Welcome
Course name
Faculty name
YOUR COURSE MATERIALS
Charles Zastrow
Introduction to Social Work and
Social Welfare: Empowering
People, 9e
You will…
— be tested
— receive homework assignments
— have reading assignments
…from these materials
WHY DO I NEED THE BOOK?
— Nine in ten professors (90%)
say that students would do
better if they made greater user
of the assigned textbook.
— Students’ pass rates, retention
rates and grades improve when
they employ supplemental
materials in addition to their
textbooks.
Zogby International, 2006
WHAT’S SO DIFFERENT ABOUT THE NEW EDITION?
– New Experiential Exercises
are now included on the Book
Companion Website.
– “Critical Thinking Questions,"
located in each chapter help
students apply the content to
their personal lives and helps
them sort out their positions on
current ethical issues.
– ThomsonNOW is an easy-touse online resource that helps
you study in less time to get the
grade you want!
GET THE GRADE RESOURCES!
— ThomsonNOW with access to
the Helping Professions
Learning Center and InfoTrac
— Empowering People Booklet
— Allan Barsky’s Successful
Social Work Education:
Student’s Guide
— Free Companion Website
WHAT IS THOMSONNOW?
Click here:
http://www.thomsonedu.com/fci
s/shared_resources/resources/
ThomsonNOW/index.html
WHAT IS THOMSONNOW?
ThomsonNOW is an easy-to-use
online resource that helps you
study in less time to get the grade
you want-NOW!
– Pre-tests and Post-tests
– Personalized Study Plan
– Interactive E-book
– Video Clips
– Websites
WILL THOMSONNOW HELP ME GET A BETTER
GRADE?
87.3% of students agree using
ThomsonNOW regularly helped
them perform better on exams.
83.9% of students agree that
Personalized Study was a valuable
study tool.
95% of students responded that
using ThomsonNOW on a regular
basis helped them get a better
grade
82.7% of students are likely to tell a
friend about ThomsonNOW
PRE-TESTS & POST-TESTS
PERSONALIZED STUDY PLAN
E-BOOK
VIDEO CLIPS
WEBSITES
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
http://www.thomsonedu.com/support
FREE COMPANION WEBSITE!
ANYTHING TO HELP STUDENTS WITHOUT
COMPUTERS?
— Empowering People
This booklet presents
seventeen different social
problems structured after
the main text's Table of
Contents. In each case
example, a social worker
describes how she or he
empowered a client (an
individual, a family, a
group, an organization, or
a community).
ISBN for Empowering People:
0495104655
ANYTHING TO HELP STUDENTS WITHOUT
COMPUTERS?
— Allan Barsky’s Successful
Social Work Education: A
Student's Guide
This interactive workbook helps
you assess your educational
needs, pre-empt problems, and
develop strategies to ensure that
you not only survive, but thrive
as you take advantage of all the
opportunities your Social Work
program has to offer.
ISBN for Student Guide:
0534641237
YOU HAVE CHOICES OF HOW TO BUY THE BOOK!
Purchase textbooks in the format and at
the price that is right for you.
Print Options
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Individual chapters for as little as $1.99
Study Tools
Study Guides, Online Homework
Assistance, Audio Content, and more!
STUDENTS…PLEASE READ
If your textbook doesn’t already
come with the helpful study
aids we’ve discussed, go to
your local college bookstore or
go on-line to iChapters.com.