Alastair Gibson, Neil Gibson

Human Growth, Behaviour and Development (eBook, ePUB)

Essential Theory and Application in Social Work

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Many students struggle when it comes to incorporating theories of human growth and behaviour into their practice. This book takes students right back to basics, explaining and analysing key theories in an accessible way before going on to discuss, in detail, how theory can be incorporated into every day social work practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781473944022
• Artikelnr.: 43995380

Autorenporträt

Alastair Gibson graduated with an MA in History before becoming frustrated as a hospital administrator and deciding to move into the more challenging and rewarding practice of social work. He worked in Aberdeen and Gateshead in a variety of health care social work settings and then taught at RGU. Developing his enthusiasm for inter-professional practice, he was a founder member of CAIPE and helped develop shared training for social work, health, education and police trainees. He has thoroughly enjoyed teaching Human Growth and Behaviour as well as being Course Leader of the BA (Hons) Social Work by Distance Learning before retiring in 2009. He is now an independent practice teacher.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Childhood in the early years
Attachment - bonding and brain development
Erikson - the initial stages
Object Relations Theory - meet my needs
From childhood through adolescence to becoming an adult
Attachment - new relationships on old foundations
Erikson - from identity to intimacy
Object Relations Theory - looking for the perfect match
Adulthood and Older Age
Attachment - the complexity of adult attachments
Erikson (stages 7-8) - from mid-life to contentment or despair
Object Relations Theory - maturity or immaturity
Surviving life's challenges
Loss, Change & Transitions
Family Systems and psychodynamics - is there such a thing as a "normal
family"?
Trauma & Resilience
Voices from practice