01861nam a2200289Ia 450000100070000000500170000700800410002401000170006501500140008201600180009602000390011403500240015303500390017704000540021605000200027008200230029010000270031324501110034025000120045126000480046330000300051150400660054150508560060765000280146365000510149170000290154228878720160527201831.0071231s2008    nyua     b    001 0 eng    a  2007053008  aGBA8195967 a0145243712Uk  a9780231139984 (cloth : alk. paper)  a(OCoLC)ocn189667998  a(OCoLC)189667998z(OCoLC)184821852  aDLCcDLCdUKMdBTCTAdBAKERdYDXCPdC#PdBWXdDLC00aHV43b.G47 200800a361.32bG536L32221 aGitterman, Alex2Local14aThe life model of social work practicebadvances in theory and practicecAlex Gitterman, Carel B. Germain.  a3rd ed.  aNew YorkbColumbia University Presscc2008.  axvi, 611 p.bill.c25 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [557]-596) and index.0 aSocial 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. 0aSocial case work2Local 0aHuman beingsxEffect of environment on.2Local1 aGermain, Carel B.2Local