Collaborative Family Work: A practical guide to working with families in the human services

ISBN-13: 9780367717711 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 248 str.

Chris Trotter

Opis

With a worldwide reputation for his work on pro-social modelling and working with families, Chris Trotter presents a step-by-step family problem-solving model for human service workers that is also readily understood by the clients.

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Acknowledgements

1 Introduction: Why Collaborative Family Work?

2 Family work models and theories

3 The Collaborative Family Work model

4 Preparing families for family work and developing ground rules

5 Identifying issues to work on and focusing on strengths

6 Deciding what to work on first and setting goals

7 Problem exploration and developing strategies

8 Reviewing and concluding the family work sessions

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O autorze

Chris Trotter is Professor in Social Work at Monash University. He has an international reputation for his research on family work, offender supervision and pro-social modelling. He is author of Working with Involuntary Clients and Helping Abused Children and their Families, and his books have been translated into German, Japanese and Chinese.