Learning the Art of Helping: Building Blocks and Techniques, 6th edition

New features in the sixth edition enhance learning:

• NEW! Culture Check sections highlight issues of culture in research and in personal experiences as they relate to helping skills.

• NEW! Chapter 12 focuses specifically on learning to help those who are culturally different from you.

• NEW! The text identifies helping skills to develop when working with children for the first time.

• NEW! The text addresses the issue of gender differences and how they can challenge the helping relationship.

• NEW! The book includes two new self-assessment tools to help students evaluate recorded sessions or transcripts.

  • The Helper Competency Scale assesses the basic skills.

  • The Depth Scale looks at the depth of helper responses.

• NEW! The text identifies specific points of practice where students can watch a video of the skill they are learning or complete written exercises and receive feedback on their answers. Students can now access these ancillary materials at the same time they are reading about them.

Familiar features teach the art of helping:

• Stop and Reflect sections within each chapter provide students with opportunities to pause, integrate the concepts and ideas, and consider their reaction to real cases and situations.
• Group Exercises provide additional reinforcement, giving students the chance to practice the skills they’ve just learned with classmates.
• Journal Starters allow readers to test new ideas and reflect on conflicts and challenges they develop as helpers that allow them to continue their learning between classes.

New features and benefits include:

• Culture Check sections highlight issues of culture in research and in personal experiences as they relate to helping skills.

• Chapter 12 focuses specifically on learning to help those who are culturally different from you.

• The text identifies helping skills to develop when working with children for the first time.

• The text addresses the issue of gender differences and how they can challenge the helping relationship.

• The book includes two new self-assessment tools to help students evaluate recorded sessions or transcripts.

  • The Helper Competency Scale assesses the basic skills.

  • The Depth Scale looks at the depth of helper responses.

• The text identifies specific points of practice where students can watch a video of the skill they are learning or complete written exercises and receive feedback on their answers. Students can now access these ancillary materials at the same time they are reading about them.