The Art, Science, and Practice of Social Work
Learning Tools Your Clinical Program Needs

As a key player in the continuum of services for vulnerable populations, you need expert knowledge and comprehensive tools for optimal service delivery. Whether you are a practitioner, administrator, researcher, or policy analyst, you will find Families in Society is essential for strengthening your agency’s performance and quality improvement efforts, program measures and outcomes, and professional development resources.

Now in its 91st year, Families in Society is a quarterly, nonprofit professional journal offering exemplary information on the design, delivery, and evaluation of social services. A trusted forum for exploring the art and science of social work, Families in Society offers vital information on significant trends and techniques.

 

Published by the Alliance for Children and Families, Families in Society can help you and your staff keep up-to-date, learn from the innovators, and earn continuing education credits. And on your terms, schedule, and budget.

 

To access your agency's free online subscription, contact Alliance staff at (800) 221-3726, ext. 6522 or e-mail Members@FamiliesInSociety.org.
 

Valuable Subscription Benefits Included With Alliance Membership

 

  • Online Access [also includes print issues delivered quarterly]
    –Access for unlimited users to full content on Web site,
         including a 30+ year archive of over 3,700 documents
    –24/ 7/365 access
    –Web-only content and previews of upcoming articles

     
  • Search Capability
    You have the ability to search by keywords, exact phrases, titles, authors, and publication dates. Anyone can search and view article abstracts, and subscribers can view, download, and print full-image PDFs of articles. A collection of articles is also made available to nonsubscribers at no cost.

     
  • Practice and Policy Focus Newsletter
    Each edition of this new supplement addresses a specific issue affecting social workers and other social service and health practitioners in the field.

     
  • Abstract Podcasts
    Podcasts of article abstracts from new issues are now available. Download the MP3 files and learn about new articles published in recent issues. Then, visit the current issue or past issues pages to download the article PDFs, or browse print issues at your convenience. Subscribers have access to premium full-text content.

     
  • E-mail Alerts
    Sign up for E-Alerts to preview upcoming issues and learn about newly-published articles of interest to social and human service professionals and educators. Convenient links for abstracts, tables of content, editorials, and other content are also provided.

     
  • Twitter Announcements
    Follow us on Twitter for information from current and past issues, and new releases of our podcasts, Webinars, supplements, and CE courses.

     
  • Continuing Education Credits
    Via the FIS Web site you can earn continuing education credits by reading FIS articles and passing online course exams.
     
  • Hot Topic Webinars and Teleconferences
    Interactive presentations with nationally-recognized experts focus on topics relating to practice, education, and policy within social services. With Webinars, participants take part in the presentation via a simultaneous Web broadcast and teleconference.
     
Expanded Learning With Continuing Education Courses

CE4Alliance, the online continuing education program provided by Families in Society, features practical and clinical instruction relating to innovative programs and policies and working with diverse client groups. These courses are suitable for social workers, professional therapists, counselors, and other health professionals. Designed to help satisfy licensing and certification requirements with automated online exams, online scoring and certificate printing, this CE program is affordable, accessible, and convenient.

 

 Click here for an overview of the program with instructions for taking a course.

 

To access your agency's free online subscription, contact Alliance staff at (800) 221-3726, ext. 6522 or e-mail Members@FamiliesInSociety.org.

 

"If you are a social worker or educator, and can only afford one journal, FIS is it."
--Dennis Saleebey, Professor, School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas



"The Families in Society Web site is a fantastic resource."
--Johnnie Gibson, Gibson-Cathcart Training Education and Consultancy,
N. Ireland