The Structural Approach to Direct Practice in Social Work: A Social Constructionist Perspective

Author Gale Goldberg Wood

Publisher Columbia University Press

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Author

Gale Goldberg Wood

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Volume

Edition

3

Copyright

2007

ISBN13

9780231507820

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eBook

Grade Level

College Freshman - College Senior

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Introduces students to the structural approach of social work practice, which assumes that many clients' problems arise from harmful social forces. By focusing on the construction of such realities as poverty, racism, and domestic violence, the structural approach counters the focus on individual change that is so common in the age of managed care and corporatization.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Contents.
Acknowledgments.
The Structural Approach to Direct Practice in Social Work.
Introduction.
1: Infrastructure.
2: The Frame of Reference for Social Work Practice.
3: Two Dimensions That Define the Profession.
4: Four Categories of Social Work Activity.
5: Research Value.
6: Beyond Research.
7: The Philosophical Base for Structural Social Work Practice.
8: The Practice Context.
9: The Philosophical Stance.
10: Postmodernism.
11: Deconstruction.
12: Postmodern Perspectives on Power.
13: Social Constructionism.
14: The Structural View.
15: Specialization.
16: Movement Through the Quadrants.
17: Conclusion.
18: Ethics and Structural Social Work Practice.
19: Getting Grounded: Defining Ethics.
20: The NASW Code of Ethics.
21: Ethical Principles for the Structural Approach.
22: Conclusion.
23: Principles and Processes.
24: Basic Principles of the Structural Approach.
25: The Principle of Accountability to the Client.
26: The Principle of Following the Demands of the Client Task.
27: The Principle of Maximizing Potential Supports in the Client's Environment.
28: The Principle of Least Contest.
29: The Principle of Helping the Client Deconstruct Oppressive Cultural Discourse and Reinterpret Experience from Alternative Perspectives.
30: The Minimax Principle.
31: Intervention Principles and Procedures: A Process Model.
32: The Contract Phase.
33: The Task Phase.
34: The Flow of Initial Intervention in the Task Phase.
35: The Termination/Recontracting Phase.
36: Why Two Types of Paradigms?.
37: Conclusion.
38: Roles.
39: The Conferee.
40: Translating Pressures into Tasks.
41: Facilitating Decision Making.
42: Concluding the Work.
43: Conclusion.
44: The Broker.
45: The Tasks of the Broker.
46: The Broker in Quadrants A, B, and C.
47: Conclusion.
48: The Mediator.
49: The Tasks of the Mediator.
50: The Mediator in Quadrants A and
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