Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Perspectives on Development and the Life Course
- 584 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Perspectives on Development and the Life Course
About this book
Human Behavior in the Social Environment: Perspectives on Development and the Life Course returns for a seventh edition to provide students with an expansive overview of the major theories and issues related to human behavior and the social environment that are important to understand for professional practice across a variety of cases and contexts.
Maintaining its clarity and cohesion, this edition has been updated to offer students current and relevant information on important topics in social work practice and expanded to help students understand the complexity of the issues they will face in the field, including how poverty, diversity, and strengths affect human development and behavior. Several new theoretical perspectives appear in this update, including indigenous theory, new feminism, and restorative justice, and these additions complement the major psychological, sociological, life course, and anti-oppressive theories that have come to define this book's grounded and balanced coverage.
Illustrated and fully supported by a set of Quick Guides for students engaged in field work, vignettes woven throughout the book, and a full package of interactive cases and instructor-led resources that are available on www.routledgesw.com, the new edition of Human Behavior in the Social Environment is a perfect complement to this foundation course on the undergraduate and graduate level. Its signature theoretical framework equips students to have a well-rounded understanding to call upon and apply to the myriad client problems and situations they will need to practice social work.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Quick Guide
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Chapter 1 Human Behavior and the Social Work Profession
- Chapter 2 Lenses for Conceptualizing Problems and Interventions: The Person in the Environment
- Chapter 3 Lenses for Conceptualizing Problems and Interventions: Biopsychosocial Dimensions
- Chapter 4 Lenses for Conceptualizing Problems and Interventions: Sociocultural Dimensions
- Chapter 5 Lenses for Conceptualizing Problems and Interventions: Social Change Dimensions
- Chapter 6 Pre-Pregnancy and Prenatal Issues
- Chapter 7 Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
- Chapter 8 Development in Middle Childhood
- Chapter 9 Development in Adolescence
- Chapter 10 Development in Early Adulthood
- Chapter 11 Development in Middle Adulthood
- Chapter 12 Development in Late Adulthood
- Chapter 13 Looking Forward: Challenges and Opportunities for the Social Work Profession
- References
- Glossary/Index