Family, Marital & Couples Counseling, Family Social Work
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Overview
Clinical Intervention with Families helps practitioners conceptualize and implement the most effective intervention strategies for the common issues seen in social work with families:• Problems with couples
• Parenting issues
• Antisocial behavior in children and adolescents
• Child abuse, substance abuse, and mental illness
This essential resource presents a detailed outline of three core intervention strategies, including the latest guidelines and techniques for applying them. This is an essential volume for those who want to understand the extrinsic factors affecting the theory and practice of family social work!
Synopsis
Offers practical assistance for social work practice, focusing on work with the family as a microculture and as an organic component of larger sociocultural systems. Discusses general principles and strategies such as enhancing communication and modifying exchanges within the family, then looks at strategies for work with particular family configurations and issues, covering parenting, child maltreatment, and substance abuse. The author is associate professor and director of the doctoral program at Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois-Chicago. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Details
Published
December 1, 1999
Publisher
National Association of Social Workers/N A S W Press
Pages
314
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780871013088