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Back Home brings together reader-friendly chapters from experts in the field to support social work students and practitioners in a rural setting. It extends the scope of rural social work to consider anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion; rural clinical practice; rural advanced generalist practice; and work with day laborers, the elderly, and children.
List of contents
- Chapter 1: Appalachia: Facts, Fiction and Social Work Practice in the Region, Stacey Borasky
- Chapter 2: Down a Rocky Road: Or How I Became a Rural Social Worker, Michael R. Daley
- Chapter 3: Rural Social Work as a Field of Practice: The Role of the National Rural Social Work Caucus, Michael R. Daley
- Chapter 4: Professional Boundaries and Dual Relationships in Rural Social Work: Challenges and Opportunities, Allan Barsky
- Chapter 5: Ethical Challenges in Rural Child Welfare Practice, Suzie T. Cashwell and Mariah Moran
- Chapter 6: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging: Centered in Rural Social Work Practice, Saundra H. Starks, Suzie T. Cashwell, and Saundra Curry Ardrey
- Chapter 7: Rednecks, Hillbillies, and Hicks: Let's Stop Bashing Rural Folks, Michael R. Daley
- Chapter 8: Going the Extra Mile: Advanced Generalist for Rural Practice, Michael R. Daley
- Chapter 9: Rural Social Work Practice: Clinical Case Study Implications, Jose Carbajal and Wilma Cordova
- Chapter 10: Affirmative Practice with Older Adults in Rural Settings, Deana F. Morrow
- Chapter 11: Working With Latino Day Laborers in Rural Communities, Wilma Cordova
- Chapter 12: Of Square Pegs and Round Holes: Rural Behavior in the Social Environment, Michael R. Daley
- Chapter 13: "Listening to the voice of the community" "Escuchando la voz de la comunidad", Emmerentie Oliphant, Lenola Wyatt, and Freddie L. Avant
- Chapter 14: Rural Housing and Homelessness the Need for Community Development, Michael R. Daley
About the author
Michael R. Daley is Regents Professor and Chair in the Department of Social Work at Texas A&M University - Central Texas. He is a NASW Social Work Pioneer, a former President of NASW/Texas, and the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors (BPD). He is a former President of the Rural Social Work Caucus and received the Council on Social Work Education for Distinguished Recent Contributions to Social Work Education. His previous work includes Rural Social Work in the 21st Century.
Peggy Pittman-Munke is Social Work Program Director and Associate Professor at Murray State University. She is the current President of the Rural Social Work Caucus and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors.
Summary
Back Home brings together reader-friendly chapters from experts in the field to support social work students and practitioners in a rural setting. It extends the scope of rural social work to consider anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion; rural clinical practice; rural advanced generalist practice; and work with day laborers, the elderly, and children.
