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Generalist Practice : A Task-Centered Approach / Charles Garvin, William Reid, Eleanor Reardon Tolson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tolson, Eleanor Reardon, author.
- Garvin, Charles, author.
- Reid, William, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social case work.
- Social group work.
- Family social work.
- Task-centered social work.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (808 p.)
- Edition:
- second edition
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2003]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This essential text presents a "task-centered" methodology-a structured, short-term problem-solving approach-applicable across systems at five levels of practice: the individual, the family, the group, organizations, and communities. The second edition offers more information on systems theories and includes case studies and practice questions with each chapter, as well as checklists for each level of practice and exercises to help students monitor their understanding and skill development.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Authors and contributors
- Preface
- 1. Introduction: Task-Centered and Generalist Practice
- PART ONE. Individuals
- 2. Pretreatment Considerations
- 3. The Initial Phase of Treatment
- 4. The Middle Phase of Treatment
- 5. Termination and Case Illustrations
- PART TWO. Families
- 6. Pretreatment Considerations
- 7. The Initial Phase of Treatment
- 8. The Middle Phase of Treatment
- 9. Termination and Case Illustrations
- PART THREE Groups
- 10. Pretreatment Considerations
- 11. The Initial Phase of Treatment
- 12. The Middle Phase of Treatment
- 13. Termination and Case Illustration
- PART FOUR. Larger Systems
- 14. Task-Centered Work with Human Service Organizations
- 15. Task-Centered Work with Communities
- PART FIVE. Diversity and Conclusions
- 16. Task-Centered Work with Culturally Diverse Clients
- 17. Conclusion: Wrapping It Up
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [477]-502) and indexes.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9780231507523
- 0231507526
- OCLC:
- 232160260
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