Professional Communication Skills in Social Work

Professional Communication Skills in Social Work

First Edition

By: Nancy Sidell (Mansfield University)

Denise Smiley

Basic Approach:

Professional Communication Skills in Social Work teaches students the essential communication skills they will need as they enter into the profession of social work. It includes hands-on individual and group exercises that encourage students to immediately apply the skills they are learning.

Features:

• Comprehensive overview of professional communication skills.
• Communication in practice settings (including verbal and non-verbal communication), professional documentation styles, and communication in consultation and supervision.
• Communicating about oneself via a professional resume and job interview as well as communicating about new knowledge, such as communicating about research results.
• Individual and group exercises /applications to assist students in understanding and learning various communication skills pertinent to the social work field.
• Clear and concise content that includes hands-on practice exercises.
• Tables summarizing the important concepts in each chapter.

What the reviewers are saying…

“The authors write in an organized and logical way making the material very accessible and understandable for students. I’m certain that my students would find the textbook very readable.”

----Arturo Acosta, University of Texas at El Paso

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