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14 Introduction Furthermore, uniting the two concepts, “work with collaterals” and “work with other systems (or representatives of other systems)” should foster some social work roles that are vitally important but often receive insufficient attention. These roles include broker, mediator, and advo- cate (Compton and Galaway 1989; Middleman and Wood 1989). We act as brokers when we take on tasks that involve linking the client to resources. We act as mediators when we take on tasks designed to re- solve disputes between the clients and other people. We act as advocates when we argue for the client. All these roles entail work with others. 1.6.0 New Applications Since the appearance of the first edition of this volume (1994), there have been a number of additions to the task-centered model. These de- velopments have occurred across several dimensions. Task planners evolved to assist in generating task alternatives and thus further expli- cate this aspect of the model. Treatment protocols have been developed for particular populations like at-risk elementary school children and for case management in the schools and in the community. TC super- vision represents a new application of the model. These additions to TC are described below and referred to in the text. Task planners. Task planners consist of descriptions of problems and task menus that can be used in problem resolution. Task planners for more than one hundred clinical problems (e.g., substance abuse, child maltreatment, anxiety, depression, child behavior disorder, cou- ple conflict) have been published (Reid 2000). Also available are task planners for the frail elderly (Reid 2000) and for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) (Reid and Kenaley 2000). Task planners are not viewed as prescribing tasks for particular problems but rather as a resource to provide both practitioners and clients with an array of action possibilities to consider along with links to relevant literature and research. They are intended to facilitate rather than supplement basic principles and methods of task planning. A task-centered social worker in the classroom. Social Worker– Teacher Classroom Collaboration (SWTCC) is a model of intervention for at-risk elementary school children that places a social worker and

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