Michelle R. Dunlap

Reaching Out to Children and Families

Students Model Effective Community Service

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Produktbeschreibung

Community service and learning experiences are booming as we enter the 21st century. This practical guide assists college students and other constituents as they psychologically prepare for volunteering, service-learning, practicums, fieldwork assignments, and internships in a diverse and ever-changing world. Though created with the novice community worker in mind, this book will also assist professors, teachers, administrators, and agency personnel in understanding and preparing workers for community service and learning in schools, child care centers, soup kitchens, and shelters for the homeless. Written in a practical, conversational style, this book offers the voices, issues, concerns, and resources of more than 200 previous community workers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9780847691166
• ISBN-10: 0847691160
• Artikelnr.: 21366200

Autorenporträt

Michelle Robin Dunlap is associate professor in the Department of Human Development at Connecticut College. For more information about the author, visit her faculty page.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Part 3 Beginnings Chapter 4 How Do
I Get Started? Getting Organized for Community Service Chapter 5 While You
Are Getting Ready: Community Service and Learning in Context Chapter 6 What
in the World Am I Doing Here? The First Visits Part 7 Intermediate Issues
Chapter 8 Looking in the Mirror: Images of the Self, the Hero, and the
Mutual Learner Chapter 9 Is It Getting Better Yet? Building Trust and
Nurturing Relationships Chapter 10 What should I do now? Addressing Issues,
Behavior, and Limits Chapter 11 To Touch or Not to Touch? Affection and
Gender-Related Issues Chapter 12 The Melting Pot and the Vegetable Stew:
Multicultural Issues Chapter 13 Working with Individuals with Special Needs
Chapter 14 Did She Really Say That? Shocking Statements and Other Traumas
Part 15 Endings Chapter 16 Is It Time to Say Good-bye? Arranging Successful
Closure Chapter 17 Reviewing the Community Service Adjustment Process
Chapter 18 Notes Chapter 19 Appendix A: Journal Reflection Questions
Chapter 20 Appendix B: Methods Chapter 21 Appendix C: Guidelines Regarding
Privacy and Confidentiality Chapter 22 Appendix D: Sample Introductory
Letter to Agency Chapter 23 Appendix E: Guidelines for Working with
Children and Families Chapter 24 Appendix F: Collectivistic Practices and
Approaches Chapter 25 Appendix G: Sample Placement Supervisor Evaluation of
Worker Chapter 26 References