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  • Residential Child Care

    Prospects and Challenges

    by Van Beinum, Christine Barter, Joe Francis, Janet Boddy, Jo Dixon, Brigid Daniel, Roger Bullock, Claire Cameron, Aileen Barclay, Teresa O'Neill, Lynne Hunter, Judy Furnivall, Malcolm Hill, Harriet Ward, Jane Scott, Laura Steckley, Kirsten Stalker, Irene Stevens, Dr Ruth Emond ...
    Series series Research Highlights in Social Work
    Residential Child Care draws on the latest research to offer guidance for developing best practice, policy and improved outcomes for children and young people.Contributors examine important aspects of residential care work, and address the concerns about the poor outcomes for young people leaving care and the role of residential child care as a positive choice within the range of care services. ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

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    Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems

    Edited by Teresa L. Scheid, Tony N. Brown ...
    The second edition of A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health provides a comprehensive review of the sociology of mental health. Chapters by leading scholars and researchers present an overview of historical, social and institutional frameworks. Part I examines social factors that shape psychiatric diagnosis and the measurement of mental health and illness, theories that explain the definition ... Read more

    $47.59 USD

  • Professional Boundaries in Social Work and Social Care

    A Practical Guide to Understanding, Maintaining and Managing Your Professional Boundaries

    by Frank Cooper ...
    Professional boundaries between worker and client underpin all areas of practice in social work and social care, and the mismanagement of these boundaries can lead to unprofessional conduct and negative consequences for both worker and client.This book is a no-nonsense guide to boundaries – what they are, why they are there and how to maintain them, from legal boundaries and policies governing ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Yes You Can!

    Your Guide to Becoming an Activist

    by Jane Drake, Ann Love ...
    Every time our society takes steps forward, segregation becomes illegal, child labor is exposed, and companies that poison our air are called to account. Behind those steps are people who identified problems, worked together, and created change. Lifelong environmental activists, Jane Drake and Ann Love present the nine steps to social change and much more. From fascinating accounts about the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Youth in Prison

    by Roger Smith ...
    Series series Incarceration Issues: Punishment, Reform
    The subject of juvenile detention is a major issue for Canadian and U.S. societies, and especially for teens. This book looks at juvenile detention: beginning with the environments that often produce troubled teens, to the legal process of the juvenile courts, to the varieties of detention arrangements and daily life in a juvenile detention facility. The book does not shy away from hard questions: ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Culture and Child Protection

    Reflexive Responses

    by Marie Connolly, Yvonne Crichton-Hill, Tony Ward ...
    Providing services that are culturally relevant is an ongoing challenge for practitioners, managers, and policy-makers within the social services. Culture and Child Protection is a concise exploration of the close links between social service practices and cultural values which offers a culturally sensitive model of child protection practice.The authors demonstrate the ways in which a combination ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • The Redleaf Family Child Care Curriculum

    Teaching Through Quality Care

    by Sharon Woodward ...
    This leading resource is a specifically designed curriculum for family child-care providers. They will be able to incorporate best practices and activities appropriate for the mixed ages of children in their care. Developmental domains and milestones, learning areas, age-appropriate activities and outcomes, and more are included. It is far more affordable than other family child care curriculum ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Struggle Within

    Prisons, Political Prisoners, and Mass Movements in the United States

    by Dan Berger, dream hampton ...
    The Struggle Within is an accessible yet wide-ranging historical primer about how mass imprisonment has been a tool of repression deployed against diverse left-wing social movements over the last fifty years. Berger examines some of the most dynamic social movements across half a century: black liberation, Puerto Rican independence, Native American sovereignty, Chicano radicalism, white antiracist ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Proactive Child Protection and Social Work

    by Nora Duckett, Liz Davies ...
    Series series Transforming Social Work Practice Series
    Protecting children from abuse and neglect is a serious and complex area of social work practice and understanding the critical skills of communicating with and listening to children′s voices, and those of their advocates and survivors, is essential. In this new edition of a highly-regarded book, the authors offer a strengthened children′s rights perspective and explore four main categories of ... Read more

    $56.69 USD

  • Social Work and Human Rights

    A Foundation for Policy and Practice

    by Elisabeth Reichert ...
    Social Work and Human Rights has become a standard text highlighting the role of social work in protecting the rights of vulnerable populations. Through rigorous analysis, classroom exercises, and a frank discussion of the implications for practice both within and outside of the United States, the volume effectively acquaints readers with the political, economic, and social dimensions of rights ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Active Ageing

    Perspectives from Europe on a vaunted topic

    Edited by María Luisa Gómez Jiménez, Jonathan Parker ...
    Authors from across Europe consider the diverse theoretical and conceptual issues in understanding ageing in late modern society with an emphasis on active ageing. Integrated approaches are emphasised, without privilege one theoretical conception above others. The examples used will act as examples of positive contributions to ageing, even when physical and cognitive frailty looms large ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families

    Evidence-Informed Assessments and Interventions

    by Michael J. Holosko, Catherine N. Dulmus, Karen M. Sowers ...
    A lifespan approach presenting evidence-informed interventions for working with individuals and familiesSocial Work Practice with Individuals and Families covers assessment of and intervention with children, adolescents, adults, the elderly, and families. It offers an array of pedagogical features within each chapter, as well as online resources and review questions at the conclusion of each ... Read more

    $51.00 USD