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Generalist Practice: A Task-Centered Approach, Second Edition resources

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preface Generalist Practice: A Task-Centered Approach is intended to be used in practice classes for undergraduate and entry-level graduate students. The first edition of this volume was prompted by the accreditation standards of the Council on Social Work Education which require that generalist practice methods be taught to these students. The accreditation stan- dards present a challenge to practice instructors who must now teach students to work with a variety of systems without sacrificing skill mas- tery. It was hoped that by explicating the task-centered approach with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in one vol- ume, and with a numbering system that permits content to be studied by topic as well as by system, the challenge would be more easily met. The book has now been used to teach thousands of students, and it appears that a task-centered approach can be applied successfully across systems and that teaching one method enhances students’ skills. The integration of task-centered and generalist practice provides a practice model with specific, tested treatment directives and is respon- sive to environmental contexts. In this, the second edition of Generalist Practice: A Task-Centered Approach, we have updated the literature, included more case exam- ples, and modestly expanded content about systems and ecological theory as well as other approaches to practice. Most important, we have added chapter 16, which describes the use of task-centered prac- tice with culturally diverse clients.

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