Communicating Hope: An Ethnography of a Children's Mental Health Care Team Contributor(s): Davis, Christine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815346530 ISBN-13: 9780815346531 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies |
Physical Information: 242 pages |
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Publisher Description: 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 |