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Review Of Family Preservation And Family Functioning, By Jacquelyn Mccroskey And William Meezan, Julia H. Littell
Review Of Family Preservation And Family Functioning, By Jacquelyn Mccroskey And William Meezan, Julia H. Littell
Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research Faculty Research and Scholarship
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Social Work Assessment: Case Theory Construction, Cynthia D. Bisman
Social Work Assessment: Case Theory Construction, Cynthia D. Bisman
Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research Faculty Research and Scholarship
To intervene effectively, social workers need to make sense of clients and their situations. A case theory approach to assessment provides a framework to formulate assessments that are clear and directly related to the real-world problems clients present. Explaining the problem situation, case theory forms the foundation for selection of intervention strategies and methods to achieve change. Building case theory requires practitioner abilities to form concepts, relate concepts into propositions, develop hypotheses, and organize these into a coherent whole. Including case background information, observations and relevant professional literature, case theory presents an accurate and cogent comprehension of the client Two …