Social work

Consensual nonmonogamy (CNM) means that all partners in a relationship consent to expanded monogamy or polyamory.

Every day, children and adolescents worldwide return to the educational setting having sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI).

This workbook is designed to be used to facilitate discussion and disseminate awareness amongst all professionals (social workers, teachers and health care professionals) who are required by law to report instances of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

Almost everywhere across the world, economic inequality has been rising within and across national borders.

`The first text to systematically address the learning needs of post-qualifying child care social workers.

For years anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice have been embedded in the social work landscape.

Disability is a thorny and muddled concept - especially in the field of disability studies - and social accounts contest with more traditional biologically based approaches in highly politicized debates.

Mi Rinconcito en el Cielo (My Little Corner of the Sky) tells the remarkable story of Alberto "e;Beto"e; Gonzales, who overcame a childhood of poverty, addiction, bigotry, and violence and went on to change the lives of thousands of children and adults as a mentor and gang prevention specialist.

This book amplifies the different voices and experiences of those facing gender-based violence (GBV) in the Global South.

Many therapists and counselors find themselves struggling to connect the research on the psychology of religion and spirituality to their clinical practice.

Presenting up-to-date empirical research on the subject of young people, housing and social policy in contemporary Britain, this book considers the issue of young people's early housing histories in the context of a range of government policy initiatives aimed at the group.

Now in its fifth edition, The Practice of Family Therapy comes at a time when traditional approaches to psychotherapy have given way to multidimensional strategies that best serve the needs of diverse groups who are grappling with the many challenges unique to family therapy practice.

This book offers a comprehensive and critical guide to research and practice in the field of arts education and conflict management.

Throughout human history, the relationships of individuals and groups have been disrupted by what the authors sum up as "e;demonization,"e; the attribution of basic destructive qualities to the other or to forces within the self.

Going Local explains how social work students and practitioners can develop approaches to neighbourhood work, to engage communities and neighbourhoods more purposefully and to work with citizens and other mainstream and community service providers to build the capacity of neighbourhoods to tackle social problems on their own.

This book explores concrete examples of different strategies and activities aimed at creating and embedding critically reflective learning and working environments within organisations whose prime function is social care.

This handbook offers a theoretical foundation for the adaptation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families.

Saul Alinsky, according to Time Magazine in 1970, was a "e;prophet of power to the people,"e; someone who "e;has possibly antagonized more people .

Understanding how theory informs social work practice is an area that students can often find challenging.

Complete with exercises, reflections, and specially selected tasks, this workbook is written for those suffering from heartbreak (and their therapists) to support them in navigating and managing the pain of breakups.

This is the third edition of Barbara Bassot's hugely popular book, a uniquely inspiring introduction to critically reflective practice.

Die parteinahen Stiftungen Deutschlands kooperieren seit über 30 Jahren mit Parteien in Transitionsstaaten.

Self-harm in adolescence and late teens is known to be increasing, though it is difficult to detect and inconsistently recorded.

With the new federal mandate to double, by the year 2002, the number of children in foster care who are to be adopted or placed in permanent legal guardianships, it is essential for adoption agency staff and prospective families to learn which factors contribute to successful and unsuccessful placements.

«Recht für die Soziale Arbeit» wendet sich an Studierende und Berufstätige in der Sozialen Arbeit und stellt das wesentliche Rechtswissen kompakt und in Bezug auf die konkrete Praxis dar.

A vivid and enlightening oral account of homelessness in the Las Vegas storm drains and the hard work of re-entering mainstream society.

No one wants to be sued.

School social work enters its second century as a profession still conflicted about its central mission.

This irreverent, but serious guide to what life in higher education institutions is really like, now enhanced by 100 new tips Invaluable advice that ranges from getting your Ph.

In 2010, the International Cyberbullying Think Tank was held in order to discuss questions of definition, measurement, and methodologies related to cyberbullying research.

This book traces the development of community development/organization as it evolved separately in Britain and the United States, and how the social and political situations in each country determined the various shapes and directions it took.

An essential introduction to rights-based approaches in social policy, this text critically explores how social rights underpin human wellbeing.

This book looks at rape myths and rape culture within the university environment, examining the development of social identities in the creation and support of such culture.

Taking a narrative approach, this book explores the role of disclosure in sexual abuse recovery for women survivors of child sexual abuse.

This book investigates the origins, current state, and fundamental value of social safety nets in developing countries, as well as their effectiveness in these settings.

The need for public libraries to tackle social exclusion and engage in social justice becomes ever more urgent as the gap between rich and poor continues to widen, and the very survival of public libraries in the heart of the community is open to debate.

What is emotional neglect?

Since the publication of the first edition in 1991, there has been substantial progress in our understanding of the etiology and associated features of domestic violence.

In Depression and the Soul, John Peteet proves the old adage that the best physician is also a philosopher.

Offering a systematic approach to evidence-based assessment and planning for children living with trauma and family violence, this practical book shows how to assess and analyse the needs of the child, make specialist assessments where there are continuing safeguarding concerns (using the Assessment Framework) and plan effective child-centred and outcome-focused interventions.

This salient reference grounds readers in the theoretical basis and day-to-day practice of community-based health care programs, and their potential as a transformative force in public health.

The correlation between 'disengagement' and illness in people with dementia living in long-term care settings is becoming more widely recognised, and developing and adapting front-line staff responses to the changing needs of individuals is a crucial factor in addressing this problem.

This revised second edition analyses social policy in Scotland since devolution in 1999 and reflects the nascent and distinctively Scottish policy agenda.

Discover groundbreaking findings on a hidden epidemic -- and why it so often is misdiagnosed.

Community psychology is a diverse field.

This book provides a scholarly discussion of arguably the most important advance in U.

This book provides a guide to narrative theory and practice; a form of therapy which views people as the experts on their own lives.

Intersections of Privilege and Otherness in Counselling and Psychotherapy presents an in-depth understanding of the role of privilege, and of the unconscious experience of privilege and difference within the world of counselling and psychotherapy.