Fundamentals of Case Management Practice : Skills for the Human Services
ISBN: 9780495501473 | 0495501476
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Brooks Cole
Pub. Date: 3/11/2008
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Guide your students from the classroom to success in today's social service setting with the step-by-step practical skills found in this outstanding case management text/workbook. Summers' FUNDAMENTALS OF CASE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE: SKILLS FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES, Third Edition, focuses on what's most important for students to consider, document, and pass along within each step of the human service process. Students leave your course equipped with the basic skills and abilities to make good decisions and contribute to meaningful discussions in a p... MORE
| Foundations For Best Practice In Case Management | |
| Ethics and Other Professional Responsibilities for Human Service Workers | |
| Case Management: Definition and Responsibilities | |
| Applying the Ecological Model: A Theoretical Foundation for Human Services | |
| Useful Clarifications and Attitudes | |
| Cultural Competence | |
| Attitudes and Boundaries | |
| Clarifying Who Owns the Pr... MORE | |
| Effective Communication | |
| Identifying Good Responses and Poor Responses | |
| Listening and Responding | |
| Asking Questions | |
| Bringing Up Difficult Issues | |
| Addressing and Disarming Anger | |
| The Effective Combination of Skills | |
| Putting It All Together | |
| Meeting Clients and Assessing Their Strengths and Needs | |
| Documenting Initial Inquiries | |
| The First Interview | |
| Social Histories and Assessment Forms | |
| Using the DSM | |
| The Mental Status Examination | |
| Receiving and Releasing Information | |
| Planning for Meaningful Change | |
| Developing A Plan With The Client | |
| Developing a Service Plan at the Case Management Unit | |
| Preparing for a Service Planning Conference or Disposition Planning Meeting | |
| Making the Referral and Assembling the Record | |
| Documentation and Recording | |
| Monitoring Services and Following The Client | |
| Monitoring the Services or Treatment | |
| Developing Goals and Objectives at the Provider Agency | |
| Terminating the Case | |
| Taking Care of Yourself | |
| Appendix: Wildwood Case Management Unit Forms | |
| Reference | |
| Index | |
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