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  2. Julian Rappaport - Wikipedia

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    Julian Rappaport is an American psychologist who introduced the concept of empowerment into social work and social psychiatry.He is a recipient of the American Psychological Association's Division of Community Psychology Distinguished Career Award and of the Seymour B. Sarason Award for "novel and critical rethinking of basic assumptions and approaches to human services, education, and other ...

  3. Empowerment evaluation - Wikipedia

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    Empowerment evaluation was introduced in 1993 by David Fetterman during his presidential address at the American Evaluation Association’s (AEA) annual meeting. [1]The approach was initially well received by some researchers who commented on the complementary relationship between EE and community psychology, social work, community development and adult education.

  4. Empowerment - Wikipedia

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    Empowerment in the work for senior citizens in a residential home in Germany. In social work, empowerment offers an approach that allows social workers to increase the capacity for self-help of their clients. For example, this allows clients not to be seen as passive, helpless 'victims' to be rescued but instead as a self-empowered person ...

  5. Personal practice model (social work) - Wikipedia

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    A Personal practice model (PPM) is a social work tool for understanding and linking theories to each other and to the practical tasks of social work. Mullen [1] describes the PPM as “the art and science of social work”, or more prosaically, “an explicit conceptual scheme that expresses a worker's view of practice”. A worker should ...

  6. Template:Social work - Wikipedia

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  7. Not only a matter of education - HuffPost

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    related to the characteristics of the cultural, social and economic condition of Hispanics as a group, but also those that relate to the way in which they are integrated into the system as a whole. Understanding the broader context of the schools that Hispanics are more likely to attend is key when evaluating public policy options.

  8. Strength-based practice - Wikipedia

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    Strength-based practice is a social work practice theory that emphasizes people's self-determination and strengths. It is a philosophy and a way of viewing clients (originally psychological patients, but in an extended sense also employees, colleagues or other persons) as resourceful and resilient in the face of adversity. [1]

  9. Natalie Wood Mysteriously Drowned 43 Years Ago Today ... - AOL

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    Natalie Wood’s tragic death at age 43 left many to question the circumstances surrounding her fatal drowning for decades.. Beginning her career in Hollywood at the age of 5, Wood became an ...