Developing Practice Competencies: A Foundation for Generalist Practice

Praise for
Developing Practice Competencies
A Foundation for Generalist Practice
"This is the textbook I have been waiting for. The author engages the reader from the very beginning. It includes comprehensive coverage of EPAS standards and practice behaviors that any social work instructor would be delighted with. Mark Ragg′s explanation of social work concepts and practice skills is very readable and well illustrated. This textbook will enhance social work students′ self–confidence in their skills as beginning practitioners. This is an author who clearly knows how to engage and excite social work students about contemporary social work. Strongly recommended for generalist practice programs!"
—Mary Fran Davis, LCSW
Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee
An applied, experiential introduction for the development of generalist practice skills in the helping professions
Designed to help students in social work and human services programs establish a solid skill foundation for professional practice, Developing Practice Competencies holistically organizes this content knowledge through a consistent framework integrated throughout the book.
Developing Practice Competencies explores:
How to build on current interpersonal skills to develop a professional identity and a specialized repertoire of intervention skills
How to work competently with diverse client groups taking into account the cultural and social contexts of each client situation
Ways to engage individuals and larger client systems in focused work toward client–specific goals
Successfully managing the nuances and challenges of the helping relationship
Combining specific skills for use in evidence–based models
Filled with rich examples, role–plays, and exercises, Developing Practice Competencies covers the foundation competenci es necessary for students preparing to work with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities on behalf of underserved and socially compromised people.
An accompanying DVD offers video of the practice skills in action and electronic versions of exercises for classroom discussions.

Spis treści:
Acknowledgments.
About the Author.
Introduction.
Section I Building the Professional Self.
Chapter 1 Professional Self–Awareness.
Chapter 2 Conscious Self–Control and Ethical Behavior.
Chapter 3 Professional Thinking and Knowledge.
Chapter 4 Assessment and Service Contracting.
Section II Developing the Helping Relationship.
Chapter 5 Tuning In and Empathic Engagement.
Chapter 6 Questioning Skills.
Chapter 7 Reflective Responding Skills.
Chapter 8 Observing and Describing Skills.
Chapter 9 Providing Direction.
Section III Using the Working Alliance to Promote Change.
Chapter 10 Integrating Direction Through Transitional Responding.
Chapter 11 Motivating Change Within an Empathic Working Alliance.
Chapter 12 Building Multisystemic Working Alliances.
Chapter 13 Managing Threats to the Working Alliance.
Chapter 14 Ending the Working Alliance.
References.
Author Index.
Subject Index.
About the DVD.

Nota biograficzna:
D. MARK RAGG is a Professor at Eastern Michigan University′s School of Social Work, teaching in both the BSW and MSW programs, with a focus on practice and child/family courses. His current research focuses on issues of evidence–based practice, sustainability in community settings, adapting practices to achieve a cultural/ethnic fit, working with families and youth, and developing effective interpersonal practice competencies.

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Praise for
Developing Practice Competencies
A Foundation for Generalist Practice
"This is the textbo ok I have been waiting for. The author engages the reader from the very beginning. It includes comprehensive coverage of EPAS standards and practice behaviors that any social work instructor would be delighted with. Mark Ragg′s explanation of social work concepts and practice skills is very readable and well illustrated. This textbook will enhance social work students′ self–confidence in their skills as beginning practitioners. This is an author who clearly knows how to engage and excite social work students about contemporary social work. Strongly recommended for generalist practice programs!"
—Mary Fran Davis, LCSW
Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee
An applied, experiential introduction for the development of generalist practice skills in the helping professions
Designed to help students in social work and human services programs establish a solid skill foundation for professional practice, Developing Practice Competencies holistically organizes this content knowledge through a consistent framework integrated throughout the book.
Developing Practice Competencies explores:
How to build on current interpersonal skills to develop a professional identity and a specialized repertoire of intervention skills
How to work competently with diverse client groups taking into account the cultural and social contexts of each client situation
Ways to engage individuals and larger client systems in focused work toward client–specific goals
Successfully managing the nuances and challenges of the helping relationship
Combining specific skills for use in evidence–based models
Filled with rich examples, role–plays, and exercises, Developing Practice Competencies covers the foundation competencies necessary for students preparing to work with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities on behalf of unders erved and socially compromised people.
An accompanying DVD offers video of the practice skills in action and electronic versions of exercises for classroom discussions.