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  • A Political Economy of Attention, Mindfulness and Consumerism

    Reclaiming the Mindful Commons

    by Peter Doran ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Sustainability
    The power of capital is the power to target our attention, mould market-ready identities, and reduce the public realm to an endless series of choices. This has far-reaching implications for our psychological, physical and spiritual well-being, and ultimately for our global ecology. In this consumer age, the underlying teachings of Buddhist mindfulness offer more than individual well-being and ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Steps To Success

    by Peter Doran, LLc. Designs Unparallel ...
    This workbook is focused on starting with the basics and finding out about yourself, not only through assessment, but through personality and best matches. We will professionally describe what your experiences and qualities are regardless of your background. This is a self-help guide that would enhance your resume writing and job hunting. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Residential Child Care in Practice

    Making a Difference

    by Mark Smith, Leon Fulcher, Peter Doran ...
    Series series Social Work in Practice
    Written by experienced practitioners and academics, this is a core text about the practice of residential child care. It takes as its starting point the fact that residential child care involves workers and children sharing a common lifespace, in which the quality of interpersonal relationships is key. Each chapter highlights relevant policy guidance and is developed around a practice scenario, ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

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  • A Good Childhood

    Searching for Values in a Competitive Age

    by Judy Dunn, Richard Layard ...
    Every day the newspapers lament the problems facing our children - broken homes, pressures to eat and drink, the stress of exams. The same issues are discussed in every pub and at every dinner party. But is life really more difficult for children than it was, and if so why? And how can we make it better?This book, which is a result of a two year investigation by the Children's Society and draws ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Learning Outside the Classroom

    Theory and Guidelines for Practice

    by Simon Beames, Robbie Nicol, Peter Higgins ...
    Learning Outside the Classroom outlines theory and practice that will enable and encourage teachers to systematically and progressively incorporate meaningful outdoor learning opportunities into their daily teaching activities in a wide variety of environments and with diverse populations of pupils. This is the first textbook based around the curriculum for prospective and practising primary and ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Ethical Maturity in the Helping Professions

    Making Difficult Life and Work Decisions

    by Elisabeth Shaw, Dr Michael Carroll ...
    How do we, as humans, arrive at what we call morally or ethically good or bad decisions? What processes are involved in making ethical decisions? Is there a way to move towards ethical maturity and how will being ethically mature assist us with any future decisions we might make?Ethical Maturity in the Helping Professions provides a comprehensive overview of the most influential ideas in ethical ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Understanding Restorative Justice

    How Empathy Can Close the Gap Created by Crime

    by Pete Wallis ...
    This unique book is a clear and detailed introduction that analyses how restorative justice nurtures empathy, exploring key themes such as responsibility, shame, forgiveness and closure.The core notion of the book is that when a crime is committed, it separates people, creating a ‘gap’. This can only be reduced or closed through information and insight about the other person, which have the ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • The Lives of Foster Carers

    Private Sacrifices, Public Restrictions

    by Linda Nutt ...
    The Lives of Foster Carers analyzes the contradictions, conflicts, and ambiguities experienced by foster carers arising from the inter-penetrations of public bureaucracy and private family life. Topics covered include:social policy pertinent to childcarethe history of foster care serviceavailable literature on the experience of foster carerspublic versus private domains in foster caremotivations ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Promoting Mental, Emotional and Social Health

    A Whole School Approach

    by Katherine Weare ...
    Schools are now seen as being one of the key agents which can help redress society's most fundamental problems, create more cohesive communities and promote citizenship and a sense of social conscience in the young. Promoting Mental, Emotional and Social Health: A Whole School Approach provides a clear and practical overview of ways in which mainstream schools can promote the health of all those ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Exploring Wellbeing In The Early Years

    by Julia Manning-Morton ...
    This book aims to encourage early childhood practitioners to provide for young children’s all round well-being. ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Social Happiness

    Theory into Policy and Practice

    by Neil Thin ...
    The development of happiness as an explicit theme in social research and policy worldwide has been rapid and remarkable, posing fundamental questions about our personal and collective motives and purposes.This book examines the achievements and potential of applied happiness scholarship in diverse cultures and domains. It argues that progressive policies require a substantial and explicit ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Social Work Theory and Methods

    The Essentials

    Edited by Neil Thompson, Paul Stepney ...
    This gateway text lays the foundations for a thorough knowledge of the theory and methods that social workers need. Pulling together the work of a team of experts, this book uses the innovative “theorizing practice” approach, rather than the traditional “applying theory to practice” approach, thereby providing a much more satisfactory basis for understanding the relationship between theory and ... Read more

    $55.99 USD