Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Shifting Paradigms in Essential Knowledge for Social Work Practice / Edition 6

by Joe M. Schriver

Overview

Explore traditional and alternative models in human behavior
Human Behavior and the Social Environment challenges students to use the traditional and alternative paradigm framework to evaluate and understand the relationship between theories of human behavior and the social environment and their use in social work practice. Through this examination, readers will better understand the people they will work with on individual, family, group, organizational, community, and global levels. By engaging with critical issues in social work and human behavior, students will recognize the range of social systems in which people live and the ways these systems promote or deter people in their health and wellbeing.



Updated with a new organization and emphasis on critical thinking, the 7th Edition represents the most comprehensive and in-depth revision since its original publication. New chapters explore the role of neuroscience (Chapter 6) and interplay of identity, diversity, and oppression issues (Chapter 7) in the context of development. New content is included on such topics as the use of technology, evidence-based practice interventions, and environmental social work. Thoroughly updated, every chapter includes information about some of the most pressing issues concerning social work and human behavior in dynamic interaction with the larger physical and social environments of today and tomorrow.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780205924363
Publisher:	Pearson
Publication date:	07/24/2014
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Joe M. Schriver is the founding Director of the University of Arkansas School of Social Work. He is currently writing and publishing in the areas of Human Behavior and the Social Environment, social welfare history (social and economic justice), multicultural issues in social work education, and a Multi-System Life Course model for MSW education. He recently published the 5th edition of his book, Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Shifting Paradigms in Essential Knowledge for Social Work Practice. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work. Schriver has served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, the Board of Directors of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and on the Commission on Educational Policy of the CSWE. He teaches in the areas of Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Community Practice, and Global Social and Economic Justice and Oppression.

Table of Contents

1. Human Behavior and the Social Environment (HBSE) and Paradigms
2. Understanding Traditional and Alternative Paradigms
3. Enduring Theories, Perspectives, and Practice Models Influencing Social Work Practice
4. Contemporary and Emerging Theories, Perspectives, and Practice Models Influencing Social Work Practice with Individuals
5. Enduring Theories, Perspectives, and Practice Models Influencing Social Work Practice with Individuals
6. Contemporary and Emerging Theories, Perspectives, and Practice Models Influencing Social Work Practice with Individuals: Neuroscience, Trauma, and Interventions
7. Contemporary and Emerging Theories, Perspectives, and Practice Models Influencing Social Work Practice with Individuals: Identity, Diversity, and Development
8. Enduring, Contemporary, and Emerging Theories, Perspectives, and Practice Models Influencing Social Work Practice with Families
9. Enduring, Contemporary, and Emerging Theories, Perspectives, and Practice Models Influencing Social Work Practice with Groups
10. Enduring, Contemporary, and Emerging Theories, Perspectives, and Practice Models Influencing Social Work Practice with Organizations
11. Enduring, Contemporary, and Emerging Theories, Perspectives, and Practice Models Influencing Social Work Practice with Communities
12. Enduring, Contemporary, and Emerging Theories, Perspectives, and Practice Models Influencing Social Work Practice at the Global and Environmental Levels