Wes Shera

Implementing Evidence-Informed Practice

Edited by Katharine Dill and Wes Shera

Published:

January 2012

ISBN-13:

978-1-55130-401-4

Format:

242pp, Paperback

Description:

Implementing Evidence-Informed Practice: International Perspectives is comprised of sixteen original articles about developing strategies to integrate knowledge into policy and practice in order to:

• Determine if interventions will have the desired effect,
• Ensure that public money is spent efficiently, and
• Increase the likelihood that practitioners are intervening in the lives of others on the basis of the best available evidence.

Treatment outcomes, knowledge sharing, outcome evaluation methodology, early intervention, prevention, the development and sustaining of implementation teams, and the creation of instruments to measure implementation capacities across local, regional, and state/provincial levels are all addressed.

Emerging Perspectives on Anti-Oppressive Practices

Edited by Wes Shera

Published:

June 2003

ISBN-13:

978-1-55130-225-6

Format:

512pp, Paperback

Description:

This book consists of 27 chapters developed from papers originally delivered at a recent conference at the University of Toronto on anti-oppressive practice in social work. Dr. Shera has gathered expert contributors to discuss, define, and analyse theories of social work practice, pedagogical issues, fieldwork practice, models of education of social work practitioners, and current critical issues. These selected conference papers lay the groundwork for anti-oppressive practice in a way that will generate discussion and inspire researchers and practitioners.

Empowerment Practice in Social Work

Edited by Wes Shera

Published:

August 1999

ISBN-13:

978-1-55130-146-4

Format:

474pp, Paperback

Description:

Empowerment is a term used by everyone from politicians to advertisers in radically different ways. In this compelling book, editors Wes Shera and Lilian Wells draw together the best ideas about empowerment and its future in social work. Recently, the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto hosted an international think-tank of leading scholars to address the issue of empowerment practice. This book is a living record of the major issues discussed at the conference and a must-read for those wishing to explore the best that has been thought and written about empowerment practice. The book addresses four major questions:

What major theoreticaly approaches are employed as frameworks for empowerment practice?

How is empowerment operationalized in different fields and with different populations?

What are some of the critical issues encountered in implementing empowerment practice?

What is the future of empowerment practice and what are the implications for social work education?