books by Karla K. Miley

books by Karla K. Miley

books:

Karla K. Miley

Pathways to Power: Readings in Contextual Social Work Practice
Michael W. O'Melia, Karla K. Miley

Allyn & Bacon, 2001

These readings offer critical perspectives and practice applications to define and illustrate an empowerment method of social work. The organizing theme, pathways to power, focuses on how people acquire and maintain power. This book goes beyond traditional practice perspectives to include methods that emphasize social justice, environmental ...

Generalist Social Work Practice: An Empowering Approach (5th Edition)

Karla K. Miley, Michael W. O'Melia, ...

Allyn & Bacon, 2006

Excellent Basic Text
I must admit that I have a bias in the other direction. I not only used the textbook in a couple of courses some of those classes were taught by Michael O'Melia or Brenda DuBois. Their explanations of text material went well beyond the "basic" or "generalist". I ...

Social Work: An Empowering Profession (6th Edition) (MyHelpingKit Series)
Brenda L. DuBois, Karla K. Miley

Allyn & Bacon, 2007

Through its discipline-oriented approach to social work, this introductory textbook integrates foundational content areas from the Council on Social Work Education with the contemporary themes of empowerment, strengths, and human rights and social justice. It is the first textbook to fully incorporate the strengths and empowerment perspective ...