Practice Approaches and Theory

Introduction

Maori Approaches

• An Approach for working with Maori.This is an appendix from the Family Violence Prevention guidelines.It includes an adaptation of the Whare Tapa Wha model as well as some practical points concerning working with Maori people. Acrobat Reader is needed to view this document.

• Maori Identity with Whanau: A Review of the Literature by Taima Moeke-Pickering, University of Waikato.

• Te mana o te kupu, te pono o te matauranga, te wairua o te mahi Working in the Family Court environment with your cultural lights on.A conference paper By Dr. Leland Ariel Ruwhiu At the time of writing this paper he was, a Cultural Consultant of Te Puawaitanga o te ihi me te wehi consultancy Limited Kaiwhakahaere o te Tangata Whenua Takawaenga o Aotearoa-Coordinator of the Maori Caucus for the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers Lecturer and BSW coordinator in the School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Massey University.

• Speech by Tariana Turia to the Speech: Bachelor of Social Work Students - Te Wananga o Aotearoa, 4 September 2007

Psychodynamic

• Psychoanalysis from theory to practice, past to present this is a paper by Ethan Plaut of North Western University which summaries and critiques Freud's theory.

• Marie and Josephine riding in Tandem by Davina Flood.This is an award winning essay on the British Association of Social Workers site which demonstrates how a psychodymanic approach maintains its relevance in current social work practice.

Attachment Theory

• An Introduction to Attachment Theory

• Attachment Research Center

• Attachment as a Context for Development: Challenges and Issues by Nicola Atwool, Community and Family Studies, University of Otago at the Quality Contexts for Children's Development, Children's Issues Seminar, Invercargill on 12 March 1997

• Self Report Measures of Adult Attachment

• Attachment in the School Setting a paper by Nicola Atwool- Department of Community and Family Studies, Otago University

Cognitive Behavioural

• REBT in New Zealand this is an excellent New Zealand cite on REBT with links to New Zealand Resources.

• Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research is the site of Aaron Beck one of the originators of Cognitive Therapy.

• The Motivational Interviewing Page is a site which provides information and resources about Motivational Interviewing. Motivational Interviewing is the main approach used with people who have addictions in New Zealand.

Crisis Intervention and Task Centred Practice

• Crisis Intervention: An Opportunity to Change. is a paper that explains briefly Crisis Intervention in terms of assessment and intervention.

• Task Centered Practice Home Page is the first page of a site dedicated to Task Centered Practice.
• Task Centered Practice and the Family

Narrative Therapy

• Narrative Approaches is the site of leading Narrative Therapists with excellent resources

• Narrative Psychology Internet and Resource Guide contains link to Narrative resources

• Articles about Narrative Therapy published from the Dulwich Centre.

• The Virtual Faculty coordinated by Professor Andrew Lock from Massey University and contains papers to download.

Ecological Systems

• An excerpt from Social Work Theories in Action concerning Ecological Systems Theory.
• Multi-Systemic Treatment Model describes the systemic approach to practice and aspects of systems theory.

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Solution Focused Practice

• Brief Therapy Center the site of the developers of Solution Focused Therapy.This page contains handouts by Insoo Kim Berg.
• Quality in Therapy mainly focuses on solution focused practice but has resources and files to download.
• Wallace J. Gingerich, Ph.D contains links and information on Solution Focused Practice.
• Bill O'Hanlon's Possibility Therapy- Be sure to visit Bill's attic for Free Handouts

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Social Construction

• Social Construction manuscripts by Kenneth. Gergen
• What Do We Mean by Constructive Social Work? By Nigel Parton and Patrick O'Byrne
• The Future of Critical Social Work in Uncertain Conditions
• Reinventing Critical Social Work : Challenges from Practice, Context and Postmodernism




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Strengths Perspective

• Strengths Perspective Homepage

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Gender-based Approaches

• Where to for feminist social work?
• Developing profeminist practice with men in social work

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Ethics

• Social work practice and ethical decision making in New Zealand.A Paper by Lynne Briggs and Raylee Kane in the Conference Proceedings of the IAASW Conference 2002 held in Montpellier,France 15-18 July 2002. This paper is in Word Document format
• I'm Still Standing: Impacts and Consequences of Ethical Dilemmas for Social Workers in Direct Practice by Donna McAuliffe, Ph.D., GSocRes, BSocWk (Hons) The University of Queensland, Australia in the Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics Spring 2005, Vol 2 No 1

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Other Approaches & General Sites

• A Critical Analysis Framework for Social Work Theories developed by Pam Green Lister of the University of Glasgow.
• The Virtual Placement-An electronic placement learning tool.
• The International Transactional Analysis Association
• The TA Tutor
• The NLP Information Center
• Using Advocacy in Practice an award winning essay by Fiona Hanley
• Paper on Advocacy at Macro Practice Level
• Electronic Advocacy Site
• Dr.GROHOL's Mental Health Page - Types of Therapies
• Treatment Modalities and Approaches - Pat McClendon's Clinical Social Work




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Date: 8 January 2001
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