
The Life Model of Social Work Practice
Advances in Theory and Practice
Columbia University Press
2nd Edition
Published on 11. July 1996
Book
Hardback
490 pages
978-0-231-06416-3 (ISBN)
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Description
This updated and expanded edition of this text adopts a "life course" conception of human development, incorporating historical, societal and cultural contexts. It should be useful to both students and professionals in dealing with the problems encountered by social workers in today's society.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
58 figures
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-231-06416-3 (9780231064163)
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Advances in Theory and Practice
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Life Model of Social Work Practice: Instructors Manual
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Carel Bailey Germain | Alex Gitterman
The Life Model of Social Work Practice
Advances in Theory and Practice
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01/1980
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Persons
Carel B. Germain was Professor of Social Work Emerita at the University of Connecticut. She is the author of Human Behavior in the Social Environment and editor of Social Work Practice: People and Environments.Alex Gitterman is professor of social work at Columbia University. He is the coeditor of Mutual Aid Groups: Vulnerable Populations and the Life Cycle and editor of Handbook of Social Work Practice with Vulnerable Populations. He is editor of Columbia's series, Empowering the Powerless: A Social Work Series.
Content
1. Overview1. The Ecological Perspective2. The Life Model of Social Work Practice2. The Helping Process in Life-Modeled PracticeInitial Phase3. Beginnings: Auspcie, Modalities, Methods, and SkillsOngoing Phase5. Helping Individuals, Families, and Groups with Environmental Stressors4. Helping Individuals, Families, and Groups with Stressful Life Transitions and Traumatic Events6. Helping with Dysfunctional Family Processes7. Helping wirh Dysfunctional Group Processes8. Reducing Interpersonal Stress Between Worker and ClientEnding phase9. Endings: Auspice, Modalities, Methodsm and Skills3. Life-Modeled Practice at Community, Organization, and Political Levels10. Influencing Community and Neighborhood Life11. Influencing the Practitioner's Organization12. Influencing Legislation, Regulations, and Electoral PoliticsEpilogueAppendix A: Codes of EthicsNASW Code of Ethics (1993)CASW Social Work Code of Ethics (1994)Appendix B: Social Work Practice Research Traditions