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  • Social Work with Young People in Care

    Looking After Children in Theory and Practice

    by Nigel Patrick Thomas, Karen Winter ...
    Series series Student Social Work
    This introduction to social work with children and young people who are looked after (in care or accommodated) by statutory or voluntary agencies is the only textbook on the subject which addresses this area of work across all four nations of the UK.Providing a clear theoretical and ethical basis, it introduces and develops a set of core themes, reflective of contemporary developments including:• ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • A Handbook of Children and Young People’s Participation

    Conversations for Transformational Change

    Edited by Barry Percy-Smith, Nigel Patrick Thomas, Claire O'Kane, Afua Twum-Danso Imoh ...
    This new edition of A Handbook of Children and Young People’s Participation brings together work from research and practice to reflect on some of the key developments in the field since the first edition published in 2010.Subtitled ‘Conversations for Transformational Change’, the collection focuses on both ongoing and new discourses that enable us to advance thinking and practice to better ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

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  • Practising Social Work Ethics Around the World

    Cases and Commentaries

    Edited by Sarah Banks, Kirsten Nøhr ...
    Ethics is an increasingly important theme in social work practice. Worldwide, social workers experience common ethical challenges (how to be fair, whether to break a rule, how to act in politically tense situations) in very different contexts – from disaster relief in China to child protection work in Palestine.This book takes as its starting point real life cases featuring ethical problems in the ... Read more

    $75.99 USD

  • Working with Vulnerable Families

    A Partnership Approach

    Edited by Fiona Arney, Dorothy Scott ...
    Poverty, domestic violence, marginalisation, drug and alcohol dependence are just some of the issues faced by many Australian families. Now in its second edition, Working with Vulnerable Families provides a comprehensive and evidence-based introduction to family-centred practice in Australia. It explores the ways in which health, education and social welfare professionals can support and protect ... Read more

    $68.09 USD

  • Occupational Therapies without Borders - Volume 2

    Towards an ecology of occupation-based practices

    Edited by Frank Kronenberg, Nick Pollard, Dikaios Sakellariou ...
    The companion text to Occupational Therapy without Borders - Volume 1: learning from the spirit of survivors! In this landmark text writers from around the world discuss a plurality of occupation-based approaches that explicitly acknowledge the full potential of the art and science of occupational therapy. The profession is presented as a political possibilities-based practice, concerned with what ... Read more

    Was $44.99 USD Now $35.09 USD

  • Organising a School's Response

    by Ann Hackney ...
    Series series Special Needs in Mainstream Schools
    First Published in 1988. This book aims to raise the awareness of some of the broader issues which surround provision for pupils with special educational needs so that mainstream teachers can relate more effectively with the special needs system of their own school. It also aims to help special needs staff and senior management in design, coordination and implementation of their school's overall ... Read more

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  • Child Abuse: An Evidence Base For Confident Practice

    by Brian Corby ...
    This book is an accessible knowledge base for the whole area of child abuse and child protection, now fully updated in terms of policy, cases and research. ... Read more

    $45.89 USD

  • The Future of Educational Change

    International Perspectives

    Edited by Ciaran Sugrue ...
    This timely book provides a systematic overview and critique of contemporary approaches to educational change from some of the best-known writers and scholars in the field, including Andy Hargreaves, Larry Cuban, Ivor Goodson, Jeannie Oakes, Milbrey McLaughlin, Judyth Sachs and Ann Liebermann.Divided into four sections, the book addresses the key themes:What has been the impact of educational ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • The Blackwell Companion to Social Work

    Edited by Martin Davies ...
    Fully revised and restructured, this fresh edition offers students and trainee social workers an incisive and authoritative introduction to the subject. As well as entirely new sections on theory and practice, the expert contributions which have shaped the companion’s leading reputation have been updated and now include innovative standalone essays on social work theory.Comprehensively reworked ... Read more

    $75.00 USD

  • Childhood, Culture and Society

    In a Global Context

    by Michael Wyness ...
    Written with clarity and thoroughly argued, Wyness confirms his place as one of the key authors within contemporary social science writing on children and childhood. A formidable exploration of the nature of contemporary childhood in globally disparate regions.′ - Pia Christensen, Professor of Anthropology and Childhood Studies, University of Leeds, UKA multifaceted and extensive analysis of the ... Read more

    $78.29 USD

  • Handbook for Practice Learning in Social Work and Social Care, Third Edition

    Knowledge and Theory

    by Steven Shardlow, Jane Aldgate, Alastair Gibson, Judith Brearley, Brigid Daniel, Daphne Statham, Michael Sheppard, Geraldine Macdonald, Peter Marsh, Steven Walker, Colin Keenan, Rob MacKay, Alan Barr, Robert Buckley, Fiona Feilberg, Jan Fook, Ian Fisk, Terry Maclean, Sheila Slessor, Amy Richert, Janine Bolger, Amy Clark, Mike Shepherd, Hazel Kelmshall, David Humphrey, Pauline Hardiker, Mary Barker, Heather Munro, Rory Lynch, Patricia Kearney, Neil Gibson, Prof Mark Doel ...
    This fully updated and expanded third edition of a classic text provides a comprehensive introduction to key theory, knowledge, research and evidence relating to practice learning in social work and social care.It outlines the theories that underpin social care practice, the main assessment models and interventions, and also offers guidance on the effective implementation of assessment across a ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Human Rights Education

    Theory, Research, Praxis

    by Nancy Flowers ...
    Series series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
    Over the past seven decades, human rights education has blossomed into a global movement. A field of scholarship that utilizes teaching and learning processes, human rights education addresses basic rights and broadens the respect for the dignity and freedom of all peoples. Since the founding of the United Nations and the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, human rights ... Read more

    $58.99 USD