The Life Model of Social Work Practice: Advances in Theory and Practice (Third Edition)

Alex Gitterman and Carel B. Germain

Third Edition
May, 2008
Cloth, 632 pages, 40 tables, 7 line drawings
ISBN: 978-0-231-13998-4
$70.00 / £41.00

CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgments



Part 1:  Overview

1.  Social Work Practice and Its Historical Traditions

2.  The Ecological Perspective

3.  The Life Model of Social Work Practice: An Overview

4.  Assessment, Practice Monitoring, and Practice Evaluation

Part 2:  The Helping Process in Life-Modeled Practice

Initial Phase

5.  Preparation: Settings, Modalities, Methods, and Skills

6.  Beginnings: Settings, Modalities, Methods, and Skills

Ongoing Phase

7.  Helping Individuals, Families, and Groups with Stressful Life Transitions and Traumatic Events

8. Helping Individuals, Families, and Groups with Environmental Stressors

9. Helping with Dysfunctional Family Processes

10. Helping with Dysfunctional Group Processes

11. Reducing Interpersonal Stress Between Worker and Client

Ending Phase

12.  Endings: Settings, Modalities, Methods, and Skills

Part 3:  Life-Modeled Practice at Community, Organization, and Political Levels

13.  Influencing Community and Neighborhood Life

14.  Influencing the Practitioner’s Organization

15.  Influencing Legislation, Regulations, and Electoral Politics

Appendix A: Individual, Family, and Group Assessments

Appendix B: Practice Monitoring: Records of Service

Appendix C: Practice Monitoring: Critical Incidents

Notes

References

Index

Related Subjects

• Social Work

About the Author

Alex Gitterman is Zachs professor and director of the doctoral program at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work. He is the coeditor of Mutual Aid, Vulnerable and Resilient Populations, and the Life Cycle, Third Edition, and author of The Handbook of Social Work Practice with Vulnerable and Resilient Populations, Second Edition, which won the Robert Wood Johnson Award for excellence in end of life content. Currently, Professor Gitterman serves on the board of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups and as a commissioner on the Commission of Education and Curriculum Innovation and chair for the group work symposia of the Council on Social Work Education. The late Carel B. Germain was emerita professor of social work at the University of Connecticut. She is the author of Human Behavior in the Social Environment and editor of Social Work Practice: People and Environments.

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