Help your students understand the mysteries of human behavior with Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman's text. Now available with a personalized online learning plan, this social work-specific book looks at lifespan through the lens of social work theory and practice. The authors use an empowerment approach to cover human development and behavior theories within the context of family, organizational, and community systems. Using a chronological lifespan approach, the authors present separate chapters on biological, psychological, and social impacts at the different lifespan stages with an emphasis on strengths and empowerment. More Reviews and Recommendations

Charles Zastrow, MSW and Ph.D., is currently Professor in the MSW program at George Williams College in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, and previously taught in the Social Work Department, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater for many years. He has worked as a practitioner in a variety of public and private social welfare agencies and has chaired 14 social work accreditation site visit teams for the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). He has served two terms as a commissioner on the Commission on Accreditation of CSWE. He is currently a member of the Council on Publications of CSWE. Dr. Zastrow is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of Wisconsin. In addition to INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL WELFARE, Dr. Zastrow has written five other textbooks: THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK (Eighth Edition), SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS (Sixth Edition), SOCIAL PROBLEMS: ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS (Fifth Edition), UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT (Seventh Edition; with Dr. Karen Kirst-Ashman), and YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK: A GUIDE TO SELF-REALIZATION. Karen K. Kirst-Ashman is a professor and former chairperson in the Social Work Department at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She earned her BSW degree in 1972 and MSSW degree in 1973 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her Ph.D. in Social Work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of six social work textbooks; numerous publications, articles, and reviews on social work and women's issues; and has served as a consulting editor on many social work journals. Dr. Kirst-Ashman was a board member of the CSWE from 1998 through 2001 and has served as a member of several CSWEaccreditation site teams. She is certified as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of Wisconsin and has been the recipient of the University Of Wisconsin-Whitewater Roseman Award for Excellence in Teaching.

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