All social work students study theory and undertake practice placements. Integrating the two so that each informs the other is both essential and notoriously tricky. This accessible book demystifies the process and offers helpful evidence-based strategies for doing it successfully. Structured aroun
Social Work Practice: Integrating Concepts, Processes, and Skills
β Scribed by Marion Bogo
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 435
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This second edition of Social Work Practice builds on the first editionβs success at synthesizing the latest theories and practice models; helping and change processes; empirical findings; and practice skills, and demonstrates how these interlinked dimensions contribute to the EPAS 215-endorsed model of holistic competence.
β¦ Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One. Conceptual Frameworks for Social Work Practice
One. A View of Holistic Competence in Social Work
Two. Holistic Competence: Cognitive and Affective Processes
Three. Learning to Practice
Four. The Helping Relationship: Conceptual and Empirical Contributions
Five. Engage Diversity and Difference
Six. The Helping Relationship: From Theory to Practice
Seven. Contemporary Practice Issues
Part Two. The Helping Process in Social Work Practice
Eight. Beginnings
Nine. Toward Developing Shared Understanding: Assessment and Formulation
Ten. The Social Worker as Process Expert
Eleven. Change Processes Continued
Twelve. Endings
Part Three. Interviewing in Social Work Practice
Thirteen. Communication and Interviewing Skills
References
Index
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