Social welfare and social services

Behavioral Approaches to Community Psychology reviews and evaluates the extension of social learning procedures to various demanding community problems.

Demonstrating that public health and prevention program development is as much art as science, this book brings together expert program developers to offer practical guidance and principles in developing effective behavior-change curricula.

Current play therapy resources offer details on how to conduct play therapy, but are limited in addressing the challenges that develop when therapists conduct play therapy with real-life clients.

This authoritative set provides a one-stop resource for understanding specific FBI controversies as well as for those looking to understand the full history, law enforcement authority, and inner workings of the nation's most famous and important federal law enforcement agency.

How can groups effectively meet the needs of humans in areas as diverse as aid, responsibility, action, healing, learning and acceptance?

Since the publication of Donald SchA n's The Reflective Practitioner in 1983 there has been a dramatic growth of research and writing developing the concept of reflective learning.

From a modest beginning in 1935 to an income replacement scheme for workers in commerce and industry, the social security system has grown to cover 90 percent of working Americans.

This is the first book to examine debates about, and the practice of, state supplementing of wages.

This work assesses the various meanings attached to calls for police reform in the public discourse on social media, providing readers with a greater appreciation of the assumptions, empirical claims, and rhetorical nuances that underpin the current dialogue about police policy.

For some children secure accommodation seems to be the only way to control their disparate number of "e;problems"e;.

Menschen mit Behinderungen haben als Zielgruppe Sozialer Arbeit in den letzten Jahren deutlich an Bedeutung gewonnen.

Evaluation and Action in the Social Environment provides a description of a framework for doing evaluation and action research in social settings.

Those who work with children and young people have a responsibility to safeguard and promote their welfare.

A guide for professionals and aspiring professionals, staff members, and volunteers alike, this is a concise, readable, overview of fund raising activities in the not-for-profit sector.

Long recognized as the authoritative guide for clinicians working with divorcing families, this book presents crucial concepts, strategies, and intervention techniques.

Human Service Organizations in the Disaster Context explores the efforts of human service practitioners to support communities facing the impacts of large-scale hazardous events.

Essential Nursing Care for Children and Young People is the definitive guide for all nursing and healthcare students and professionals caring for children and young people.

This timely book on social work and antisemitism fills an important gap in social work education and in the profession.

This text provides a critical analysis of the social construction of childhood and children's agency.

This stimulating book explores the many ways in which social group workers approach diversity.

What are we actually talking about when we talk of flexibility in organizational settings?

While Finland's foreign-born population remains small by international standards, growth has been amongst the fastest in the OECD.

This excellent textbook introduces the social work student to the field of sociology, illustrating how sociology is connected to and fundamental to effective social work practice.

Understanding sensory needs is fundamental for social work and care management practice.

Culturally Sensitive Supervision and Training: Diverse Perspectives and Practical Applications is a comprehensive text that exposes readers to an array of culturally competent approaches to supervision and training.

Microaggressions have been identified as a common and troubling cause of low retention and poor psychotherapy outcomes for people of color.

This book critically exposes some of the factors used in the risk determination of intimate partner violence, alongside an analysis on the definition and management of the risk of recidivism.

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This book, based on economics and game theory, analyzes the changes that Japan is now facing as a reflection of changes in Japanese families and society.

This timely book provides the inside story of the development of mobile public alert and warning technology in the United States and addresses similar systems being used in Australia, Canada, Japan, and the Netherlands.

"e;Sarah Marshall and Anne Hornak have done a magnificent job exploring diverse contexts in which college students expand their individual leadership capacity and learn and practice engaging in relational leadership with others.

Factor your clients' religious beliefs into their therapy!

More than ever, we need our universities to be engines of change and social justice.

Domestic Violence, Family Law and School discusses the ways in which family law disputes in cases of domestic violence can impact on children's lives at pre-school and school.

Das zunächst für die Elternbildung konzipierte "Dialogische Konzept" wurde 2005 erstmalig veröffentlicht.

In diesem Heft werden aktuelle Anforderungen an die Wohnungsnotfallhilfe in Deutschland thematisiert: steigende Zahlen wohnungsloser Menschen, ­prekärer Wohnungsmarkt, neue Adres­sat/innengruppen wie junge Menschen, Geflüchtete, Familien.

In recent years, celebrity philanthropy and activism has attracted much attention from the media, sparking a great deal of public interest.

The fourth edition of Theoretical Models of Counseling and Psychotherapy provides a comprehensive overview of a variety of major counseling theories and focuses on the integration of different theoretical models.

First published in 1988, The Bhopal Syndrome documents one of world's worst industrial disaster: The Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984.

Therapists who work with children and adolescents are frequently faced with nonresponsive, reticent, or completely nonverbal clients.

Making Research Relevant is the ideal core textbook for master's-level introduction to research methods courses in any mental health field.

This is the first scholarly analysis that examines the development and achievements of the American community development movement.

They're fighting for our kids, and the battleground is the street!

Examine the biopsychosocial, environmental, spiritual, and policy issues that affect HIV/AIDS prevention/service delivery issues for Caribbean youth!

In the absence of accurate information, American culture has upheld a distorted view of what it means to be an older gay man.

Research into children and domestic violence in recent years has emphasized the importance of giving positive support to a non-abusive parent for effective child protection.

A guide to enable social work practice educators to be more creative in the teaching, supervision and assessment of students.

Between 1930 and the mid-1970s, several thousand Canadian-born children were adopted by families in the United States.

Most major development NGOs dedicate significant resources to advocacy.