The Skills of Helping Individuals, Families, Groups, and Communities (with The Interactive Skills of Helping CD-ROM, Engaging and Working with the ... and InfoTrac)

by Lawrence Shulman

Shulman's text introduces a model for the helping process based on an 'interactional' approach, which uses a number of theories and skills to build on the client-helper relationship. By presenting the core processes and skills in the chapters on work with individuals, Shulman shows how common elements exist across stages of helping and across different populations. These processes and skills reappear in the discussions of group, family, and community work. New copies of this text are accompanied by two CD-ROMs: one that illustrates the core skills covered in the text, and another that features video excerpts of an interactive workshop conducted by Larry Shulman.

Genres: Social Work, Psychology, School, Reference, Nonfiction

644 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1979

Reviews

[Zoe]

Honestly, I could have skipped the first term of social work school and just read this book. It taught me more than all three of my classes combined. Not that I didn't appreciate my teachers' hard work. But this really is an inspiring and important book.

[Anna]

I used this textbook when teaching a third year Social Work Direct Practice course. The students enjoyed the practical application of the textbook. The complimentary online videos were very helpful in illustrating the practice of the actual skills.

[Izzy Anderson]

Read this for a class – learned a lot, but it's a textbook so it wasn't a horribly enjoyable read.

[Brandi]

3 stars
A very well written textbook to help in clinical practice of social work.

[Maya]

Стара, но много добра книга, която въвежда интерактивния подход в клиничната социална работа.
Подходяща е за всички помагащи професионалисти, които искат да развият клинични умения.
Главите, които представят работата с индивиди са на-добри, според мен.

На английски книгата е многократно преиздавана и е жалко, че няма ново издание и на български език,защото книгата е отдавна изчерпана.

[Sena]

I read this book for my social work class this semester. This was absolutely my favorite textbook of the semester. It gives great real-life examples throughout the book and was extremely informative. This textbook is definitely not one that I will be selling back.

[Janeen]

okay for required reading. many obvious teaching points.

[Nadezhda]

very good