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

Spindel, Patricia

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1773381849 ISBN 13 : 9781773381848

Editeur : Canadian Scholars, 2020

Synopsis

In its second edition, this accessible health and human services manual offers a critical overview of the issues and challenges that families face and provides practical strategies for promoting resilience and positive family functioning. Through clinical and sociological perspectives and employing a strengths-based approach, this revised edition provides a broad overview of factors affecting Canadian families such as diverse family structures, healthy and unhealthy forms of communication, family culture and beliefs, couple dynamics, addiction, and developmental and psychiatric disabilities. Covering a wide range of topics, the author draws special attention to LGBTQ and military families, the effects of violence and trauma, and professional ethics and self-care.

An indispensable resource for students and practitioners of social services, child and youth work, and early childhood education, the revised edition of Working with Families, Second Edition reflects current research and practices in the field and features updated statistics and accessible language.

Features:

• includes updated questions for reflection and new suggested further readings, case study scenarios, and classroom-specific resources and activities
• provides student resources with strategies and approaches for working with families

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Canadian Scholars
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1773381849
• ISBN 13: 9781773381848
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 255
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible