The Macro Skills Workbook: A Generalist Approach 2nd edition

by Kirst-Ashman, Karen K.; Hull, Jr., Grafton H.

• ISBN13: 9780534513023
• ISBN10: 0534513026
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-18
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This workbook provides a wide range of exercises, role playing activities and case scenarios to help students practice specific macro skills. The text's versatility allows it to be the primary text in a practice course or as a supplement to accompany other macro theory texts, especially GENERALIST PRACTICE WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES, 2nd by the same authors! The authors integrate macro development for field internships, as well as enhance macro skill development for social workers in the field. Specific macro practice skills are presented in a straightforward manner, and both applications to actual macro practice situations and the importance of client system strengths are emphasized throughout.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction to Generalist Practice with Organizations and Communities	1	(20)
Using Micro Skills in the Macro Environment	21	(40)
Using Mezzo Skills with Organizations and Communities	61	(18)
Understanding Organizations	79	(28)
Prepare: Decision Making for Organizational Change	107	(20)
Imagine How to Implement Macro Intervention---Changing Agency Policy	127	(24)
Imagine Project Implementation and Program Development	151	(18)
Focusing on Communities and Neighborhoods	169	(22)
Macro Practice in Communities	191	(18)
Evaluating Macro Practice	209	(20)
Advocacy and Social Action with Populations-at-Risk	229	(22)
Ethics and Ethical Dilemmas in Macro Practice	251	(12)
The Social Worker in Court	263	(14)
Developing and Managing Agency Resources	277	(20)
Stress and Time Management	297	(32)
Resumes, Interviewing, and Getting the Job	329	(40)
References	369