1st Edition

Family Systems Application to Social Work Training and Clinical Practice

Edited By Karen Gail Lewis Copyright 1991
222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1991, this title is a valuable social work text which demonstrated how to apply family system concepts to clinical situations encountered in work with inner-city populations at the time. Unlike traditional theories in clinical social work which were oriented toward the individual, this fascinating book offers a paradigm for social work that encompasses the client, his or... Read more

Karen Gail Lewis Introduction  Part 1: Training  1. D. Ray Bardill Family Systems Thinking and the Social Work Dean  2. Harry J. Aponte Training on the Person of the Therapist for Work with the Poor and Minorities  3. Roberta Tonti Teaching Family Systems Therapy to Social Work Students  4. Mildred Flashman Training Social Workers in Public Welfare: Some Useful Family Concepts  Part 2: Clinical  5. Gillian Walker and Sippio Small AIDS, Crack, Poverty, and Race in the African-American Community: The Need for an Ecosystemic Approach  6. Elizabeth M. Tracy and James R. McDonell Home Based Work with Families: The Environmental Context of Family Intervention  7. Insoo Kim Berg and Larry Hopwood Doing with Very Little: Treatment of Homeless Substance Abusers  8. Barbara Lou Fenby The Community Residence as a Family: In the Name of the Father  9. Karen Gail Lewis A Three Step Plan for African-American Families Involved with Foster Care: Sibling Therapy, Mothers’ Group Therapy, Family Therapy  10. Ann Hartman Every Clinical Social Worker is in Post-Adoption Practice  11. Dennis Balcom Shame and Violence: Considerations in Couples’ Treatment  12. Myrtle Parnell and Jo VanderKloot Mental Health Services – 2001: Serving a New America.  Index

Biography

Lewis, Karen Gail