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ERIC Number: EJ640608
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-8046
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Empowerment as a Dynamically Developing Concept for Practice: Lessons Learned from Organizational Ethnography.
Bartle, Elizabeth E.; Couchonnal, Graciela; Canda, Edward R.; Staker, Martha D.
Social Work, v47 n1 p32-43 Jan 2002
This article describes the process of developing an empowerment approach in a comprehensive child development program that defined its mission as empowerment of families living in poverty. Findings concerning empowerment are presented in two areas: resolution of contrasts and dichotomies, and lessons learned for program effectiveness. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Development, Counseling Services, Counseling Techniques, Empowerment, Ethnography, Family Counseling, Poverty, Program Development, Program Effectiveness, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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