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4 produkter
4 produkter
724 kr
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A thoughtful text integrating strengths, assets, and capacity-building themes with contemporary issues in rural social work practiceNow in its second edition, Rural Social Work is a collection of contributed readings from social work scholars, students, and practitioners presenting a framework for resource building based on the strengths, assets, and capacities of people, a tool essential for working with rural communities.This guide considers methods for social workers to participate in the work of sustaining rural communities. Each chapter features a reading integrating the themes of capacity-building and rural social work; discussion questions that facilitate critical thinking around the chapter; and suggested activities and assignments.Rural Social Work, Second Edition explores: Important practice issues in rural communities, including the challenges of working with stigmatized populations such as gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people, the homeless, and people living with HIV/AIDSPractice models that hold special promise for rural social workers, including evidence-based practice and community partnership modelsNewer research tools such as asset mapping, social network analysis, concept mapping, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)Exploring how social workers can integrate the tremendous resources that exist in rural communities into their practice, Rural Social Work, Second Edition provides a solid introduction to the complex, challenging, and rewarding work of building and sustaining rural communities.
Solution Focused Brief Therapy in Alternative Schools
Ensuring Student Success and Preventing Dropout
Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
1 908 kr
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Solution Focused Brief Therapy in Alternative Schools (SFBT) provides a step-by-step guide for how school social workers and counselors can work with other school professionals to create an effective solution focused dropout prevention program. Along with illustrative cases and detailed explanations, the authors detail the curriculum and day-to-day operations of a solution focused dropout prevention program by drawing on the experiences of a school that uses this approach.
Solution Focused Brief Therapy in Alternative Schools
Ensuring Student Success and Preventing Dropout
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
571 kr
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Solution Focused Brief Therapy in Alternative Schools (SFBT) provides a step-by-step guide for how school social workers and counselors can work with other school professionals to create an effective solution focused dropout prevention program. Along with illustrative cases and detailed explanations, the authors detail the curriculum and day-to-day operations of a solution focused dropout prevention program by drawing on the experiences of a school that uses this approach.
Homelessness Prevention and Intervention in Social Work
Policies, Programs, and Practices
Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
1 098 kr
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This important text provides a comprehensive survey of homelessness in America: its scope and causes, its diverse populations, and the array of responses at the individual, community, and systems levels. Expert contributors explore the links between trauma and homelessness, the cycle of homelessness and health/mental health problems, and barriers preventing people from accessing services. Case studies of effective programs and practices focus on science-based interventions, broad understanding of client needs, and close coordination between systems and agencies. Finally, specialized chapters discuss issues and experiences common to homeless youth and young adults, including housing instability on college campuses and empowerment-based strategies for engaging youth voice in programming . Included in the coverage:Homelessness and health disparities: a health equity lensAffordable housing and housing policy responses to homelessnessStreet talk: homeless discourses and the politics of service provisionMultisectoral collaborations to address homelessnessTrauma-informed care in homelessness service settings: challenges and opportunitiesIncorporating youth voice into services for young people experiencing homelessnessHomelessness Prevention and Intervention in Social Work fills a critical gap in the social work curriculum as a main or a supplementary text. It also makes an accessible resource for clinicians and community practitioners seeking current knowledge on the topic, practical approaches to working with clients experiencing homelessness, and useful information for effective program and policy design.