Human Behavior for Social Work Practice: A Developmental-Ecological Framework - Softcover

Haight, Wendy L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0190937734 ISBN 13: 9780190937737

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2020

Synopsis

Featuring an interdisciplinary, developmental, ecological-systems framework, Human Behavior for Social Work Practice, Third Edition helps students implement a consistent system through which to approach multifaceted social issues in any environment. Students will learn that by effectively connecting theory to practice, they can develop successful strategies to use as they encounter complex issues currently facing social workers, whether it be in inner city schools or rural nursing homes with individuals of different ages, ethnicities, and socioeconomic status.

About this title

About the Author

Wendy Haight, PhD, is Professor and Gamble-Skogmo Chair in Child Welfare and Youth Policy at University of Minnesota.

Edward H. Taylor, PhD, is an associate professor, mental health clinician and researcher at the University of British Columbia Okanagan (UBC), and currently the Associate Dean for the Faculty of Health and Social Development at UBC. Additionally, Dr. Taylor serves as the Co-Director of the UBC Interprofessional Mental Health Clinic.

Ruth Soffer-Elnekave is a PhD student in the University of Minnesota and works as a research assistant in the Gamble-Skogmo land grant in Child Welfare and Youth Policy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0190937734
• ISBN 13: 9780190937737
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 496