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Informationen zum Autor Roberta R. Greene has numerous publications (17 books) on human behavior and gerontology, including risk and resilience, such her co-authored book with Joe M. Schriver, Handbook on Human Behavior : A Practice-Based Approach (2016, Routledge), and an article on resilience in the Encyclopedia of Social Work (2008, NASW Press). She served on the Council on Social Work Education’s Educational Policy Commission, which mandates curriculum competencies. Dr. Greene is Professor Emeritus and former chair in Gerontology and Social Welfare at the School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin. Nancy P. Kropf is Dean of Georgia State University's Perimeter College and Professor at the School of Social Work, Georgia State University. Dr. Kropf's main area of research is late life caregiving relationships, with a focus on older adults as care providers. She is the author or editor of ten books and ninety articles and chapters in related areas. Her most recent book is one she co-authored with Sherry Cummings , Senior Cohousing: A New Way Forward for Active Older Adults (2020, Springer). Klappentext As American society becomes increasingly diverse, social workers must use a variety of human behavior frameworks to understand their clients' culturally complex concerns Zusammenfassung As American society becomes increasingly diverse, social workers must use a variety of human behavior frameworks to understand their clients' culturally complex concerns Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Defining Social Work Practice within a Diversity Framework [Roberta R. Greene and Nancy P. Kropf] 2. The Social Work Interview: Legacy of Carl Rogers and Sigmund Freud [Roberta R. Greene] 3. Symbolic Interactionism: Social Work Assessment, Language and Meaning [Roberta R. Greene, Joan Ephross Saltman, Harriet Cohen, and Nancy P. Kropf] 4. Erikson’s Eight Stages of Development: Different Lenses [Nancy P. Kropf and Roberta R. Greene] 5. Role Theory and Social Work Practice [Kathryn H. Thompson and Roberta R. Greene] 6. A Social Constructionist Approach with Diverse Populations [Robert Blundo, Roberta R. Greene, and Paul Gallant] 7. Risk, Resilience, and Resettlement [Rowena Fong and Roberta R. Greene] 8. A Systems Approach: Addressing Diverse Family Forms [Roberta R. Greene, Nancy P. Kropf, and Karen Frankel] 9. Small Group Theory and Social Work: Promoting Diversity and Social Justice or Recreating Inequities [Beth Glover Reed, Roberta M. Ortega, and Charles Garvin] 10. Working with Natural Social Networks: An Ecological Approach [Judith S. Lewis and Roberta R. Greene] 11. Power Factors in Social Work Practice [Roberta R. Greene] Index....
