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Bridges out of poverty : strategies for professionals and communities / Ruby K. Payne, Philip DeVol, Terie Dreussi Smith.
Bridges Out of Poverty is a unique and powerful tool designed specifically for social, health, and legal services professionals. Based in part on Dr. Ruby K. Payne's myth shattering A Framework for Understanding Poverty, Bridges reaches out to the millions of service providers and businesses whose daily work connects them with the lives of people in poverty. In a highly readable format you'll find case studies, detailed analysis, helpful charts and exercises, and specific solutions you and your organization can implement right now to: Redesign programs to better serve people you work with Build skill sets for management to help guide employees Upgrade training for front-line staff like receptionists, case workers, and managers; Improve treatment outcomes in health care and behavioral health care; Increase the likelihood of moving from welfare to work. If your business, agency, or organization works with people from poverty, only a deeper understanding of their challenges-and strengths-will help you partner with them to create opportunities for success.
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- ISBN: 9781934583357
- ISBN: 1934583359
- Physical Description: 285 pages . : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition: Rev. ed.
- Publisher: Highlands, TX : Aha! Process, 2009, ©2001.
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-285).
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction -- Definitions and resources -- The role of language and story -- Hidden rules among classes -- Patterns in generational poverty -- Role models and emotional resources -- Support systems -- Mentoring and bridging -- Discipline, choices, and consequences -- Resources and resiliency : internal assets -- Improving the work performance : teaching what is needed to do the job -- Creating relationships with people in poverty -- Developing personal skills for working with people in poverty -- Improving agency policies and internal processes -- Improving interagency collaboration -- Poverty culture, addiction, treatment, and recovery -- Epilogue -- Research notes -- Appendix: Additive model.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Vance-Granville Community College - Main Campus Library | HV 4028 .P29 2009 (Text) | 39866000397959 | General Collection | Available | - |
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