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The life model of social work practice : advances in theory and practice / Alex Gitterman, Carel B. Germain

Author
Gitterman, Alex, 1938-
Published
New York : Columbia University Press, [2008]
Copyright Date
©2008
Edition
3rd ed.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvi, 611 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators
Germain, Carel B.
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Contents
Social work practice and its historical traditions -- The ecological perspective -- The life model of social work practice : an overview -- Assessment, practice monitoring, and practice evaluation -- Preparation : settings, modalities, methods, and skills -- Beginnings : settings, modalities, methods, and skills -- Helping individuals, families, and groups with stressful life transitions and traumatic events -- Helping individuals, families, and groups with environmental stressors -- Helping with dysfunctional family processes -- Helping with dysfunctional group processes -- Reducing interpersonal stress between worker and client -- Endings : settings, modalities, methods, and skills -- Influencing community and neighborhood life -- Influencing the practitioner's organization -- Influencing legislation, regulations, and electoral politics.
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ISBN
0231511531 (electronic bk.)
9780231511537 (electronic bk.)
9780231139984 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0231139985 (cloth ; alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 557-596) and index.
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