New approaches to family practice : confronting economic stress

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New approaches to family practice : confronting economic stress

Nancy R. Vosler

(Sage sourcebooks for the human services series, v. 31)

Sage Publications, c1996

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

How do economic stresses on the family, such as dual-earner parents, unemployment, and poverty, affect the human service professional's assessment of the families he or she serves? The field of family sociology is now providing a wealth of empirical, relevant knowledge on the impact of macroeconomic issues on the families most frequently helped by social workers. New Approaches to Family Practice takes current research driven by the family systems theoretical framework and applies it to human services direct practice with families in three specific areas: employed-work and family-work, unemployment, and poverty. To illustrate the linkages from research to practice, the book presents chapters on the theory and research in each of the three target areas, each followed by a chapter on application and tools for direct practice in that area. Individual chapters include case studies, assessment tools, multilevel interventions and evaluations, and strategies for social change. In addition to being a rich resource for the human services professional who works with families, this book is ideal for courses in social work with the family, social work and human services, family studies, and clinical/counseling psychology.

Table of Contents

Introduction Introduction Social Work Knowledge Building Family Systems in Context The Multilevel Social Systems Model Family Systems in Context Applications and Tools for Practice Families and Work Theory and Research Families and Work Applications and Tools for Practice Families and Unemployment Theory and Research Families and Unemployment Applications and Tools for Practice Families and Poverty Theory and Research Families and Poverty Applications and Tools for Practice Epilogue and Conclusions

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