Social welfare and social services

A practical approach to understanding social work concepts in action that integrates theory and practice In this updated edition of the classic social work text, students and instructors have access to real-world demonstrations of how social work theories and concepts can be applied in practice.

Appropriate for health administrators in departments of sociology, social policy and nursing.

Assessing and Treating Suicidal Thinking and Behaviors in Children and Adolescents is a guide to working with children and young people who present with either obvious or hidden suicidal thoughts, preoccupations, or plans.

This expanded third edition of a popular textbook provides a completely revised and updated overview of the theories, models, and therapies that inform direct social work practice.

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This book addresses the practical management of mental health scenarios in the emergency setting and offers first-hand reflections on how emergency nurses, practitioners and allied mental health professionals handle these situations.

This book approaches environmental, climate, and social justice comprehensively and interlinked.

Over the past two decades, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) emerged as a leading-edge method for helping parents improve their children's disruptive and oppositional behavior.

Studying for a Foundation Degree in Health is designed to provide clear, relevant knowledge and to support appropriate skills development amongst students enrolled on foundation degree and equivalent level courses, in health and social care.

Curated by the chief editor of the American Journal of Sexuality Education, this book presents engaging and accessible chapters that capture current and essential research findings from leaders in the sexuality education field.

In this revised edition of Strengthening the DSM, the authors use a comprehensive yet easy-to-grasp formulation of diversity and resilience to establish the most accurate diagnostic criteria for each psychiatric condition.

First puiblished in 1998, this book provides a professional and practical guide detailing social work interventions for people with dementia and their carers.

The book ';MODERNIZATION OF SOCIAL WORK PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION' cover the topics Modernity and Social Theory; Modernization Theory; Internet Technology and Social Work; Modernity and Social Work; Social Work Education and Practice Environment; Social Security for Persons with Disabilities Social; Security for Unorganised Workers; Social Movements, Culture and Society; Panchayati Raj: Planning and Administration; Importance of Training in Social Work Planning and Administration; Manager and Leader.

Identity Transformation and Posttraumatic Growth Following Traumatic Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder provides an autoethnographic qualitative study that portrays the author's recovery from a devastating life-changing event - a car crash resulting in the hybrid diagnosis of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), leading to posttraumatic growth (PTG) and identity transformation over a ten-year recovery period.

Research shows that many adults with serious mental illness live with or maintain contact with their families.

This book explores the educational experiences of young male Somali students in British schools.

Social problems are endemic to all societies.

In the 1970s, an important change of emphasis had occurred in the field of alcoholism.

Drawing on Judy Hutchings many years of work with parents and children, The Positive Parenting Handbook is a concise, straightforward guide that offers simple solutions to daily dilemmas.

Why, in the recent campaigns for universal health care, did organized labor maintain its support of employer-mandated insurance?

This book updates prior research that utilized the perceptions of criminal investigators of the Immigration & Naturalization Service (INS), and compares these perceptions with immigration enforcement priorities that were implemented post 911, through the Obama Administration up to the Trump presidency.

This wide-ranging collection of essays offers valuable insights into the cultural issues involved in the practical application of social work theories.

Featuring contributions from key commentators including Lena Dominelli, Sarah Banks, Peter Beresford, Michael Flood and George Ritzer, this diverse text explores an array of concepts and themes that are vital to our understanding of the value base in social work.

Art Therapy and the Neuroscience of Trauma, 2nd edition, lays out a unified framework of neural plasticity and resilience and places it within a broader social context.

Welfare, Work, and Poverty provides the first systematic and comprehensive evaluation of the impacts and effectiveness of China's primary social assistance program -- Minimum Livelihood Guarantee, or Dibao -- since its inception in 1993.

This textbook provides students across Social Sciences, Humanities, Politics, and International Studies with an in-depth understanding of the issues, policies, and strategies for addressing the symptoms and root causes of violence against women (VAW) in sub-Saharan Africa.

This pragmatic guide spells out how to use motivational interviewing (MI) to have productive conversations about behavior change with adolescents and young adults in any clinical context.

Emotions can be complicated at the best of times.

In 1996, Democratic president Bill Clinton and the Republican-controlled Congress "e;ended welfare as we know it"e; and trumpeted "e;workfare"e; as a dramatic break from the past.

Supervision has been a major component of initial training and an important element for professional development in the very wide field of mental healthcare.

The second edition of Transactional Analysis: 100 Key Points and Techniques synthesizes developments in Transactional Analysis (TA) and psychotherapy research, making complex ideas accessible and offering therapists practical guidance on refining TA psychotherapy skills.

Revitalizing Victimization Theory: Revisions, Applications, and New Directions revises some of the major perspectives in victimization theory, applies theoretical perspectives to the victimization of vulnerable populations, and carves out new theoretical territory that is clearly needed but has yet to be developed.

„Das ist ja alles ganz schön und gut, was wir hier lernen, aber in der Praxis weht ein ganz an- rer Wind!

"e;Good government"e; is commonly seen either as a formidable challenge, a distant dream, or an oxymoron, and yet it is the reason why Wisconsin led America toward welfare reform.

Despite the critical role that community-based supervisors play in the training of social work students, there has been no comprehensive resource for core informationuntil now.

This collection of essays highlights ethical issues in social work which are often overlooked as well as recurring clashes that influence how they play out, for example among different values and related moral judgements.

Originally published in 1979.

Environmental Justice as Social Work Practice places the natural environment as central to practice.

This book has been replaced by Music Therapy Handbook, Second Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-5692-2.

Fachkräfte der Sozialen Arbeit werden in ihrem Alltag häufig mit Tätern und Opfern von Straftaten konfrontiert.

Using international case study material, this book examines how ideas of visionary leadership have been developed and discusses their applicability to the public sector.

Perspectives in Social Work was originally published in 1977 and provides a text for social workers in training to use.

It's often assumed that criminologists know a great deal about violent offenders, but in fact, there is little consensus about what distinguishes them from those who commit less serious crimes.

Avant la mise en œuvre du programme d’égalité sociale, dans les années 1960, la plupart des Néo-Brunswickois, dont de nombreux francophones, avaient un accès limité à l’aide sociale, à l’éducation et aux services de santé.

A Complete, Fully Updated Guide to COMMERCIAL AVIATION SAFETYPresenting the latest procedures and standards from U.

This groundbreaking book examines the ways in which questions of culture and diversity impact on the values and ethics of social work.

A "e;superb account"e; of the disastrous loss of a Russian submarine off the nation's northern coast and its repercussions (Publishers Weekly).