This book is the first to utilize the empowerment approach of social work practice with substance-abusing clients, bridging clinical, community, and social policy approaches in order to place individual addiction in its sociopolitical context. As Lorraine Gutiérrez points out in her foreword, the book "challenges us to transform our thinking about substance abuse and move beyond our existing focus on individual deficits." Arguing that pathology-focused definitions of substance abuse tend to transform people into their problems, Freeman instead advocates for strengths-centered policies and regulations as the means to empower clients, communities, and society as a whole.
Freeman outlines basic empowerment principles and practices, then details the service delivery processes; offers a context for power, policy, and funding decisions; and examines the needs of special populations. Case examples supplement each chapter, and the final part examines four exemplary programs that demonstrate the empowerment process in action.
Edith Freeman. Foreword by Lorraine Gutiérrez
Foreword by Lorraine Gutièrrez Epilogue Lessons Learned from Empowerment Research: Implications for the Future of Empowerment Practice Index Part 1 Foundations of Empowerment Principles and Practice in Substance Abuse Services Chapter 1 Conceptual, Theoretical, and Research Issues Related to Empowerment Practice Chapter 2 Understanding the Substance Abuse and Addiction Process from an Empowerment Perspective Part 2 The Multilevel Substance Abuse Service System: A Context for Power, Policy, and Funding Decisions The Substance Abuse Policy and Funding Subsystem: Sociopolitical and Power Issues Part 3 An Empowered Substance Abuse Service Delivery Process: Expanding the Client-Centered Continuum of Care Chapter 4 The Community Development and Primary Group Subsystem: Sources of Power, Resiliency, and Substance Abuse Prevention Part 4 Empowering, Microcosm, and Empowered Substance Abuse Programs: The Voices of Special Populations Chapter 5 The Substance Abuse Program Subsystem: Organizational, Administrative, and Direct Service Issues Chapter 6 Intervention: An Empowerment-Based Preservice Foundation for Prevention and Rehabilitation Chapter 7 Community Prevention: Empowerment, Systems Change, and Culturally Sensitive Evaluation Chapter 8 Assessment: Clients as Experts on Their Experiences, Recovery Motivation, and Power Resources Chapter 9 Group Approaches to Collective Empowerment in Rehab, Self-Help, and Prevention Programs Chapter 10 Family-Centered Rehabilitative Services: Intergenerational and Nuclear Family Empowerment and Evaluation Strategies Chapter 11 Building on Cultural Diversity in Client-Centered Individual Work: Implications for Self-Empowerment Chapter 12 Phased Services During Aftercare and Termination: Evaluation of Empowerment Outcomes Chapter 13 New Alternatives: A Drug and Alcohol Rehab Program for a Multicultural Adolescent Population Chapter 14 Restore and Repair: Perinatal Rehab Services for Women and Children Chapter 15 Recovery Works: Rehab Services for Adults with Dual Diagnoses Chapter 16 Dareisa Rehab Services: A Culture-Specific Program for African American Adults Chapter 3
Show more
This book is the first to utilize the empowerment approach of social work practice with substance-abusing clients, bridging clinical, community, and social policy approaches in order to place individual addiction in its sociopolitical context. As Lorraine Gutiérrez points out in her foreword, the book "challenges us to transform our thinking about substance abuse and move beyond our existing focus on individual deficits." Arguing that pathology-focused definitions of substance abuse tend to transform people into their problems, Freeman instead advocates for strengths-centered policies and regulations as the means to empower clients, communities, and society as a whole.
Freeman outlines basic empowerment principles and practices, then details the service delivery processes; offers a context for power, policy, and funding decisions; and examines the needs of special populations. Case examples supplement each chapter, and the final part examines four exemplary programs that demonstrate the empowerment process in action.
Edith Freeman. Foreword by Lorraine Gutiérrez
Foreword by Lorraine Gutièrrez Epilogue Lessons Learned from Empowerment Research: Implications for the Future of Empowerment Practice Index Part 1 Foundations of Empowerment Principles and Practice in Substance Abuse Services Chapter 1 Conceptual, Theoretical, and Research Issues Related to Empowerment Practice Chapter 2 Understanding the Substance Abuse and Addiction Process from an Empowerment Perspective Part 2 The Multilevel Substance Abuse Service System: A Context for Power, Policy, and Funding Decisions The Substance Abuse Policy and Funding Subsystem: Sociopolitical and Power Issues Part 3 An Empowered Substance Abuse Service Delivery Process: Expanding the Client-Centered Continuum of Care Chapter 4 The Community Development and Primary Group Subsystem: Sources of Power, Resiliency, and Substance Abuse Prevention Part 4 Empowering, Microcosm, and Empowered Substance Abuse Programs: The Voices of Special Populations Chapter 5 The Substance Abuse Program Subsystem: Organizational, Administrative, and Direct Service Issues Chapter 6 Intervention: An Empowerment-Based Preservice Foundation for Prevention and Rehabilitation Chapter 7 Community Prevention: Empowerment, Systems Change, and Culturally Sensitive Evaluation Chapter 8 Assessment: Clients as Experts on Their Experiences, Recovery Motivation, and Power Resources Chapter 9 Group Approaches to Collective Empowerment in Rehab, Self-Help, and Prevention Programs Chapter 10 Family-Centered Rehabilitative Services: Intergenerational and Nuclear Family Empowerment and Evaluation Strategies Chapter 11 Building on Cultural Diversity in Client-Centered Individual Work: Implications for Self-Empowerment Chapter 12 Phased Services During Aftercare and Termination: Evaluation of Empowerment Outcomes Chapter 13 New Alternatives: A Drug and Alcohol Rehab Program for a Multicultural Adolescent Population Chapter 14 Restore and Repair: Perinatal Rehab Services for Women and Children Chapter 15 Recovery Works: Rehab Services for Adults with Dual Diagnoses Chapter 16 Dareisa Rehab Services: A Culture-Specific Program for African American Adults Chapter 3
Show moreSeries Editor's Note Foreword, by Lorraine Gutierrez Preface and Acknowledgments Part 1. Foundations of Empowerment Principles and Practice in Substance Abuse Services 1. Conceptual, Theoretical, and Research Issues Related to Empowerment Practice 2. Understanding the Substance Abuse and Addiction Process from an Empowerment Perspective Part 2. The Multilevel Substance Abuse Service System: A Context for Power, Policy, and Funding Decisions 3. The Substance Abuse Policy and Funding Subsystem: Sociopolitical and Power Issues 4. The Community Development and Primary Group Subsystem: Sources of Power, Resiliency, and Substance Abuse Prevention 5. The Substance Abuse Program Subsystem: Organizational, Administrative, and Direct Service Issues Part 3. An Empowered Substance Abuse Service Delivery Process: Expanding the Client-Centered Continuum of Care 6. Intervention: An Empowerment-Based Preservice Foundation for Prevention and Rehabilitation 7. Community Prevention: Empowerment, Systems Change, and Culturally Sensitive Evaluation 8. Assessment: Clients as Experts on Their Experiences, Recovery Motivation, and Power Resources 9. Group Approaches to Collective Empowerment in Rehab, Self-Help, and Prevention Programs 10. Family-Centered Rehabilitative Services: Intergenerational and Nuclear Family Empowerment and Evaluation Strategies 11. Building on Cultural Diversity in Client-Centered Individual Work: Implications for Self-Empowerment 12. Phased Services During Aftercare and Termination: Evaluation of Empowerment Outcomes Part 4. Empowering, Microcosm, and Empowered Substance Abuse Programs: The Voices of Special Populations 13. New Alternatives: A Drug and Alcohol Rehab Program for a Multicultural Adolescent Population 14. Restore and Repair: Perinatal Rehab Services for Women and Children 15. Recovery Works: Rehab Services for Adults with Dual Diagnoses 16. Dareisa Rehab Services: A Culture-Specific Program for African American Adults Epilogue. Lessons Learned from Empowerment Research: Implications for the Future of Empowerment Practice References Index
Freeman advocates strengths-centered policies as the means to empower clients and communities. Supplemented by case examples, this book outlines basic empowerment principles and practices, offers a context for power, policy, and funding decisions, and examines the needs of special populations.
Edith Freeman is a professor of social work at the University of Kansas, and has authored several books, including Substance Abuse Treatment: A Family Systems Perspective. She lives in Olathe, KS.
"This book invites the readers to broaden their conception of substance abuse practice... it provides an excellent new vision for the average practitioner caught up in a problem-focused organization." -- Irene Moreda, "Social Work with Groups"
|
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
