Rural Social Work : Building and Sustaining Community Assests

by Scales,T. Laine

• ISBN13: 9780534621636
• ISBN10: 0534621635
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-27
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Preface. Introduction: Asset Building to Sustain Rural Communities. I. INTRODUCTION TO RURAL SOCIAL WORK: FREDDIE L. AVANT. 1. Defining "Rural" for Social Work Practice and Research (Jackie Olaveson, Pat Conway, and Chad Shaver). 2. Social Welfare and Rural People: From the Colonial Era to the Present (Paul H. Stuart). 3. Rural Social Work: Reconceptualizing the Framework for Practice (Michael R. Daley and Freddie L. Avant). 4. Rural is Real: Supporting Professional Practice through the Rural Social Work Caucus and the NASW Professional Policy Statement for Rural Social Work. (Sam Hickman). II. HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND RURAL ENVIRONMENTS: JUDITH A. DAVENPORT. 5. Strategies of Cooperation and Delivery of Human Services in Rural Areas: Sharing Community Assets (Dario Menanteau-Horta). 6. Natural Helping Networks: Assets for Rural Communities (Ted Watkins). 7. African Americans in Rural Areas: Building on Assets from An Afrocentric Perspective. (Freddie L. Avant). 8. Life in A Colonia: Identifying Community Assets (Wilma Cordova). 9. Asset Building with Rural Haitian Immigrants: A Psycho-Educational Group Intervention (Liddell L. Madden, Jay Bishop, and Alan B. Kirk). III. PRACTICE ISSUES IN RURAL CONTEXTS: SUSAN A. MURTY. 10. A Strategy for Uncovering, Accessing and Maximizing Assets and Strengths in Rural Area Social Services (Shirley M. Haulotte and Suzanne Oliver). 11. Working with Mexican Immigrants in Rural East Texas (Ruben Rodriguez, H. Stephen Cooper, and Linda Morales). 12. Using Wraparound to Build Rural Communities of Care for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbance and Their Families (Tamara S. Davis). 13. The Use of Asset-Based Community Development to Increase Rural Youth Participation in Higher Education (Dennis L. Poole and Suzannah More). 14. An Asset-based Approach to Promoting Community Well-being in a Rural County: Obstacles and Opportunities (Robin L. Ersing and Melanie D. Otis). 15. Rural Community Development in an International Setting: The Role of Sustainable Agriculture in Social Work Practice (F. Matthew Schobert and Dale A. Barron). IV. POLICY ISSUES AFFECTING RURAL POPULATIONS: BARRY L. LOCKE. 16. Utilizing an Asset-Building Framework to Improve Policies for Rural Communities: One Size Does Not Fit All Families (Sharon B. Templeman and Lynda Mitchell). 17. The Complex Challenges of Building Assets in Rural Communities and Strategic Bridging Solutions (Kristen Nyman). 18. Charitable Choice, Social Workers, and Rural Congregations: Partnering to Build Community Assets (Roger Aker and T. Laine Scales). 19. Living in Limbo: Homeless Families in Rural America (Jim Winship). 20. Transportation to Work: Policy Implications for Welfare Reform in Rural Areas (Kenneth Wedel and Fran Butler). 21. Voices from the Mountains: Living on and Past Welfare Reform (Barry L. Locke and Lucinda A. Potter). V. USING RESEARCH TO EVALUATE PRACTICE IN RURAL SETTINGS: DENNIS L. POOLE. 22. Mapping Community Assets: The Key to Effective Rural Social Work (Susan Murty). 23. Asset Building in Rural Communities through Participatory Research (Leela Thomas, Patricia Albaugh, and Bernard Albaugh). 24. Adults Who Lived in Out-of-Home-Care as Adolescents: A Qualitative Study (Pat Conway, Rick Robb, Tosha Apodaca, Sean M. Borzea, Chad Shaver, and Nancy Todd). 25. Evaluating Media Strategies In Rural Communities: The Appalachian Domestic Violence Project (Glenn Sheilds, William King, Marian Williams, Sarah Chard, Steven Lab). 26. Individual Development Accounts in Rural Communities: Implications for Research (Michal Grinstein-Weiss and Jami Curley). 27. If We Build It, Will They Come? A Case for Practice Based Research (H. Stephen Cooper and Linda Morales).

Table of Contents

PREFACE	viii
Introduction: Asset Building to Sustain Rural Communities	1	(6)
T. Laine Scales and Calvin L. Streeter
PART I Introduction to Rural Social work	7	(44)
Freddie L. Avant
1 Defining Rural for Social Work Practice and Research	9	(12)
Jackie Olaveson, Pat Conway, and Chad Shaver
2 Social Welfare and Rural People: From the Colonial Era to the Present	21	(13)
Paul H. Stuart
3 Rural Social Work: Reconceptualizing the Framework for Practice	34	(9)
Michael R. Daley and Freddie L. Avant
4 Rural is Real: Supporting Professional Practice through the Rural Social Work Caucus and the NASW Professional Policy Statement for Rural Social Work	43	(11)
Samuel A. Hickman
PART II Human Behavior and Rural Environments	51	(54)
Judith A. Davenport
5 Strategies of Cooperation and Delivery of Human Services in Rural Areas: Sharing Community Assets	54	(11)
Dario Menanteau-Horta
6 Natural Helping Networks: Assets for Rural Communities	65	(12)
Ted R. Watkins
7 African Americans in Rural Areas: Building on Assets from an Afrocentric Perspective	77	(10)
Freddie L. Avant
8 Life in a Colonia: Identifying Community Assets	87	(7)
Wilma Cordova
9 Asset Building with Rural Haitian Immigrants: A Psychoeducational Group Intervention	94	(14)
Liddell L. Madden, Jay Bishop, and Alan B. Kirk
PART III Practice Issues in Rural Contexts	105	(88)
Susan A. Murtg
10 A Strategy for Uncovering, Accessing, and Maximizing Assets and Strengths in Rural Area Social Services	108	(10)
Shirley M. Haulotte and Suzanne Oliver
11 Working with Mexican Immigrants in Rural East Texas	118	(14)
Ruben Rodriguez, H. Stephen Cooper, and Linda Morales
12 Using Wraparound to Build Rural Communities of Care for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbance and Their Families	132	(15)
Tamara S. Davis
13 The Use of Asset-Based Community Development to Increase Rural Youth Participation in Higher Education	147	(13)
Dennis L. Poole and Susannah More
14 An Asset-Based Approach to Promoting Community Well-Being in a Rural County: Obstacles and Opportunities	160	(18)
Robin L. Ersing and Melanie D. Otis
15 Community Development in an International Setting: The Role of Sustainable Agriculture in Social Work Practice	178	(18)
E. Matthew Schobert, Jr. and Dale A. Barron
PART IV Policy Issues Affecting Rural Populations	193	(82)
Barry L. Locke
16 Utilizing an Asset-Building Framework to Improve Policies for Rural Communities: One Size Does Not Fit All Families	196	(10)
Sharon B. Templeman and Lynda Mitchell
17 The Complex Challenges of Building Assets in Rural Communities and Strategic Bridging Solutions	206	(20)
Kristen Nyman
18 Charitable Choice, Social Workers, and Rural Congregations: Partnering to Build Community Assets	226	(14)
Roger Aker and T. Laine Scales
19 Living in Limbo: Homeless Families in Rural America	240	(12)
Jim Winship
20 Transportation to Work: Policy Implications for Welfare Reform in Rural Areas	252	(11)
Kenneth R. Wedel and Fran C. Butler
21 Voices from the Mountains: Living on and Past Welfare	263	(15)
Barry L. Locke and Lucinda A. Potter
PART V Using Research to Evaluate Practice in Rural Settings	275	(79)
Dennis L. Poole
22 Mapping Community Assets: The Key to Effective Rural Social Work	278	(12)
Susan Murty
23 Asset Building in Rural Communities through Participatory Research	290	(14)
Leela Thomas, Patricia Albaugh, and Bernard Albaugh
24 Adults Who Lived in Out-of-Home Care as Adolescents: A Qualitative Study	304	(13)
Pat Conway, Tosha Apodaca, Sean M. Borzea, Chad Shaver, and Nancy Todd
25 Evaluating Media Strategies In Rural Communities: The Appalachian Domestic Violence Project	317	(11)
Glenn Shields, William King, Marian Williams, Sarah Chard, Steven Lab
26 Individual Development Accounts in Rural Communities: Implications for Research	328	(13)
Michal Grinstein-Weiss and Jami Curley
27 If We Build It, Will They Come? A Case for Practice-Based Research	341	(13)
H. Stephen Cooper and Linda Morales
APPENDIX	354	(7)
INDEX	361