Human Services : Concepts and Intervention Strategies

by Mehr, Joseph J.; Kanwischer, Ronald

• ISBN13: 9780205381210
• ISBN10: 0205381219
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

The Ninth Edition of this trend-setting text offers a comprehensive introduction to the field of human services, with an emphasis on practical application, and increased coverage of multicultural issues. Human Services: Concepts and Intervention Strategies provides a comprehensive grounding in the broad range of careers available in the human services, an introduction to the skills that are required for those careers, and case examples to help students visualize different career choices.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Orientation and Perspective
Human Services: A New Direction	p. 1
A History of Helping	p. 17
Human Services: Defining Roles, Problems, and Boundaries
Human Service Workers: Agents of Change	p. 33
Human Services: Identifying Problems and Causes	p. 57
Human Services Boundaries: Special Populations, Special Systems	p. 78
Contemporary Strategies
Medical and Psychiatric Approaches and the Person in Need	p. 109
Behavioral Approaches and the Person in Need	p. 123
Psychotherapeutic Approaches and the Person in Need	p. 138
Integrating Contemporary Strategies, Personal Relationship Skills, and the Supervisory Process	p. 153
Human Services and Psychosocial Change Agentry
Problem Assessment, Planning, and Brokering	p. 178
Inspiring Change in Human Services Clients	p. 192
Case Management: The Cornerstone for Human Services	p. 210
Crisis Intervention	p. 232
Social Intervention: Prevention through Environmental Change	p. 253
Social Control, Human Rights, Ethics, and the Law	p. 291
Glossary	p. 307
References	p. 313
Index	p. 333
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