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Developing Cross Cultural Competence 3RD Edition
by Eleanor W Lynch  Publisher Comments The third edition of this bestselling professional resource and textbook highlights the cultural and ethnic diversity of families in the U.S. The book is designed to be used by a broad audience of pre-service professionals and interventionists who work...
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Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect (7TH 08 Edition)
by Cynthia Crosson-tower Synopsis This best-selling text offers a comprehensive look at child maltreatment, incorporating history, case vignettes, and the author' s own experience as a child protection worker. The author covers the history of child welfare, gives an overview of...
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Essential Research Methods for Social Work (07 Edition)
by Allen Rubin Publisher Comments This briefer version of Rubin and Babbie's RESEARCH METHODS FOR SOCIAL WORK, Fifth Edition, provides students with a research methods text that is more concise in its treatment of technical research content--yet still offers the social work-specific...
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Stand by Me: The Risks and Rewards of Mentoring Today's Youth
by Jean E. Rhodes Publisher Comments A child at loose ends needs help, and someone steps in--a Big Brother, a Big Sister, a mentor from the growing ranks of volunteers offering their time and guidance to more than two million American adolescents. Does it help? How effective are mentoring...
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Theory-Based Treatment Planning for Marriage and Family Therapists: Integrating Theory and Practice
by Diane R. Gehart Publisher Comments This text is a treatment planner and theory guide for therapists working from systemic and postmodern approaches. Unlike existing resources, this treatment planner provides a means to directly integrate family therapy theory and practice. By providing...
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Parental Alienation - How To Understand and Address Parental Alienation Resulting From Acrimonious Divorce Or Separation
by Book News Annotation A UK forensic psychologist applies the concept of Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) to child custody disputes. After defining PAS as a disorder involving purposeful alienation of a child against a parent, Lowenstein discusses its clinical signs...
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Community Service and Social Responsibility in Youth
by James Youniss Publisher Comments Preface Ch. 1: Service for Today's Youth and for the Right Reasons Ch. 2: Social-Historical Identity: A Theoretical Framework for Service Ch. 3: Community Service at St. Francis High School Ch. 4: Getting to Know Homelessness Ch. 5: Forming a Political...
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The Adult Is Parent To the Child - Transactional Analysis With Chidren and Young People
by Book News Annotation Tudor, a clinical, teaching, and supervising transactional analyst, and his almost 20 contributors provide a contemporary view of transactional analysis (TA) in a way that should prove useful to those professionals who know little about it, and to...
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The Apsac Handbook on Child Maltreatment
by John E B Myers Publisher Comments Praise for the First Edition:</p> <p></p> <p>`An important contribution to the field of child protection... the editors have aspired to offer an encyclopedic overview of knowledge about child abuse and neglect. The APSAC Handbook...
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Policy-based Profession: an Introduction To Social Welfare Policy Analysis for Social Workers (4TH 07 Edition)
by Philip R. Popple Publisher Comments This social welfare policy text, written specifically for use within the field of social work, shows students the crucial connection between social policy and the everyday practice of social work. The Fourth Edition of The Policy-Based Profession...
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Informal Learning in Youth Work
by Janet R. Batsleer Publisher Comments Informal Learning in Youth Work offers fresh perspectives on all aspects of informal education in the youth work setting. Designed to develop the reader's knowledge and skills, this comprehensive textbook explores key issues such as communication, power...
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Human Services Agencies : Orientation To Fieldwork (2ND 06 Edition)
by Lupe A. Alle-corliss Publisher Comments Make the most of your agency experience with HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES: AN ORIENTATION TO FIELDWORK! This practical and personal guide introduces you to the real-world issues of agency settings and helps you obtain the skills you need to become an effective...
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Gerontological Home Health Care: A Guide for the Social Work Practitioner
by Goldie Kadushin Publisher Comments Longer life expectancy, the aging baby boom population, and increasing numbers of older adults with chronic health conditions who want to remain at home are generating an urgent need for providers who possess specialized knowledge and skills in home...
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Long-Range Public Investment: The Forgotten Legacy of the New Deal (Understanding Social Problems and Social Issues)
by Robert D., Jr. Leighninger Publisher Comments In this comprehensive survey combining architectural and social policy studies, Leighninger reappraises the enduring achievements of public investment during the New Deal era and argues that, though these initiatives produced the lasting backbone of the...
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Fathering at Risk: Helping Nonresidential Fathers
by James R Dudley Synopsis This book profiles three groups of nonresidential fathers--teens, older fathers, and unmarried or divorced fathers. It promotes a fuller understanding of their problems, and offers an array of strategies for involving them in their children's lives...
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Working With Children and Young People Who Sexually Abuse - Taking the Field Forward
by Book News Annotation In this fourth volume on the subject edited by consultant Calder, he and his contributors continue to assemble the jigsaw puzzle that working with children and young people who sexually abuse has become. The topics here include issues of diversity...
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An Elephant in the Room - an Equality and Diversity Training Manual
by Book News Annotation This training manual is directed at managers, trainers, and personnel staff to address equality and diversity issues in the workplace. For use in small discussion groups, it contains reproducible handouts consisting of a short synopsis on the topic...
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See You in Court: A Social Worker's Guide to Presenting Evidence in Care Proceedings
by Lynn Davis Book News Annotation Davis, a child care law consultant, provides an accessible guide for social workers who have been called as witnesses in care proceedings. Much of the book is written in question and answer format, with questions frequently asked by social workers in...
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Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging
by Barbara Berkman Publisher Comments The fields of health care, aging, and social work are often treated as discrete entities, while all social workers deal with issues of health and aging on a daily basis, regardless of practice specialization. The Handbook of Social Work in Health and...
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Research Methods for Social Work (6TH 08 Edition)
by Allen Rubin Publisher Comments This best-selling text that has empowered more than 100,000 students just like you! Considered the best social work research methods resource, RESEARCH METHODS FOR SOCIAL WORK balances essential content with enlightening examples, consistently revealing...
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