and agency addresses offer students immediate current professionals perform their jobs successfully access to a wealth of key resources. and improve the lives of young people at risk. Contents neW to tHis edition 1. A Conceptual Model For Using Assessment Results. 2. • NEW This edition has been updated with current Interpreting Assessment Results. 3. Some Measurement research citations and statistics. Concepts. 4. Ethics and Career Assessment. 5. Aptitude • NEW With the recent revision of CSHSE standards, and Achievement Tests. 6. Interest Inventories. 7. coverage of new material and research from the Personality Inventories. 8. Career Decision Inventories. Human Services has been integrated where relevant. 9. Computer-Assisted Career Guidance and Online • NEW This edition features coverage of technology Career Assessments. 10. Card Sorts and Other Non- issues, such as cyber bullying, “sexting,” and the Standardized Assessment Approaches. 11. Combining dangers/impacts of social networking. Assessment Results. • NEW Material on LGBTQ youth has been added throughout the text. © 2012, 416pp, Paperback, 9781111521271 • NEW The authors have included a new case study that examines special education and human services, addressing current interest in these areas. FeAtuRes • The text’s Part One describes the ecological factors leading to the problems that children and adolescents face. Case study families that are revisited throughout the text are introduced in Part One. • Part Three describes the actual at-risk categories (suicide, violence, drug/alcohol use, etc.) and presents 8 www.cengageasia.com

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