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• Foreword
• Preface
• Contributors
• Acknowledgments.
• I The Philosophy and Principles of the Strengths Perspective
• 1 Dennis Saleebey, Introduction: Power in the People
• The Strengths Perspective: Concepts and Principles
• The Lexicon of Strengths
• Principles of the Strengths Perspective
• Some Preliminary Thoughts
• 2 Howard Goldstein, Victors or Victims?
• Strength/Resilience and Pathology as Social Constructions
• Implications for Social Work Practice
• Strength and Resiliency
• What Kind of Model of Practice for Social Work?
• II The Strengths Approach to Practice
• 3 Ann Weick and Ronna Chamberlain, Putting Problems in Their Place: Further Explorations in the Strengths Perspective
• The Shape of Problems
• Putting Strengths into Action
• Key Strategies in Strengths-Based Practice
• 4 Dennis Saleebey, Introduction to the Strengths Approach to Practice
• Some Beginning Observations about Strengths-Based Practice
• What Are Strengths?
• How Do You Find out about Strengths?
• What Are Some of the Elements of Strengths-Based Practice?
• III Using the Strengths Approach with Individuals
• 6 Richard Rapp, The Strengths Perspective and Persons with Substance Abuse Problems
• Introduction
• The Strengths Perspective and Resistance to Treatment
• Strengths-Based Case Management-Addressing Two Aspects of Substance Abuse Treatment
• The Practice of Strengths-Based Case Management
• Implementing a Strengths-Based Model
• Impact on Treatment Philosophy
• Impact on Case Managers
• Impact on Clients
• Potential Difficulties in Implementing the Perspective
• Findings
• 7 Walter Kisthardt, The Strengths Model of Case Management: Principles and Helping Functions
• Introduction
• The Six Principles of the Strengths Model
• Strategies That Promote Effective Engagement from the Consumer''s Perspective
• The Strengths Assessment as Holistic Personal Inventory
• Case Manager as Community Living Advocate
• Summary
• 8 Becky Fast and Rosemary Chapin, The Strengths Model with Older Adults: Critical Practice Components
• Conceptual Framework for Practice
• Operationalizing the Conceptual Framework
• Critical Practice Components of Effective Case Management
• Personalized Assessment and Planning
• Assertive Outreach to Natural Community Resources and Services
• Emergency Crisis Planning
• Ongoing Collaboration and Caregiving Adjustments
• Utility of the Strengths Model in the Changing Long-Term Care Environment
• 9 Mary Bricker-Jenkins, Hidden Treasures: Unlocking Strengths in the Public Social Services
• Competency-Based Practice: Prospects and Problems
• Models, Methods, and Practice Systems
• Theory for Practice
• Ideology in Practice
• An Alternative Approach to Practice Development
• The Effective Public Service Practitioner: Supporting the Life World And Strengths of the Client
• The Worker with the Client
• The Worker in the Community
• The Worker in the Workplace
• The Worker Her/Himself
• The Effective Worker in Public Social Services: Reprise
• 10 Gary E. Holmes, The Strengths Perspective and the Politics of Clienthood
• The Notion of Clienthood
• How We Make Clients from People
• Story and Meaning
• Organizational Culture
• Clienthood and Group Membership: Two Examples
• The Culturally Different
• People with Disabilities
• Strengths to Build Upon
• Organized Culture
• Professional Issues
• Client Issues
• IV The Strengths Perspective in the Environment: Groups and Community Development
• 11 Bonnie Benard, Fostering Resiliency in Children and Youth: Promoting Protective Factors in the School
• Protective Factors
• Profile of the Resilient Child
• Protective Factors within the School
• Caring and Support
• High Expectations
• Youth Participation and Involvement
• Capitalizing on Protective Factors
• What Role Can Social Workers Play?
• 12 W. Patrick Sullivan, On Strengths, Niches, and Recovery from Serious Mental Illness
• Recovery: Individual, Community, and Cultural Dimensions
• The Recovery Process: Observations from Key Informants
• Sociocultural Forces and Recovery
• Recovery and the Enriched Social Niche
• 13 Dennis Saleebey, Community Development, Group Empowerment, and Individual Resilience
• Community Development: Emerging Ideas and Practices
• Some Basic Ideas about Community Development
• Coming Together: Community and Individual Resilience
• Exemplars of Community Development Practice
• Building Communities from Within
• Health Realization/Community Empowerment
• University of Kansas Partners in Public Housing
• Yachdav
• V Conclusion
• 15 Dennis Saleebey, The Strengths Perspective: Possibilities and Problems
• Questions and Cautions about the Strengths Perspective
• Of Paradigms and Prospects: Converging Lines of Thought
• Resilience
• Health and Wellness
• Story and Narrative