Main description:

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 S. 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 includes clinical and practice considerations for those working in the social welfare system

Contents:

Chapter 1: Rigging and Launching
Chapter 2: S.S. Titanic
Chapter 3: Abandon All Hope
Chapter 4: Appearances are Deceiving
Chapter 5: Union Gives Strength
Chapter 6: All Things are Possible
Chapter 7: Team Voice
Chapter 8: Blended Voices
Chapter 9: Children's Mental Health Practice Considerations