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The Unitary Approach and Behaviour Modification within the Social Work Repertoire*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Barbara L. Hudson
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I'm going to describe the unitary approach, a recent model for social work, and then use the model to pinpoint the place of behavioural procedures.

Social Work is — or aspires to be — a profession that carries out a planned change process aimed at helping people who are having difficulty with life tasks. These tasks range from coping emotionally and practically with the birth of a handicapped child, to keeping within the rules of society, to obtaining the basic supplies: food, shelter and satisfying personal relationships, and they require emotional, cognitive and material resources.

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Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , April 1980 , pp. 25 - 29
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1980

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