| Description |
1 online resource (777 p.) |
| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Note to Instructors -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Overview -- 1. Social Work Practice and Its Historical Traditions -- 2. The Ecological Perspective -- 3. The Life Model of Social Work Practice: An Overview -- 4. Culturally Competent and Diversity-Sensitive Practice and Cultural Humility -- 5. Assessment, Evidence-Guided Practice, and Practice Evaluation -- Part II. The Helping Process in Life-Modeled Practice -- 6. Preparation: Settings, Modalities, Methods, and Skills -- 7. Beginnings: Settings, Modalities, Methods, and Skills |
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8. Helping Individuals, Families, and Groups with Stressful Life Transitions and Traumatic Events -- 9. Helping Individuals, Families, and Groups with Environmental Stressors -- 10. Helping Family Members with Maladaptive Communication and Relationship Patterns -- 11. Helping Group Members with Maladaptive Communication and Relationship Patterns -- 12. Helping with Maladaptive Relationship and Communication Patterns between Social Workers and Clients -- 13. Endings: Settings, Modalities, Methods, and Skills -- Part III. Life-Modeled Practice at the Community, Organizational, and Political Levels |
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14. Influencing Community and Neighborhood Life -- 15. Influencing the Practitioner's Organization -- 16. Influencing Legislation, Regulations, and Electoral Politics -- Appendix A: Individual, Family, and Group Assessments -- Appendix B: Practice Monitoring-Records of Service -- Appendix C: Practice Monitoring-Critical Incidents -- Appendix D: Force Field Analysis -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
The Life Model of Social Work Practice was the first textbook to introduce the ecological perspective into social work practice. This fourth edition brings it up to date by expanding and deepening this perspective, integrating contemporary theory and research findings with numerous case illustrations drawn from a wide range of practice contexts. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social case work.
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services |
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on. |
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Social case work. |
| Added Author |
Knight, Carolyn.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Germain, Carel The Life Model of Social Work Practice New York : Columbia University Press,c2021 |
| ISBN |
0231547293 |
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9780231547291 (electronic bk.) |
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