Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman's UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, 10th Edition looks at the lifespan through the lens of social work theory and practice, covering human development and behavior theories within the context of family, organizational, and community systems. Using a chronological lifespan approach, the book presents separate chapters on biological, psychological, and social impacts at the different lifespan stages with an emphasis on strengths and empowerment. Part of the Brooks/Cole Empowerment Series, this edition is completely up to date and thoroughly integrates the core competencies and recommended practice behaviors outlined in the current Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) set by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
In this best-selling text BY social workers and FOR social workers, Charles Zastrow and Karen K. Kirst-Ashman, nationally prominent social work educators and authors, guide studetns in assessing and evaluating how individuals function ...
... a source of stress and often produces negative mental and physical consequences for the caregiver (Ingersoll-Dayton, Neal, & Hammer, 2001). ... toileting, and lifting their parent (Toseland, Haigler, and Monahan 2011; Wilson, 2015).
Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
As part of the Brooks/Cole Empowerment Series, this edition is completely up to date and thoroughly integrates the core competencies and recommended practice behaviors outlined in the 2008 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards ...
Using a chronological lifespan approach, the text presents separate chapters on biological, psychological, and social impacts at the different lifespan stages with an emphasis on strengths and empowerment.
Virginia Robinson became one of the first social work scholars to describe the pivotal impact of Freud's ideas on social work theory and practice (Robinson, 1930). Other social work writers including Gordon Hamilton, Florence Hollis, ...
Resilience across the life span is a new major theme of the second edition of the bestselling Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Micro Level.
Introductory thesis on the premise that social work is a social profession, and that it is the use of the social relationship as the medium for helping that distinguishes social...
In his historical review of community practice, Robert Fisher (2005) argues that the global context of contemporary community practice is dominated by a conservative, corporateoriented ethos. In this climate, the market dominates, ...
Karen K. Kirst-Ashman. Copyright 2017 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. ... Kemp, S. P., Bueke, R. K., Allen-Eckard, K., Becker, M. F., & Ackroyd, A. (2014). Family support services. In G. P. Mallon & P. M. Hess (Eds.), ...