Macro Skills Workbook - Softcover

Karen K. Kirst-Ashman is Professor Emerita and former chairperson in the Social Work Department at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where she taught for 28 years. She has written six social work textbooks in multiple editions and numerous publications, articles, and reviews on social work and women's issues. She also has served on the Editorial Board of AFFILIA: Journal of Women and Social Work, and as a consulting editor for many social work journals including the Journal of Social Work Education. Dr. Kirst-Ashman has been a member on the Board of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and has served as a CSWE accreditation site visitor on various occasions. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Wisconsin. She has been the recipient of both the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Roseman Award for Excellence in Teaching and the University Outstanding Teaching Award. She earned her BSW degree and MSSW degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her Ph.D. in social work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has worked as a practitioner and administrator in child welfare and mental health agencies.

1. Introduction to Generalist Practice with Organizations and Communities. 2. Using Micro Skills in the Macro Environment. 3. Using Mezzo Skills with Organizations and Communities. 4. Understanding Organizations. 5. PREPARE: Decision Making For Organizational Change. 6. IMAGINE: How To Implement Macro Intervention- Changing Agency Policy. IMAGINE: Project Implementation and Program Development. 8. Focusing On Communities and Neighborhoods. 9. Macro Practice In Communities. 10. Evaluating Macro Practice. 11. Advocacy And Social Action With Populations-At-Risk. 12. Ethics and Ethical Dilemmas in Macro Practice. 13. The Social Worker in Court. 14. Developing and Managing Agency Resources. 15. Stress and Time Management. 16. Resumes, Interviewing, And Getting the Job. References.