Author: N/A Publisher: Perseus Books, LLC Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Through a novel integration of child welfare data, policy analysis, and evidence-informed youth permanency practice, the essays in this volume show how to achieve and sustain family permanence for old...
Author: Farber, Dr. Naomi Publisher: Springer Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This new edition of Adolescent Pregnancy contains everything a social worker needs to know to address adolescent sexual health risks and the recent rise in teen pregnancy rates. The second edition pre...
Author: Goldstein, Eda / Miehls, Dennis / Ringel, Shoshana Publisher: Perseus Books, LLC Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Advanced Clinical Social Work Practice traces the development of relational ideas from their origin in object relations and self psychology to their evolution in current relational, intersubjectivity,...
Author: N/A Publisher: Springer Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The definitive work on battered women is now in a timely third edition. New material on: "" Same-sex violence "" Working with children in shelters "" Immigrant women affected by domestic violence ""...
Author: N/A Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: If care work is to be re-valued and reformed, who will pay? As borders between care and other adjacent fields, such as education and health, become blurred, might care work gradually merge into other ...
Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: A special edition of Child & Family Social Work focusing on the lives and circumstances of refugee and asylum seeking children and families in several countries - Australia, Ireland, Norway and the Un...
Author: Parton, Nigel Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Child protection and family support is a major social issue; there is a continuing debate about how policies and practices regarding child protection integrate with those concerning family support and...
Author: Dale, Peter / Green, Richard / Fellows, Ron Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Format: Adobe PDF
Description: ""This book is especially welcome because of the scholarship and thoughtfulness evident throughout."" Dr Peter Reder, Child Psychiatrist, London How do child protection professionals and courts make ...
Author: Iwaniec, Dorota Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "Failure to Thrive syndrome is something that all paediatricians, health visitors and social workers need to be aware of. This book offers a comprehensive overview of the signs and symptoms and outlin...
Author: Sheldon, Brian Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Gives a thorough grounding in cognitive- behavioural methods with full recognition of the pressures under which social workers have to operate. Includes methods of evaluation, case examples, latest re...
Author: N/A Publisher: Springer Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: ""This is a good book to have available, not just for social work faculty and students, but also for those in the health sciences, psychology, and sociology....Recommended. Lower-level undergraduate t...
Author: Stebnicki, Mark Publisher: Springer Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book places significant issues related to the health, mental health, and well-being of older adults and their caregivers within the context of social work service delivery. By presenting the rese...
Author: Bushfield, Dr. Suzanne / DeFord, Dr. Rev. Brad Publisher: Springer Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: With a growing elderly population comes an increased need to recognize the medical and psychological needs of older adults suffering from addiction, particularly towards the end of life. This guide de...
Author: Banks, Sarah Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "Ethical Issues in Youth Work" presents a systematic analysis of some of the core ethical dilemmas facing youth workers in their day to day practice.
Author: Birkin, Mark / Katz, Ilan / Pinkerton, John Publisher: Wiley Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The delivery of effective family support is a key global child welfare issue, yet there is little consensus on what constitutes family support or what the best ways are to evaluate it.Evaluating Famil...
Author: N/A Publisher: Springer Publishing Company Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: "[T]his book provides practical practice guidance as well as...interviewing and assessment tips....[A]n invaluable source of information for students, practitioners, researchers and educators."
Author: Link, Rosemary J. Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This dynamic text on human behavior takes a unique international perspective to introduce students to the concepts of large social systems and development. Social workers now practice in an increasing...
Author: Hall, Bertie Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Bertie Hall is a genuine believer in changing situations or conditions for the sole purpose of achieving quality of growth and success. He also believes real change requires action. He rejects bureauc...
Author: N/A Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book examines the relatively neglected topic of non-attendance at British schools. Using previously unpublished material, it evaluates measures to improve attendance at the level of both schools ...
Author: Johnston, Dr. Janet / Roseby, Dr. Vivienne Publisher: Springer Publishing Company Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: "Johnston, Roseby, and Kuehnle take you behind the child's eyes, into their heads...[they] flesh out the familial context, and bring it all back into the larger social world....When you are done re
Description: Innovative Interventions in Child and Adolescent Mental Health is a unique composite of the literature on various innovative interventions for children and adolescents, and provides a developmental an...
Author: N/A Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Written by key figures in the field of social care training and management this much-needed book provides practice guidance for front line managers in social care. Refocusing attention on the manageme...
Author: Bryan, Craig J. / Rudd, David Publisher: Springer Publishing Company Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "Primary care is the new frontier for preventing suicide and Bryan and Rudd are its pioneers, offering wisdom and guidance based on their experience in bridging behavioral health care to the pri
Author: Caplan, T Publisher: Whiting & Birch Ltd Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book describes the NEEDS-ABC Model, developed by the author, and shows the model in use in group, family, couple and individual therapies. An integrated therapeutic approach combines observation ...
Author: Publishing, Springer Publisher: Springer Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Despite projections of significant growth in older minority populations, researchers have little more than surface-level appreciation of how cultural factors will shape mental and physical health outc...
Author: Dixon, John / Macarov, David Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Poverty is one of the most persistant and long-standing problems facing governments and populations all over the world. This book addresses poverty in ten different countries and discusses the attitud...
Author: Fawcett, Barbara Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Appraises key issues in the contested fields of postmodernism and feminism, focusing on applications in relation to practice, research and education in social work.
Author: Bateman, Neil Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "Practising Welfare Rights" aims to improve awareness among social workers about the skills required for effective welfare rights work, and offers guidance for managers and other professionals about h...
Author: Bower, Marion Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Written by practicing social workers and social work educators this text analyses psychoanalytic and psychosocial approaches to social work and relates them to current practices and values. Focusing o...
Author: Seymour, Wendy Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In this major new contribution to the field of the sociology of the body, Wendy Seymour interviews people who have suffered profound bodily paralysis and explores their sense of an embodied self. Esse...
Author: Krysik, Judy / Finn, Jerry Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Very often research texts for social work students are dry, boring, and hard to relate to. Not this book! Nor do authors Krysik and Finn shy away from teaching research skills that are actually intere...
Author: Fernandez, Marilyn Publisher: Lexington Books Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Restorative Justice for Domestic Violence Victims uses a rich and detailed set of interviews and complementary survey data to make a strong case for introducing restorative justice principles into the...
Author: N/A Publisher: Springer Publishing Company Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "[This book] provides a comprehensive understanding of the opportunities for all of us working with vulnerable populations to develop thoughtful, workable programs. The topics presented are not limite...
Description: This collection aims to address the marginalization and under-theorization of sexuality and sexual identity in social work research and practice. Its starting point is that sexuality is a key aspect o...
Description: Shattered Lives bears witness to the lives of children who have experienced abuse and neglect, and highlights the effects of early traumatic episodes. Chapters take the form of letters to a child c...
Author: Caspi, Dr Jonathan Publisher: Springer Publishing Company Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Most people see aggression between siblings as an unavoidable, normal and ultimately harmless aspect of child development, yet it can often cause social adjustment and behavioral problems, some of whi...
Author: N/A Publisher: Springer Publishing Company Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Sibling relationships have a major influence on a person's development and behavior, yet, until now the topic has been seriously underrepresented in the professional literature. Sibling
Author: McClennen, Dr. Joan Publisher: Springer Publishing Company Format: Adobe PDF
Description: To competently serve families, social work students must understand the theories and issues surrounding family violence. This innovative textbook comprehensively discusses three types of family vio
