Summary
Contents
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Drawing upon the wisdom of experts in the field, this reader-friendly volume explores both foundational competencies and the technical how-to skills needed for engaging in community psychology practice. Each chapter explores a core competency and its application in preventing or amending community problems and issues. With case examples throughout, this text offers a practical introduction to community outreach and intervention in community psychology.
Advocacy and Social Justice
Advocacy and Social Justice
Opening Exercise
You are at home reading a book when you hear a knock on your door. You open it to find several neighbors who appear upset. “The house down the street is going to be a sober house!” one of them angrily explains, “We don't want a bunch of people who used drugs living on our street. Property values will go down and the neighborhood will be over-ridden with drugs and crime. Come help talk to city officials in order to support an ordinance that will not allow this recovery home to be located in our middle-class neighborhood or any others in town.” You have a brother who for years had ...
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