Class 1 COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THEORIES AND SOCIAL WORK Course overview; is nothing so practical as a good theory;” Positivist and constructivist paradigms for theories of inquiry; defining theory, practice theory and practice model; explanatory and change functions of theories for practice; Is social work a profession? Required Readings Ronen, T. (2007). Clinical social work and its commonalities with cognitive behavior therapy. In T. Ronen & A. Freeman, (Eds.) Cognitive behavior (pp. 3-24). New York, NY: therapy in clinical social work practice Springer Publishing Company, LLC. Recommended Dobson, K., & Block, L. (2001). Historical and philosophical bases of the cognitive-behavioral therapies. In K. Dobson (Ed.), Handbook of (pp. 3-39). New York, NY: The Guilford cognitive-behavioral therapies Press. Gambrill, E. (1999). Evidence-based practice: An alternative to authority-based practice. 341-350. Families in Society, 80, 2 HISTORY AND BASIC TENETS BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY: POSITIVIST PARADIGM The behavioral ABC; respondent learning and conditioning. Focus on explanatory concepts; case application Required Readings Spiegler, M., & Guevremont, D. (2010). Antecedents of contemporary behavior therapy. In (pp. 16-30). Belmont, CA: Contemporary behavior therapy Thompson/Wadsworth. Thyer, B. (2008). Respondent learning theory. In B. Thyer (Ed.), Comprehensive handbook of social work and social welfare: Human behavior in the social (pp. 39-56). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, environment, Volume 2 Inc. 3 BEHAVIORAL THEORY THE NEXT EVOLUTION – Operant learning and conditioning; social learning theory; case application
Class 1 COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THEORIES AND SOCIAL WORK Course overview; is nothing so practical as a good theory;” Positivist and constructivist paradigms for theories of inquiry; defining theory, practice theory and practice model; explanatory and change functions of theories for practice; Is social work a profession? Required Readings Ronen, T. (2007). Clinical social work and its commonalities with cognitive behavior therapy. In T. Ronen & A. Freeman, (Eds.) Cognitive behavior therapy in clinical social work practice (pp. 3-24). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, LLC. Recommended Dobson, K., & Block, L. (2001). Historical and philosophical bases of the cognitive-behavioral therapies. In K. Dobson (Ed.), Handbook of cognitive-behavioral therapies (pp. 3-39). New York, NY: The Guilford Press. Gambrill, E. (1999). Evidence-based practice: An alternative to authority-based practice. Families in Society, 80, 341-350. 2 HISTORY AND BASIC TENETS BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY: POSITIVIST PARADIGM The behavioral ABC; respondent learning and conditioning. Focus on explanatory concepts; case application Required Readings Spiegler, M., & Guevremont, D. (2010). Antecedents of contemporary behavior therapy. In Contemporary behavior therapy (pp. 16-30). Belmont, CA: Thompson/Wadsworth. Thyer, B. (2008). Respondent learning theory. In B. Thyer (Ed.), Comprehensive handbook of social work and social welfare: Human behavior in the social environment, Volume 2 (pp. 39-56). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 3 BEHAVIORAL THEORY – THE NEXT EVOLUTION Operant learning and conditioning; social learning theory; case application