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MindTap V2.0 for Summers' Fundamentals of Case Management Practice: Skills for the Human Services, 1 term Instant Access, 5th Edition

Nancy Summers

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MindTap V2.0 for Summers' Fundamentals of Case Management Practice: Skills for the Human Services, 1 term Instant Access 5th Edition by Nancy Summers
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MindTap V2.0 for Summers' Fundamentals of Case Management Practice: Skills for the Human Services, Fifth Edition is the digital learning solution that helps instructors engage and transform today's students into critical thinkers. Through paths of dynamic assignments and applications that you can personalize, real-time course analytics, and an accessible reader, MindTap helps you turn cookie-cutter into cutting-edge, apathy into engagement, and memorizers into higher-level thinkers. \n\nMindTap propels students from memorization to mastery with a learn, practice, apply framework designed to prepare students for real world work in the counseling profession. MindTap gives you complete ownership of your content and learning experience. Customize the interactive syllabi, emphasize the most important topics, and add your own material or notes in the eBook. The outcome-driven application helps you challenge every student, build their confidence, and empower them to be unstoppable.

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Nancy Summers

Nancy Summers is an emeritus professor at Harrisburg Area Community College, where she has served as department chair. Summers was the director of public education for a mental health system and has worked with numerous agencies to provide training, improve services and assist with an internal reorganization. She remains actively in touch with numerous professionals in a wide variety of programs and recently published work on the supervision of the less experienced human services worker. She is currently on the board of trustees at Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio.

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  • 2019 Update: MindTap V2.0 now includes additional and an improved experience for students allowing them to receive immediate feedback on their quizzes and now includes outcome reporting aligned to professional standards on class performance.
  • 2019 Update: MindTap V2.0 now includes case studies for every chapter to help promote critical thinking and practice case management skills.
  • 2019 Update: MindTap V2.0 now includes new video of the case management process and Helper Studio simulations for every chapter to help view and practice case management skills.

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Table of Contents

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SECTION 1: Foundations for the Best Practice in Case Management.
1. Case Management: Definition and Responsibilities.
2. Ethics and Other Professional Responsibilities for Human Service Workers.
3. Applying the Ecological Model: A Theoretical Foundation for Human Services.
SECTION 2: Useful Clarifications and Attitudes.
4. Cultural Competence.
5. Attitudes and Boundaries.
6. Clarifying Who Owns the Problem.
SECTION 3: Effective Communication.
7. Identifying Good Responses and Poor Responses.
8. Listening and Responding.
9. Asking Questions.
10. Bringing Up Difficult Issues.
11. Addressing and Disarming Anger.
12. Collaborating with People for Change.
13. Putting It All Together: Exercises
SECTION 4: Meeting Clients and Assessing Their Strengths and Needs.
14. Documenting Initial Inquiries.
15. The First Interview.
16. Social Histories and Assessment Forms.
17. Using the DSM.
18. The Mental Status Examination.
19. Receiving and Releasing Information.
SECTION 5: Developing a Plan with a Client.
20. Developing a Service Plan at the Case Management Unit.
21. Preparing for a Service Planning Conference or Disposition Planning Meeting.
22. Making the Referral and Assembling the Record.
23. Documentation and Recording.
SECTION 6: Monitoring Services and Following the Client.
24. Monitoring the Services or Treatment.
25. Developing Goals and Objectives at the Provider Agency.
26. Terminating the Case.

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Fundamentals of Case Management Practice: Skills for the Human Services

ISBN: 9781305094765
This text/workbook is a step-by-step guide through the case management process, from intake and assessment to referrals and termination. The fifth edition focuses on what is most important for students to consider, document, and pass along in each step of the human services process. Chapters walk students through each step of the case management process, while realistic exercises drawn from active professionals expose students to a broad range of true-to-life circumstances and difficulties. This edition is available with MindTap, a seamless online learning experience that combines readings, multimedia, activities, and assessments into a singular Learning Path that guides students through the course.