Brooks/Cole Empowerment Series: An Introduction to Family Social Work [Paperback]

AN INTRODUCTION TO FAMILY SOCIAL WORK, Fourth Edition provides a strong foundation in the concepts and skills you will need to succeed in practice with families. The book offers engaging case studies, end-of-chapter exercises, illustrations, and graphics to familiarize you with the topics at hand.1. The Field of Family Social Work. 2. What is Family? 3. Family Systems. 4. Family Development and the Life Cycle. 5. Family Strengths and Resilience. 6. Practical Aspects of Family Social Work. 7. The Beginning Phase. 8. Qualitative Family Assessment. 9. Quantitative Family Assessment. 10. Family Systems Interventions. 11. The Intervention Phase. 12. Interventions at the Child and Parental Levels. 13. Interventions with Couples and Gender Sensitive Practice. 14. The Termination Phase. References.