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Empowerment Series: The Skills of Helping Individuals, Families, Groups, and Communities, Enhanced

By Lawrence Shulman

8th Edition © 2020
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Course:Methods/Practice of Social Work
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The Enhanced Edition demonstrates how there are common elements, core processes, and skills across all stages of helping and throughout work with all populations -- including individuals, families, groups, and communities. The text defines, illustrates, and teaches helping skills and provides manageable models for understanding them. It also looks at the underlying process and its associated set of core skills. Part of the EMPOWERMENT SERIES, this edition integrates the core competencies and practice behaviors outlined in the current Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) set by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).

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The Enhanced Edition demonstrates how there are common elements, core processes, and skills across all stages of helping and throughout work with all populations -- including individuals, families, groups, and communities. The text defines, illustrates, and teaches helping skills and provides manageable models for understanding them. It also looks at the underlying process and its associated set of core skills. Part of the EMPOWERMENT SERIES, this edition integrates the core competencies and practice behaviors outlined in the current Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) set by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).

"Practice Comments" and "Practice Summaries" are incorporated into process recording examples.

Emphasis is placed on the integration of evidenced-based practices and techniques into the interactional model.

The Council on Social Work Education Practice Standards are identified and linked to the text content.

Each modality section offers at least one case demonstrating intervention over time.

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Chapters

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Council on Social Work Education Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards by Chapter
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. A Model of the Helping Process
Part II. Social Work with Individuals
Part III. Social Work with Families
Part IV. Social Work with Groups
Part V. Macro Social Work Practice: Impacting the Agency/Setting, the Community, and Effecting Social Change
Part VI. Practice Models and Evidence-Based Practice
References.
References.
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Part I. A Model of the Helping Process

Chapter 1. An Interactional Approach to Helping
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Problematic Social Work Encounters in Early Sessions ↗
The Interactional Social Work Practice Theory ↗
Elements of a Practice Theory ↗
Models, Skills, and Empirical Support ↗
The Client–System Interaction ↗
The Medical Model and the Paradigm Shift ↗
First Interview with a Depressed Client ↗
Integrating Assessment and Engagement: Behavior as Communication ↗
Dynamic Systems Theory: The VISA Center Example ↗
Intersectionality, Interlocking Oppressions, and Social Location ↗
Fanon: The Oppressor Within and the Oppressor Without ↗
Underlying Assumptions in the Interactional Model ↗
Assumption of Symbiosis ↗
Assumption of Obstacles in the Engagement ↗
Assumption of Strength for Change ↗
The Social Work Profession: A Brief Historical Perspective ↗
The Roots of the Profession ↗
The Function of the Social Work Profession ↗
Social Work Skill and the Working Relationship ↗
The Integration of Personal and Professional Selves ↗
Research Findings ↗
Study Design ↗
Description of Study Participants ↗
Study Limitations ↗
Values and Ethics in Social Work Practice ↗
Definitions of Values and Ethics ↗
National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics ↗
Ethical Problems and Dilemmas ↗
Factors That May Affect Ethical Decision Making ↗
Chapter Summary ↗
Related Online Content and Activities ↗
Competency Notes ↗
Chapter 2. Oppression Psychology, Resilience, and Social Work Practice
Oppression Psychology
The Oppression Psychology of Frantz Fanon
Internalized Negative Self-Images
Oppression Models and Inter- and Intracultural Practice
Indicators of Oppression
Resilience Theory and Research
Developmental Psychology Theory and Research
Resilience and Life-Span Theory
Cognitive Hardiness
Implications for Social Work Practice
Older People’s Strategies and Ways of Coping
Chapter Summary
Related Online Content and Activities
Competency Notes

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