Social work

This information-rich volume expands current knowledge about sexually violent predators and critiques SVP laws with the goal of fostering improvements in clinical practice and public policy.

This book examines assessment and treatment methods for anxiety disorders in four- to- seven-year-olds.

Tobias Ruttert kommt in der vorliegenden Studie zu dem Ergebnis, dass aus der Sicht sozialpädagogischer Fachkräfte ein großer Teil des identitätsbezogenen, introspektiven Abgleiches anhand des Kriteriums „gekonnte Beruflichkeit“ erfolgt, weshalb insbesondere handlungs- und erfahrungsbezogene Elemente von besonderer Bedeutung sind.

This book provides an extensive overview of curricula and instructional strategies for teaching children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

In the 10 years since the first edition of Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy published, the field has changed considerably.

Nutrition and Lifestyle in Neurological Autoimmune Diseases: Multiple Sclerosis discusses important discoveries relating to the types of, and efficacy of, nutritional and lifestyle responses to symptoms and reoccurrence of MS.

The Wechsler Intelligence Scale is the most widely used intelligence test for children worldwide.

Alternatives to Suicide: Beyond Risk and Toward a Life Worth Living demonstrates how fostering resilience and a desire for life can broaden and advance an understanding of suicide.

Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Kidney Disease: Exploring the Impact of CKD, Dialysis, and Transplantation on Patients provides an overview of the emotional and psychological challenges faced by people with renal disease.

Resilience is a biopsychosocial phenomenon-it encompasses personal, interpersonal, and community experiences.

Rehabilitation helps individuals maintain and optimize independence.

Sex, Crime, Drugs, and Just Plain Stupid Behaviors: The New Face of Young Adulthood in America is written for students, parents, and practitioners to provide insight into how emerging adulthood impacts the lives and behaviors of young people.

This insightful volume details the implementation and challenges of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), developed in the UK to ensure equal access to higher education for all social classes.

This book examines the different forms that honour-based abuse crimes take and analyses the discretionary police practices employed when responding to these incidents.

This book presents a study of street children's involvement as workers in Bangladeshi organised crime groups based on a three-year ethnographic study in Dhaka.

This book presents the perspectives of some of the main players, both academics and professionals, in communication for sustainable development and social change so as to provide valuable lessons for future generations of change agents.

Written by a committee of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, People With Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System: Answering a Cry for Help represents the collective wisdom of leaders in community psychiatry and is the third in a series of successful publications that have used Dear Abby letters as source material.

This book explores the scope and breadth of religious organizations in social work practice.

This compelling example of auto-ethnography follows the journey of a psychologist pursuing her career in apartheid-era South Africa-and reappraising her work and her worldview in the post-apartheid years.

That 'poor law was law' is a fact that has slipped from the consciousness of historians of welfare in England and Wales, and in North America.

This book presents an analysis of how the grassroots movement of Guangchang Wu or 'square dance' in China has become a national phenomenon.

The Coaching Relationship discusses how we can integrate process perspectives such as the quality of the coach-coachee relationship, and professional perspectives including the influences of training and supervision, for more effective outcomes.

All professional counselors and therapists can identify a number of turning points in their careers - moments, interactions, or processes - that led to key realizations regarding their practice with clients, work with students, or self-understanding.

This book discusses inner peace from an Islamic theological and spiritual perspective, the writings of Said Nursi, a twentieth century Muslim scholar.

Following the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 2020, and the creation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, there is increased interest in and a need to develop national human rights' bodies for children's rights.

This book is an up-to-date model based on more than twenty years of work and research with outpatient couples groups.

This book advances understanding of the manifestations, causes, and consequences of generosity.

This book systematically reviews the experiences and problems encountered in the development of China's rural areas over the past three decades since the start of the country's economic reform.

This book discusses health care issues related to domestic violence, using extensive case studies from India.

This new edition of Counseling Supervision is intended for counselor educators, counselor supervisor practitioners, and supervisors-in-training in a variety of educational and mental health settings.

Adoption in the Digital Age explores the transformation of adoption due to social and digital media technologies.

What has dance got to do with the Trinity, a hospital bed to do with gratitude, or email to do with prayer?

This volume combines approaches from three disciplines - economics, sociology, and demography - and empirically analyzes the key aspects of the labor market and social demography processes in post-Soviet transitional societies while focusing on the gender perspective.

Social work leaders constantly strive to incorporate cutting-edge research and promote international collaboration in a dynamic contemporary environment.

"e;[This book] provides a comprehensive understanding of the opportunities for all of us working with vulnerable populations to develop thoughtful, workable programs.

"e;Counseling Boys and Young Men provides a plethora of information and counseling techniques essential to the continued development of young men.

This book, as the first exploration of suicide in Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS), illustrates the scarcity of suicide research in the discipline and argues that the leading cause of violent death worldwide is a multifaceted phenomenon that needs to be fully comprehended as a significant and often preventable form of world-wide violence.

Print version of the book includes free access to the app (web, iOS, and Android), which offers interactive Q&A review plus the entire text of the print book!

This book focuses on the social and intersectional determinants of mental health among youth.

This book serves as an introduction to the Nordic approach to Occupational Health Psychology and illustrates how this perspective can be transferred to a global audience.

This book offers new possibilities for mental health professionals who are looking for ways to adapt traditional therapy and counseling techniques to address the spiritual and psychological issues their clients face.

Many social work students today lack the basic writing skills they will need to practice effectively with clients.

The book features real-life vignettes that bring the text to life, providing readers with the opportunity to see how older adults benefit from senior centers.

Note to Readers: Publisher does not guarantee quality or access to any included digital components if book is purchased through a third-party seller.

This engaging guide addresses the extraordinary breadth of the social work profession and the diverse career paths available.

First Edition Designated a Doody's Core Title and Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award!

As provider networks on military bases are overwhelmed with new cases, civilian clinicians are increasingly likely to treat military families.

Self-determination theory is grounded in the belief that people work best and are happiest when they feel that they are in control of their own lives.

For anyone considering a career in one of the many counseling professions but undecided on which one to pursue, this book will be an excellent resource.