Description
Book SynopsisDennis Saleebey, MSW, DSW is Professor Emeritus at the School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas. He is also director of the Strengths Institute at the same School. He earned his BA degree at the University of California, Santa Barbara, his MSW at UCLA, and his DSW at Cal Berkeley.
He taught at and directed the undergraduate social welfare program at the University of Maine from 1967-1970, was associate professor at the School of Social Work at UT Arlington, and was chair of the Human Behavior sequence there from 1970-1976;
He was professor and chair of HBSE from 1977-1987; from 1987-1997 he was Professor and Chair of the Ph.D. program at the School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas. From 1997 to 2006 he was Professor at the University of Kansas. Since 2007, he has been the director of the Strengths Institute at the University of Kansas.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction: Power in the People
- Chapter 2: Learning and Practicing the Strengths Perspective: Stepping Out of Comfortable Mind-Sets
- Chapter 3: Integrating the Core Competencies in Strengths-Based, Person-Centered Practice: Clarifying Purpose and Reflecting Principles
- Chapter 4: Chronic Illness and Spiritual Transformation
- Chapter 5: The Strengths Approach to Practice: Beginnings
- Chapter 6: Human Rights and Sexual Orientation
- Chapter 7: The Strengths Perspective in Criminal Justice
- Chapter 8: “Knowing” the Effectiveness of Strengths-Based Case Management with Substance Abusers
- Chapter 9: The Strengths Model with Older Adults: Critical Practice Components
- Chapter 10: Assessing Strengths: Identifying Acts of Resistance to Violence and Oppression
- Chapter 11: A Shift in Thinking: Influencing Social Workers’ Beliefs About Individual and Family Resilience in an Effort to Enhance Well-Being and Success for All
- Chapter 12: Animating Hope: An Essential Ingredient of Strengths-Based Practice
- Chapter 13: Exploring the True Nature of Internal Resilience: A View from the Inside Out
- Chapter 14: Poverty Through the Lens of Economic Human Rights
- Chapter 15: The Strengths Perspective: Possibilities and Problems
