The social work interview : a guide for human service professionals
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The social work interview : a guide for human service professionals
Columbia University Press, c1997
4th ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-445) and index
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Description
For twenty-five years, The Social Work Interview has been the textbook of choice in social work and other human service courses, as well as an essential professional resource for practitioners. This new edition, the first in seven years, is thoroughly updated-revised, expanded, and reorganized for more thorough coverage and for more effective teaching and learning. New to this edition: Thoroughly reorganized chapters and sections for greater coherence and clarity More extensive literature review Greater emphasis on the process of communication and its role in interviewing New or greatly expanded coverage of interviewing short-term, involuntary, and other special clients Expanded coverage of techniques for bridging racial and ethnic differences Greater coverage of interviewer/interviewee differences related to class, race, and gender Chapter-end summaries throughout.
Table of Contents
Contents Introduction xiii I. General Orientation and Basic Concepts of Interviewing and Communication, 1 1. The Interview in Social Work, 3 2. The Interview as Communication, 27 3. Listening: A Basic Communication Skill, 49 II. Sequential Phases in the Interview Process and Associated Techniques, 63 4. Introductory Phase, 65 5. Beginning the Interview: First Phase Objective -- Establishing a Relationship, 99 6. Problem Exploration Phase, 135 7. Developmental Phase: Problem-Solving Interventions, 173 8. Developmental Phase: More Problem-Solving Interventions, 205 9. Developmental Phase: Questions and Questioning Techniques, 235 10. Termination, Recording, and Evaluation, 271 III. Some Special Problems in Interviewing, 285 11. Nonverbal Communication, 287 12. Cross-Cultural Interviewing, 321 13. Some Problematic Interviews: The Involuntary Adult Client and the Sexually Abused Child, 355 IV. The Essence of the Good Interviewer, 387 14. The Competent Interviewer, 389 Appendix: Transcribed Interview and Critique, 407 References, 425 Index, 447
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