Employment in community psychology : the diversity of opportunity / Clifford R. O'Donnell, Joseph R. Ferrari, editors ; cover design by Thomas J. Mayshock Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Donnell, Clifford R., editor.

Ferrari, Joseph R., editor.

Mayshock, Thomas J., cover designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community psychology--Vocational guidance.

Community psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; Oxfordshire, England : Routledge, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Discover the first book on employment opportunities in community psychology!Employment in Community Psychology: The Diversity of Opportunity is the first psychology career reference book for undergraduate psychology majors deciding on graduate schools, for graduate students in psychology seeking employment, and for psychology faculty advising their students. This book answers the questions "What can you do with a graduate degree in community psychology?" and "Who employs community psychologists?" Employment in Community Psychology addresses these questions through examples of graduat

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Title; Contents; Employment Opportunities in Community Research and Action; Twenty Cents and a New Way of Thinking; The Pinjarra Massacre Site Project: From Doctoral Student to Community Consultant; Research and Evaluation Consulting; Education and Employment in Rural Alaska; Practicing What We Preach: Integrating Community Psychology into the Job Search Process; Community Psychology Graduate Employment in Aotearoa New Zealand; The Application of Community Psychology Principles in Diverse Settings; Community Research and Action in a Local United Way Organization

Program Evaluation and Prevention in Child WelfareMaking Dreams Come True; What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been: The Career Path of a Policy-Oriented Community Psychologist; Employment as a Community Psychologist in a University-Based Research Institute; Building Communities with People Who Have Disabilities; Breaking Fresh Ground: School-Based Primary Prevention in Korea; Putting a Toe in the Water; Research, Teaching, and Service in Applied, Multidisciplinary Academic Programs and in Community Organizations; Diversity of Opportunity, Consensus of Experience; Index

Notes:

"Reprinted 2009 by Routledge."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-80943-5

1-317-78952-0

9781315809434

OCLC:

878922262