Bruce Thyer
Dr. Bruce Thyer is an LCSW in Florida and Georgia and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. His professional interests include promoting evidence-based practice, outcome evaluation of social work practice and clinical theory. He is the editor of the journal Research on Social Work Practice and co-edits the Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. He is a fellow of the Society for Social Work Research, the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare and the America Psychological Association.
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AREAS OF FOCUS
- Intervention Research
- Research Design/Methods
EDUCATION
- PhD, 1982, University of Michigan, Social Work & Psychology
- MA, 1979, University of Michigan, Psychology
- MSW, 1978, University of Georgia, Social Work
- BSc, 1976, University of Maryland, Psychology
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ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bruce-Thyer
SELECTED PEER REVIEW ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS
Thyer, B. A. (2022). Tips and tricks: Teaching scholars how to publish articles in English language social work journals. China Journal of Social Work, 15(1), 68-85. https://doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2021.1979686
Breaux, H. P. & Thyer, B. A. (2021). Transgender theory for contemporary social work practice: A question of values and ethics. Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics 18(1), 72-89. https://jswve.org/download/2021-1/2021-1-articles/72-Transgender-Theory-18-1-Spring-2021-JSWVE.pdf
Thyer, B. A. (2022). What is evidence-based practice? In K. Corcoran & L. Rapp-McCoy (Eds.). Social Workers’ Desk Reference (4th edition, pp. 693-700). Oxford University Press.
Thyer, B. A. (2022). Evaluating our effectiveness in carrying out evidence-based practice. In K. Corcoran & L. Rapp-McCoy (Eds.). Social Workers’ Desk Reference (4th edition, pp. 734-742). Oxford University Press.
Thyer, B. A. (2022). Cognitive restructuring techniques. In K. Corcoran & L. Rapp-McCoy (Eds.). Social Worker's Desk Reference (4th edition. Pp. 471-478). Oxford University Press.
Thyer, B. A. Social Anxiety Disorder. (2022). In. K. Corcoran & L. Rapp-McCoy (Eds.). Social Workers’ Desk Reference (4th edition, pp. 407-413). Oxford University Press.
Thyer, B. A. (2022). Pseudoscientific behavioral and mental health treatments. In K. Corcoran & L. Rapp-McCoy (Eds.). Social Workers’ Desk Reference (4th edition, pp. 1065-1072). Oxford University Press.
Thyer, B. A. (2022). Assessment and treatment for Specific Phobias. In K. Corcoran & L. Rapp-McCoy (Eds.). Social Workers’ Desk Reference (4th edition, pp. 1007-1016). Oxford University Press.
BOOKS PUBLISHED
Thyer, B. A. & Pignotti, M. (2015). Science and pseudoscience in social work practice. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Royse, D., Thyer, B. A. & Padgett, D. K. (2016). Program evaluation: An evidence-based approach (6th edition). Belmont, CA: Cengage.
Figley, C. F., Yarvis, J. & Thyer, B. A. (2020). Combat social work. Oxford University Press.
Bruce Thyer