Social work

This book is a distinctive collection of narratives of female Solution Focused practitioners, from across six continents, sharing their unique ways of using the approach at personal, professional, and social levels.

Bringing insights from linguistics to those without a background in this field, An Introduction to Language and Communication for Allied Health and Social Care Professions enables readers to better appreciate the ways in which language functions simultaneously as an instrument to encode and communicate meaning, build and sustain interpersonal relationships, and express identity.

This book explores key issues on the relational and operational dimension of the professional actions aimed at ensuring the well-being and inclusion of migrants in the reception system.

Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad "SSCS0208 - ATENCIÓN SOCIOSANITARIA A PERSONAS DEPENDIENTES EN INSTITUCIONES SOCIALES".

Die Auseinandersetzung mit pflegerischen, medizinischen und sozialen Versorgungsstrukturen für Menschen, die aufgrund ihrer körperlichen und seelischen Konstitution bei der Alltags- und Lebensbewältigung vor besonderen Herausforderungen stehen, hat unmittelbaren Einfluss auf deren Lebensqualität, ihr Wohlbefinden und die Chancengleichheit.

What if your new client, a man in his early 40s, cannot answer basic questions in your initial assessment interview?

Bringing contemporary couple therapy to life, this casebook candidly illustrates the whats, whys, and how-tos of leading clinical approaches.

How and why does restorative practice (RP) work?

Kollegiale Beratung spielt in der Sozialen Arbeit eine bedeutsame Rolle.

Managers and professionals involved in implementing change, whether it is a strategic change initiative or operational adjustments to day to day practice, this practical resource is to be used as a guide to understanding some aspects of the change process, from a preliminary assessment of the need for change, through to implementation and evaluation.

Attempted suicide began to increase inexorably in western societies following World War II.

With unparalleled access to some of the world's most reflective and thoughtful philanthropists, this book explores the philanthropic journeys of 48 high net worth individuals (HNWIs) and ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNWIs) to uncover the person behind the giving.

Features ASWB test-taking strategies and in-depth rationales for every question!

This is the only advanced practice guide to provide an overview of the major DSM-5 disorders across the lifespan and complete clinical guidelines for their psychopharmacologic management.

Kinship care is one of the most prevalent forms of placement used for maltreated children and youths.

Originally published in 1967, Social Policy and the Young Delinquent is an account of a process: of the way in which the treatment of the child delinquent has developed from the days when a boy of nine could be sentenced to be hanged for stealing two penny worth of paint (though the sentence, imposed in 1833, was not actually carried out) to the controversies of the time concerning the desirability of replacing the legalistic and penal framework of the services for young offenders by a service more appropriate to their educational and social needs.

This book critically examines how the globalisation of mental health through the dominant medical model has created barriers to understanding and responding to distress with reference to cases from Malawi and Sri Lanka.

Béléko is a small village in the West African state of Mali.

The book brings to the reader a set of political and social narratives woven around people's resistance against big dams, mining and industrial projects, in short, displacement and dispossession in Odisha, India.

This publication addresses the extent to which social work curricula in Kenya prepares graduates to handle issues of poverty and social development, the specific knowledge and skills that they are equipped with an existing gaps therein.

The importance of integrating indigenous knowledge systems into mainstream social work and ensuring context-specific, culturally relevant practice has long been emphasised in Africa and the Global South.

"e;It is a delight to seen an anthology on nonprofit history done so well.

Using author narratives, this book brings attention to racial disparities that currently exist in schools within the historical context of pivotal legal cases in America while emphasizing the importance of assessing and supporting students through a culturally appropriate lens that recognizes student strengths.

La pasión no es algo que siempre esté en el mismo nivel.

Lejos de ser concebida como un objeto fijo a lo largo de la historia, respecto del cual se habrían elaborado diversos sistemas de representación, de función y de valor representativo, Michel Foucault estudia la locura como una "experiencia" singular en el seno de nuestra cultura.

El sueño de vivir sin trabajar nos revela un mundo que, contra lo que sugiere la frase, no está hecho de fórmulas mágicas para enriquecerse ni de fantasías de ocio las veinticuatro horas.

Hoy las escuelas exhiben problemáticas cuasi existenciales.

La tan mentada motivación, requerida y esperada, ensalzada e idealizada, convertida en mercancía y vapuleada, es una gran desconocida.

Creo firmemente que la respuesta al "ser o no ser" de Hamlet está relacionada en una estrecha dependencia con decidir o no decidir.

Cada enfermedad constituye un gran libro en el cual se puede leer rasgos de nuestra personalidad y situaciones de la vida que necesitamos solucionar para sentirnos bien física y mentalmente.

From pioneering family-based treatment developer James Lock, this is the first comprehensive guide to adolescent-focused therapy (AFT) for anorexia nervosa (AN), an evidence-based individual approach.

This guide introduces a humanistic, solution-focused coaching model, using lived experience to demonstrate how profound changes in our healthcare experiences and system, for patients and staff, are possible; while also supporting readers to develop their own coaching skills.

This volume is the first book-length explication of hermeneutics in social work.

This book represents the first critical edition and scholarly annotated translation of a pioneering report on the predicament of cross-cultural understanding at the dawn of globalization, titled "e;A Brief Response on the Controversies over Shangdi, Tianshen and Linghun"e; ("e;Resposta breve sobre as Controversias do Xamty, Tien Xin, Lim hoen"e;), which was written in China by the Sicilian Jesuit missionary Niccolo Longobardo (1565-1654) in the 1620s and profoundly influenced Enlightenment understandings of Asian philosophy.

'Essential reading' DIVA MAGAZINE'Highly accessible and important' EUGENCE ELLIS'A deeply helpful and engaging read' MEG-JOHN BARKERProviding an accessible and authoritative introduction to issues around People of Colour (POC) trans inclusion, this book uses case studies, tips, checklists and anonymous survey results to set out best practice for any professionals working with trans people to create safer spaces, support and awareness.

This book provides the latest research in the application of innovative technology to the tourism industry in Bangladesh, covering the perspectives, theories, issues, complexities, as well as opportunities and the challenges present.

Disaster strikes, transforming cities and towns into graveyards and wastelands in a matter of minutes.

The continuation of global poverty is inextricably entwined with the fundamental philosophy of the market economy.

This book explores the identities, embodied experiences, and personal relationships of young people experiencing homelessness, and analyses these in relation to the material and symbolic position that youth homelessness occupies in modern societies.

This book offers a much-needed critical overview of the concept of social justice and its application in professional social work practice.

This book approaches environmental, climate, and social justice comprehensively and interlinked.

This book investigates the relationship between social capital and loneliness of older adults living in urban China during the COVID-19 outbreak period.

This book investigates the neuroscientific knowledge on addiction as an epistemic project.

From both theoretical and practical perspectives, this book systematically expounds the important theories, key measures and major achievements in the field of poverty alleviation in China, and sums up the important experience of poverty alleviation, it answers the significant question why China has been able to lift itself out of poverty and build a moderately prosperous society in an all round way.

This book addresses a broad range of issues related to mental health in higher education in Australia, with specific reference to student and staff well-being.

This book presents a concise introduction to the contemporary research and practice of suicide prevention, and it addresses the cognitive and neurological aspects of suicide.

This book examines the role of voluntary organizations (VOs) in rural development in the south Asian context.

This book discusses inner peace from an Islamic theological and spiritual perspective, the writings of Said Nursi, a twentieth century Muslim scholar.

This book provides a comparative analysis of how communities have developed people-based resilience in response to the global impact of COVID-19.