Skills for Direct Practice in Social Work

Thoroughly examines sixty-three fundamental skills needed by social workers dealing with individuals and groups. Middleman and Wood define the skills, illustrate them in vignettes, and relate them to pertinent literature.

Author: Gale Kristeva, Gale Goldberg Wood
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 08/27/1990
Pages: 188
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.98h x 5.87w x 0.53d
ISBN13: 9780231055093
ISBN10: 0231055099
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Social Work
- Social Science | Methodology

About the Author
Ruth R. Middleman and Gale Goldberg Wood are both Professors of Social Work at the Kent School of Social Work at the University of Louisville. They have collaborated for twenty years and have written books with an innovative approach to social work practice (the structural approach) and many journal articles in areas of practice: experiential approaches, perception and cognition, group work, and interviewing skills.