Human Services : Concepts and Intervention Strategies
ISBN: 9780205520985 | 0205520987
Edition: 10thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2011
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The Tenth Edition of this trend-setting book offers a comprehensive introduction to the field of human services, with an emphasis on practical application, and increased coverage of multicultural issues. It provides a comprehensive grounding in the broad range of careers available in the human services, an introduction to the skills that are required for those careers, and case examples to help students visualize different career choices.
| Preface | |
| Orientation and Perspective | |
| Human Services: A New Direction | |
| What Is a Human Services Worker? Multiple Views | |
| Typical Employment Titles for Human Service Workers | |
| Current Conceptions of Human Services Systems | |
| ldquo;There She Lies, the Great Melting Potrdquo; | |
| Social Policy and Human Services | |
| Summary | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Learning Experiences | |
| Endnote | |
| Recommended Readings | |
| Internet Sites | |
| A History of Helping | |
| The Dark Past of Helping | |
| Social Welfare: Toward a Community Approach | |
| A History of Prejudice | |
| Summary | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Learning Experiences | |
| Endnote | |
| Recommended Readings | |
| Internet Sites | |
| Human Services: Defining Roles, Problems, and Boundaries | |
| Human Service Workers: Agents of Change | |
| Human Services: A New Profession | |
| Role Functions of the Human Service Worker | |
| Human Service Workers: What They Really Do | |
| Human Service Workers in a Multicultural Society | |
| Competence and Credentialing | |
| Summary | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Learning Experiences | |
| Endnotes | |
| Recommended Readings | |
| Internet Sites | |
| Human Services: Identifying Problems and Causes | |
| Identifying Problems | |
| Theoretical Causes of Problem Behavior | |
| An Ecological Synthesis: The Life Matrix | |
| Summary | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Learning Experiences | |
| Recommended Readings | |
| Internet Sites | |
| Human Services Boundaries: Special Populations, Special Systems | |
| Problems and Services for Children and Adolescents | |
| Cultural Diversity in the Workplace | |
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