TABLE OF CONTENTS -- A family-centered empowerment framework -- Empowerment then and now -- Seeing families through an empowerment lens -- Three family profiles: the journey from oppression to empowerment -- The Laurencio-Smith family: our differences saved us -- The Williams family: new lives beyond incest -- The Brown-Wiley family: homeless no more -- Helping families -- The phases and actions of empowering practice -- A closer look at families with their communities -- Empowering families with community resources -- Supporting theories that empower social worker-family transactions
Summary
For more than 150 years, empowering practices have been used by social workers in their work with families, but the techniques of today differ significantly from those of the pioneers or even from those of a few years ago. Today's practitioners recognize that empowering others is impossible; social workers can, however, assist others as they empower themselves. This book integrates time-honored approaches with today's more modest goals, mindful of what empowerment can and cannot do. Synthesizing several theoretical supports-the strengths perspective, system theory, theories of family well
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index
