Social welfare and social services

Being enough is a universal longing.

This book describes ArTA, an evidence-based method for art therapy observation and assessment.

Being mindful can help people feel calmer and more fully alive.

This book is about 20 young unaccompanied refugees who have sought refuge in Europe and how they experience and try to navigate their new situations, including their contacts with social workers, friends and family members left behind.

If you find yourself thinking or saying any of the following, this is a book you need to pick up.

Skills-based Caring equips carers with the skills and knowledge needed to support those suffering from an eating disorder, and to help them to break free from the traps that prevent recovery.

This book explains, compares and evaluates the social and legal functions of adoption within a range of selected jurisdictions and on an international basis.

Losing the ability to communicate can be a frustrating and difficult experience for people with dementia, their families and carers.

In How to Talk to a Borderline, Joan Lachkar introduces Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and outlines the challenges and difficulties it presents to clinicians.

Ideologies in Action: Morphological Adaptation and Political Ideas explores how political ideas move across geographical, social and chronological boundaries.

The Gifts We Receive from Animals is a book guaranteed to brighten a reader's day.

Critical reflection helps professionals to learn directly from their practice experience, so that they can improve their own work in an ongoing and flexible way - something essential in today's complex and changing organisations.

This accessible book uses case studies to explore issues around intimacy, sexual function and sexual development over the lifespan, introducing applied principles and practices when working with sexuality-related issues.

This book brings the knowledge gained from the Teen And Police Service Academy (TAPS), which has been implemented internationally to create partnerships with at-risk teens and police, proactively addressing some of the most pressing conditions in their communities.

Mental health problems disrupt the lives of many young people and their families, putting them at risk for instability as adults.

A unique blend of theory and practice within the world of group psychotherapy, this text discusses diversity issues in group contexts within the realm of teaching, consulting, and facilitating psychotherapy groups.

In the child welfare system some youth do well in their lives, but far too many do not experience positive outcomes by the time they are leaving government services.

Die Immobilienbranche durchlebt einen Wandlungsprozess.

When people think of conflict, they often think of fights, wars, arguments, hot tempers, and hurtful consequences.

Groups for parents, babies and toddlers, spanning the 1001 critical days from late pregnancy up to age two, are an effective way of supporting expectant and new parents by helping them to become more attuned, sensitive and empathic towards their child.

School Counselors as Practitioners, Second Edition, is a hands-on, practice-based, task-oriented guide to being an effective school counselor.

This landmark book empowers educators to become visible, positive influences and role models for gay and lesbian students in their classrooms and schools.

This book puts together grounded research on the discourses that counter Islamophobic tropes in North America.

While social welfare programs, often inspired by international organizations, are spreading throughout the world, the more far-reaching notion of governmental responsibility for the basic well-being of all members of a political society is not, although it remains a feature of Europe and the former British Commonwealth.

Individuelle Bildungs- und Lebenswege sind heute weit vielfältiger als oftmals angenommen.

Presenting the most up-to-date information available about dementia and intellectual disabilities, this book brings together the latest international research and evidence-based practice, and describes clearly the relevance and implications for support and services Internationally renowned experts from the UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands discuss good practice and the way forward in relation to assessment, diagnosis, interventions, staff knowledge and training, care pathways, service design, measuring outcomes and the experiences of individuals, families and carers.

Sarah Kane was one of the landmark playwrights of 1990s Britain, her influence being felt across UK and European theatre.

Leaders need to renew and recharge regularly to lead more effectively.

Dieses Buch zeigt auf, wie sich gesellschaftliche Wandlungsprozesse auf soziale Kohäsion auswirken.

Young people's participation is an urgent policy and practice concern across countries and context.

What if you were to look at human suffering, pain, and loss with another lens?

Die Beratungsarbeit im Bereich Autismus ist eine wichtige Säule der umfassenden Hilfestellung.

Exploring Immigrant and Sexual Minority Mental Health provides mental health practitioners with up-to-date theory, cutting-edge research, and therapeutic strategies to assist them in their work with multicultural clients.

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What's in a nineteenth-century philanthropist?

This book is an accessible guide for understanding and treating psychological trauma.

Anger is a natural feeling - everyone gets angry at times!

Beginning this year, federal payment recipients will receive their government benefits through electronic funds transfer (EFT)-- what most of us call direct deposit.

Becoming a Clinical Psychologist: Everything You Need to Know brings together all the information you need to pursue a career in this competitive field.

Taking Charge is the first empirically tested program of its kind, designed specifically to improve academic achievement and self-sufficiency for adolescent and teenage mothers, who face increased risk of dropping out and experiencing poverty.

Being culturally competent in practice is an essential skill for any practitioner working with people.

How does social work keep its balance between the requirements of its clients and its role as agency of state and society?

Supervision provides a positive space for compassion, inquiry, reflection, and above all development.

This book explores young people's perspectives on risk and harm in youth sexting, specifically privacy violations and unwanted, pressured and coerced sexting.

Care for the elderly, disabled and mentally-ill within and by the community forms a vital part of current social policy.

The Handbook of School Violence and School Safety: International Research and Practice has become the premier resource for educational and mental health professionals and policymakers seeking to implement effective prevention and intervention programs that reduce school violence and promote safe and effective schools.

Counselling Skills for Working with Trauma is a practical, introductory guide to counselling survivors of child abuse, neglect, rape, sexual violence, sexual trafficking, religious sexual abuse, and domestic abuse.