Primary Prevention Practices (Issues in Children′s and Families′ Lives) - Hardcover

Bloom, Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803971516 ISBN 13: 9780803971516

Verlag: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1996

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What are the most effective ways to prevent predictable behavioral problems, protect current states of health, and promote desired behaviors? Intended for use by students in the helping professions and by practitioners and researchers in the field, Primary Prevention Practices offers step-by-step procedures on how to conduct over 50 techniques of prevention practice. Through the use of an organizational framework, the configural equation, author Martin Bloom identifies the classes of factors that are to be considered in any thorough analysis of a given situation and provides a check list for accessing the full range of forces acting on events so the reader can better select which preventive action to apply. In addition, the book covers a wide range of prevention practices, including problem-solving methods, anticipatory instructions, social skills training, life-long exercises, perceived self-efficacy, assertiveness training, cognitive reframing, and peer tutoring. By using a technique that is friendly to practitioners and students, Primary Prevention Practices is a perfect resource for those in the fields of psychology, clinical psychology, social work, and public health.

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What are the most effective ways of preventing predictable behavioural problems, protecting current states of health and promoting desired behaviours? This volume offers step-by-step procedures on how to conduct over 50 prevention practices, including: problem-solving; anticipatory instructions; social skills training; life-long exercises; perceived self-efficacy; assertiveness training; cognitive reframing; and peer tutoring.

So that readers can more easily select which preventive measure to apply, the author identifies the classes of factors that should be considered in any thorough analysis of a given situation, and provides a checklist of the full range of forces acting on particular events.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0803971516
• ISBN 13: 9780803971516
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 456
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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