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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966669903321

Autore

Scales T. Laine

Titolo

Rural social work : building and sustaining community capacity / / T. Laine Scales, Calvin L. Streeter, H. Stephen Cooper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2014

ISBN

9781118672983

1118672984

9781118673096

1118673093

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxii, 352 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

CooperH. Stephen

StreeterCalvin L

Disciplina

361.30973/091734

Soggetti

Rural development - United States

Social service, Rural - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

A thoughtful text integrating strengths, assets, and capacity-building themes with contemporary issues in rural social work practice   Now in its second edition, Rural Social Work is a collection of contributed readings from social work scholars, students, and practitioners presenting a framework for resource building based on the strengths, assets, and capacities of people, a tool essential for working with rural communities.   This guide considers methods for social workers to participate in the work of sustaining rural communities. Each chapter features a reading integrating the themes of capacity-building and rural social work; discussion questions that facilitate critical thinking around the chapter; and suggested activities and assignments.   Rural Social Work, Second Edition explores:    * Important practice issues in rural communities, including the challenges of working with stigmatized populations such as gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people, the homeless, and people living with HIV/AIDS  * Practice models that hold special promise for rural social workers,



including evidence-based practice and community partnership models  * Newer research tools such as asset mapping, social network analysis, concept mapping, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)  Exploring how social workers can integrate the tremendous resources that exist in rural communities into their practice, Rural Social Work, Second Edition provides a solid introduction to the complex, challenging, and rewarding work of building and sustaining rural communities.