An Introduction to Social Policy explores essential welfare topics, themes and issues for students studying social policy or related disciplines such as sociology, social work, or nursing and social care.
Social Welfare Policy and Advocacy presents a multi-level framework to show students how micro, mezzo, and macro policy advocacy can be used effectively by social workers in eight policy sectors: healthcare, gerontology, safety-net, child and family, mental health, education, immigration, and criminal justice.
This book describes the transformation of leadership and management in the context of selected newer leadership approaches in social work and human service organisations.
This book places significant issues related to the health, mental health, and well-being of older adults and their caregivers within the context of social work service delivery.
Trennungsangst, die den Menschen von der Geburt bis zum Tod begleitet und unser Erleben von Verlust, aber auch von Bindung bestimmt, spielt in der normalen Entwicklung ebenso wie im pathologischen Bereich eine wesentliche Rolle.
The complexity of social problems necessitates that social work researchers understand and apply multivariate statistical methods in their investigations.
This textbook equips social workers and human services practitioners with the knowledge and skills to work effectively with both the victims and perpetrators of domestic violence.
One look inside Clinical Applications of Bowen Family Systems Theory, and you'll see that your most current clinical dilemmas are not as difficult to solve as you think.
Coping with the Death of a Child shows clinicians how to integrate various therapeutic modalities and clinical approaches to grief therapy into one comprehensive model linked to positive change.
The Solution Focused Approach with Children and Young People: Current Thinking and Practice brings together leading figures and innovative practitioners from different professions, contexts and countries to provide a unique overview of Solution Focused work with children and young people.
Treating Traumatic Stress Injuries in Military Personnel offers a comprehensive treatment manual for mental health professionals treating traumatic stress injuries in both male and female veterans.
As a social work student or practitioner it is essential to be able to understand, recognize and critically reflect on your own emotions and those of others.
This book is a theoretical and practical guide for mental health professionals who wish to utilize existential principles in their social work and clinical practice.
Begriffe aus dem Strafrecht sind nicht immer leicht zu verstehen – wer in der Psychosozialen Prozessbegleitung, der Jugend-, Bewährungs- und Gerichtshilfe, der Opferhilfe oder der Begleitung von Beschuldigten tätig ist, muss aber um deren Bedeutung wissen, um die Klient:innen unterstützen zu können.
Mental Health Screening and Monitoring for Children in Care provides a concise, step-by-step guide for children's agencies on how to carry out mental health screening and monitoring for children and adolescents growing up in alternative care.
Housing Policy in the 1990s explores the deluge of Conservative legislation of the late 1980s and examines what its effects will be during this decade and into the next century.
Marriage as an equal partnership is the goal of amny couples in the western world today and yet equality is often limited by the ways that power and gender interact in the relationship, leading to dissatisfaction and ultimately the break up of the marriage.
This book explains and illustrates criminal justice research topics, including ethics in research, research design, causation, operationalization of variables, sampling, methods of data collection (including surveys), reliance on existing data, validity, and reliability.
Leading psychologist, lecturer, and author Windy Dryden has compiled his most valuable writings on Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy from the last thirty five years.
The main objective of Introduction to Group Therapy is to give the reader a solid understanding of group therapy while simultaneously creating scholars in the group therapy paradigm.
Many children and adolescents face developmental or situational difficulties in areas where they live most of their meaningful experiences-at home, at school, and in the community.
This book examines how and why local communities have been neglected in development initiatives in South Asia, focusing on Sri Lanka, and assesses the significant support from NGOs in increasing the capacity of local government and in promoting local development.
Caritative, diakonische und andere an höheren Werten ausgerichtete Organisationen müssen zeigen,– dass ihre Arbeit und Dienstleistungen, ihre Werte und Interessen gesellschaftlich relevant sind,– dass sie ihr publiziertes Leitbild ernst nehmen,– dass sie auf der Seite der Schwachen stehenund sie im Gegensatz zu rein gewinnorientierten Unternehmen einen "Mehrwert" erbringen.
Die Ehrenamtlichkeit in Palliative Care erfüllt wichtige, differenzierte Aufgaben und Funktionen im Rahmen der gesundheitlichen und sozialen Versorgungsstrukturen.
Organized around extended case illustrationsand grounded in cutting-edge theory and researchthis highly regarded book shows how an attachment perspective can inform psychotherapeutic practice with patients of all ages.
The first book to present mindfulness and yoga-based treatment for dysregulated, consumption-oriented disordersMindfulness and yoga-based approaches as beneficial supplements to traditional mental health paradigms are well supported by empirical research.
This practical resource offers a much-needed introduction to the why, what, and how of supporting college students through mindfulness and stress-releasing strategies.
The leading reference on personality disorders and their treatment, this authoritative work is now significantly revised with 80% new material reflecting important advances in the field.
Originally published in 1993, Managing Stress in Families deals with the use of well-researched psychosocial strategies in working with families under stress.
This book highlights the co-creation of the narrative interview and explains how the narrative method can be used to promote competence and wellness, resist oppression, and ultimately liberate clients from their problems.
Applying Trauma-Sensitive Practices in School Counseling provides school counselors with the research, knowledge, and skills they need to implement interventions that will impact the academic, social, and emotional outcomes of traumatized students.
This third edition of a best-selling social work text reflects the dramatic changes that have taken place in our health care environment since the second edition was published in 2004oand will likely continue to take place.
*Winner of the 2019 AASECT Professional Book Award*The Art of Sex Therapy Supervision is a collection of scholarly writings and case narratives that sheds light on issues that sex therapists face as supervisors or supervisees and provides techniques that can be adapted to fit clients' specific needs.
In Transformational Journaling for Coaches, Therapists, and Clients: A Complete Guide to the Benefits of Personal Writing, more than 50 coaches, therapists, and journaling experts from around the world share their best practices and explain in detail how they use journaling to improve their work with clients.
