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Policy and Program Planning for Older Adults: Realities and Visions
by Elaine Theresa Jurkowski  Publisher Comments This book will prove to be an invaluable resource for policy advocates, program planners, and service delivery agents. It provides an overview of the major pieces of legislation that currently impact the field of aging, and the lives of older adults...
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Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair: One Family's Passage Through the Child Welfare System
by Susan Sheehan Publisher Comments With the same acute observation, humor, and compassion she brought to her Pulitzer Prize-winning Is There No Place on Earth for Me?. Sheehan tells the story of one family's passage through the child-welfare system. A searing account of poverty, addiction,...
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The Call of Service
by Robert Coles Publisher Comments In this book, Coles explores the concept of idealism and why it necessary to the individual and society....
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Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Human Behavior in the Social Environment
by Bruce A. Thyer Publisher Comments The Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Volume 2: Human Behavior in the Social Environment features contributions from leading international researchers and practitioners and presents the most comprehensive, in-depth source of...
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Healing from the Trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse: The Journey for Women
by Karen A. Duncan Publisher Comments The traumatic affects of childhood sexual abuse can remain and recur throughout life for women who have not healed emotionally. This book by a family therapist shares stories from 18 women abused as children, explaining that healing can occur at any...
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Social Welfare Policy, Programs, and Practice - Study Notes
by 1st Edition Segal And Brzuzy Synopsis Never HIGHLIGHT a Book Again! Virtually all testable terms, concepts, persons, places, and events are included.look no further for study resources or reference material. Cram101 Textbook Outlines gives all of the outlines, highlights, notes, and practice-...
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Sociology for Social Work (UK Edition)
by Lena Dominelli Synopsis Addressing the relevance of sociological concepts to social work practice, this work argues that lack of understanding of the ways in which social work fits into society's structures and is informed by its relationship with these can lead to impoverished...
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Management in Social Work (Practical Social Work)
by Veronica Coulshed Publisher Comments This third edition of a classic text has been brought right up-to-date to meet the needs of today's social work students, professionals and service managers. Management in Social Work explores an area of rapid change that is central to professional...
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The Children of Neglect
by Margaret G. Smith Publisher Comments Child neglect is at least as risky for children as child abuse. Less is known about child neglect than child abuse and interventions are often less effective. This book contains a comprehensive review of the current state of child neglect. Included are...
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Mystical Power of Person Centred Therapy: Hope Beyond Despair (UK Edition)
by Brian Thorne Publisher Comments Brian Thornes latest book is likely to cause something of a furore in the counselling and psychotherapy world and more particularly among person-centred practitioners and pastoral counsellors. The Mystical Power of Person-Centred Therapy takes the later...
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The Visit: Observation, Reflection, Synthesis for Training and Relationship Building
by Annette And Annegret Dettwiler Axtmann Synopsis Field-tested and shaped by feedback from directors of Early Head Start, child care organizations, and early intervention programs. The Visit is an essential professional development tool for supervisors to use with direct care practitioners who work with...
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Handbook for Community Workers #04: Training for Transformation Book 4: A Handbook for Community Workers
by Anne Hope Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references and index (v. 3)....
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Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Animal Abuse: Linking the Circles of Compassion for Prevention and Intervention
by Frank R. Ascione Publisher Comments Evidence is mounting that animal abuse, frequently embedded in families scarred by domestic violence and child abuse and neglect, often predicts the potential for other violent acts. As early intervention is critical in the prevention and reduction of...
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Work with Youth in Divided and Contested Societies
by D. Magnuson Publisher Comments There is increasing recognition that protective and therapeutic approaches to youth in conflict and post-conflict societies have limitations, especially with older youth. Because youth are not only victims but also participants in conflict, they can be...
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Family-centered social work practice
by Ann Hartman Publisher Comments After many decades of focus on the individual as the unit of attention, social workers in almost every field of practice are returning to the profession's original emphasis on serving families and on understanding and helping individuals in the context...
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Promoting Community Change : Making It Happen in the Real World (3RD 04 - Old Edition)
by Mark S. Homan Publisher Comments Learn the skills that will allow you to improve the lives of not only individual clients, but of entire communities, with PROMOTING COMMUNITY CHANGE. This text addresses the real world issues facing social work, human services, and community health...
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Costs and Outcomes in Children's Social Care: Messages from Research
by Jennifer And Ian Sinclair Beecham Publisher Comments The supply of funding for children's service provision is limited, and to make the best use of available resources, services must be run efficiently and cost-effectively whilst achieving the central objective of children's well-being. Co-published with...
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Generalist Social Work Practice With Families (08 Edition)
by Stephen J. Yanca Publisher Comments This text provides a comprehensive approach to generalist practice with diverse families using an integreated ecosystems and strengths-based approach. It includes schemas for developing family and subsystem social histories and case examples...
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Constructive Social Work: Towards a New Practice
by Nigel Parton Publisher Comments There is now increased international interest in the relevance of social theories associated with postmodernism, social constructionism, and narrative approaches for social work. However, no book has explicitly addressed how such issues can be used, not...
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Introduction To the Profession of Social Work : Becoming a Change Agent (2ND 07 Edition)
by Elizabeth A. Segal Publisher Comments Considering a career in social work? AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PROFESSION OF SOCIAL WORK: BECOMING A CHANGE AGENT helps you decide whether social work is a good fit for you by introducing you to the social work profession and describing the role of social...
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