Communicating Hope : An Ethnography of a Children's Mental Health Care Team.

By: Davis, ChristineMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Walnut Creek : Routledge, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (242 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781611321258Subject(s): Child mental health services -- Case studies | Mentally ill children -- Services for -- Case studies | Psychiatric social work -- Case studies | Social work with children -- Case studiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Communicating Hope : An Ethnography of a Children's Mental Health Care TeamDDC classification: 362.2083 LOC classification: HV689 -- .D385 2013ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Pizza Party: Defending, Explaining, and Introducing -- Chapter 2: R. M. S. Titanic: Meeting Poverty and Disability Face to Face -- Chapter 3: Abandon All Hope: Challenging Hopelessnes -- Chapter 4: Appearances Are Deceiving: Constructing Turning Points -- Chapter 5: Union Gives Strength: Constructing Hope -- Chapter 6: All Things Are Possible: Hoping and Helping -- Chapter 7: Team Voice: Constructing Voice -- Chapter 8: Blended Voices: Constructing a Future with Hope -- Chapter 9: Children's Mental Health Practice Considerations -- References -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: Kevin is a sometimes-violent teenager with severe emotional disturbance in a family environment of poverty and stress. In this ethnography of a children's mental health care team, communication scholar Christine S. Davis delves deeply into how members of the team create hope for themselves, for Kevin, and for his family using a strengths orientation and future focus. A rich, evocative narrative that highlights multiple voices and interpretations, Davis provides a multilayered study of how social service workers can motivate and heal troubled families in challenging environments. The volume includes clinical and practice considerations for those working in the social welfare system.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Pizza Party: Defending, Explaining, and Introducing -- Chapter 2: R. M. S. Titanic: Meeting Poverty and Disability Face to Face -- Chapter 3: Abandon All Hope: Challenging Hopelessnes -- Chapter 4: Appearances Are Deceiving: Constructing Turning Points -- Chapter 5: Union Gives Strength: Constructing Hope -- Chapter 6: All Things Are Possible: Hoping and Helping -- Chapter 7: Team Voice: Constructing Voice -- Chapter 8: Blended Voices: Constructing a Future with Hope -- Chapter 9: Children's Mental Health Practice Considerations -- References -- Index -- About the Author.

Kevin is a sometimes-violent teenager with severe emotional disturbance in a family environment of poverty and stress. In this ethnography of a children's mental health care team, communication scholar Christine S. Davis delves deeply into how members of the team create hope for themselves, for Kevin, and for his family using a strengths orientation and future focus. A rich, evocative narrative that highlights multiple voices and interpretations, Davis provides a multilayered study of how social service workers can motivate and heal troubled families in challenging environments. The volume includes clinical and practice considerations for those working in the social welfare system.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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