Social work

Psychological resilience has emerged as a highly significant area of research and practice in recent years, finding applications with a broad range of different groups in many settings.

Over the past 75 years, household income in the United States has increased substantially.

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Focusing on the challenges of achieving good practice, this popular textbook reflects recent developments in social work within the context of contemporary society, law and policy.

This book explores what is known about healthy living among older women, emphasizing overcoming illness and adversity.

Although the United States spends almost one-fifth of all its resources funding healthcare, the American system continues to be dogged by persistent inequities in the treatment of racial and ethnic minorities and women.

"e;This excellent career guide will be valuable for students, young professionals, and those interested in a second career in counseling.

This book discusses steps helping professionals should take in order to prepare for a crisis in their schools and community.

This up-to-date, highly readable, theory-based, and application-oriented book fills a crucial void in literature on couple therapy.

This essential guide provides accessible, concise, evidence-based guidelines on Atttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), offering a deeper scientific understanding of the condition and its consequences.

This book presents Nonviolent Resistance (NVR) for trauma focused care, adopting a systemic and trauma orientated approach to aggressive and self destructive behaviours in young people.

The growth of interest in community work during the seventies was very marked.

The Handbook of Humility is the first scholarly book to bring together authors from psychology as well as other fields to address what we know and don't know about humility.

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This book is all about improving the health care of elderly people, which is facing unprecedented challenges in the 1990s.

The wreckage of addiction lies scattered around too many people--from the one who is or was addicted to those in relationship with that person.

Diagnose and treat shaken baby syndrome with advice from experts in the field!

Social workers are increasingly engaged in supporting individuals and communities in long-term disaster recovery.

This new text will build on Courtroom Skills for Social Workers, by updating the legal and research content and strengthening the material on recording.

Supervising work that takes place outside your view is a challenge, as is making the best use of the supervision you receive.

This book offers both theoretical and practical examinations of the psycho-criminology of criminal justice in Asia, with particular emphasis on the Hong Kong and Singapore contexts.

This unique book celebrates a long-term, interracial relationship and details the everyday struggles of a surviving partner trying to carry on in a radically changed world.

Dai primi anni 2000, i giovani del villaggio di Diobakane, situato nella regione della Casamance (Senegal meridionale), percorrono rotte irregolari per arrivare in Europa.

The world is on the brink of ecological crisis.

This comprehensive text thoroughly reviews the theories and history of racism, the sociology of and the psychology of racism, intergroup relations and intergroup conflict, and how racism is manifested institutionally, between groups, and between people, providing a unique view of the connections between these multiple perspectives.

This state-of-the-art clinicians guide describes Perinatal ChildParent Psychotherapy (P-CPP), a treatment for pregnant women and their partners whose readiness to nurture a baby is compromised by traumatic stress and adverse life experiences.

Our House tells the story of a child who has experienced something that children should never have to experience.

This book illustrates the current findings of interpersonal neurobiology that inform knowledge building and clinical practice.

This book provides analyses of many aspects of mother-daughter relationships, starting from the premise that daughters and mothers both take an active part in shaping their relationship.

Social protection is now considered a development milestone and an important tool in combating poverty.

In 2015 the Salvation Army celebrated the 150th anniversary of its birth in the poverty and squalor of London's East End.

America's foster care system has a noble goal - to care for children that for various reasons can no longer be cared for by their families - but years of inattention and inadequate funding have left many foster youth in a precarious state.

This handbook addresses universal developmental and cultural factors contributing to child and adolescent mental health and well-being across the globe.

This collection brings together insightful chapters which explore diverse student success initiatives and programs in response to challenges faced by community colleges.

This engaging and accessible introduction to social work encourages reflective learning in preparation for practice.

International Perspectives on Social Work and Political Conflict provides an important basis for readers to recognise and understand the unique and specialist role that social workers have played and continue to play in international contexts of political conflict.

Die Neubearbeitung des Buches liefert einen fundierten und praxisorientierten Leitfaden für die Durchführung zieloffener verhaltenstherapeutischer Gruppentherapien im stationären und ambulanten Setting.

Papers presented at the National Conference on Risk Factors for Youth Suicide, held at Bethesda in 1986.

Counselling is a practical activity.

Working with families, carers, groups and communities is something all social work students must prepare for.

Although currently many people with dementia are not given the opportunity to receive professional counselling, this book explores the value of counselling for men and women living with this condition and how it enables them to make sense of their lives and their notions of themselves.

Adoption is practiced globally yielding a multidimensional area of study that cannot be characterized by a single movement or discipline.

Ten years after the results of the Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation were released, this book assesses the impact of this study, which developed individualized plans for helping people with disabilities to stay independent in the community.

Cultural competency is an issue that is becoming increasingly more important as thousands of people come to this country every year.

Building on the concept of Transpersonal Leadership, Leading Beyond the Ego offers a practical approach to becoming an authentic, ethical, caring and more effective leader.

Working with Families Experiencing Vulnerability provides a comprehensive guide to family-centred practice for social workers.

This book presents a narrative approach to creating a supportive environment for health and human service practitioners who work with vulnerable children and their families-one of the most difficult and complex areas of practice.

Relating to Voices helps people who hear voices to develop a more compassionate understanding and relationship with their voices.

Drawing on the latest research, theory and practice, this is the first book to provide social workers with an evidence-based, practical guide to safeguarding children and young people from abuse, in a world of sexting, selfies and snap chat.