Communicating hope an ethnography of a children's mental health care team
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 Davis delves deeply into how members of the team create hope for themselves, for Ke...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Walnut Creek, Calif. :
Left Coast Press, Inc
2013.
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Edition: | 1st ed |
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798415706719 |
Summary: | 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 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 i |
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Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781315432038 9781315432052 9781611321258 |