
Community Practice Skills Workbook
Local to Global Perspectives
Columbia University Press
Published on 24. November 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
152 pages
978-0-231-15133-7 (ISBN)
Description
Designed to accompany the comprehensive and exceptional Community Practice Skills: Local to Global Perspectives, this workbook enhances the discussion of skills and competencies for community practice. Featuring direct exercises, project ideas, and role plays, this workbook contains a range of activities that focus on a host of practice and theory issues designed for use in class groups, field settings, and career practice. Crafted by leading social work practitioners and informed by the student perspective, the Community Practice Skills Workbook shows how to analyze and synthesize new knowledge and effectively incorporate new skills into ongoing practice. The workbook is intended for a variety of MSW/DSW graduate courses and higher level undergraduate (BSW) courses, especially those that focus on community practice and development. It also applies to programs specializing in more general methods of macro social work.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
4 line drawings, 1 tables
Dimensions
Height: 154 mm
Width: 228 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
226 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-231-15133-7 (9780231151337)
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Persons
Marie Weil is the Berg-Beach Distinguished Professor of Community Practice at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Social Work and founding editor of the Journal of Community Practice. She has numerous publications and experience in urban and rural practice with diverse populations and is the editor of The Handbook of Community Practice.Dorothy N. Gamble is clinical associate professor emerita at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Social Work and has contributed to over twenty-five publications, among them The Handbook of Community Practice. She has extensive experience in both domestic and international community practice settings.Emily MacGuire is receiving her masters in social work and public health at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Her research centers on reproductive health and access to healthcare for women and children in West African rural communities.
Author
Professor of Community Social WorkUniversity of North Carolina
Clinical Associate Professor Emerita