Book Description
This guide to generalist social work practice provides students with the introductory knowledge and skills needed to work with individuals, groups, communities, and organizations. It explores the links between micro, mezzo, and macro levels of social work practice and is organized around the authors' Generalist Intervention Model, a coherent and cohesive practice model.
About the Author
Karen K. Kirst-Ashman has several years experience in counseling both children and adolescents. She holds BSW, MSW, and Ph.D. degrees and has taught for over 20 years at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Her teaching areas include human development, practice, women studies, and human sexuality.
Understanding Generalist Practice FROM THE PUBLISHER
The text provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to work with individuals, groups, and organizations. It explores the links between micro, mezzo, and macro levels of social work practice and is organized around the authors' well-received Generalist Intervention Model, which focuses on planned change and guides the reader through the phases of social work interventions.
FROM THE CRITICS
Booknews
New edition of a text that provides a framework for social work students to view the world from a generalist perspective. Emphasizing a core of micro-skills, Kirst-Ashman (U. of Wisconsin-Whitewater) and Hull (U. of Utah) present 16 chapters that discuss relationship- building, interviewing, and problem-solving abilities necessary for working with individual clients. They also orient students to think not only in terms of individual needs but also of group and community needs. New focus points include cultural competency, empowerment of people with disabilities, interviewing children in the context of abuse, updated information on substance abuse, and confidentiality with respect to electronic record-keeping. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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