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“sachiko bamba”

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  • Child Welfare and Development

    A Japanese Case Study

    by Sachiko Bamba, Wendy L. Haight ...
    Bamba and Haight provide an in-depth understanding of the everyday experiences and perspectives of maltreated children and their substitute caregivers and teachers in Japan. Their innovative research program combines strategies from developmental psychology, ethnography and action research. Although child advocates from around the world share certain goals and challenges, there is substantial ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

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  • The Confidence To Be Yourself

    How to boost your self-esteem

    by Dr Brian Roet ...
    Do you brim with confidence and live your life to the full? Or are there areas of your life where you are less secure and would benefit from increased confidence and assertiveness?We all need confidence to fulfil our potential. It is a quality that marks out those who enjoy life, their work and relationships. In this invaluable handbook, Dr Roet uses practical techniques and case histories to help ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Politics and Civics of National Service

    Lessons from the Civilian Conservation Corps, VISTA, and AmeriCorps

    by Melissa Bass ...
    In 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt created America's first domestic national service program: the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). As part of this program-the largest and most highly esteemed of its kind-nearly three million unemployed men worked to rehabilitate, protect, and build the nation's natural resources. It demonstrated what citizens and government could accomplish together. Yet ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Active Support

    Enabling and Empowering People with Intellectual Disabilities

    by Jim Mansell, Julie Beadle-Brown ...
    Active Support is a proven model of care that enables and empowers people with intellectual disabilities to participate fully in all aspects of their lives. This evidence-based approach is particularly effective for working with people with more severe disabilities, and is of growing interest to those responsible for providing support and services. The authors provide a comprehensive overview of ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Social Perspectives in Mental Health

    Developing Social Models to Understand and Work with Mental Distress

    by Sarah Carr, Peter Beresford, Martin Webber ...
    Social Perspectives in Mental Health offers new practice frameworks that help to make sense of people's mental distress and recovery in relation to their social experience. This interdisciplinary volume promotes a holistic approach to mental health practice, with an emphasis on recovery and empowerment, and on building on the experiences of service users. The contributors explore the impact of ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • The Developing World of the Child

    by Anna Gupta, Gillian Schofield, David Quinton, Hedy Cleaver, Brigid Daniel, Janet Seden ...
    This important text shows how child development theory applies to professionals' working practice. Considering theories of development throughout the lifespan from the early years through to adolescence, and transitions to adulthood, this resource is essential reading for a range of professionals including social workers, teachers, and health and mental health professionals. The authors build up ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Connecting with Kids Through Stories

    Using Narratives to Facilitate Attachment in Adopted Children Second Edition

    by Joanne C. May, Todd Nichols, Denise B. Lacher, Melissa Nichols ...
    Adopted children whose early development has been altered by abuse or neglect may form negative beliefs about themselves and parents, and may resist connecting with others. This book outlines how therapeutic stories can help children to heal and develop healthy attachments.With a thorough theoretical grounding, the book demonstrates how to create therapeutic stories that improve relationships, ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Psychosocial Well-being of Children and Adolescents in Latin America

    Evidence-based Interventions

    Edited by Jorge Castellá Sarriera, Lívia Maria Bedin ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book discusses child well-being, with children and adolescents as key informants, from a Latin American perspective. It explores theoretical and empirical issues related to well-being and associated aspects, in order to understand the well-being of this population. Topics analyzed in this volume address for instance environment and community, rights, leisure time, technologies, interpersonal ... Read more

    $89.09 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

  • Developmental Psychology for the Helping Professions

    Evidence-Based Practice in Health and Social Care

    by Brian Sheldon ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book offers a bio-psycho-social approach to evidence-based practice in health and social care. The book presents current evidence on the influence of genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors on behaviour, a survey of developmental factors from childhood to old age, and implications for practice at each stage. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Person Centred Planning and Care Management with People with Learning Disabilities

    by Paul Cambridge, Jim Mansell, Robina Shah, Sue Ledger, Tony Osgood ...
    This excellent, informative and well presented, a book provides the reader with fourteen edited chapters covering an area of policy and practice that is quite specific but will inform anyone interested in the development of a service user participation ethos in adult social care. It is a book that is relevant to managers and practitioners, both as students and qualified professionals, as well as ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Childhood, Youth and Violence in Global Contexts

    Research and Practice in Dialogue

    Edited by K. Wells, E. Burman, H. Montgomery, A. Watson ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Bringing together academic and practitioner points of view, this edited collection shows how violence enters into ordinary, routine practices of childhood and children's experiences. The contributing authors seek to understand how violence is enacted against children in infancy, adolescence, in school, in care, at home and on the street. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD