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Direct social work practice : theory and skills / Dean H. Hepworth [and others].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Belmont, CA : Thomson Brooks/Cole, ©2006.Edition: Seventh editionDescription: xxii, 634 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0534644589
  • 0495008559
  • 0780534644581
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV40 .H53
Contents:
Introduction -- The challenges of social work -- Direct practice: domain, philosophy, and roles -- Overview of the helping process -- Operationalizing the cardinal social work values -- Exploring, assessing, and planning -- Building blocks of communication: communicating with empathy and authenticity -- Verbal following, exploring, and focusing skills -- Eliminating counterproductive communication patterns -- Assessment: exploring and understanding problems and strengths -- Assessment: intratpersonal and environmental factors -- Assessing family functioning in diverse family and cultural contexts -- Developing resources, planning, and advocacy as intervention strategies -- Enhancing family relationships -- Intervening in social work groups -- Additive empathy, interpretation, and confrontation -- Managing barriers to change -- The termination phase -- The final phase: evaluation and termination.
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Revised edition of: Direct social work practice / Dean H. Hepworth, Ronald H. Rooney, Jo Ann Larsen.

Includes passcode for Infotrac college edition.
Includes index.

Introduction --
The challenges of social work --
Direct practice: domain, philosophy, and roles --
Overview of the helping process --
Operationalizing the cardinal social work values --
Exploring, assessing, and planning --
Building blocks of communication: communicating with empathy and authenticity --
Verbal following, exploring, and focusing skills --
Eliminating counterproductive communication patterns --
Assessment: exploring and understanding problems and strengths --
Assessment: intratpersonal and environmental factors --
Assessing family functioning in diverse family and cultural contexts --
Developing resources, planning, and advocacy as intervention strategies --
Enhancing family relationships --
Intervening in social work groups --
Additive empathy, interpretation, and confrontation --
Managing barriers to change --
The termination phase --
The final phase: evaluation and termination.

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