The Task Planner: An Intervention Resource for Human Service Professionals

William J. Reid

Paper, 320 pages, w/CD-ROM
ISBN: 978-0-231-10647-4
$45.00 / £26.50

May, 2000
Cloth, 320 pages, w/CD-ROM
ISBN: 978-0-231-10646-7
$82.00 / £48.00

A comprehensive, A-to-Z set of task planners for more than one hundred psychosocial problems from alcoholism and anxiety to domestic violence and sexual abuse.

This invaluable guide and resource includes:

• a menu of actions the client can undertake to effect problem resolution,

• a clear, step-by-step guide to the practitioner's role in facilitating these actions,

• a glossary of procedures for human service professionals, and

• a CD-ROM companion resource.

The systematic and streamlined techniques found in The Task Planner present clients with specific tasks for helping resolve their problems. With the task-centered approach, clients are actively involved in reaching their own solutions or coping mechanisms—both on their own and in treatment sessions—giving them a sense of empowerment.

Related Subjects

• Social Work Methods and Practice

About the Author

William J. Reid is Distinguished Professor in the School of Social Welfare and director of the doctoral program at the State University of New York, Albany.

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