Skills for Direct Practice in Social Work - Softcover

Middleton, Ruth R.; Wood, Gale Goldberg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0231055099 ISBN 13: 9780231055093

Verlag: Columbia University Press, 1990

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Thoroughly examines sixty-three fundamental skills needed by social workers dealing with individuals and groups. Middleman and Wood define the skills, illustrate them in vignettes, and relate them to pertinent literature.

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Ruth R. Middleman and Gale Goldberg Wood are both Professors of Social Work at the Kent School of Social Work at the University of Louisville. They have collaborated for twenty years and have written books with an innovative approach to social work practice (the structural approach) and many journal articles in areas of practice: experiential approaches, perception and cognition, group work, and interviewing skills.

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In Skills for Direct Practice in Social Work Ruth Middleman and Gale Goldberg Wood provide a practical, clear discussion of sixty-three skills needed by all who must interact purposefully with individuals and groups in helping situations. The skills are defined, illustrated in vignettes, and related to pertinent sources in the literature. They are applicable to many theoretical approaches and include fundamental considerations for social workers - appearance, vocabulary, accountability, openness, sensitivity, and many others. Skills for Direct Practice in Social Work will help students and professionals to convey their practice intentions and to overcome many of the obstacles to effective social work practice.

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• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1990
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0231055099
• ISBN 13: 9780231055093
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 188
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar