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Politics & Social Sciences

Kirst-Ashman, Karen K.

Hull, Jr. Grafton H.

Social Sciences

Cengage Learning'

You save money when purchasing bundled products. This bundle contains the loose-leaf version of Empowerment Series: Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment, 11th Edition and access to MindTap for 2 terms via printed access card. With a single sign in for MindTap, you can connect with your instructor, organize coursework and have access to a range of study tools, including eBook and apps all in one place! MindTap helps you learn on your terms. Read or listen to textbooks and study with the aid of instructor notifications, flashcards and practice quizzes.

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Zastrow, Charles

Hessenauer, Sarah L.

Get a better grade with INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL WELFARE! Designed to give you a solid introduction to the profession of social work, this social work text helps you master the concepts and issues in social welfare that social workers address everyday. Studying is made easy with the Book Companion Website that provides you with the opportunity to complete self-assessments as well as pre and post tests for each chapter. Case studies found throughout the text help you see the relevance of what you are learning to the real world.

Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare: Critical Thinking Perspectives

Brooks/Cole

Help your students understand the mysteries of human behavior with Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman's text. Now available with a personalized online learning plan, this social work-specific book looks at lifespan through the lens of social work theory and practice. The authors use an empowerment approach to cover human development and behavior theories within the context of family, organizational, and community systems. Using a chronological lifespan approach, the authors present separate chapters on biological, psychological, and social impacts at the different lifespan stages with an emphasis on strengths and empowerment.

Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment (Available Titles CengageNOW)

In this text, best-selling author Karen Kirst-Ashman introduces you to the ins and outs of human behavior in macro settings while helping you develop the necessary skills to think critically about how macro systems affect human behavior and ultimately, the practice of social work. By focusing on empowerment, she highlights the ways that communities, organizations, and groups promote positive change by building upon their strengths-taking you straight to the heart of what social work is all about.

Human Behavior, Communities, Organizations, and Groups in the Macro Social Environment: An Empowerment Approach

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

This helpful guide includes chapter outlines and a variety of classroom exercises, role plays, and issues for discussion to help students master the text's material. Can be packaged with the book; contact your local Cengage Learning representative for details.

Student Manual for Zastrow/Kirst-Ashman’s Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment, 7th

Organized around the authors' coherent and cohesive Generalist Intervention Model, this introductory guide to generalist social work practice provides students with the knowledge and skills they will need to work with individuals and families and the foundation knowledge from a generalist perspective to work with groups, communities, and organizations. It explores the links between micro, mezzo, and macro levels of social work practice and reflects the latest EPAS standards with empowerment and strengths perspectives for partnering with clients.

Understanding Generalist Practice

A careers booklet can be bundled with the text for a nominal fee. The booklet provides information from interviews with social workers that discuss why social work is a valuable field, rewarding and challenging aspects of being a social worker, case examples that highlight the background, the social worker's role, the process and the outcome.

Careers in Social Work: Real Social Workers Share Their Thoughts for Kirst-Ashman’s Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare: Critical Thinking Perspectives, 2nd

Organized around the authors' coherent and cohesive Generalist Intervention Model, this introductory guide to generalist social work practice gives you the knowledge and skills needed to work with individuals and families, as well as the foundation knowledge from a generalist perspective to work with groups, communities, and organizations. The authors fully explore the interrelationship between micro, mezzo, and macro levels of social work practice. This edition reflects the latest Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards with empowerment and strengths perspectives for partnering with clients.

Understanding Generalist Practice (Available Titles CengageNOW)

Now available in paperback format and thoroughly updated to reflect the latest CSWE ethical standards and current social work literature, this hands-on text offers a practical, user-friendly, and comprehensive introduction to foundation macro practice. Encouraging you to build on their one-on-one (micro) and group (mezzo) communication skills, the authors outline a guided, step-by-step plan for community and organizational change. Two models -- Prepare and Imagine -- form the heart of the book, providing valuable frameworks for effective macro social work practice. A running case study illustrates these models in action. The authors' coverage of such skills as working with the media, using new technological advances, fundraising, grant writing, and working within court settings -- as well as lively vignettes and a wide variety of highlights that include hands-on tips and sample forms -- will further enhance your expertise.

Generalist Practice with Organizations and Communities

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