Organized into five thematic sections case studies in child adolescent and family treatment second editioncovers the most important areas in social work practice including child welfare and adoption individual and group treatment school and community settings family treatment and parent . Social work is a hands on field and case studies in child adolescent and family treatment allows learners to participate in the real world practice by presenting authentic perspectives and generating critical thought this book is a particularly valuable take on the case study method because instead of focusing only on the experiences of one or two practitioners it brings practitioner narratives together with the voices of policymakers students parents and academics. Social work is a hands on field and case studies in child adolescent and family treatment allows learners to participate in the real world practice by presenting authentic perspectives and generating critical thought this book is a particularly valuable take on the case study method because instead of focusing only on the experiences of one or two practitioners it brings practitioner narratives together with the voices of policymakers students parents and academics. A detailed look at how to apply clinical theories to social workpractice thinking through real life cases to make connections betweentheory and practice is a crucial element of social work educationnow in its second edition case studies in childadolescent and family treatment contains a wide range of casesdescribed in rich detail by practitioners scholars andresearchers