Grand Challenges for Social Work and Society

"This book is essential to social workers who want to understand the Grand Challenges and the evidence-based practices that help manifest their goals in society. This handy volume provides an accessible blue print for social workers working in a variety of disciplines and settings. Insert book title features cutting edge research and ideas that will shape and steer the future of the profession." - Angelo McClain, PhD, LICSW, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Social Workers "The Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative has great potential to both strengthen the profession and highlight the value of social work's contribution to addressing some of the most pressing issues of our times. " - Darla Spence Coffey, PhD, MSW, President and Chief Executive Officer, Council on Social Work Education "The Grand Challenges for Social Work and Society book provides scientific evidence showing what meaningful and measurable progress can be created and the interdisciplinary collaborations that can be generated over a decade. The editors have assembled prominent thought leaders to bring focus and synergy on a range of social, economic, political, environmental, and psychological concerns. This book is a call to action for social work and allied disciplines to address these challenges affecting human well-being. The book lays out a framework on how the Grand Challenges for Social Work will contribute to new knowledge, practices, and policies. These challenges are enormous and the efforts required will be comprehensive." - James Herbert Williams, PhD, Arizona Centennial Professor of Social Welfare Services, Arizona State University; President, Society for Social Work and Research Every generation has a document that serves as a scholarly beacon of light. This vision frames the seemingly intractable problems facing humanity and suggests a conceptual organizational path for likeminded researchers and activists. The grand challenges is this document for the profession and science of social work. It triages issues of priority in social work research and practice for the decades ahead. It is an essential reading for every social work graduate student and faculty member that want to participate in contemporary social work practice and the development of social work science. - Ron Avi Astor, PHD, MA, MSW, Stein-Wood Professor of School Behavioral Health, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and the Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California