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The Hoarding Handbook. A Guide for Human Service Professionals.
Bratiotis, Christiana; Schmalisch, Cristina Sorrentino; Steketee, Gail S.
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Description for The Hoarding Handbook. A Guide for Human Service Professionals.
Paperback. This user-friendly guide provides tools to assess the problem, to coordinate and delegate tasks among helping professionals, and to work directly with reluctant hoarders and those affected by the hoarding. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 half-tones and 5 line-cuts. BIC Classification: JKSM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
Hoarding is a serious, time-consuming, and expensive problem for virtually every community across the United States. First responders often encounter hoarding unexpectedly and are confused about how to resolve the wide range of problems, from public health and fire safety violations, to housing violations, to concern for the welfare of children, elders and animals. Sometimes solutions must be coordinated across several human service disciplines. The first of its kind, this handy guide is a nuts and bolts resource filled with case studies, tips and strategies, and easy-to-use suggestions for professionals responding to hoarding situations. Organized around the common ways ... Read more
Hoarding is a serious, time-consuming, and expensive problem for virtually every community across the United States. First responders often encounter hoarding unexpectedly and are confused about how to resolve the wide range of problems, from public health and fire safety violations, to housing violations, to concern for the welfare of children, elders and animals. Sometimes solutions must be coordinated across several human service disciplines. The first of its kind, this handy guide is a nuts and bolts resource filled with case studies, tips and strategies, and easy-to-use suggestions for professionals responding to hoarding situations. Organized around the common ways ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195385519
SKU
V9780195385519
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99-5
About Bratiotis, Christiana; Schmalisch, Cristina Sorrentino; Steketee, Gail S.
Christiana Bratiotis, PhD, is a post-doctoral fellow at the Boston University School of Social Work. Cristina Sorrentino Schmalisch, PhD, is a psychotherapist in private practice at the Lydian Center for Innovative Medicine and a staff therapist at Hope Psychological Services. Gail Steketee, PhD, is Dean and Professor at the Boston University School of Social Work.
Reviews for The Hoarding Handbook. A Guide for Human Service Professionals.
I found the handbook clear to read, engaging and, unlike my earlier feelings towards hoarding in the media, seems to very much appreciate the importance of engaging and building a relationship with the client. ... the handbook is a really interesting and rich, introductory resource for mental health teams who are struggling to work with hoarding in the community.
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