List of figures |
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Preface to the fourth edition |
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About the author |
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Part 1 Thinking about social work theory |
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1 The social construction of social work theory |
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Theory and knowledge in social work practice |
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Case Example: Using induction and deduction when working with dying people |
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Theory and practice in social work |
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Pause and Reflect: Summarizing the claims for theory |
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Pause and Reflect: A case example Using practice theory in working with a bereaved son |
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Case Example: A client's pathway to the service contributes to a shared construction of social work practice |
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Case Example: A drug user's life |
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Case Example: Domestic violence |
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Case Example: Mental illness |
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Arenas of social work construction |
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Conclusion: using ideas about social work theory |
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2 Evaluating social work theory |
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The main groups of practice theory |
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Reviews of practice theory |
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Pause and Reflect: Choosing theories as useful in your studies and practice |
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Using theory selectively and eclectically |
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Pause and Reflect: How to use selection and eclectic practice |
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Case Example: Selecting from theories to develop an eclectic agency practice |
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Theory in different forms of social work: group, macro, residential care and family therapy practice |
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Using evidence to support practice theory |
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Case Example: Shouting at the children |
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Case Example: CBT in residential care |
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Conclusion: how social workers can evaluate social work theory |
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3 Connecting theory and practice |
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Why do we use theory in a practical activity? |
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Example The theory of making tea |
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Pause and Reflect: How might generalizations help us? |
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Pause and Reflect: How are theory and practice different? |
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Practice approaches to using theory |
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Case Example: Maintaining coherence while using different theoretical models at different stages |
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Case Example: Carrie's fear of crying focuses her use of self |
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Pause and Reflect: Repressing or expressing your emotions in practice |
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Example Knowledge and prevention in child welfare services |
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Case Example: Chinese and Western views of mental illness |
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Case Example: Hayley's 'crisis' questions led Soumen to defend his family's 'moral adequacy' |
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Example Reflexivity may be seen as rotating practitioners' models of the situation they are working with |
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Case Example: Henry's death and his marriage |
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Case Example: Josie discusses theory openly with her clients |
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Conclusion: using theory-practice ideas |
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Part 2 Reviewing social work theories |
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Case Example: Julia's social work career |
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Wider theoretical perspectives |
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Pause and Reflect: Psychoanalytic ideas with cultural influence on social work |
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Case Example: David's unconscious feelings about his mother |
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Case Example: Dealing with David's anger |
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The politics of psychodynamic theory |
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Pause and Reflect: Looking at underlying factors in behaviour |
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Example text: Brandell (2004) on psychodynamic social work |
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Case Example: Should Diana get her children back? |
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Case Example: Gillian's use of emotion in managing the relationship with her family |
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Case Example: A single parent makes a new start |
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Example text: Shemmings and Shemmings (2011) on attachment theory |
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Case Example: Two single mothers' approaches to their daughters |
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Case Example: Mentalizing about removing a child from the mother's care |
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Conclusion: using psychodynamic theory |
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5 Crisis and task-centred practice |
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Wider theoretical perspectives |
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The politics of crisis intervention and task-centred practice |
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Case Example: Peter's father's divorce |
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Example text: Thompson (2011a) on crisis intervention |
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Case Example: Haroun Singh experiences his wife's death |
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Pause and Reflect: Jeanne debates whether to report a rape |
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Case Example: Jeanne's dilemma |
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Example text: Marsh and Doel (2005) on task-centred practice |
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Case Example: Multiple definition of problems - Joan's job |
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Case Example: Exploring Ethan's drug problems |
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Conclusion: using crisis and task-centred theory |
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6 Cognitive-behavioural practice |
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Pause and Reflect: Fabia's life objectives |
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Case Example: CBT to help Fabia |
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Wider theoretical perspectives |
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The politics of CBT theory |
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Case Example: Getting muddy at the park |
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Case Example: Feliks and the park again |
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Case Example: Extinction process |
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Case Example: Counterconditioning in enuresis |
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Case Example: The threat of unemployment |
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Example The neuroscientific basis of drug abuse |
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Case Example: Mrs Folwell's arthritis |
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Example text: Dobson and Dobson (2009) on CBT |
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Case Example: Fred's anxiety |
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Case Example: Faisal's social activities |
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Pause and Reflect: Freda's school-related anxiety |
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Case Example: Freda's story |
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7 Systems and ecological practice |
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Case Example: Pete, a hyperactive child in the Marsalis family |
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Pause and Reflect: Selecting levels and focuses |
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Wider theoretical perspectives |
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The politics of systems theory |
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Case Example: Seeing practice in systems terms |
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Case Example: Involvement with different aspects of a family's needs |
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Case Example: Context defines responsibilities with a disabled person |
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Example text: Gitterman and Germain's (2008) life model of social work |
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Case Example: Tyler's drug abuse and Mrs Garrod's housing |
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Conclusion: using systems and ecological theory |
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8 Macro practice, social development and social pedagogy |
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Wider theoretical perspectives |
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Case Example: The social pedagogy pilot programme in UK children's residential care |
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Case Example: Kevin, a hyperactive child |
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The politics of social and community development |
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Case Example: A volunteering scheme for a housing project |
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Pause and Reflect: Communities and shared interests |
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Example text: Burghardt's (2011) macro practice |
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Case Example: Saving the settlement |
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Case Example: Reviving the settlement |
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Example text: Midgley's (1995, 2010a) social development |
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Conclusion: using macro, social development and social pedagogy ideas |
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9 Strengths, narrative and solution practice |
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Case Example: Solution-focused questioning in child safeguarding |
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Case Example: Putting the forms aside to get the story and find the strengths |
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Wider theoretical perspectives |
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Pause and Reflect: Criticizing social psychology's contribution to social work |
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Case Example: Grace caring for her mother |
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Pause and Reflect: Underlying claims of constructions about social problems |
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Ca se example: Claims about divorce |
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Case Example: Talking to children about death |
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The politics of narrative, solution and strengths practice |
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Case Example: A disabled man's allowance is withdrawn |
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Example text: Greene and Lee (2011) on solution-oriented practice |
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Case Example: Approaching a child safeguarding visit with a mother |
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Conclusion: using strengths, narrative and solution ideas |
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10 Humanistic practice, existentialism and spirituality |
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Wider theoretical perspectives |
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The politics of humanistic and related ideas |
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Case Example: Jabari's unemployment |
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Example text: Glassman's (2009) humanistic groupwork |
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Example text: Holloway and Moss (2010) on spirituality and social work |
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Conclusion: using humanistic social work |
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11 Empowerment and advocacy |
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Wider theoretical perspectives |
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Pause and Reflect: Celia's care decisions |
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Case Example: Should Celia's social worker advocate on her behalf? |
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The politics of empowerment and advocacy |
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Case Example: Moving into a mental health hostel |
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Example text: Lee's (2001) empowerment approach |
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Example text: Hoefer's (2012) advocacy for social justice |
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Case Example: Choosing a new team leader |
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Pause and Reflect: Think about who loses and gains by examining an 'understanding the issue' statement |
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Pause and Reflect: Potential advocacy approaches |
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Conclusion: using empowerment and advocacy theory |
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Case Example: The housing project for mentally ill people |
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Wider theoretical perspectives |
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The politics of critical theory |
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Case Example: How praxis works |
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Example text: Mullaly's (2007) 'new' structural social work |
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Pause and Reflect: Your examples of oppression myths |
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Case Example: The disability and youth groups in a community centre |
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Pause and Reflect: Examples of oppression |
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Pause and Reflect: Structural challenge in your agency |
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Example text: Fook's (2012) critical practice |
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Conclusion: using critical social work |
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Wider theoretical perspectives |
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Case Example: Money and power in a family relationship |
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Case Example: The man who 'tapped' his wife |
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The politics of feminist social work |
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Case Example: Dealing with all the issues in an assessment |
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Pause and Reflect: Mr Jones's attitudes |
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Case Example: Hilda, Mr Jones, gratitude and caring labour |
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Example text: V. White's (2006) 'the state of feminist social work' |
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Case Example: Feminist woman-centred practice with an older man and woman |
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Pause and Reflect: Is Alice and Karina's work a 'feminist conspiracy'? |
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Conclusion: using feminist theory in practice |
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14 Anti-oppressive and multicultural sensitivity approaches to practice |
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Case Example: Confusion about the nature of Nia's disability |
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Pause and Reflect: Thinking about issues of culture and oppression |
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Case Example: Gang fights in the social housing scheme |
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Case Example: Celebrating cultural diversity in residential care |
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Wider theoretical perspectives |
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Pause and Reflect: Your life experience |
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The politics of anti-oppression and sensitivity |
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Example text: Dalrymple and Burke (2006) on anti-oppressive practice |
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392 |
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Example text: Sisneros et al. (2008) on critical multicultural social work |
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(3) |
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Case Example: Selma's life develops from profound Deafness |
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Pause and Reflect: Using the web of intersecting identities |
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Conclusion: using anti-oppressive and multicultural sensitivity approaches |
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(2) |
Bibliography |
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(26) |
Author index |
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428 |
(6) |
Subject index |
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