The Task Planner : An Intervention Resource for Human Service Professionals
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Overview
This practical guide for social workers presents systematic and streamlined techniques for helping clients resolve their problems. It includes a comprehensive, A-to-Z set of task planners for more than one hundred psychosocial problems encountered by human service professionals. Each entry includes a menu of actions the client can undertake to effect resolution; a clear, step-by-step guide to the practitioner´s role in facilitating these actions; and a list of references. The book also contains a glossary of common procedures used by human service professionals and a comprehensive reference list.The Task Planner addresses such issues as:· Alcoholism· Anxiety (including obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and panic disorder)· Domestic Violence· Elderly Clients· Sexual AbuseWith the task-centered approach, clients are actively involved in reaching their own solutions or coping mechanisms - both on their own and in treatment sessions - giving them a sense of empowerment.
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- ISBN-13: 9780231106467
- ISBN-10: 0231106467
- Publisher: Columbia University Press
- Publish Date: July 2000
- Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.28 x 1.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.52 pounds
- Page Count: 320
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