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

• Autore: Scales T. Laine
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2014
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (386 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.30973/091734
• Soggetto topico: Social service, Rural - United States; Rural development - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: StreeterCalvin L CooperH. Stephen
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Rural Social Work: Building and Sustaining Community Capacity; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Part One: Conceptual and Historical Foundations of Rural Social Welfare; Chapter 1: Down-Home Social Work: A Strengths-Based Model for Rural Practice; Defining Rural; Rurality and Social Work Practice; A Multisystem Model for Down-Home (Rural) Social Work; Rationale for the Down-Home Model of Rural Social Work; Implications for Rural Social Work; Discussion Questions; Classroom Activities and Assignments; References ; Chapter 2: Rural Is Real: History of the National Rural Social Work Caucus and the NASW Professional Policy Statement on Rural Social WorkThe Rural Social Work Caucus and the National Institute on Social Work and Human Services in Rural Areas; Activities of the National Rural Social Work Caucus; Achievements of the National Rural Social Work Caucus; A Generalist Approach; Including Rural Social Work in Educational Curricula; A Brief History of the Rural Social Work Professional Policy Statement; The 2002 and 2011 Rural SocialWork Professional Policy Statements; Discussion Questions ; Classroom Activities and AssignmentsInternet Resources; References; Chapter 3: Social Welfare and Rural People: From the Colonial Era to the Present; Colonial Period; Early National Period; The Civil War and After; The Progressive Era; World Wars, Prosperity, Depression, and Prosperity Again; Recent Developments; Discussion Questions; Classroom Activities and Assignments; References; Chapter 4: Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Rural Social Work and African American Women at Efland Home for Girls, 1920-1938; Female Delinquency; Girl-Saving Efforts; Efland Home as an Asset; Conclusion ; Discussion QuestionsClassroom Activities and Assignments; References; Part Two: Human Behavior and Rural Environments; Chapter 5: Accomplishing the Four Essential Tasks for Higher Education Access: The Role of Natural Helping Networks in Rural Virginia; Making Sense of Social Networks; Understanding College Access: Four Essential Tasks; Natural Helping Networks and School-Community Partnerships; Conclusion; Discussion Questions; Classroom Activities and Assignments; References; Chapter 6: African Americans Living in Rural Community: Building Assets from an Afrocentric Perspective ; Diversity and Social Work PracticeAfrocentric Perspective; Using an Afrocentric Perspective to Build Assets; African Americans in Rural Areas; Understanding Human Behavior of African Americans in Rural Environments; Conclusion; Discussion Questions; Classroom Activities and Assignments; References; Chapter 7: Latino Populations in Rural America: Using Strengths to Build Capacity; New Immigration Patterns; Needs of Latino Populations in Rural America; Cultural Characteristics of Latino Populations; Acculturation; Strategies for Building Capacity; Conclusion; Discussion Questions ; Classroom Activities and Assignments
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Rural social work
• ISBN: 1-118-67298-4; 1-118-67309-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463078903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II