Social Construction and Social Work Practice: Innovations and Interpretations

‘Social Construction and Social Work Practice: Innovations and Interpretations’

On 19 April 2012, the School of Social Work and Social Policy Trinity College Dublin hosted a seminar to mark the publication of ‘Social Construction and Social Work Practice: Innovations and Interpretations’ edited by Professor Stanley Witkin of University of Vermont and published by Columbia University Press in Dec 2011. The seminar was addressed by Professor Witkin, Dr Marie Keenan, University College Dublin, and Dr Trish Walsh, Assistant Professor in Social Work, Trinity College Dublin, both of whom contributed chapters to the volume. Dr Keenan’s chapter is titled “Creating Hope in a Landscape of Despair: Trauma and Violence Work with Men who have Sexually Abused Minors”.