"When the Welfare People Come"

Race and Class in the US Child Protection System

by Don Lash

<div>Analyzes the history of the U.S. child welfare system and its implications today, offering ideas for reform and building solidarity.</div> ...

ISBN: 9781608467433

Binding: Paperback

$28.99

'Grooming' and the Sexual Abuse of Children

Institutional, Internet, and Familial Dimensions

by Anne-Marie McAlinden

<p>'Grooming' and the Sexual Abuse of Children: Institutional, Internet and Familial Dimensions critically examines the official and popular discourses on grooming, predominantly framed within the context of online sexual exploitation and abuse ...

ISBN: 9780191652585

Binding: Kobo eBook

$180.04

$162.13

101 Careers in Gerontology

by C. Joanne Grabinski, MA, ABD, FAGHE

<p><strong>Wanted</strong>: Gerontology Workers, Gerontological Specialists, and Gerontologists for careers now and into the future.</p> <p>As our population of persons aged 65 and over grows and lives longer through these ages, the need for ...

ISBN: 9780826115034

Binding: Kobo eBook

$43.99

$39.59

101 Careers in Social Work, Second Edition

by Dr. Jessica A. Ritter, BSW, MSSW, PhD

<p><b>PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION:</b></p><p>"<i>This is a vital and necessary guide to the social work profession. This book clarifies the social work mission, goals, and objectives, and strengthens and promotes them as ...

ISBN: 9780826129062

Binding: Kobo eBook

$51.69

$46.52

4 Simple Rules to Stop Bullying

by Neil Mars

<p>This book starts from the principle that the phenomenon of bullying is not new or related merely to schools, but rather a problem that has always existed and must be acknowledged as something related to the whole education and social system. ...

ISBN: 1230001805659

Binding: Kobo eBook

$4.31

500 Tips for Communicating with the Public

by Maggie Kindred

ISBN: 9781849051750

Binding: Paperback

$32.99

6 Secrets To Success

by Muyassar Sattarova

<p>This work is dedicated to You! These simple 6 steps will help you achieve success in everything! Good luck!</p> ...

ISBN: 1230001898125

Binding: Kobo eBook

$4.31

A Brief Introduction to Social Work Theory

by David Howe

<p>This textbook offers the perfect introduction to the complex world of social work theory, giving a concise yet comprehensive overview of how practice is influenced by each theoretical approach described. The book begins by outlining the ...

ISBN: 9780230365230

Binding: Kobo eBook

$41.95

A Brief Introduction to Using an Evidence-Based Humanistic Solution Focused Approach to Working with Parents to Reduce Anti-Social Behaviour & Youth Offending

by Dan Jones

<p>This short eBook is a brief introduction to the work carried out by the author into the use of a Humanistic Solution Focused Approach to supporting parents with the aim of reducing youth offending and anti-social behaviour. This eBook also ...

ISBN: 9781476313030

Binding: Kobo eBook

$3.77

A City Year

On the Streets and in the Neighbourhoods with Twelve Young Community Volunteers

by Suzanne Goldsmith

<p>In his inaugural address in 1993, President Clinton said: &quot;I challenge a new generation of young Americans to a season of service to act on your idealism by helping troubled children, keeping company with those in need, reconnecting our ...

ISBN: 9781351535830

Binding: Kobo eBook

$67.63

$60.93

A Clinical Guide to Pediatric HIV

Bridging the Gaps Between Research and Practice

by Tiffany Chenneville

<p>This book examines the impact of pediatric HIV on children, adolescents, and their families. Beginning with an overview of pediatric HIV epidemiology, it traces the medical, psychological, and social dimensions of HIV through the trajectory ...

ISBN: 9783319497044

Binding: Kobo eBook

$199.00

$179.18

A contemporary history of social work

Learning from the past

by Bamford, Terry

<p>Drawing on lessons from the recent history of social work to identify how and why it has lost its privilege and influence, this book challenges social work students to understand why social work has failed to maintain its position as a driver

ISBN: 9781447322184

Binding: Kobo eBook

$56.10

$50.59

A Country Called Prison

Mass Incarceration and the Making of a New Nation

by Mary D. Looman & John D. Carl

<p>The United States is the world leader in incarcerating citizens. 707 people out of every 100,000 are imprisoned. If those currently incarcerated in the US prison system were a country, it would be the 102nd most populated nation in the world.

ISBN: 9780190211059

Binding: Kobo eBook

$31.68

$30.13

A Dream Deferred

How Social Work Education Lost Its Way and What Can be Done

by Howard Karger

<p>From its inception in the late nineteenth century, social work has struggled to carry out the complex, sometimes contradictory, functions associated with reducing suffering, enhancing social order, and social reform. Since then, social ...

ISBN: 9781351535625

Binding: Kobo eBook

$83.47

$75.12

A Feminist Ethnography of Secure Wards for Women with Learning Disabilities

Locked Away

by Rebecca Fish

<p>What is life like for women with learning disabilities detained in a secure unit? This book presents a unique ethnographic study conducted in a contemporary institution in England.</p> <p>Rebecca Fish takes an interdisciplinary approach, ...

ISBN: 9781351614719

Binding: Kobo eBook

$79.15

$71.27

A Guide for Nursing Home Social Workers, Second Edition

by Elise Beaulieu, PhD, MSW, LICSW

<p>ìBeaulieuís decades of social work practice illuminate every chapter, her years of networking with colleagues in Massachusetts and nationwide enhance every paragraph, and nuggets of insight earned through successfully establishing meaningful ...

ISBN: 9780826193490

Binding: Kobo eBook

$102.29

$92.06

A Guide to Evidence-Based Group Work

by Mark J. Macgowan

This is the first textbook that illustrates, step by step, how to practice evidence-based group work. As group workers are increasingly being held accountable to evaluate, monitor, and improve their practice, there are scant resources available ...

ISBN: 9780190293086

Binding: Kobo eBook

$47.52

$42.78

A Guide to Therapeutic Child Care

What You Need to Know to Create a Healing Home

by Ruth Emond, Laura Steckley & Autumn Roesch-Marsh

A Guide to Therapeutic Child Care provides an easy to read explanation of the secrets that lie behind good quality therapeutic child care. It describes relevant theories, the 'invisible' psychological challenges that children will often struggle

ISBN: 9780857007698

Binding: Kobo eBook

$26.25

$22.32

A Hands-on Approach to Teaching about Aging

32 Activities for the Classroom and Beyond

by Hallie Baker, PhD, Tina M. Kruger, PhD & Rona J. Karasik, PhD

<p><em><strong>A one-of-a-kind guide to active, engaging learning strategies for aging studies</strong></em></p> <p>Harnessing the proven benefits of active learning strategies, this is the first activity book created for a broad spectrum of ...

ISBN: 9780826149176

Binding: Kobo eBook

$65.99

$59.39

A New Model of School Discipline

Engaging Students and Preventing Behavior Problems

by David R. Dupper

<p>Mounting evidence shows that zero-tolerance policies, suspensions, and restrictive security policies fail to improve school safety and student behaviors, and are linked with increased risk of dropping out. Minority students are suspended at ...

ISBN: 9780190452179

Binding: Kobo eBook

$43.20

$38.93