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Empowerment practice with families in distress /
For more than 150 years, empowering practices have been used by social workers in their work with families, but the techniques of today differ significantly from those of the pioneers or even from those of a few years ago. Today's practitioners recognize that empowering others is impossible; so...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2005.
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| Colección: | Empowering the powerless.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | For more than 150 years, empowering practices have been used by social workers in their work with families, but the techniques of today differ significantly from those of the pioneers or even from those of a few years ago. Today's practitioners recognize that empowering others is impossible; social workers can, however, assist others as they empower themselves. This book integrates time-honored approaches with today's more modest goals, mindful of what empowerment can and cannot do. Synthesizing several theoretical supports-the strengths perspective, system theory, theories of family well. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 324 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231529471 0231529473 |