The Social Work Interview

by Kadushin, Alfred

• ISBN13: 9780231067911
• ISBN10: 0231067917
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-05-01
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

Summary

For twenty-five years, The Social Work Interview has been the textbook of choice in social work and other human service courses, as well as an essential professional resource for practitioners.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xiii
General Orientation and Basic Concepts of Interviewing and Communication	p. 1
The Interview in Social Work	p. 3
Suggested Readings	p. 24
The Interview as Communication	p. 27
Summary: Chapter 2	p. 46
Listening: a Basic Communication Skill	p. 49
Suggested Readings	p. 61
Sequential Phases in the Interview Process and Associated Techniques	p. 63
Introductory Phase	p. 65
Suggested Readings	p. 98
Beginning the Interview: First Phase Objective -- Establishing a Relationship	p. 99
Summary: Chapter 5	p. 133
Problem Exploration Phase	p. 135
Suggested Readings	p. 170
Developmental Phase: Problem-Solving Interventions	p. 173
Developmental Phase: More Problem-Solving Interventions	p. 205
Suggested Readings	p. 234
Developmental Phase: Questions and Questioning Techniques	p. 235
Termination, Recording, and Evaluation	p. 271
Suggested Readings	p. 284
Some Special Problems in Interviewing	p. 285
Nonverbal Communication	p. 287
Suggested Readings	p. 319
Cross-Cultural Interviewing	p. 321
Suggested Readings	p. 352
Some Problematic Interviews: the Involuntary Adult Client and the Sexually Abused Child	p. 355
Suggested Readings	p. 385
The Essence of the Good Interview	p. 387
The Competent Interviewer	p. 389
Appendix: Transcribed Interview and Critique	p. 407
References	p. 425
Index	p. 447
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