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A smoking-reduction program provided an opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of social work intervention. The model developed for the program yields a means of empirically demonstrating practice efficacy, of gathering data-based feedback about social programs, and of accounting to clients, administrators, and funders.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Authors -- Foreword -- Introduction: Behavioral Methods in Social Work -- I. METHODS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES -- 1. Groups for Antisocial Children -- 2. Parents as Agents for Behavior Change -- 3. Reaching Underachievers -- 4. Social Competence in Adolescence -- 5. Contracts in Foster Care -- 6. Crisis Intervention with Youths -- 7. Treatment of Child Abuse -- II BEHAVIORAL METHODS WITH ADULTS -- 8. Women and Self-Criticism -- 9. Assertiveness Training for Women -- 10. Sexual Dysfunction and Cognitions -- 11. Control of Addictions -- 12. Helping Mentally Retarded Persons Get Jobs -- 13. Social Interactions in Nursing Homes -- III. PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY -- 14. Developing Skills for the Interview -- 15. Preparing for Marital Counseling in Nontraditional Settings -- 16. Behavioral Methods in Primary Health Care -- 17. Individual Case Evaluation -- 18. Evaluation at the Community-Program Level -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Although social supports provide numerous advantages for teenage parents and their children, many young mothers lack the skills and knowledge to use them. The group training program described here assists adolescent mothers in learning to build, use, and maintain networks of social supports.

Objectives: Girls' rates of drug use have met up with and, in some instances, surpassed boys' rates. Although girls and boys share risk and protective factors associated with drug use, girls also have gender-specific risks. Interventions to prevent girls' drug use must be tailored to address the dynamics of female adolescence. Methods: One such intervention, called RealTeen, is a 9-session, web-based drug abuse prevention program designed to address such gender-specific risk factors associated with young girls' drug use as depressed mood, low self-esteem, and high levels of perceived stress as well as general drug use risk factors of peer and social influences. Web-based delivery enables girls to interact with the program at their own pace and in a location of their choosing. Implications: This article describes the processes and challenges associated with developing and programming a gender-specific, web-based intervention to prevent drug use among adolescent girls.