Victoria C. Scott, Susan M. Wolfe

Community Psychology

Foundations for Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Community Psychology: Foundations for Practice focuses on the practice of community psychology. It provides an expansive, in-depth look at community psychology and each of the competencies that are associated with this important work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc
• Seitenzahl: 520
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 896g
• ISBN-13: 9781452278681
• ISBN-10: 1452278687
• Artikelnr.: 41083142

Autorenporträt

Victoria C. Scott, PhD, MBA, is a community psychologist who has devoted her professional career to working with non-profit organizations to optimize their performance through consultation, training, research, and evaluation. She is actively engaged with the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA), Division 27 of the American Psychological Association, a national organization devoted to strengthening communities around the world through theory, research, and action. Dr. Scott is especially passionate about improving the quality of health care and health care outcomes. She holds an academic appointment at the University of South Carolina where she is both a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavior Science and director of research & evaluation at the Office of Continuous Professional Development and Strategic Affairs. Susan M. Wolfe, PhD, is a community and developmental psychologist who has applied community psychology principles and practice competencies across a wide variety of settings. She is a fellow of the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA), past recipient of the SCRA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Community Psychology Practice, and editor of the Community Practitioner column in The Community Psychologist. Dr. Wolfe is the CEO of Susan Wolfe and Associates, LLC, a consulting firm that provides research, evaluation, capacity building and other services to organizations in the non-profit, medical, government, and educational sectors based in community psychology values and principles.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword - James G. Kelly
Preface - Susan M. Wolfe and Victoria C. Scott
Chapter 1: The History of Community Psychology Practice in the United
States - Tom Wolff, Carolyn Swift, and Sharon Johnson-Hakim
Chapter 2: Guiding Principles and Competencies for Community Psychology
Practice - Maurice J. Elias, William D. Neigher, and Sharon Johnson-Hakim
Chapter 3: Understanding Ecological Systems - Stephen P. Stelzner and
Richard M. Wielkiewicz
Chapter 4: Effecting Social Change in Diverse Contexts: The Role of
Cross-Cultural Competency - Kien S. Lee
Chapter 5: Professional Judgment and Ethics - Michael Morris
Chapter 6: Participatory Approaches for Conducting Community Needs and
Resources Assessments - Jomella Watson-Thompson, Vicki Collie-Akers, Nikki
Keene Woods, Kaston D. Anderson-Carpenter, Marvia D. Jones, and Erica L.
Taylor
Chapter 7: Organizational and Community Capacity Building - Scotney Evans,
Catherine Raymond, and Douglas D. Perkins
Chapter 8: Community Organizing - Paul W. Speer and Brian D. Christens
Chapter 9: Building and Strengthening Collaborative Community Partnerships
- Judah J. Viola, Bradley D. Olson, Suzette Fromm Reed, Tiffeny R. Jimenez
and Christina M. Smith
Chapter 10: Advocacy and Social Justice - Leonard A. Jason, Christopher R.
Beasley and Bronwyn A. Hunter
Chapter 11: Planning, Implementing, and Developing Evidence-Based
Interventions in the Context of Federally Funded Programs - Richard A.
Jenkins
Chapter 12: Empowerment Evaluation and Community Psychology: An Alignment
of Values and Principles Designed to Improve the Human Condition - David M.
Fetterman
Chapter 13: Dissemination and Sustainability: Changing the World and Making
It Stick - Susan M. Wolfe, Louis G. Tornatzky, and Benjamin C. Graham
Chapter 14: Community Psychology Education and Practice Careers in the 21st
Century - Susan D. McMahon, Tiffeny R. Jimenez, Meg A. Bond, Susan M.
Wolfe, and Allen W. Ratcliffe
Chapter 15: A Vision for Community Psychology Practice - Bill Berkowitz and
Victoria C. Scott