The skills of helping individuals, families, groups, and communities / Lawrence Shulman, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.

Author/creator Shulman, Lawrence author.
Format Book
EditionEighth edition.
EditionStudent edition.
PublicationBoston, MA : Cengage Learning, [2016]
Copyright Date©2016
Descriptionxxxviii, 850 pages ; 26 cm.
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

SeriesCengage learning empowerment series
Brooks/Cole empowerment series. ^A1093310
Contents Pt. I, A model of the helping process : -- 1. An Interactional Approach to Helping -- 2. Oppression Psychology, Resilience and Social Work Practice -- Pt. II, Social work with individuals : -- 3. The Preliminary Phase of Work -- 4. Beginnings and the Contracting Skills -- 5. Skills in the Work Phase -- 6. Endings and Transitions -- Pt. III, Social work with families : --7. The Preliminary and Beginning Phases in Family Practice -- 8. The Middle and Ending Phases in Family Practice -- 9. Variations in Family Practice -- Pt. IV, Social work with groups : -- 10. The Preliminary Phase in Group Practice: the group as a mutual-aid system -- 11. The Beginning Phase with Groups -- 12. The Middle Phase of Group Work -- 13. Working with the Individual and the Group -- 14. Endings and Transitions with Groups -- Pt. V, Macro social work practice: impacting the agency/setting, the community, and effecting social change : -- 15. Professional Impact and Helping Clients Negotiate the System -- 16. Social Work Practice in the Community - Philosophy, Models, Principles, and Practice -- Pt. VI, Practice models and evidence-based practice : -- 17. Evidence-based Practice and Additional Social Work Practice Models.
Abstract Shulman's text introduces a model for the helping process based on an "interactional" approach, which uses several theories and skills to build on the client-helper relationship. By presenting the core processes and skills in the chapters on work with individuals, Shulman shows how common elements exist across stages of helping and across different populations. These processes and skills reappear in the discussions of group, family, and community work. -- Publisher description
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 823-833) and indexes.
LCCN 2014960360
ISBN9781305259003 (hbk.)
ISBN1305259009 (hbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks HV11 .S493 2016 ✔ Available Place Hold