TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gitterman,Alex
AU  - Germain,Carel B.
TI  - The life model of social work practice: advances in theory and practice
SN  - 9780231139984 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - HV43 .G47 2008
U1  - 361.32 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Social case work
KW  - Local
KW  - Human beings
KW  - Effect of environment on
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [557]-596) and index; 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
ER  -