Working With Families An Integrative Model by Level of Need

Working with Familiespresents an innovative model for choosing specific intervention methods that meet the discriminate level of need of a particular family. While other family practice texts present many different models of family work and many fields of practice, often focused on middle-class, private practice clients (leaving students feeling undecided about which model to use and when), this text provides an integrative model with guidelines for when and how to use different practice methods. What reviewers are saying… "A significant strength of this text is its emphasis on practitioners focusing on strengths and resources that families do have, at every level; this provides a beginning point for assessment and intervention. Strengths-based models like this are preferable to deficit models and give the family and therapist a basis for hope rather than despair." --Charles Barke,Southwest Missouri State University "Strengths of this text include the discussion of the needs paradigm along with the accompanying types of interventions, liberal use of case examples and coverage of ethics." --Thomas Smith,Florida State University What's New: A new section on "Ethical Challenges" is included for each method of practice chapter to help students give special thought to this important area of practice. Internet Resources are included for each practice method chapter to assist students and faculty in accessing new and relevant material. Don't Miss These Exciting Value-Added Options: Video Workshop for Marriage and Family Therapy Instructors:Video Workshop includes a Student Learning Guide/workbook along with 85 minutes (19 clips) of actual therapy sessions on CD-ROM. Each clip illustrates features of various schools of Family Therapy (contains footage from Carlson'sFamily Therapy with the Expertsvideo series.Video Workshop for Marriage and Family Therapyis availableFREEwhen packaged with this text. Please contact your local representative for details. Research Navigator Guide for the Helping Professions Instructors:Research Navigator Guide for the Helping Professions is the easiest way for students to start a research assignment or research paper. Complete with extensive help on the research process and four exclusive databases of credible and reliable source material including the EBSCO Academic Journal and Abstract Database, New York Times Search by Subject Archive, "Best of the Web" Link Library, and Financial Times Article Archive and Company Financials, Research Navigator helps students quickly and efficiently make the most of their research time.Research Navigator Guide for the Helping Professionsis availableFREEwhen packaged with this text. Please contact your local representative for details.Kilpatrick, Allie C. is the author of 'Working With Families An Integrative Model by Level of Need', published 2005 under ISBN 9780205446193 and ISBN 0205446191.