(P/B) WORKING WITH FAMILIES OF THE POOR

Παρουσίαση

This widely adopted text and practical guidebook presents the fundamentals of family-based intervention with clients struggling with chronic poverty-related crises and life stressors. Grounded in Salvador Minuchin's influential systemic model and the extensive experience of all three highly regarded authors, the book illustrates innovative ways for professionals within substance abuse, foster care, and mental health contexts to build collaboration with families and other helpers, and to elicit families' strengths. (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

Part I: Fundamentals of Family-oriented Thought and Practice.
The New Edition: Elements of Constancy and Change. The Framework: A Systems Orientation and a Family-centered Approach. Working in the System: Family-supportive Skills. Changing the System: Family-supportive Procedures.
Part II: Implementing a Family-oriented Model in Service Systems.
Substance Abuse: A Family-oriented Approach to Diverse Populations. Foster Care: Children, Families, and the System. The Mental Health of Children. Moving Mountains: Toward a Family Orientation in Service Systems.