Resiliency Enhancement: Putting the Strength Perspective Into Social Work Practice

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Overview

The strengths perspective is a new focus in social work today, but until now little has been done to move this focus beyond the realm of theoretical discourse. In Resiliency Enhancement, Elaine Norman and her colleagues bridge the gap between theory and implementation to illustrate how resiliency enhancement -- strengthening an individual's ability to function competently even in the presence of major life stressors -- enables social workers to put the strengths perspective successfully into practice for their clients.

Resiliency is based on a common core of personality characteristics and dispositions that enable highly stressed persons to maintain a ...

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Overview

The strengths perspective is a new focus in social work today, but until now little has been done to move this focus beyond the realm of theoretical discourse. In Resiliency Enhancement, Elaine Norman and her colleagues bridge the gap between theory and implementation to illustrate how resiliency enhancement -- strengthening an individual's ability to function competently even in the presence of major life stressors -- enables social workers to put the strengths perspective successfully into practice for their clients.

Resiliency is based on a common core of personality characteristics and dispositions that enable highly stressed persons to maintain a sense of competence and control in their lives. Two additional factors contribute to a successful individual's greater resiliency: the family interaction system and the work and community milieu. The contributors to this volume show how the social worker can use interventions to focus on enhancing those resiliency factors in a way that will accentuate the positive and put the strengths model to work for the client.

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Fourteen contributions written by social workers address resiliency enhancement in relation to specific populations such as African American women, boys and girls, and older people; resiliency enhancement in individual, family, couple, and group practice; and the enhancement of resiliency in administration, training, and prevention environments. The authors reject the traditional disease model, emphasizing individuals' strength instead. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780231118019
  • Publisher: Columbia University Press
  • Publication date: 9/19/2000
  • Pages: 320
  • Lexile: 1310L (what's this?)
  • Series: Social Work Ser.
  • Product dimensions: 5.80 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.50 (d)

Meet the Author

Elaine Norman is a professor of social work at Fordham University and has authored or coauthored several books, including Filial Deprivation and Foster Care and Beyond Placement: Mothers Look at Foster Care, both published by Columbia.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction: The Strengths Perspective and Resiliency Enhancement - A Natural Partnership 1
2 The Legacy of Caretaking Among African American Women: A Mixed Blessing 19
3 Recognizing and Enhancing Natural Resiliency in Boys and Girls 29
4 Resiliency in Older People: A Paradigm for Practice 40
5 A Case Study of Resiliency Enhancement Interventions with an African American Woman 55
6 Women's Resilience at Midlife: What Is It? How Do You Mobilize It? 70
7 Grasping Life: Five Stories of Will-Filled Men 83
8 Enhancing Couple Resiliency 102
9 Strength and Resiliency Themes in Social Work Practice with Groups 128
10 The Unitas Extended Family Circle: Developing Resiliency in Hispanic Youngsters 143
11 The Workplace as a Protective Environment: Management Strategies 157
12 The African American Professional's Resiliency 177
13 Introducing a Strengths/Resiliency Model in Mental Health Organizations 192
14 Capitalizing on Strengths: A Resiliency Enhancement Model for At-Risk Youth 211
Index 227

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