BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY: STRATEGIES FOR PROFESSIONALS AND COMMUNITIES
Book ID/图书代码： 08859317C00260
English Summary/英文概要： Bridges Out of Poverty is a unique and powerful tool designed specifically for social, health, and legal services professionals. Based in part on Dr. Ruby K. Payne’s myth shattering A Framework for Understanding Poverty, Bridges reaches out to the millions of service providers and businesses whose daily work connects them with the lives of people in poverty. In a highly readable format you’ll find case studies, detailed analysis, helpful charts and exercises, and specific solutions you and your organization can implement right now to: Redesign programs to better serve people you work with Build skill sets for management to help guide employees Upgrade training for front-line staff like receptionists, case workers, and managers; Improve treatment outcomes in health care and behavioral health care; Increase the likelihood of moving from welfare to work. If your business, agency, or organization works with people from poverty, only a deeper understanding of their challenges-and strengths-will help you partner with them to create opportunities for success.
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Awards/获奖情况：organizing a Bridges community takes work, but the
rewards are incredible. Boulder County has been so impressed with the Bridges constructs that
the Community Services Department and Department
of Health and Human Services have sent their staff to be trained. It has made a difference in the way we provide servicesin Boulder County. —Janet Heimer
Director, Boulder County Community Action Programs
Boulder, CO
in our community, Bridges Out of Poverty provides a
breakthrough approach that brings new players and new
energy to the table. It is a comprehensive model that
addresses the issue at the individual, community,
structural, and policy levels —and calls for people in poverty to be planners and decision makers. Most
importantly, aha! Process not only supports our work,
but seeks ways to learn from our experiences.
—Bonnie Bazata Director, St. Joseph County Bridges Out of Poverty Initiative, South Bend, IN
About the Author/作者介绍： Ruby K. Payne, PhD Speaker, career educator, business owner, and author Expert on the mindsets of
economic classes and crossing socioeconomic
lines for love, work, education,and social change
Has written or co-authored more than a dozen books
Speaks to tens of thousands of professionals a year
Founder and president of aha! Process, Inc.
Philip E. DeVol is at the forefront of efforts to create sustainable prosperity for individuals and communities.His numerous published works include Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin’-By World—and Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities, co-authored with Terie Dreussi-Smith and Ruby Payne, Ph.D. DeVol’s approach centers on uniting all stakeholders to build resources and to support each other in an ever-expanding learning community.
Terie Dreussi-Smith, MAEd has been an author/consultant with aha! Process since 1997
and is experienced in bringing diverse audiences to new understandings and paradigms with practical knowledge, humor, and sincerity. She has years of
both direct and midlevel management experience working
with youth and adults in poverty. Her areas of expertise are health and wellness initiatives,
K–12 education, higher education, alcohol and other drug prevention, community youth development, and community wellness.
Format:HARDCOVER
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