Product Description: Focuses on methods for enhancing family participation in medical care and for reducing the adverse effects of illness on family functioning. Serves as an aid for practicing social workers, presenting methods of assessing the individual case and a framework for working with families during the plann...read more

Product Description: -- Charles Garvin, University of Michigan

This text presents the values, theories, and skills essential to effective practice with growth-oriented groups, incorporating updated theory and research. Northen offers an integrated method, based on a clinical approach, that can be applied to a variety of situations. Her ecosystem orientation considers the biological, psychological, and social functioning of group members, the social processes and development of groups, and environmental factors. (view table of contents)