Reaching Out to Children and Families

Students Model Effective Community Service

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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Community service and learning experiences are booming as we enter the 21st century. This practical guide assists college students and other constituents as they psychologically prepare for volunteering, service-learning, practicums, fieldwork assignments, and internships in a diverse and ever-changing world. Though created with the novice community worker in mind, this book will also assist professors, teachers, administrators, and agency personnel in understanding and preparing workers for community service and learning in schools, child care centers, soup kitchens, and shelters for the homeless. Written in a practical, conversational style, this book offers the voices, issues, concerns, and resources of more than 200 previous community workers. This book includes their struggles with the initial adjustment process, as well as ongoing gender, race, and class issues encountered in various service learning environments. Topics range from choosing a community service site to appropriate methods of bringing closure to the experience when it is time to say good-bye. This book in essence, provides hundreds of role models, scenarios, and worker perspectives that will help less-inexperienced workers prepare for the real-life, hands-on experiences of community engagement.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2000-11-08
Mått155 x 232 x 16 mm
Vikt422 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780847691166

Tillhör följande kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhalle och politik
Pedagogik inom Psykologi och pedagogik
Socialt arbete och välfärd inom Samhalle och politik

Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 IntroductionPart 3 BeginningsChapter 4 How Do I Get Started? Getting Organized for Community ServiceChapter 5 While You Are Getting Ready: Community Service and Learning in ContextChapter 6 What in the World Am I Doing Here? The First VisitsPart 7 Intermediate IssuesChapter 8 Looking in the Mirror: Images of the Self, the Hero, and the Mutual LearnerChapter 9 Is It Getting Better Yet? Building Trust and Nurturing RelationshipsChapter 10 What should I do now? Addressing Issues, Behavior, and LimitsChapter 11 To Touch or Not to Touch? Affection and Gender-Related IssuesChapter 12 The Melting Pot and the Vegetable Stew: Multicultural IssuesChapter 13 Working with Individuals with Special NeedsChapter 14 Did She Really Say That? Shocking Statements and Other TraumasPart 15 EndingsChapter 16 Is It Time to Say Good-bye? Arranging Successful ClosureChapter 17 Reviewing the Community Service Adjustment ProcessChapter 18 NotesChapter 19 Appendix A: Journal Reflection QuestionsChapter 20 Appendix B: MethodsChapter 21 Appendix C: Guidelines Regarding Privacy and ConfidentialityChapter 22 Appendix D: Sample Introductory Letter to AgencyChapter 23 Appendix E: Guidelines for Working with Children and FamiliesChapter 24 Appendix F: Collectivistic Practices and ApproachesChapter 25 Appendix G: Sample Placement Supervisor Evaluation of WorkerChapter 26 References

This book will be a companion to students as they face the challenges, struggles, apprehensions, and joys of community service. It provides practical and realistic advice for students on many issues. In addition, the book will be a valuable resource for faculty as they develop and conduct service learning classes. The book will also be useful to community agency personnel as a resource for their supervision of service learning students.