Social work

This edited text explores immigration detention through a global and transnational lens.

The Evidence-Based Practitioner Coach gives a descriptive, phenomenological understanding of human development through the lens of the Integrated Experiential Learning Process, and how it can be applied in coaching.

Radicalisation, Extremism and Social Work Practice is the first book to explore cultural identity, acculturation and perceived discrimination of Muslim youth across Western countries in relation to social work, as well as the radicalisation and extremist views and actions of a small number of Muslim youth.

Backs Against the Wall: Battered Women's Resistance Strategies tackles several controversial aspects involved with intimate partner violence (IPV)-namely the approaches many victims use when resisting their oppressors.

This comprehensive guide covers all aspects of action learning, one of the most widely used development methods in health, social and community care.

Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in Creative Arts Therapies uses a case-based approach to provide practical guidance for practitioners on the skillful application of ethical decision-making in art therapy.

Drawing on data from 340 municipalities in the Netherlands as well as ethnographic fieldwork, this book presents original research on neighbourhood watch groups to illustrate how their actions contribute to collective efficacy and lower crime levels.

Sexual Assault Kits and Reforming the Response to Rape curates the current state of untested sexual assault kit research and highlights emerging best practices by exploring the past, the present, and the future of our collective response to rape.

This expert guide to working with transgender and gender variant youth offers ways to make positive change to service provision for practitioners working with this group.

This textbook offers the perfect introduction to the complex world of social work theory, giving a concise yet comprehensive overview of how practice is influenced by each theoretical approach described.

This title was first published in 2002: Throughout the book reflexive accounts of practice gathered from qualitative research in four different types of bail and probation hostels (women-only, women-only with provision for children, mixed and men-only) are used to argue that the combination of working with a difficult client group in a difficult setting creates a unique blend of professional and personal anxieties.

Problem gambling is a recognised mental disorder and a significant public health issue internationally.

Children of violence need to be heard.

This publication provides readers with an introduction to social and psychosocial development.

Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Those Who Say They Can't is a comprehensive aid for people who stifle their personal freedom, creativity, and autonomy by telling themselves they "e;can't"e; do things such as: take risks; make commitments; control their anger or fear; avoid intrusive thoughts; tolerate disappointment; accept challenges, make decisions, and more.

This expert compendium surveys the current state of military psychology across the branches of service at the clinical, research, consulting, and organizational levels.

This book analyses trends and data relating to issues affecting social policy in mature welfare states in Europe, and uses these elements to further our understanding of, and ability to try to say something about, the future of social policy, its direction and content.

In the 1980s families other than those made up of the natural mother, father, and siblings were increasing in number.

Ebenso skandalisiert wie verharmlost ist die Praxis gewerblichen Geschlechtsverkehrs immer wieder Gegenstand kontroverser gesellschaftlicher Debatten.

This handbook offers a comprehensive review of intellectual disabilities (ID).

Over the last three decades, a number of reforms have taken place in European social policy with an impact on the opportunities for persons with disabilities to be full and active members of society.

The current state of social work professional development is characterized by two realities.

Der systemische Ansatz kann gewinnbringend in der Beratung und Therapie bei Menschen ohne und mit Lernschwierigkeiten eingesetzt werden.

This book offers a timely analysis of work and labor processes and how they are rapidly changing under globalization.

ENHANCE YOUR PRACTICE Yoga brings us into balance by opening the heart, clearing the mind and increasing flexibility while strengthening muscles, bones and internal organs.

Das Buch gibt einen Überblick über theoretische Konzepte von Inklusion und deren Relevanz für verschiedene Kontexte der Sozialen Arbeit.

This book seeks to map out the parameters and boundaries of soulful aging and explores philosophical and theological perspectives on the way we grow older.

Originally published in 1990, and re-issued in 2020 with an updated Preface, this book shows how the UK has become a nation of home owners, and the effect it has had on people's lives, the impact which it has had on British society and the implications for those who have hitherto been excluded.

Originally published in 1941 and written in an attempt to dispute the popular assumption at the time that a 'bit of discipline' is what is needed for the correction of young men who show delinquent tendencies, this book is much more than that.

The past decade brought forth a wave of excitement and promise for researchers and practitioners interested in community practice as an approach based on social justice principles and an embrace of community participatory actions.

How philanthropy has shaped America in the twentieth centuryAmerican philanthropy today expands knowledge, champions social movements, defines active citizenship, influences policymaking, and addresses humanitarian crises.

Reader's comments:`Then along comes your book - lands on my desk like a gift, which I have barely put down since.

This book comprehensively reviews mindfulness-based interventions for specific areas of functioning in children and adolescents, with refreshing insights and perspectives.

"e;With its diversity throughout including almost 40 authors from different therapeutic modalities, continents and professional fields the book indeed is both an invitation and challenge and a means to aid transcultural therapists in conducting their work in a sensitive and informed manner.

Diese kommentierte Quellensammlung eröffnet unterschiedliche Perspektiven auf einen bemerkenswerten Versuch, geänderten Bildungserfordernissen über die gedankliche Erarbeitung und die praktische Erprobung zeitgemäßer Schule gerecht zu werden.

Feminist theories of social work have been criticised in recent years for treating women as a uniform category and displaying insufficient sensitivity to the complex ways in which other social divisions (those of race, age, disability, etc.

This book asks what theological messages theologically educated Catholics in late-eighteenth-century Prague might have perceived in Mozart's late opera seria La clemenza di Tito.

The romantic lives of emerging adults are often baffling and contradictory.

Bildung ist die Kernfrage der Jugendpolitik und Zukunftsvorbereitung jeder Gesellschaft.

The second edition of The Clinical Practice of Educational Therapy provides a comprehensive review of the interdisciplinary profession and practice of educational therapy as it exists today.

Forgiveness has often been viewed as a religious obligation but is increasingly being advocated as a means of healing, release and promoting wellbeing.

As much as Americans believe in the promise of an egalitarian, color-blind society, the reality is far from that ideal.

Why the Police Should be Trained by Black People aligns scholarly and community efforts to address how Black people are policed.

Originally published in 1983 Social Work Values is a sustained enquiry about the present situation of social work.

This essential new book is a practical "e;how-to"e; guide to enhancing the quality of relationships between leaders and individuals in organisations - the proven key to maximising performance, building resilience, and retaining talent.

First published in 2003.

This extensively revised and updated edition offers a comprehensive account of the latest research and practice issues relating to perfectionism in sport, dance, and exercise.