| Description |
xix, 198 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-190) and index. |
| Contents |
The philosophy of the strengths perspective. Introduction : power in the people / Dennis Saleebey -- Building a strengths perspective for social work / Ann Weick -- Victors or victims : contrasting views of clients in social work practice / Howard Goldstein -- Practice ideology, principles, and methods in the strengths perspective. Introduction : beginnings of a strengths approach to practice / Dennis Saleebey -- The strengths perspective of case management with persons suffering from severe mental illness / Charles A. Rapp -- A strengths model of case management : the principles and functions of a helping partnership with persons with persistent mental illness / Walter E. Kisthardt -- Mutual help mechanisms in the empowerment of former mental patients / Julian Rappaport, Thomas M. Reischl, and Marc A. Zimmerman -- Aged adult protective services clients : people of unrecognized potential / Eloise Rathbone-McCuan -- A strengths approach to children with emotional disabilities / John Poertner and John Ronnau. |
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(cont.) Building a strengths model of practice in the public social services / Mary Bricker-Jenkins -- The strengths approach to assessment and research. Assessment of client strengths / Charles D. Cowger -- Reconsidering the environment as a helping resource / William Patrick Sullivan -- Social work research and the empowerment paradigm / Gary E. Holmes -- Conclusion : possibilities of and problems with the strengths perspective / Dennis Saleebey. |
| Subject |
Social service -- Psychological aspects.
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| Added Author |
Saleebey, Dennis.
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| ISBN |
0801305497 : $19.95 |
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