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New from NASW Press
 Screening potential adoptive and foster parents is an extremely difficult task, yet many social workers who screen applicants and supervise placements have no written guide to aid in their decision making or to measure competency of technique. How to Screen Adoptive and Foster Parents: A Workbook for Professionals and Students provides best practice guidelines for adoptive and foster care selection.
Author Spotlight
James L. Dickerson is director of “You’ve Got a Friend,” a social work program funded
by a federal grant awarded by the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities.
He has nearly 10 years’ experience as a screener for adoptive and foster parent applicants,
and he is coauthor of two books on adoption.
Mardi Allen, PhD, is a psychologist who counsels families in private practice, clinical
liaison for the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, president of Mental Health
America of Central Mississippi, and a former president of the Association of State and
Provincial Psychology Boards.
Daniel Pollack, MSSA (MSW), JD, is professor at Yeshiva University, School of
Social Work, New York City, and a frequent expert witness in foster care and child
welfare cases. He is author of several books of interest to social workers.
Also New
Social work practitioners spend a lot of time documenting services they provide, but many are ill-prepared for this practice responsibility. In Social Work Documentation: A Guide to Strengthening Your Case Recording, Nancy Sidell has written the perfect, practical, how-to book on developing effective documentation. Regardless of the practice setting, clinical specialty, and documentation format, this book will help to build better recording skills.
Author Spotlight
 Nancy L. Sidell, PhD, is professor of Social Work at Mansfield University, Mansfield, Pennsylvania. She is the BSW Program Director and Chair of the Department of Social Work, Anthropology, and Sociology. She has over 18 years practice experience as a social worker in health, mental health, and nursing home settings. She is an Item Development Consultant with the Association of Social Work Boards, and a co-author of Professional Communication Skills for Social Workers (with Denise K. Smiley). She has also authored numerous journal articles.
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