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CENGAGE Theory Practice And Trends In Human Services An Introduction 5Ed 2013 Edition by Neukrug
Neukrug's easy-to-understand text addresses critical topics in Human Services, thereby providing you with a comprehensive overview of the field. The book addresses the field's history, theory, helping skills, and professional standards, as well as techniques for working in group counseling, family counseling, and community systems. Neukrug also addresses research, evaluation, assessment, normal and abnormal human development, career issues, and multicultural awareness, all of which figure prominently into the knowledge and skill base that informs the human services worker's daily responsibilities. The book is further distinguished by its experiential emphasis, unique use of personal vignettes, and focus on the development of the helper. 1. Defining the Human Service Professional. 2. The Human Service Profession: History and Standards. 3. Theoretical Approaches to Human Service Work. 4. The Helping Interview: Skills, Process, and Case Management. 5. Development of the Person. 6. Understanding Family, Group, and Social Systems. 7. Human Service Professionals in a Pluralistic Society. 8. Research, Program Evaluation, and Assessment. 9. The Human Service Professional and the World of Work. 10. A Look to the Future: Trends in the Functions and Roles of the Human Service Professional.