Social work

This widely used practitioner resource and course text provides an engaging overview of developmental theory and research, with a focus on what practitioners need to know.

Discussing career decision making (CDM), career guidance, a computerized system of career guidance, and the interplay among them, this book describes the way people sort themselves, or are sorted, into educational and occupational options.

Written by two leading authors in the field, Social Work and Spirituality provides a critical engagement with the concept of spirituality and a much needed framework for the integration of spiritual care in mainstream practice.

Today's children face a multitude of pressures, from the everyday challenges of life to the increasing threats of poverty, exploitation, and trauma.

This significantly updated second edition serves students and general readers alike who seek to learn what is often not taught, a basic history of race and racism in the US.

The lack of good statistical information had been a major factor in the poor planning of services for the mentally handicapped in the late 1960s.

First Published in 2003.

Traditional therapy can often be an off-putting experience for boys as it is in direct opposition to the ways they generally interact and connect with others.

Thirty percent of foreign development aid is channeled through NGOs or community-based organizations to improve service delivery to the poor, build social capital, and establish democracy in developing nations.

'Hatton's book is a welcome antidote to stagnation and moribund thinking in contemporary professional practice and readers will gain much from engaging with the concepts he sets out and the challenges he raises.

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

Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse is a detailed discussion of the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings involved in conducting group psychotherapy with women who have experienced childhood sexual abuse.

Schulsozialarbeit wird im gesamten deutschsprachigen Raum zunehmend zu einem regulären Angebot an Grundschulen.

Over the past 16 years, new theories and models have emerged in the stress and anxiety knowledge base regarding the unique forms associated with performance.

Although awareness of campus sexual assault is at a historic high, institutional responses to incidents of sexual violence remain widely varied.

This book provides a theoretical framework and a practical model of intervention for distressed couples whose relationships are affected by the echoes of trauma.

Leading family sociologist David Morgan revisits his highly influential 'family practices' approach in this new book.

This is an essential handbook for youth workers, teachers, social workers and youth justice practitioners working with young people to raise awareness about the risks and realities of gangs and gang-related crime.

The contemporary world currently faces multi-level challenges, including cross-border migration, economic crises and myriad health issues, including the recent COVID-19 pandemic.

This book explores dementia-related aggression, violence, and homicide through a detailed analysis of "e;gray mist killings.

In einem interdisziplinären Zuschnitt führt dieser Band die Themen Organisationsentwicklung, Professionalisierung, Gleichstellungspolitiken und Adressatenorientierung zusammen, fragt nach kooperativen Schnittstellen und soll zum Weiterdenken der ausgelegten Korrespondenzen anregen.

Rich with clinical wisdom, this successful text and practitioner guide offers a comprehensive framework for treating adolescent problems in the family context.

This book argues that dying and bereavement are issues for all social care practitioners, illustrating the wide variety of ways in which they are involved.

Written by a team of leading authorities in the field, this collection provides a critique of the law as it applies to social work practice, and identifies key contemporary issues for social work.

Bei der Implementierung digitaler Bildungsangebote spielt die Lebenswelt der Werkstatt für behinderte Menschen (WfbM) mit ihrem Selbstentwurf als „Familie“ sowie als Schutz- und Lebensraum eine entscheidende Rolle.

«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.

In this practical workbook, creativity coaches from around the world share their best exercises to help the reader meet the demands of the creative process, the creative personality, and the creative life.

This book introduces readers to the ethical and goal-oriented functions of touch in professional practice.

Student Veterans and Service Members in Higher Education bridges theory to practice in order to better prepare practitioners in their efforts to increase the success of veteran and military service members in higher education.

This book weaves together service users' lived experiences of mental health recovery and ideas about how creative activities such as art, music, and creative reading and writing can promote it, particularly within social and community settings.

In this edited volume, the real dialogue begins.

Health services practice or working with clients facing health issues requires diverse approaches and wide-ranging knowledge.

This collection presents creative strategies and programs designed to address needs of families in the context of rural communities.

This book explores what happens to people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) when they reach adulthood.

In Community Economic Development and Social Work, you'll find innovative theoretical approaches to the newly emerging field of community economic development (CED).

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.

Increasingly boys and men are suffering with eating disorders and related body image problems.

This book describes the work and life of Claude Michel Steiner, a close colleague and friend of Eric Berne, the founder of transactional analysis.

The Handbook of Accessible Achievement Tests for All Students: Bridging the Gaps Between Research, Practice, and Policy presents a wealth of evidence-based solutions designed to move the assessment field beyond "e;universal"e; standards and policies toward practices that enhance learning and testing outcomes.

​In diesem Band wird die in der wissenschaftlichen Debatte bislang wenig beachtete Wechselbeziehung zwischen Interaktions- und Koordinationsarbeit am Beispiel sozialer Dienstleistungen beleuchtet: Koordinationsarbeit bildet beispielsweise eine wesentliche Voraussetzung für gelungene Interaktionsarbeit; Koordinationsarbeit beinhaltet selbst auch Interaktionsarbeit.

Practice issues surrounding the legal concept of capacity are of fundamental importance to social work.

The Psychology of Criminal Conduct, Seventh Edition, provides a psychological and evidence-informed perspective of criminal behavior that sets it apart from many criminological and mental health explanations of criminal behavior.

An urgent shortage of professionally trained personnel for social agencies is a chronic problem in North America.

Research has long substantiated the fact that living with a disability creates significant and complex challenges to identity negotiation, the practice of communication, and the development of interpersonal relationships.