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Working with Families presents an innovative model for choosing specific intervention methods that meet the discriminate level of need of a particular family.

This is one of the few texts that addresses work with families from a social worker's perspective. The text assesses families by their level of need, from the most basic level (needs for food, clothing, and shelter) to more advanced levels (needs for intimacy and self-actualization), and provides students with models for assessment and interventions at each level. While other family practice texts present many different models of family work, often focused on middle-class, private practice clients (leaving students feeling undecided about which model to use and when), this text provides an integrative model with guidelines for when and how to use different practice methods.

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• Foreword(p. xiii)
• Preface(p. xv)
• Authors(p. xxi)
• Contributors(p. xxiii)
• Outline of Approaches(p. xxvi)
• Part 1 Theory Base and Contextual Practice: Metatheories for Working with Families at Four Levels of Need(p. 1)
• 1 Levels of Family Need(p. 2)
• Level I(p. 3)
• Level II(p. 5)
• Level III(p. 8)
• Level IV(p. 9)
• Intervention Criteria(p. 10)
• Summary(p. 12)
• Discussion Questions(p. 13)
• Internet Resources(p. 13)
• Suggested Readings(p. 13)
• References(p. 14)
• 2 An Ecological Systems-Social Constructionism Approach to Family Practice(p. 15)
• Ecological Systems Perspective(p. 15)
• Applications to Family Practice(p. 19)
• Caveats in Using the Ecosystems Metatheory(p. 22)
• Social Constructionist Perspective(p. 23)
• Applications to Family Practice(p. 25)
• Caveats in Using the Social Constructionist Metatheory(p. 26)
• Comparing and Integrating the Metatheories(p. 27)
• Summary(p. 30)
• Discussion Questions(p. 30)
• Internet Resources(p. 31)
• Suggested Readings(p. 31)
• References(p. 32)
• 3 Contexts of Helping: Commonalities and Human Diversities(p. 35)
• The Helping Relationship/Therapeutic Alliance(p. 36)
• Client Diversity(p. 38)
• Summary(p. 48)
• Discussion Questions(p. 49)
• Internet Resources(p. 49)
• Suggested Readings(p. 49)
• References(p. 50)
• 4 Ethically Informed and Spiritually Sensitive Practice(p. 52)
• Ethically Informed Practice(p. 52)
• Spiritually Sensitive Practice(p. 62)
• Ethical Challenges(p. 69)
• Summary(p. 70)
• Discussion Questions(p. 70)
• Internet Resources(p. 71)
• Suggested Readings(p. 71)
• References(p. 72)
• Part 2 First Level of Family Need: Basic Survival(p. 75)
• 5 Interventions with Level I, Neglectful Families: A New Model of Family Preservation(p. 76)
• Needs of Neglectful Families(p. 78)
• Assessment(p. 78)
• Goals: Defining Family Preservation(p. 80)
• Basic Tenets(p. 80)
• Intervention Approach: Preserving Neglectful Level I Families(p. 83)
• Evaluation of Effectiveness(p. 87)
• Application to Families on Levels II, III, and IV(p. 88)
• Ethical Challenges(p. 89)
• Summary(p. 89)
• Discussion Questions(p. 89)
• Internet Resources(p. 90)
• Suggested Readings(p. 90)
• References(p. 90)
• 6 A Family Case Management Approach for Level I Needs(p. 94)
• Family Needs(p. 94)
• Family Case Assessment(p. 95)
• Treatment Goals(p. 97)
• Treatment Approach: A Generalist Model of Case Management(p. 98)
• Evaluation(p. 107)
• Application to Families at Other Levels of Need(p. 108)
• Ethical Challenges(p. 108)
• Summary(p. 109)
• Discussion Questions(p. 109)
• Internet Resources(p. 110)
• Suggested Readings(p. 110)
• References(p. 111)
• Part 3 Second Level of Family Need: Structure, Limits, and Safety(p. 115)
• 7 Structural Family Interventions(p. 116)
• Levels of Family Need(p. 116)
• Assessment(p. 117)
• Goals(p. 119)
• Intervention Approach(p. 119)
• Evaluation(p. 122)
• Application to Families at Other Levels of Need(p. 123)
• Ethical Challenges(p. 123)
• Summary(p. 124)
• Discussion Questions(p. 125)
• Suggested Videotapes(p. 125)
• Suggested Readings(p. 126)
• References(p. 126)
• 8 Social Learning Family Interventions(p. 128)
• Family Needs(p. 128)
• Assessment and Treatment Goals(p. 131)
• Social Learning Family Interventions(p. 133)
• Evaluation of Effectiveness(p. 139)
• Application to Families on Levels I, III, and IV(p. 139)
• Ethical Challenges(p. 140)
• Summary(p. 140)
• Discussion Questions(p. 141)
• Internet Resources(p. 142)
• Suggested Readings(p. 142)
• References(p. 142)
• Part 4 Third Level of Family Need: Boundaries and Control(p. 145)
• 9 Solution-Focused Family Interventions(p. 146)
• Assumptions(p. 146)
• Typical Needs of Level III Families(p. 147)
• Assessment(p. 148)
• Theory Base and Basic Tenets(p. 149)
• Treatment Goals(p. 151)
• Application(p. 153)
• Application to Spirituality(p. 156)
• Interventions(p. 157)
• Evaluation(p. 161)
• Application to Families on Levels I, II, and IV(p. 163)
• Ethical Challenges(p. 163)
• Summary(p. 164)
• Discussion Questions(p. 164)
• Internet Resources(p. 164)
• Suggested Readings(p. 165)
• References(p. 165)
• 10 Family Systems Theory(p. 167)
• Needs Presented by Level III Families(p. 168)
• Assessment(p. 168)
• Goals of the Intervention(p. 174)
• Intervention Approaches(p. 174)
• Applications(p. 177)
• Evaluation of Effectiveness(p. 184)
• Application to Families at Other Levels of Need(p. 186)
• Ethical Challenges(p. 186)
• Summary(p. 187)
• Discussion Questions(p. 188)
• Internet Resources(p. 189)
• Suggested Readings(p. 189)
• References(p. 190)
• Part 5 Fourth Level of Family Need: Family and Personal Growth(p. 193)
• 11 Narrative Family Interventions(p. 194)
• Needs(p. 194)
• Goals(p. 195)
• Theoretical Foundations and Basic Tenets(p. 197)
• Assessment(p. 200)
• Intervention Approaches(p. 202)
• Evaluation(p. 210)
• Application to Families at Other Levels of Need(p. 211)
• Ethical Challenges(p. 212)
• Summary(p. 212)
• Discussion Questions(p. 213)
• Internet Resources(p. 213)
• Suggested Readings(p. 213)
• References(p. 215)
• 12 Object Relations Family Interventions(p. 220)
• Family Needs(p. 221)
• Family Case Assessment(p. 224)
• Treatment Goals(p. 228)
• Intervention Approach: Theory Base and Tenets(p. 229)
• Application to Families on Level IV(p. 233)
• Interventions and Techniques(p. 234)
• Evaluation of Effectiveness(p. 237)
• Application to Families Functioning at Other Levels(p. 237)
• Ethical Challenges(p. 238)
• Summary(p. 239)
• Discussion Questions(p. 239)
• Internet Resources(p. 240)
• Suggested Readings(p. 240)
• References(p. 240)
• Part 6 The Family in the Community: Ecosystem Implications(p. 243)
• 13 The Family in the Community(p. 244)
• The Case of Mrs. Y.(p. 245)
• Dual Focus(p. 245)
• Definition of Community(p. 246)
• Family Practitioner and Agency Helping Function in Community(p. 247)
• Two Models That Address Family Needs on a Community Level(p. 248)
• Summary(p. 252)
• Discussion Questions(p. 252)
• Internet Resources(p. 253)
• Suggested Readings(p. 253)
• References(p. 254)
• Appendix Ethics Cases and Commentaries(p. 255)
• Glossary(p. 261)