Skills of Helping Individuals, Families, Groups, and Communities

Name: Skills of Helping Individuals, Families, Groups, and Communities
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ISBN: 9780495506089

ISBN-10: 0495506087

ISBN-13: 9780495506089

Edition: 6th 2009

Authors: Lawrence Shulman

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Lawrence Shulman's THE SKILLS OF HELPING INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, GROUPS, AND COMMUNITIES WITH CD, 6e, demonstrates how common elements, core processes, and skills exist across all stages of helping and throughout work with all populations--including individuals, families, groups, and communities. It defines, illustrates, and teaches helping skills and provides manageable models for understanding them. The text also looks at the underlying process and its associated set of core skills. Two valuable CD-ROMs are available to enhance your learning experience. THE INTERACTIVE SKILLS OF HELPING CD-ROM and WORKSHOP CD-ROM FOR THE SKILLS OF HELPING illustrate the text's core skills and feature video…

Book details

List price: $210.95
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 2/11/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 752
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.344



Introduction and Underlying Assumptions


A Model of The Helping Process


An Interactional Approach to Helping


Human Behavior and the Social Environment


Social Work with Individuals


The Preliminary Phase of Work


Beginnings and the Contracting Skills


Skills in the Work Phase


Endings and Transitions


Social Work with Families


The Preliminary and Beginning Phases in Family Practice


The Middle and Ending Phases in Family Practice


Variations in Family Practice


Social Work with Groups


The Preliminary Phase in Group Practice: The Group as a Mutual-Aid System


The Beginning Phase in the Group


The Work Phase in the Group


Working with the Individual and the Group


Endings and Transitions with Groups


Social Work With The Second Client: The Agency System, The Community And Social Policy Practice


Professional Impact and Helping Clients Negotiate the System


Social Work Practice in the Community


Macro Social Work Practice and Social Policy Change


Practice Models and Evidenced-Based Practice


Some Additional Social Work Perspectives and Evidenced-Based Practice


The Impact on Practice of Policy, Ethics and Legislation


The Impact of Agency Culture, Ethics, Legislation and Evaluation


Glossary


References


Index of Case Examples


Name Index


Subject Index