| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 489 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the application of interpersonal skills in community practice -- Entering the community and using interviewing skills to find out about people -- Recruiting potential participants -- Developing relationships and partnerships with formal organizations -- Using dialogue, story-telling, and structured group work techniques to identify community problems -- Engaging participants in the discovery, assessment, and documentation of community strengths and problems -- Facilitating leadership development and group decision-making : encouraging public participation in planning and engaging constituents in the development of action plans -- Taking action : group processes for implementing action campaigns -- Working with constituent groups to critically reflect and engage in dialogue on the process and outcomes of action plans -- Discovering whether and why the action worked : using participatory research to conduct formal evaluations -- Using interpersonal skills to advocate for legislation -- Interpersonal skills for community building -- Supervision -- Interpersonal skills in a global context : advocating for human rights -- Future directions in community organizing : where do we go from here? |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Local Note |
STJOEBOOK |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Social skills.
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Interpersonal relations.
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Community-based social services.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hardina, Donna. Interpersonal social work skills for community practice. New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2013 9780826108111 (DLC) 2012016349 (OCoLC)769420594 |
| ISBN |
9780826108128 (electronic bk.) |
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0826108121 (electronic bk.) |
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