Working with Families An Integrative Model by Level of Need

by Kilpatrick, Allie C.; Holland, Thomas P.

• ISBN13: 9780205673926
• ISBN10: 0205673929
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780205892884
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780205446193
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-25
• Publisher: Pearson
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Summary

Working with Families 5/e presents an innovative model for choosing specific intervention methods that meet the discriminate level of need of a particular family. This is one of the few texts that addresses work with families from a social worker's perspective. It assesses families by their level of need, from the most basic level (needs for food, clothing, and shelter) to more advanced levels (needs for intimacy and self-actualization), and provides students with models for assessment and interventions at each level. While other family practice texts present many different models of family work and many fields of practice, often focused on middle-class, private practice clients (leaving students feeling undecided about which model to use and when), this text provides an integrative model with guidelines for when and how to use different practice methods.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface Authors

Contributors

Outline of Approaches

Theory Base and Contextual Practice: Metatheories for Working with Families at Four Levels of Need

Levels of Family Need

Level I

Level II

Level III

Level IV

Intervention Criteria

Summary

Discussion Questions

Internet Resources

Suggested Readings

References

An Ecological Systems-Social Constructionism Approach to Family Practice

Ecological Systems Perspective

Applications to Family Practice

Caveats in Using the Ecosystems Metatheory

Social Constructionist Perspective

Applications to Family Practice

Caveats in Using the Social Constructionist Metatheory

Comparing and Integrating the Metatheories

Summary

Discussion Questions

Internet Resources

Suggested Readings

References

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