1371 books (69 pages) in this category
Critical Practice in Working With Children
by Tony Sayer
<p>Comprehensive in its coverage, the text examines the core areas of childcare practice, considering the various strengths and weaknesses of both policy and practice. With an emphasis on reflective practice, this text is insightful reading for ...
ISBN: 9781137019189
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eBookA Biography
by Ian Cummins
<p><em>Critical Psychiatry</em> outlines the history of a group of thinkers that has come to be known as the anti-psychiatry movement. Though it has been called a movement, the individual thinkers’ and authors’ ideas were often in conflict but ...
ISBN: 9781911106623
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eBookCritical Resilience for Nurses
An Evidence-Based Guide to Survival and Change in the Modern NHS
by Michael Traynor
<p>The nursing profession is under pressure. Financial demands, student debt, the target culture, political scrutiny in the wake of major care scandals and increasing workloads are all taking their toll on professional morale and performance. ...
ISBN: 9781317272489
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eBookTheories and practices for a socially just world
by June Allan
A fully revised second edition of this systematic introduction to progressive social work practice. Taking a critical theoretical approach, it examines the nexus between personal and social change. ...
ISBN: 9781742370927
Binding: Paperback
A Holistic Approach to Contemporary Practice
by Fiona Gardner
<p>Critical spirituality is a way of naming a desire to work with what is meaningful in the context of enabling a socially just, diverse and inclusive society. Critical spirituality means seeing people holistically, seeking to understand where ...
ISBN: 9781351947299
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eBookCritical Supervision for the Human Services
A Social Model to Promote Learning and Value-Based Practice
by Lou Johnston, Carolyn Noble & Mel Gray
<p>Practitioners in the helping professions today operate in challenging settings where budgets have been cut dramatically, and progression and success are too often defined primarily by key performance indicators and strategic outcomes. ...
ISBN: 9781784500436
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eBookCritical Thinking and the Process of Evidence-Based Practice
by Eileen Gambrill
<p>In <em>Critical Thinking and the Process of Evidence-Based Practice</em>, Eileen Gambrill provides a detailed description of the process of evidence-based practice (EBP), designed to help individual practitioners and their clients make ...
ISBN: 9780190463373
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eBookCritical Thinking for Helping Professionals
A Skills-Based Workbook
by Eileen Gambrill & Leonard Gibbs
<p>Critical thinking values, skills, and knowledge are integral to evidence-based practice in the helping professions. Inflated claims of knowledge, both in the media as well as in the peer-reviewed literature, show critical thinking to be ever ...
ISBN: 9780190297329
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eBookCritiquing Personality Disorder
A Social Perspective
by Julia Warrener
<p>In order to work effectively with people with personality disorders it is important that Mental Health Social Workers (MHSWs) have a clear understanding of trauma and its impact on the person. It is also important that they have good ...
ISBN: 9781909330832
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eBookCross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness
From Pretreatment Strategies to Psychologically Informed Environments
by Jay S. Levy & Robin Johnson
<p><strong>Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness Reveal New Insights</strong></p> <p>This groundbreaking book presents compelling narratives and innovative approaches for addressing the psychological traumas that can underlie homelessness ...
ISBN: 9781615993680
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eBookCross-Cultural Responsiveness & Systemic Therapy
Personal & Clinical Narratives
by Shruti Singh Poulsen & Robert Allan
<p>This progressive volume takes a nuanced approach to understanding systemic therapies with diverse client populations, leading to culturally responsive therapy. Synthesizing diverse streams of psychology, philosophy, and social theory, ...
ISBN: 9783319713953
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eBookCruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment?
Benefit Sanctions in the UK
by Michael Adler
<p>The book subjects the largely hidden phenomenon of benefit sanctions in the UK to sustained examination and critique. It comprises twelve chapters dealing with the terms ‘cruel’, ‘inhuman’ and ‘degrading’ that are used as a benchmark for ...
ISBN: 9783319903569
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eBookCultivating Professional Resilience in Direct Practice
A Guide for Human Service Professionals
by Jason M. Newell
<p>Overwhelming empirical evidence indicates that new social workers, particularly those going into child welfare or other trauma-related care, will discover emotional challenges including the indirect or secondary effects of the trauma work ...
ISBN: 9780231544900
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eBookCultural Considerations in Latino American Mental Health
by Harvette Grey & Brittany N. Hall-Clark
<p>In America's increasingly diverse society, it is imperative that mental health providers prioritize the development of their cultural competence to assure that they are equipped to meet the needs of their clients. <em>Cultural Considerations ...
ISBN: 9780190243449
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eBookCultural Diversity in Child Protection
Cultural Competence in Practice
by Siobhan E. Laird & Prospera Tedam
<p>Racial, ethnic and religious diversity requires social workers to safeguard children and support families from many different minority backgrounds. This innovative book is based on an analysis of Serious Case Reviews (Child Safeguarding ...
ISBN: 9781352006216
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eBookCultural Safety,Healthcare and Vulnerable Populations
A Critical Theoretical Perspective
by Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu
<p>Culturally safe healthcare is rapidly challenging previous notions of cultural competency or cultural sensitivity in healthcare provision. The increasing number of vulnerable populations means healthcare must be given by a healthcare provider
ISBN: 9781317483663
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eBookCurricula for Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
by Hsu-Min Chiang
<p>This book provides an extensive overview of curricula and instructional strategies for teaching children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It offers an empirically solid framework for designing and developing interventions for learners ...
ISBN: 9783319699837
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eBookSpirituality in the Lives of Women
by Maddy Cunningham & Jade de Saussure
<p>There is a scarcity of professional literature and research that focuses on women's spiritual development and experiences and how they may differ from those of men. For women, the spiritual is often inner-focused, rather than transcendent; ...
ISBN: 9780190940454
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eBookPassion, Terror and Survival.
by Amy C Norman
<p><em>"Thank you for having the courage and determination to tell your story. You saved my life." -</em> Facebook<br> <br> <em>"I have read your book twice and I think it's just an amazing story. You are such a strong person and I admire you ...
ISBN: 1230001525168
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eBookData Analysis with Small Samples and Non-Normal Data
Nonparametrics and Other Strategies
by Carl F. Siebert & Darcy Clay Siebert
<p>In social sciences, education, and public health research, researchers often conduct small pilot studies (or may have planned for a larger sample but lost too many cases due to attrition or missingness), leaving them with a smaller sample ...
ISBN: 9780199391516
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