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1 online resource (xii, 159 pages) : illustrations |
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Critical skills for social work |
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Critical skills for social work.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of Contents; Figures; Meet the author; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Setting the scene; Why apply social science theory to social work practice?; Global definition of the social work profession; The ethics of applying social science theory to social work practice; Expectations of theoretical explanation; Unhelpful ideas; Dualism; Post-modernism as a viable theoretical approach to social work practice; A comment on anti-oppressive and anti-discriminatory practice |
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Theories of explanation and approaches and their respective methods of interventionReferences; Chapter 2 What's going on? Theories of explanation and their application to social work practice; Learning outcomes; Psycho-dynamic theory; Headlines; Freud's theory of psycho-sexual development; The main ideas; Repression; Some personal reflections on Freud's ideas; Erikson's theory of psycho-social development; Some personal reflections on Erikson's ideas; Attachment theory; Attachment styles, relationships and parenthood; Some personal reflections on attachment theory |
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Promote Resilience And Increase Self-EsteemSome personal reflections on the stage theory of loss or bereavement; Application of psycho-dynamic theory to social work practice; How far does psycho-dynamic theory explain the presenting issues in the case study?; Intervention drawing on ideas from psycho-dynamic theory; Some personal reflections on intervention, drawing on ideas from psycho-dynamic theory; Behavioural theory; Headlines; Classical or respondent conditioning; Operant or instrumental conditioning; Using operant conditioning to modify behaviour |
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Punishment and promoting consequentialismSocial learning theory; Linking thoughts with behaviour; Other ideas that can contribute to self-fulfilling prophecies; Application of behaviourist theory to social work practice; How far does behaviourist theory explain the presenting issues in the case study?; Intervention drawing on ideas from behaviourist theory; Some personal reflections on intervention drawing on ideas from behaviourist theory; Systems theory; Headlines; Introduction to systems theory and the difference between biological and ecological models |
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Application of systems theory in social work practiceGenograms and ecomaps; Family therapy, family group conferences and group work; How far does systems theory explain the presenting issues in the case study?; Intervention drawing on the ideas from systems theory; Some personal reflections drawing on the ideas from systems theory; Radical/structural theory; Headlines; Introductory overview of radical/structural theory; Radical/structural theory, and social work; Application of radical/structural theory to social work practice; Intervention drawing on the ideas from radical/structural theory |
| Summary |
Social work students and some practitioners often struggle to get their head around the application of theory and associated methods of intervention derived from the social sciences to social work practice. This book offers a fresh approach written with the 'non- theoretician' in mind. After exploring the expectations and limits of application of theory to practice, the author sets about describing theories of explanation and their associated methods of intervention. He follows this by looking at theoretically driven approaches and their associated methods of intervention. One generic case study is used throughout, tweaked slightly but maintaining the same service users and presenting issues so the reader can see how the theory of explanation or approach and the associated method of intervention is applied |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Social service.
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Social Work
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
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Society.
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Social service.
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Society.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781911106678 |
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1911106678 |
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9781911106661 |
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191110666X |
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9781911106661 |
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1911106651 |
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9781911106654 |
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