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Now featuring the work of two new co-authors (Catheleen Jordan and Cynthia Franklin) and emphasizing the field's current focus on evidence-based approaches in family treatment, this text gives students an understanding of the relationship between individual and family functioning and problem solving. It helps students develop skills to assist individuals and families in solving their own problems as well as making use of interventions from outside the family. Written especially for social workers, and complete with many new case studies throughout, this text builds on basic social work knowledge, focuses on the kinds of situations that commonly confront social workers, and takes into account the environment in which families live.
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Restructuring their text to focus on evidence-based approaches and adding case studies for this edition, the authors write on behalf of social work practitioners about assessing, intervening in and treating a variety of family issues. After they describe the theoretical framework and general approaches, they cover evidence-based treatment of families headed by a single parent, those with aging members, those in poverty or experiencing income loss, those with members with persistent mental disorders or who are chronically ill, and those featuring child abuse and other family violence, substance abuse, and separation and divorce. They close with a description of treatment for the reconstituted family. All chapters include discussion questions and references. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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