| Description |
xx, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Advancing core competencies series
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: Power in the People / Dennis Saleebey -- The Fascination with Problems and Pathology -- The Strengths Perspective: Philosophy, Concepts, and Principles -- Liberation and Empowerment: Heroism and Hope -- Alienation and Oppression: The Drumbeat of Anxiety and Evil -- The Lexicon of Strengths -- Plasticity (and the Placebo Effect) -- Empowerment -- Membership -- Resilience -- Healing and Wholeness -- Dialogue and Collaboration -- Suspension of Disbelief -- Principles of the Strengths Perspective -- Some Preliminary Thoughts -- Conclusion -- Practice Test -- 2.Learning and Practicing the Strengths Perspective: Stepping Out of Comfortable Mind-Sets / Dr. Robert Blundo -- The Deficit/Pathology Knowledge Base Becomes Synonymous with Social Work -- Professionalism and Education -- The Peace Movement, Immigrants, and Rising Fears of Communism -- Medical Model and the Diagnostic School -- Psychoanalytic Theory and Ego Psychology -- |
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Contents note continued: Faith in Science and Scientism -- Reiteration and Entrenchment of Problem-Focused Practice Principles -- Alternative Roads Not Taken and Missed Opportunities -- The Strengths Perspective in the Present Context of Scientific Research, Empirically Supported Treatment, and Evidence-Based Practice -- Challenging the Feeling of Certainty and Changing the Frame -- Shifting the Fundamental Frame of Practice: Teaching and Learning the Strengths -- Perspective -- Shifting Frames to a Strengths Perspective -- De-Centering: Turning "Facts" into Hypothesis -- De-Centering and Shifting Frames: Some Examples -- Conclusion -- Practice Test -- 3.Integrating the Core Competencies in Strengths-Based, Person-Centered Practice: Clarifying Purpose and Reflecting Principles / Walter E. Kisthardt -- From Social Services to Social Outcomes -- The Six Principles of Strengths-Based Helping -- |
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Contents note continued: Strategies That Promote Effective Engagement from the Perspective of the Service Participant -- Focus More on Conversational Skills Than Interviewing Skills -- Send a clear message that you are not there to make negative judgments, to try to change people, but rather to affirm service participants' own aspirations and work together toward making those dreams a reality -- Engage in Activities You Both Enjoy -- Be Sensitive to Cultural Factors Honor Diversity and Seek to Assist People in Involvements That Hold Meaning for Them -- Seek to Incorporate Humor, Joy, and Laughter into the Helping Process -- The Person-Centered Strengths Assessment and Personal Wellness Plan -- Conclusion -- Practice Test -- 4.Chronic Illness and Spiritual Transformation / Edward R. Canda -- Setting the Context -- Lessons Learned Along My Spiritual Path -- The Meaning of Spirituality -- Spiritually Based Healing Practices -- Implications -- Caveats -- |
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Contents note continued: Further Reflections on My Experience and Relevance to Others -- Postscript -- Acknowledgments -- Practice Test -- 5.The Strengths Approach to Practice Beginnings / Dennis Saleebey -- Some Beginning Observations About Strengths-Based Practice -- The Core Conditions of Growth and Change -- What Are Strengths? -- How Do You Find Out About Strengths? -- What Are Some of the Elements of Strengths-Based Practice? -- Conclusion -- Practice Test -- 6.Human Rights and Sexual Orientation / Gary Bailey -- Human Rights Overview -- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Human Rights -- Sexual Orientation Defined -- Human Rights Abuses -- Decriminalization -- Marriage Equality -- The Social Work Profession -- Discrimination and Oppression -- Hate Crimes -- Non-Discrimination/Civil Rights -- Diversity in the Gay Community: The Intersection of Oppressions -- Health Disparities -- Conclusion -- Practice Test -- |
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Contents note continued: 7.The Strengths Perspective in Criminal Justice / Michael D. Clark -- Business-as-Usual: The Three Cs of Correction, Control, and Compliance -- Two Words Forever Linked: "Crime and Punishment" -- The Two Cs of Probation History---Control and Compliance -- Creating the Climate---Apparatus to Architect: The Macro Perspective -- Creating the Climate---Adversarial to Activator: The Mezzo Perspective -- Creating the Climate---Argument to Accord: The Micro Perspective -- Creating the Climate---Alibis to Aspirations: Understanding Human Motivation -- Creating the Climate---Arrears to Assets: Implementing Assessments That Are Accurate and Balanced -- Conclusion: Taking Criminal Justice "Back to the Future" -- Practice Test -- 8."Knowing" the Effectiveness of an Evidence-Based Practice: Strengths-Based Case Management with Substance Abusers / D. Timothy Lane -- A Parable About Knowing -- Knowing and Social Work -- Practice of Strengths-Based Case Management -- |
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Contents note continued: Philosophical Preparation -- Practice Skills Preparation -- Engagement -- Strengths Assessment -- Case Management Planning -- Evidence Base for Strengths-Based Case Management -- Retention in Care -- Linkage with Care -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Practice Test -- 9.The Strengths Model with Older Adults: Critical Practice Components / Becky Fast Rosa -- Conceptual Framework for Practice -- Critical Practice Components of Effective Case Management -- Personalized Assessment and Planning -- Assertive Outreach to Natural Community Resources and Services -- Emergency Crisis Planning -- Ongoing Collaboration and Evaluation -- Immigration and Strengths-Based Case Management -- Integration of Spiritual Assessment and Intervention in Social Work Practice with Older Adults -- Integration of Policy Applications in Social Work Practice with Older Adults -- Utility of the Strengths Model in the Changing Long-Term Care Environment -- |
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Contents note continued: Professional Issues: Age Competency and Self-care -- Conclusion -- Practice Test -- 10.Assessing strengths: Identifying Acts of Resistance to Violence and Oppression / Kim M. Anderson -- Assessment as Political Activity -- Resiliency? Or Just a New Spin on Old Problems? -- The Resistance to Oppression Factor -- Guidelines for Strengths Assessment -- Assessment Process -- Component 1: Defining the "Problem" Situation -- Questions for the Assessment Process: Beyond "What Are Your Strengths?" -- Component 2: Framework for Assessment -- Conclusion -- Practice Test -- 11.A Shift in Thinking: Influencing Social Workers' Beliefs About Individual and Family Resilience in an Effort to Enhance Well-Being and Success for All / Sara Truebridge -- Resilience: The Foundation of a Strengths-Based Practice -- Our Conceptual Framework -- A.Beliefs -- B.Conditions of Empowerment -- C.Programs/Services/Strategies -- D.Personal Developmental Outcomes -- E.Societal Impacts -- |
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Contents note continued: A Process to Influence Beliefs -- F.Exposure to the Concept of Resilience -- G.Understanding Resilience -- H.Influencing Beliefs and Integrating Resilience into Practice -- I.Beliefs -- Preservice and Professional Development -- Reflective Practices -- Group Discussions and Professional Learning Communities -- Real-Life Experiences -- Research -- Parallel Process -- Cultural Context -- Possible Format for a Professional Development Program on Resilience -- Module 1 -- Module 2 -- Module 3 -- Conclusion -- Practice Test -- 12.Animating Hope: An Essential Ingredient of Strengths-Based Practice / Destinee F. Floyd -- Hope Defined -- Mental Illness, Mental Health, and Recovery -- Hope and the Professional Relationship -- Hope Theory and Strengths-Based Practice -- Assessment -- Goal and Case Planning -- Conclusion -- Practice Test -- 13.Exploring the True Nature of Internal Resilience: A View from the Inside-Out / Diane P. McMillen -- |
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Contents note continued: Strengths from the Outside-In -- Strengths from the Inside-Out -- How This New Understanding Emerged -- Replication -- Pondering These Results -- The "New" Inside-Out Understanding: The Three Principles -- Another Stone in the Foundation -- Evidence of Effectiveness for the Health of the Helper -- Implications for the Field -- Practical Application -- A Skeptic Gets Turned Around: Dr. McMillen's Odyssey of Discovery -- Conclusion -- Practice Test -- 14.Poverty Through the Lens of Economic Human Rights / Monica Beemer -- Introduction -- What Are Economic Human Rights? -- Social Work and Human Rights -- Principles of Economic Human Rights Practice -- The Principles in Action: Case Examples -- Indivisibility and Universality of Human Rights -- Challenging Assumptions About "Poor People" and Poverty -- Excavating the Untold Narratives of "The Disappeared" -- Collectivity and the Unity of the Poor -- The Personal Is Political -- |
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Contents note continued: Ending Poverty Is Possible and Necessary -- Economic Human Rights in Administration -- Economic Human Rights in Education for Practice -- Economic Human Rights and the "Professional Person" -- Council on Social Work Education Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards and Human Rights -- Conclusion -- Practice Test -- 15.The Strengths Perspective: Possibilities and Problems / Dennis Saleebey -- Uncertainties and Cautions About the Strengths Perspective -- Of Paradigms and Prospects: Converging Lines of Thought -- Resilience: Core Concepts and Practices -- Conclusion -- Practice Test |
| Summary |
A conceptual and practical presentation of the strengths perspective in social work. Part of Advancing Core Competencies Series, a unique series that helps students taking advanced social work courses apply CSWE's core competencies and practice behaviors examples to specialized fields of practice |
| Notes |
Previous edition: 2009 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Social work and social issues
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Social Work -- methods
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Social service
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Social service -- Psychological aspects
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| Author |
Saleebey, Dennis, editor
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| LC no. |
2012011933 |
| ISBN |
9780205011544 |
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0205011543 |
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9780205032815 |
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0205032818 |
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020524162X |
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9780205241620 |
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