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  • Towards Positive Systems of Child and Family Welfare

    International Comparisons of Child Protection, Family Service, and Community Caring Systems

    Edited by Nancy Freymond, Gary Cameron ...
    Series series Heritage
    The need for services that respond to the ‘maltreatment’ of children and to the struggles of families is at the core of social service systems in all developed nations. While these child and family welfare systems confront similar problems and incorporate common elements, there are substantial differences in philosophy, organization, and operation across international settings and models.In this ... Read more

    $42.49 USD

  • Necessary but Not Sufficient

    Improving Community Living for Youth after Residential Mental Health Programs

    by Gary Cameron, Karen M. Frensch, Trudy Smit Quosai, Mark Pancer, Michele Preyde ...
    Youth residential mental health care is often a last resort after a long time searching for help. Despite engaging with residential care, moving from residential mental health programs to life in the community, many youth still confront disturbing prospects. Incorporating vignettes, chapter summaries, as well as theory and evidence in fields such as education, juvenile justice, child welfare, ... Read more

    $51.19 USD

  • Creating Positive Systems of Child and Family Welfare

    Congruence with the Everyday Lives of Children and Parents

    Edited by Gary Cameron, Marshall Fine, Sarah Maiter, Karen Frensch, Nancy Freymond ...
    The North American approach to child protection is broadly accepted, despite frequent criticisms of its core limitations: parental fear and resistance, the limited range of services and supports available to families, escalating costs, and high stress and turnover among service providers. Could these shortcomings be improved through organizational or system reform?Based on findings from a decade’s ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Intervening With Assaulted Women

    Current Theory, Research, and Practice

    Edited by Barbara Pressman, Gary Cameron, Michael Rothery ...
    Domestic violence against women is a problem that cries out for informed discussion and effective treatments. Intervening With Assaulted Women is a definitive response to those cries.The authors of each of the chapters included in this collection were selected for their ability to address a different issue related to the abuse of women. As a result, a wide range of concerns are confronted and ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Child Maltreatment

    Expanding Our Concept of Helping

    Edited by Michael Rothery, Gary Cameron ...
    Recognizing child maltreatment as a complex phenomenon requiring multifaceted responses, this volume provides a current and comprehensive assessment of the problem, and argues for an expanded conception of helping on the part of those who work with maltreated children, their families, and their communities. Contributions follow a general outline that addresses current theory and models of practice ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

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  • Family Therapy

    Models and Techniques

    by Janice M. Rasheed, Mikal N. Rasheed, James A. Marley ...
    This textoffers a straightforward, comprehensive overview of both traditional and evolving theoretical models of family therapy and intervention techniques as well as a discussion of clinical issues unique to family therapy practice. Aiming to prepare students to develop beginning proficiency in family therapy, the authors outline major family therapy models in detail, including a step by step ... Read more

    $141.29 USD

  • Researching Resilience

    Edited by Linda Liebenberg, Michael Ungar ...
    While categorization has always been one of the primary focuses of the social sciences, recent trends within these disciplines have tended to categorize various behaviours as disorders. Researching Resilience challenges this tendency to pathologize, and marks a profound shift in research methods from the study of disorder to the study of well-being.This collection assembles qualitative and ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Social Groups in Action and Interaction

    2nd Edition

    by Charles Stangor ...
    Social Groups in Action and Interaction reviews and analyzes the human group as it operates to create both social good and, potentially, social harm. It summarizes current knowledge and contemporary research, with real-world examples in succinct yet engaging chapters, to help students understand and predict group behavior. Unlike other texts, the book considers a wide range of topics—such as ... Read more

    $94.99 USD

  • The Social Psychology of Power

    Edited by Ana Guinote, PhD, Theresa K. Vescio, PhD ...
    Addressing an issue of central concern in social life, this authoritative book examines how having or lacking power influences the way individuals and groups think, feel, and act. Leading international experts comprehensively review classic and contemporary research with an eye toward bridging gaps across theories and levels of analysis. Compelling topics include the evolutionary bases of power; ... Read more

    $73.79 USD

  • Rehabilitation

    by Tony Ward, Shadd Maruna ...
    Series series Key Ideas in Criminology
    Over the last two decades, empirical evidence has increasingly supported the view that it is possible to reduce re-offending rates by rehabilitating offenders rather than simply punishing them. In fact, the pendulum’s swing back from a pure punishment model to a rehabilitation model is arguably one of the most significant events in modern correctional policy. This comprehensive review argues that ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Psychology of Working

    A New Perspective for Career Development, Counseling, and Public Policy

    by David Blustein ...
    Series series Counseling and Psychotherapy
    In this original and major new work, David Blustein places working at the same level of attention for social and behavioral scientists and psychotherapists as other major life concerns, such as intimate relationships, physical and mental health, and socio-economic inequities.He also provides readers with an expanded conceptual framework within which to think about working in human development and ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Creating the Opportunity to Learn

    Moving from Research to Practice to Close the Achievement Gap

    by A. Wade Boykin, Pedro Noguera ...
    "Unless we believe that those who have more are inherently superior to those who have less, we should be troubled by the fact that patterns of achievement are often fairly predictable, particularly with respect to students' race and class."In Creating the Opportunity to Learn, Wade Boykin and Pedro Noguera help navigate the turbid waters of evidence-based methodologies and chart a course toward ... Read more

    $29.59 USD