Challenges of Living

A Multidimensional Working Model for Social Workers

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Chapter 1 - A Working Model

Chapter 3 - Financial Impoverishment

Chapter 5 - Child Maltreatment

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Elizabeth D. Hutchison received her MSW from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis and her PhD from the University at Albany, State University of New York. She was on the faculty in the social work department at Elms College from 1980 to 1987 and was chair of the department from 1982 to 1987. She was on the faculty in the School of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University from 1987 to 2009, where she taught courses in human behavior and the social environment, social work and social justice, and child and family policy; she also served as field practicum liaison. She has been a social... More About Author

Holly C. Matto, M.S.W., Ph.D received her M.S.W from the University of Michigan and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. Holly is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she teaches courses in Human Behavior and the Social Environment and research methodology. Her social work practice experience and current research interests are in substance abuse treatment. More About Author

Leanne Wood received her MSW from the University at Albany and PhD from the School of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University. She began her career as a social worker in the child welfare systems in Washington, DC, and Virginia. After obtaining her PhD, she worked in the research and evaluation field in Baltimore. In 2003, she joined the Nazareth University Department of Social Work in Rochester, New York, as a full-time faculty member, teaching across the social work curriculum. She also began collaborating with the local homeless services provider network on a variety of initiatives, including a Photovoice project and the local... More About Author

Pamela A. Viggiani, LMSW, Ph.D., received her M.S.W. and her PhD from the University at Albany. Pamela is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Social Work at Nazareth College of Rochester where she teaches courses in Social Justice, Social Advocacy, Diversity, Policy, and Social Work Methods. She has worked in schools with at risk children and has served as the legislative liaison for the National Association of Social Workers, New York State Chapter. Pamela also has served as an evaluator and consultant for several grants funding public child welfare professionalization. Her research focuses on poverty, and pedagogy. More About Author