Working With Families: A Guide for Health and Human Services Professionals - Couverture souple

Spindel, Patricia

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1551307170 ISBN 13 : 9781551307176

Editeur : Canadian Scholars, 2015

Synopsis

This accessible manual provides both students and health and human services professionals with a wealth of information about the issues and challenges facing families. Drawing from clinical and sociological perspectives and employing an empowerment approach, Spindel provides practical strategies for promoting resilience and positive family functioning.The chapters cover a wide spectrum of topics, including diverse family structures, healthy and unhealthy forms of communication, family culture and beliefs, couple dynamics, addiction, and developmental and psychiatric disabilities. The book also pays special attention to military families, the effects of violence and trauma, and professional ethics and self-care.Working with Families is an indispensable resource for students of social services, child and youth work, and early childhood education, as well as for faculty and practitioners in the helping professions.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Patricia Spindel has worked with children, adolescents, and families for over thirty-five years. She taught at both the University of Guelph-Humber and the Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, where she also coordinated the Social Services Worker Program and was an Associate Dean of Health Sciences.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Canadian Scholars
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1551307170
• ISBN 13: 9781551307176
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible