Professional Writing for the Human Services

PROFESSIONAL WRITING FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES is edited by Linda Beebe (Associate Executive Director of Communications at the National Association of Social Workers) & features an introduction by Ann Hartman. The book was written especially for social workers, administrators, clinicians, students, researchers, & other human service professionals who write case records, reports, testimony statements, & other written communications, as well as journal articles & books. The book is divided into three parts: Preparation for Writing, Preparation for Publication, & the NASW Quick Guide to Mechanics. Chapters cover writing techniques, literature searches, quantitative & qualitative research reports, presentation of graphics, the peer review process, journal submissions, book proposals, production techniques, copyright concerns, & more. Authors who are interested in being published will learn how to package their material. The mechanics section gives guidelines on punctuation, tables & figures, statistics, unbiased language, & more. The section also contains information on author-date citation styles. Appendixes include sample contracts, a listing of major journal publishers, a reference library for authors, & NASW Press policies & details for submission to NASW journals & the book program. Invaluable to all professionals from all human services fields who wish to be published.Linda Beebe is the author of 'Professional Writing for the Human Services', published 1993 under ISBN 9780871011992 and ISBN 0871011999.