Gitterman, Alex <br/><br/>
The life model of social work practice  advances in theory and practice 
Alex Gitterman, Carel B. Germain. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - New York  Columbia University Press  c2008. 
 - xvi, 611 p.  ill.  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [557]-596) and index. 
<br/><br/>Social work practice and its historical traditions -- The ecological perspective -- The life model of social work practice : an overview -- Assessment, practice monitoring, and practice evaluation -- Preparation : settings, modalities, methods, and skills -- Beginnings : settings, modalities, methods, and skills -- Helping individuals, families, and groups with stressful life transitions and traumatic events -- Helping individuals, families, and groups with environmental stressors -- Helping with dysfunctional family processes -- Helping with dysfunctional group processes -- Reducing interpersonal stress between worker and client -- Endings : settings, modalities, methods, and skills -- Influencing community and neighborhood life -- Influencing the practitioner's organization -- Influencing legislation, regulations, and electoral politics. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780231139984 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007053008 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA819596 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>014524371  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social case work<br/>Human beings--Effect of environment on.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV43  / .G47 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>361.32  / G536L3