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Direct Social Work Practice : Theory and Skills
by Hepworth, Dean H.; Rooney, Ronald H.; Dewberry Rooney, Glenda; Strom-Gottfried, Kim; Larsen, Jo AnnEdition:
8th
ISBN13:
9780495601678
ISBN10:
0495601675
Media:
Hardcover
Pub. Date:
3/3/2009
Publisher(s):
Cengage Learning
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Packed with examples, illustrations, and proven learning experiences from the field, DIRECT SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE: THEORY AND SKILLS, Eighth Edition prepares social work students for effective real-world practice. Incorporating many case examples from social work practitioners as well as the authors' personal experiences, the book integrates the major theories and skills that direct social work practitioners need to understand and master—earning the book its reputation as the classic source for helping students learn direct practice skills.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| The Challenges of Social Work | |
| Direct Practice: Domain, Philosophy, and Roles | |
| Overview of the Helping Process | |
| Operationalizing the Cardinal Social Work Values | |
| Exploring, Assessing, And Planning | |
| Building Blocks of Communication: Communicating with Empathy and Authenticity | |
| Verbal Following, Exploring, and Focusing Skills | |
| Eliminating Counterproductive Communication Patterns | |
| Assessment: Exploring and Understanding Problems and Strengths | |
| Assessment: Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Environmental Factors | |
| Assessing Family Functioning in Diverse Family and Cultural Contexts | |
| Forming and Assessing Social Work Groups | |
| Developing Goals and Formulating a Contract | |
| The Change-Oriented Phase | |
| Planning and Implementing Change-Oriented Strategies | |
| Developing Resources, Organizing, Planning, and Advocacy as Intervention Strategies | |
| Enhancing Family Relationships | |
| Intervening in Social Work Groups | |
| Additive Empathy, Interpretation, and Confrontation | |
| Managing Barriers to Change | |
| The Termination Phase | |
| The Final Phase: Evaluation and Termination | |
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