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  • The Rise of the Therapeutic Society

    Psychological Knowledge & the Contradictions of Cultural Change

    by Katie Wright ...
    An examination of the Western world's contemporary fascination with psychological life, and the historical developments that fostered it.In this book, sociologist Katie Wright traces the ascendancy of therapeutic culture, from nineteenth-century concerns about nervousness, to the growth of psychology, the diffusion of an analytic attitude, and the spread of therapy and counseling, using Australia ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Changing the Course of Autism

    A Scientific Approach for Parents and Physicians

    by Bryan Jepson, Jane Johnson ...
    In Changing the Course of Autism, Dr. Bryan Jepson and Jane Johnson reveal the biological and neurological conditions behind autism spectrum disorders.Foreword by Katie Wright, daughter of the founders of Autism SpeaksRather than simply masking symptoms with drugs like Ritalin and Prozac, Dr. Bryan Jepson and Jane Johnson explain that autism can be treated by reducing the neurological inflammation ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Masculinities, Migration and Inter-Generational Relations

    by Katie Wright ...
    This book examines father-son relations and their role in the transfer of forms of masculinity and fathering practices. It also explores how far the psychosocial resources transferred from fathers to sons enable sons to navigate challenges in their everyday lives, particularly in contexts of disadvantage and marginalization. This study is a successor to an earlier book examining the inter ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Examining the Past and Shaping the Future

    The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

    Edited by Katie Wright, Shurlee Swain, Kathleen McPhillips ...
    The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (2013– 17) was one of the largest public inquiries in Australian history and one of the most important investigations into child abuse internationally. It facilitated a national conversation about justice for victims and survivors and how to improve child safety in the future. Through the examination of practices in key social ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The Promise of the New and Genealogies of Education Reform

    Edited by Julie McLeod, Katie Wright ...
    This volume explores questions about hope, optimism and the possibilities of the ‘new’ as expressed in educational thinking on the nature and problem of adolescence. One focus is on the interwar years in Australian education, and the proliferation of educational reports and programs directed to understanding, governing, educating and enlivening adolescents. This included studies of the secondary ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Rethinking Youth Wellbeing

    Critical Perspectives

    Edited by Katie Wright, Julie McLeod ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume offers a critical rethinking of the construct of youth wellbeing, stepping back from taken-for-granted and psychologically inflected understandings. Wellbeing has become a catchphrase in educational, health and social care policies internationally, informing a range of school programs and social interventions and increasingly shaping everyday understandings of young people. Drawing on ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • International Migration, Development and Human Wellbeing

    by Katie Wright ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Katie Wright explores how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' across spatial boundaries. She draws on empirical research, undertaken with Peruvian migrants based in London and Madrid and their Peru-based relatives and close friends to explore how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' transnationally. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Childhood, Youth and Activism

    Demands for Rights and Justice from Young People and their Advocates

    Edited by Katie Wright, Julie McLeod ...
    Series Book 33 - Sociological Studies of Children and Youth
    In a time of ongoing global instability and the emergence of new fault lines of social inequality generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the rights of children and young people have been thrown into sharp relief. From uncertain futures arising from the climate crisis to concerns about regressive and reactionary politics to widespread experiences of harassment, abuse and violence, young people and ... Read more

    $108.29 USD

  • Gender, Migration and the Intergenerational Transfer of Human Wellbeing

    by Katie Wright ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book discusses how human wellbeing is constructed and transferred intergenerationally in the context of international migration. Research on intergenerational transmission (IGT) has tended to focus on material asset transfers prompting calls to balance material asset analysis with that of psychosocial assets – including norms, values attitudes and behaviors. Drawing on empirical research ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • How to Prevent Autism

    Expert Advice from Medical Professionals

    by Dara Berger, Dr. Sidney Baker, Dr. Nancy O'Hara, Geri Brewster, RD, MPH, CDN, Maureen McDonnel, RN, Scott Smith, PA, James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Maria Rickert-Hong, CHHC, AADP, Katie Wright, Corinne Simpson Brown, Anju Iona Usman, Stephanie Seneff ...
    The statistics are alarming and become more so every year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 68 children have been identified with an autism spectrum disorder, making it one of the fastest growing developmental disorders in the United States. Further, the CDC estimates that parents with a child on the autism spectrum can have nearly a 20 percent chance of having a ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • Bugs, Bowels, and Behavior

    The Groundbreaking Story of the Gut-Brain Connection

    Edited by Teri Arranga, Claire I. Viadro, Lauren Underwood ...
    According to the National Institutes of Health, there are sixty to seventy million people affected by digestive diseases in the United States. The old proverb tells us “you are what you eat,” and the latest science shows that this may be truer than we even thought. Diet has a profound effect on both physical and mental health. Most of the body’s immune system is in the gut, so pathology and ... Read more

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  • Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies

    Teaching and Learning for Justice in a Changing World

    Edited by Django Paris, H. Samy Alim ...
    Series series Language and Literacy Series
    “An essential read that asks educators to see young people as ‘whole versus broken’ when they enter our classrooms.”—Teaching Tolerance"This essential compilation will be of interest to scholars, students, and practitioners seeking understanding and examples of transformative classrooms."—Language and EducationCulturally Sustaining Pedagogies raises fundamental que... ... Read more

    $39.99 USD