Bøker av James K. Whittaker

Examines major policy practice and research issues that jointly shape child welfare practice. This book emphasizes families and children whose primary recourse to services has been through publicly funded child welfare agencies. It considers historical areas of service - foster care and adoptions, and in-home family-centered services.

The book has two principal purposes: To provide an introduction to interpersonal helping in the context of social work practice, and to develop a conceptual framework for interpersonal helping that will enable the social worker and members of other helping professions effectively to use all the various methods and strategies currently practiced

The book has two principal purposes: To provide an introduction to interpersonal helping in the context of social work practice, and to develop a conceptual framework for interpersonal helping that will enable the social worker and members of other helping professions effectively to use all the various methods and strategies currently practiced