Fundamentals for Practice with High-Risk Populations
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- Synopsis
- Summers' (Harrisburg Area Community College) textbook gives students in the social services fields a detailed picture of specific high-risk populations, including the unique difficulties, considerations, and issues confronting individuals in these groups and those faced by the workers who serve them. Coverage includes the definition of high risk, a theoretical means of looking at interventions, taking a sound social history when evaluation and assessment forms are not available, asking difficult questions, and case management of six groups: children, survivors of rape and domestic violence, and clients challenged by chemical dependence, impaired mental health, mental retardation, or age. Intended as a supplement to Fundamentals of Case Management Practice (Summers, 2001). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Copyright:
- 2003
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 392 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780534558666
- Publisher:
- Wadsworth
- Date of Addition:
- 07/09/09
- Copyrighted By:
- Books/Cole
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Medicine
- Submitted By:
- 170
- Proofread By:
- 170
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.