Summary
Today’s
social work services include numerous electronic options for services to clients. Who would have ever thought that services could be provided by online technology? According to the article, text messaging is one form of communication between the client and social workers. Some practitioners have chosen to exchange text messages with clients informally, for example, when clients wish to cancel or reschedule an appointment or provide the social worker with brief update during a crisis (Barak & Grohol; Sur, 2011). This particular form of communication has showed to be effective for some clients. Whittaker drew on evidence based cognitive behavior therapy techniques designed to prevent depression to deliver two mobile telephone message to adolescents for 9 weeks (Whitaker 2012). The messages were sent to help