Social work practice and its historical traditions
The ecological perspective
The life model of social work practice : an overview
Assessment, practice monitoring, and practice evaluation
Preparation : settings, modalities, methods, and skills
Beginnings : settings, modalities, methods, and skills
Helping individuals, families, and groups with stressful life transitions and traumatic events
Helping individuals, families, and groups with environmental stressors
Helping with dysfunctional family processes
Helping with dysfunctional group processes
Reducing interpersonal stress between worker and client
Endings : settings, modalities, methods, and skills
Influencing community and neighborhood life
Influencing the practitioner's organization
Influencing legislation, regulations, and electoral politics.
The life model of social work practice : advances in theory and practice by Alex Gitterman. ISBN 9780231511537. Published by Columbia University Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.