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Book SynopsisVirtual Reality for Serious Illnessexplores the important role virtual reality interventions can play in symptom management, anxiety control, and spiritual meaning. The book focuses on cutting-edge research and its effects on the seriously ill and those who treat the seriously ill. The innovation in this book is twofold: It is a global look at the use of virtual reality in complex medical cases where it takes an interdisciplinary look at use of virtual reality, and it includes a strong focus on the spiritual healing resulting from the meaning and purpose found during this intervention.The book is written for professionals who use holistic healing measures in the scope of treatment for chronic and seriously ill patients. It is written for all disciplines acting in holistic healthcare healing, including physicians, chaplains, nurses, and informatics interventionists.

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Book SynopsisThis very practical guide will teach students everything they need to know to successfully apply theory, methods and approaches in real-life practice. It will assist in developing and hone their skills to make the best start in their practice placement and beyond as a newly qualified practitioner. To get the most out of this book, visit the companion website at https://www.study.sagepub.com/rogers2e to find journal articles, templates, ‘how to’ guides and brand new videos with discussion questions, and a glossary. Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Core Skills 1. Person-Centred Communication 2. Active Listening Skills 3. Communicating with Children 4. Emotionally Intelligent Social Work 5. Developing Empathic Skills 6. Reflection and Reflexivity 7. Understanding Values, Ethics and Human Rights 8. Valuing Difference and Diversity 9. Resilience and Self Care 10. Time Management Part II: Skills for Assessment and Interventions 11. Assessment Skills 12. Interviewing Skills 13. A Positive Approach to Safeguarding: Risk in Humane Social Work 14. Working with Service Users and Carers 15. Building Resilience in Service Users 16. Conflict Management and Resolution 17. Research-Informed Practice 18. Writing Skills for Practice 19. Inter-Professional Practice and Working Together 20. Maximising Supervision 21. Review and Evaluation 22. Court Skills - Dawn Whitaker Part III: Key Social Work Theories and Methods 23. Strengths-Based and Solution-Focused Approaches 24. Systems Theory and an Ecological Approach 25. Narrative Social Work 26. Task-Centred Social Work Practice 27. Person-Centred Social Work 28. Group work - Michaela Rogers 29. Attachment Theory: Examining Maternal Sensitivity Scales 30. Grief and Loss 31. Crisis Intervention 32. The Social Models of Disability and Distress 33. Social Work Activism Conclusion

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Book SynopsisSocial work students need to be able to link theory to their practice on placement. The need to support students in this area often causes anxiety for practice educators and placement supervisors. The first edition of this book was used widely by practice educators in supporting student learning in relation to theory and practice. It was so popular that many students started to use the book themselves - in response we published another book written specifically for students Theory and Practice: A Straightforward Guide for Social Work Students. This all new edition of Social Work Theory still begins by introducing the concept of theory and practice, reminding practice educators and supervisors about the ways in which they use and apply theory every day in some aspect of their practice. Ideas are given on exercises to assist students in developing their own understanding of the use of theory in their practice. Subsequent sections briefly outline some of the key social work theories and models which will apply to any practice learning environment. Suggestions for further reading are provided throughout the text as are ideas for exercises to use with students. This second edition sees the inclusion of some newer theories and models such as the McDonaldization of social work. All the chapters have been reviewed and updated and more recent thinking on the theories and models is included. Siobhan Maclean has been a practice educator since 1992. She has worked with more than 200 students since then, mostly as an independent off site practice educator. Siobhan continues to learn from students every day. Rob Harrison has worked in several voluntary sector settings since 1996. He completed his Practice Teaching Award in 2007 and has enjoyed working with several social work students as an on site practice educator and supervisor.

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Book SynopsisThis best-selling book helps social workers gain a comprehensive understanding of how to achieve best practice in applying the Care Act 2014. The Care Act 2014 is a pivotal piece of legislation for adults with social care needs. It is particularly important for social workers, as it sets out the legislative context for the core social work processes that apply to all adults. The Social Worker’s Guide to the Care Act 2014 is a thoughtfully crafted resource that places social workers at the centre of the legal landscape. It takes a distinctive approach by honing in on what truly matters to social workers: assessing needs and formulating care and support plans that align with eligible requirements. Through a blend of key concepts, case examples, and critical evaluation, the book enhances legal literacy in a way that empowers social workers. It equips social workers with a clear understanding of the legal framework within which they operate, enabling them to make informed professional judgements and apply their expertise effectively. This eagerly awaited second edition reflects extensive revisions based on valuable insights derived from judicial reviews, Ombudsman decisions, and in-depth research. Drawing from the author's extensive experience in providing training on the Care Act, the revised edition introduces two new sections that delve into the realms of professional judgement and defensible decisions—essential areas of focus for social workers. Additionally, it incorporates the amendments made to the Care Act 2014 by the Health and Care Act 2022. This substantially revised second edition of The Social Worker's Guide to the Care Act 2014 will be your invaluable companion in navigating the complexities of social work and will be a source of knowledge, empowerment, and guidance. Trade Review “Every social worker in England who works with adults needs a good knowledge of the Care Act. Whether newly qualified, several years into practice or an old hand this is the book that provides that knowledge. It is one of the key texts for practitioners I use again and again”. -- Luke Geoghegan, Head of Policy and Research, BASW…” I teach social work law on a social work programme. The Care Act 2014 is a large and complex piece of legislation which can confuse students when it is first introduced to them. It is, however, the most significant act relating to adult social care to emerge in recent years and, therefore, crucial that social work students understand it. Pete Feldon’s meticulous eye and attention to detail will be extremely useful for students and practitioners. The book brings together definitions (where they exist), case law and guidance in an accessible and helpful way. The work will also assist me with my own research about how far carers are aware of their rights under the Care Act 2014. I recommend this book to social work students and practitioners for its detailed consideration of evidence and legal context and for its emphasis on a social worker’s ‘professional judgement’, particularly during times where the skills, values and knowledge of qualified social workers are in danger of being overlooked." -- Vita Snowden * Lecturer, Dept of Social and Community Studies, University of Derby *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction First contact Assessment of needs Eligibility determination The duty and power to meet needs Charging and financial assessment Care and support planning Review Safeguarding enquiries Safeguarding – types of abuse, SABs Substantially difficulty with involvement Disputes Working with the NHS and housing Other modification and additions Professional judgement

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive guide to applying crisis theory for effective crisis intervention and trauma-centered care, fostering positive change and improved outcomes. The third edition of this book elaborates on how the term 'crisis intervention' can be commonly misused and how not all crises are emergencies, and not all emergencies are crises. Understanding this fundamental difference can prove invaluable in terms of taking the appropriate action, improving practice and ultimately helping service users. The book therefore offers clear practical guidance about how to make use of crisis theory to positive effect, including situations involving trauma. Through extensive research and theory, it offers an holistic focus that incorporates sociological and existential factors. Content includes:references to the significance of Covid-19 with examples of how to (and how not to) respond to crises;links between crisis and trauma;inclusion and neurodiversity;crisis intervention within education settings, police and management roles;an additional chapter on self-care. Exercises are provided throughout as well as 'food for thought' features to encourage reflection and application to practice.

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Book SynopsisDr Karen Treisman has designed this versatile and colourful card deck of 110 cards enabling practitioners to support children, teens or adults who have experienced trauma, stress or adversity.The cards are organized into four different types: sentence completion cards, survival response cards, signals/signs cards and different types of trauma cards. In combination, the cards provide you with a rich resource which enables you to:· Increase understanding of the multi-layered impact of trauma, stress, and adversity - including common sensory, physical, emotional, cognitive and relational aspects.· Deepen assessment and information-gathering· Reflect on progress and the journey· Inform goals and focus interventions· Identify survival responses, feelings and experiences· Use metaphors, analogies and symbols to support Find new ways to name, label or describe experiences or feelings· Increase empathy, understanding and compassion· Support reflection and curiosity· Explore the wider lens of trauma - including cultural, intergenerational, medical, war trauma etc.And much more!Developed to be inclusive of a variety of learning styles, abilities and language skills, the pack can be used with individuals, groups, teams and organizations. Accompanied by a comprehensive explanatory booklet, they will enable you to create assessments, psychoeducation and interventions which are playful, enriching and creative.

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Book SynopsisOver the past 40 years, considerable progress has been made in lowering rates of domestic violence in our communities. This progress has been uneven, however, due to continuing misconceptions about the causes and dynamics of domestic violence, which include an exaggerated focus on males as perpetrators and females as victims, as well as a heavy-handed law enforcement response that compromises the rights of criminal defendants without necessarily reducing violence. Gender and Domestic Violence presents empirical research findings and reform recommendations for prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys, policy makers and intervention providers with the aim of rectifying shortcomings in legal and law enforcement responses to domestic violence. The volume''s editors and chapter authors confront the notion that certain beliefs shared among victim advocates, legal actors, and other stakeholders -- principally that domestic violence is bound by gender, and is primarily a crime against women -- Trade ReviewI applaud and admire John Hamel and Brenda Russell for putting together this book. The book is well-researched with chapters written by highly regarded experts in the field. Although destined to be controversial, it's long overdue, and provides solid research and recommendations for both criminal justice and family courts for how to best handle domestic violence cases. It takes on the political controversy and provides evidence-based information on how gender is not the determining predictor for who commits domestic violence. It is a must read for all who work in the field of domestic violence and who encounter domestic violence in the criminal courts, family courts, and service professions. * Denise A. Hines, Ph.D., Associate Professor, College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University *Finally! Perhaps the most comprehensive approach to understanding IPV in terms of policy and practice, this book gathers the work of committed scholars who ignored convention in the face of great opposition and steadfastly pushed for a greater understanding of women's use of violence. Hamel and Russell's book shines light in the dark corners where change and progress are desperately needed and represents more than a decade of effort to transform our thinking - and thus our policies, practices, and treatment approaches - resulting in a paradigmatic shift in the conversations around gender and IPV. * Michelle Mohr Carney, PhD, MSSA, Dean & Professor, School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas *As a former domestic violence prosecutor, I struggled with the one-size-fits-all approach to IPV. As a current defense attorney, I see the havoc this homogenous mindset causes for the wrongfully accused. With a scientific and fact-driven approach, this volume recognizes and reports the nuances of IPV, and asks questions of our current criminal legal system based on research, not stereotypes or politics. Prosecutors, defense attorneys and judges must wrestle with the evidence presented in this volume or risk being well-intentioned agents of injustice. * Peter Chambers, Esq., Law Office of Peter James Chambers *Table of ContentsPart I Topic Overview of Research on Domestic Violence 1 Introduction-The Problem with the Gender Paradigm John Hamel, Ph.D. & Brenda Russell, Ph.D 2 What We Currently Know about the Prevalence, Causes and Dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence Elizabeth Bates, Ph.D. & Alexandra Papamichail, Ph.D 3 The Law Enforcement Response to IPV: Toward a Gender-Neutral Approach Brenda Russell, Ph.D & Emily Seisler, BA. BA Part II Litigation 4 Gender, Sex, and the Prosecution of Intimate Partner Violence Jennifer Cox, Ph.D., Elizabeth MacNeil, B.A. & Hannah Lind, B.A. 5 Challenges and Strategies in Mounting a Legal Defense in IPV Criminal Cases Charles Dresow, Esq 6 Intimate Partner Homicides and the Battered Person Syndrome John Hamel, Ph.D, Don Dutton, Ph.D., & Alexandra Lysova, Ph.D 7 Jury Decision Making: Understanding and Overcoming Bias in the Courtroom Brenda Russell, Ph.D. & Blake McKimmie, Ph.D Part III Family Law 8 Guidelines for Domestic Violence and Child Custody Litigation David Pisarra, Esq 9 Custody and Intervention Recommendations in Family Law Cases: A Gender-Inclusive Framework John Hamel, Ph.D. & Kelly Baker, Ph.D 10 The Same Coin: Intimate Partner Violence, Child Abuse, and Parental Alienation Jennifer Harman, Ph.D & Edward Kruk, Ph.D Part IV Evidence-Based Interventions 11 Holding Perpetrators Accountable: Evidence-based Interview and Assessment Procedures John Hamel, Ph.D. & Liam Ennis, Ph.D 12 Risk-Needs-Responsivity (RNR) Informed Approaches to Batterer Intervention Treatment Amie Roberts, LMH Counselor, CPM 13 Couples and Family Interventions for Intimate Partner Violence Victoria Bennet, M.A., Janella Chu, B.S., Deanna Pollard, M.A., & Julia Babcock, Ph.D. 14 Restorative Justice Alternatives Briana Barocas, Ph.D. & Rei Shimizu, LMSW, Ph.D

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Book SynopsisLearn intervention strategies to counter the effects of terrorismIn the twenty-first century, terrorism has become an international scourge whose effect devastates individuals, weakens societies, and cripples nations. The Trauma of Terrorism: Sharing Knowledge and Shared Care, An International Handbook and Shared Care provides a comprehensive, penetrating look at the effects of terrorism, at the prevention and treatment of immediate and long-term sequelae, at preparedness for terrorism, and at the range of individual, community, and national responses. International authorities discuss the latest knowledge and research about terror, its root causes, and its psychological impact on individuals, families, societies, and nations, as well as the societal and political responses and services that may help lessen its impact.The Trauma of Terrorism: Sharing Knowledge and Shared Care, An International Handbook analyzes the full scope of terrorism. This compendium explorTable of Contents About the Contributors Acknowledgments FOREWORD Terrorism: The United Nations and the Search for Shared Solutions (David Malone) INTRODUCTION The Trauma of Terrorism: Contextual Considerations (Yael Danieli, Danny Brom, and Joe Sills) SECTION I: THE ORIGINS OF TERRORISM IN MODERN SOCIETY The Origins and Nature of Terrorism: Foundations and Issues (Anthony J. Marsella and Fathali M. Moghaddam) Terrorism as a Strategy of Psychological Warfare (Boaz Ganor) Tales from the Underground (Gerald Cromer) Aum Shinrikyo: The Threshold Crossed (Robert Jay Lifton) Voice: Murdered Twin Buddhas and Annihilated Twin Towers: Traumatized Civilization (Hirad Abtahi) Tactical and Strategic Terrorism (Giandomenico Picco) Voice: Do They Kill for Their Mothers? (Joyce M. Davis) Voice: Palestinian Voices Voice: Remembrance Day/Independence Day (Martin Herskovitz) Voice: Terrorism Poem SECTION II: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF TERRORISM Adults in the United States Voice: Grounded on Sept. 11 (David Handschuh) Psychological Impact of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks: Summary of Empirical Findings in Adults (William E. Schlenger) Television Watching and Mental Health in the General Population of New York City After September 11 (Jennifer Ahern, Sandro Galea, Heidi Resnick, and David Vlahov) Voice: Too Close to Ever Forget (Adam Lisberg) Exploring the Myths of Coping with a National Trauma: A Longitudinal Study of Responses to the September 11th Terrorist Attacks (Roxane Cohen Silver, Michael Poulin, E. Alison Holman, Daniel N. McIntosh, Virginia Gil-Rivas, and Judith Pizarro) Somatization and Terrorism (Carol S. North) FINDINGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD Short- and Long-Term Effects of Terrorist Attacks in Spain (Enrique Baca, Enrique Baca-García, María Mercedes Pérez-Rodríguez, and Maria Luisa Cabanas) Voice: Spain: The ETA Enigma (Al Goodman) Northern Ireland: The Psychological Impact of The Troubles (Andrea Campbell, Ed Cairns, and John Mallett) Voice: Brave Little Man (Tony Maddox) Voice: So What Is It Like Now That Your Country Is Run by a Terrorist? (Brandon Hamber) The Long-Term Effects of Terrorism in France (Louis Jehel and Alain Brunet) Psychological Effects of Terrorist Attacks in Algeria (Noureddine Khaled) Voice: Nadia, a Victim/Survivor of a Terrorist Massacre of Her Family in Algeria (Noureddine Khaled) Short- and Long-Term Effects on the Victims of Terror in Sri Lanka (Daya Somasundaram) Voice: Sri Lanka: The Destruction of South Asia’s Most Developed Society (Barbara Crossette) Observations on the Impact on Kenyans of the August 7, 1998 Bombing of the United States Embassy in Nairobi (Samuel B. Thielman) Voice: We Are Asked to Do Anything and Everything Except Be Victims (Lee Ann Ross) Terror and Trauma in Bali: Australia’s Mental Health Disaster Response (Beverley Raphael, Julie Dunsmore, and Sally Wooding) Voice: Memories of Bali (Alan Atkinson) Voice: A Baptism of Fire in Bali (Bill McNeil) International Findings on the Impact of Terrorism (Brian Engdahl) Traumatic Loss, Complicated Grief, and Terrorism (Ilona L. Pivar and Holly G. Prigerson) Voice: Theo Was on Pan Am 103 (Susan Cohen and Daniel Cohen) Voice: When You Are Alone, It Is Different (Conny Mus) The Psychological Burden of Bioterrorism (Molly J. Hall, Ann E. Norwood, Carol S. Fullerton, Robert Gifford, and Robert J. Ursano) CHILDREN Psychological Impact of Terrorism on Children and Families in the United States (Betty J.

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Book SynopsisSocial Work students often find research an intimidating and complex area of study, with many struggling to understand the core concepts and their application to practice. This book presents these concepts in an accessible and user-friendly way. Key skills and methods such as literature reviews, interviews, and questionnaires are explored in detail while the underlying ethical reasons for doing good research underpin the text. For this second edition, new material on ethnography is added.Table of ContentsIntroduction Planning your research Undertaking a literature review Interviews Focus groups Questionnaires Documentary analysis Analysing your data Writing up your dissertation Conclusion Glossary References Index

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Book SynopsisWritten primarily for scholars and practitioners, this book develops the reader's understanding of critical consciousness theory and measurement. It is a comprehensive compendium that examines critical consciousness theory and measurement as it exists today and provides new directions for future work.Trade Review'Critical consciousness is the antidote for oppression. In a time when hate groups and oppressive laws are on the rise, a book on critical consciousness is desperately needed. The editors and authors of this volume all center our current sociopolitical context and provide unique perspectives for understanding critical consciousness.' Carlos Hipolito-Delgado, University of Colorado Denver, USA'Over the past decade, the rise of important activist movements such as Black Lives Matter, #Metoo, #NoDAPL, Never Again MSD, and others have contributed to deepening interest among scholars about how critical consciousness develops, particularly in young people who have been at the forefront of so many of these movements. This book does a tremendous job of soliciting the perspectives and insights about critical consciousness development from both leading and emerging scholars and, in so doing, establishes a powerful foundation for expanding and amplifying this research focus on critical consciousness going forward.' Scott Seider, Boston College, USATable of ContentsIntroduction: critical consciousness theory and measurement: mapping the complexity of the terrain Luke J. Rapa and Erin B. Godfrey; Part I. Theory: 1. Synthesizing critical consciousness and identity-based motivation to clarify how youth of color navigate and challenge racial capitalism Andres Pinedo, Gabrielle Kubi and Matthew A. Diemer; 2. Situating critical consciousness within the developmental system: insights from the phenomenological variant of ecological systems theory Sara Suzuki, Sara K. Johnson and Kevin A. Ferreira van Leer; 3. Integrating critical consciousness and social empathy: a new framework to enhance conscientization Luke J. Rapa, Candice W. Bolding and Cari Allyn Brooks; 4. Critical consciousness in early to middle childhood Amy E. Heberle, Flóra Faragó and Noah Hoch; 5. Adolescent's developmental pathways to critical consciousness in the contexts of racial oppression and privilege Laura Wray-Lake, Jason A. Plummer and Lauren Alvis; 6. Making reflection critical: structural and historical attributions for inequity Esther Burson, Erin B. Godfrey, Riana M. Brown and Deanna A. Ibrahim; Part II. Measurement: 7. Critical consciousness measurement: a brief history, current status, and new directions Luke J. Rapa, Sarah E. McKellar and Erin B. Godfrey; 8. Using social network analysis to identify individual and structural precursors for promoting critical consciousness in childhood and adolescence Mariah Kornbluh, Jennifer Watling Neal and Mackenzie Hart; 9. Conceptualizing adolescent's daily critical consciousness: a model and research agenda Corine P. Tyler, Kelly D. Chandler, Shauna L. Tominey, Svea G. Olsen, Linda J. Fenske and Kara McElvaine; 10. Measurement and analysis in quantitative critical consciousness research: attending to the complexities of systems and selves Sara K. Johnson, Matthew N. Gee, Autumn Diaz and Rachel Hershberg; 11. The development of the contemporary critical consciousness measure-short Richard Q. Shin, Shereen Ashai, Manuel Teran Hernandez, Yun Lu, Brian Keum and Sarah Essner; Conclusion: expanding critical consciousness theory and measurement: a not-so-slow train coming Luke J. Rapa and Erin B. Godfrey.

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Book SynopsisThis timely, unique, and insightful book provides students and practitioners with the tools and skills needed to evaluate social and policy programs across a range of disciplinesâfrom public health to social work to educationâenabling the allocation of scarce human and financial resources to advance the health and well-being of individuals and populations.The chapters are organized according to the main tasks involved in conducting an evaluation to produce unbiased evidence of program effectiveness, quality, and value. The chapters include methods for selecting and justifying evaluation questions or hypotheses, designing evaluations, sampling participants, selecting information sources, and ensuring reliable and valid measurement. The final section of the book is focused around managing and analyzing data and transparently reporting the results in written and oral form. The book features international case studies throughout, covers quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methodTable of Contents1. Introducing Program Evaluation2. Evaluation Questions and Evidence of Effectiveness, Quality, and Value3. Designing Program Evaluations4. Sampling in Program Evaluations 5: Collecting Program Evaluation Information6. Evaluation Measures7. Managing Evaluation Data and Managing the Evaluation8. Analyzing Evaluation Data9. Evaluation Reports- tables numbers don’t make sense (order and repeats)

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Book SynopsisThis succinct and insightful guide to reflective practice is designed for students and practitioners across a range of professions in the human services - social work, healthcare and related fields. In seven compact chapters, it takes the reader through the main theories and principles of reflective practice, drawing on concepts and findings from across the associated literature. Its clear and careful integration of both the 'thinking' and 'doing' elements of the complex and often challenging task of practising reflectively makes this an ideal text for students and practitioners alike. New for this edition:New material which covers how pandemic-induced remote working has affected opportunities for spontaneous group reflection. New content which looks at the significance of reflective practice for management and leadershipClearer links across reflective learning, personal growth and spiritualityTrade Review‘A must-have, filled with thought-provoking information and analyses grounded in theory and practice. This updated edition is essential reading for professionals, educators, researchers, and broadly speaking, anyone seeking to live more fully while effecting social change.’ -- Dr. Tashel Bordere, Assistant Professor of Human Development * University of Missouri, USA *‘An encyclopaedia of the theories which underpin reflective practice, this book explains the big ideas with incomparable clarity.’ -- Dr. Tyrell Golding, Deputy Associate Dean of School: Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport * The Open University, UK *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction PART 1: UNDERSTANDING REFLECTIVE PRACTICE What is Reflective Practice? Dimensions of Reflection Contexts for Reflection PART 2: MAKING REFLECTIVE PRACTICE A REALITY Strategies and Techniques Recording Reflection: Reflective Logs, Diaries and Accounts Barriers to Reflective Practice Conclusion Guide to Further Learning References

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Book SynopsisEating disorders are among the most dangerous--and misunderstood--adolescent mental health problems. When your teenager shows signs of an eating disorder, where can you turn? Now in a revised and updated third edition, this trusted resource helps you separate fact from myth and play an active role in your child's recovery. Treatment experts James Lock and Daniel Le Grange spell out what parents need to know about anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). They guide you step by step to find the right care, monitor your teen's eating and exercise habits, manage family meals, end weight-related power struggles, and team successfully with professionals. The revised third edition incorporates key research and treatment advances, new vignettes, and expanded coverage of ARFID. When families work together to get the most out of treatment and prevent relapse, eating disorders can be beat--this book is your essential roadmap.

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Book SynopsisAt a time when accountability and the avoidance of risk are increasingly demanded of social workers, the ability to make clear and informed decisions is essential. This book, written for practicing social workers undertaking their ASYE and compulsory CPD, has been designed to help professionals make sound judgments in increasingly complex contexts and under pressure. The focus is on empowering front-line professionals through reflective practice, so that they are able to draw on multiple factors and perspectives and make sound problem-solving judgements. The book begins with the core concepts, client focus, and legal background before moving on to consider the collaborative processes and the nature of individual judgements. It then considers particular dimensions of social work decision making, such as safeguarding, taking risks, assessment and dynamic decision tools and processes. It then concludes by look at the organisational context of decision management, with a focus on supervision, training and effective communication.Table of ContentsIntroduction A framework for decisions, assessment and risk Client decisions, perspectives, emotions and crises Legal aspects of decisions, assessment and risk Assessment, risk assessment and decision support systems Professional judgement, bias and using knowledge in assessment and decisions Judgements about safeguarding and service eligibility, and predicting harm Risk-taking care choices: values, gains and hazards Collaboration, communication and contest in assessment, risk and decision processes Dynamics of practice: managing risk, reassessing, and changing your mind Managing decisions, assessment and risk: support, blame and learning Conclusion Appendix 1 Pointers in designing or completing an assessment to inform a decision in uncertainty Appendix 2 Supported decision tool Appendix 3 Professional Capabilities Framework Glossary of terms

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Book SynopsisAs a practising social worker, you will need to be able to make sound judgments in complex contexts and when you are under pressure. This book covers the essential knowledge you will need to understand and develop skills in relation to professional judgement and decision making processes, including: - the use of assessment tools; - engagement in assessment and decision processes; - the context of risk, complexity and uncertainty in practice; - communication and management of risk within social care processes.

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Book SynopsisThis is an impactful and innovative A-Z social work reference guide through the lens of the lived experience and realities of social workers. A diverse range of real-life cases are paired with critical reflections and relevant case law from a Principal Social Worker allowing for legal literacy and practice wisdom within a relational framework.

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Book SynopsisThis 6-book collection of therapeutic stories by best-selling author Dr Karen Treisman helps children deal with big feelings and troubles such as night terrors and sleep disturbances, relaxation difficulties, trauma, low self-esteem and grief. With fun characters and bold illustrations these stories are the perfect therapeutic companion.

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Book SynopsisTrauma and attachment are commonly used terms, but are complex concepts. 'Trauma' refers to negative experiences that cause us to fear for our safety, whilst 'attachment' describes meaningful relationships with someone we love or respect. Why, then, is so much of the language surrounding these concepts so obscure, and why is it so challenging to help children who have experienced trauma, and lack healthy attachment bonds? Providing grounded advice accompanied by accessible 'doodles' throughout, this guide aims to bring some clarity to the subject. It explains the differing attachment patterns in children who are adopted, fostered, or have experienced early trauma. The book also provides advice on how to repair attachment difficulties and to build secure, loving relationships. With new material on cultural diversity and sexual exploitation as well as specific guidance for trafficked and asylum-seeking children, this fully updated new edition provides you with all you need to know.Trade ReviewMiriam Silver has a wonderful talent for explaining complex concepts in easier to understand, accessible, and engaging ways. She interweaves multiple important and helpful theories and models; and brings them to life by applying them to real-world examples and in fun doodles. Her books are such helpful guides and are brimming with powerful and useful ideas and knowledge in a small and concise format. -- Karen Treisman, Clinical Psychologist, MBE, Tedx speaker, trainer, organizational consultant, and author

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Book SynopsisThe Care Act 2014 has been criticised for the lack of a clear process for professionals to follow. With its emphasis on the personal individual approach to safeguarding, professionals have sometimes felt unclear as to how they should deliver safeguarding support. Written by a practitioner, with an academic background, Safeguarding Adults Together seeks to provide that vital guidance. Whilst there is an absence of process in the Act, there is still a clear set of safeguarding elements which when put together provide a framework of operation for professionals to become more effective in their safeguarding practice. Professionals tend each to look at a particular aspect of safeguarding, but it is only when the whole framework is demonstrated can practitioners understand how they can best provide good safeguarding support to adults who need their help. This book provides the reader with that knowledge and understanding about how adult safeguarding works by translating the Care Act into practice. This is a follow book to the successful The Social Worker’s Guide to the Care Act 2014 by Pete Feldon ISBN 9781911106685. Safeguarding Adults: provides a unique safeguarding framework approach that explains what adult safeguarding is and how it works. includes memorable illustrations that explain difficult complex elements of safeguarding is packed with practice case studies and examples to support understanding of safeguarding and application of knowledge and skill. Trade ReviewA brilliant book and a central contribution to its sometimes challenging subject. It provides an accessible guide to safeguarding for practitioners at all levels, and is one that North Lincolnshire has adopted to support the continued development of safeguarding practice. -- Karen Pavey, DASS NLI am a student social worker and I found this book to be extremely informative, it gives a comprehensive overview of adult safeguarding in a clear and concise way. The book is well structured and easy to read, it is illustrated throughout by engaging case studies which will enable me to put the key points into my everyday practice! The summarised key points at the end of each chapter are very helpful. This is a must have, essential read for any experienced practitioner, manager or student like myself across a broad range of health and social care agencies. This book would also be a perfect for any practitioner wanting up-to-date adult safeguarding information. -- Helen Rose, Open University student social workerI found the book really informative and easy to follow. The book robustly covers safeguarding principles and relative guidance around it with pertinent references and case studies. This book will be an essential part of the tool kit used for providers to continue to embed good practice around keeping people safe. -- Clare Bryan, Student Lincoln University BA Social SciencesTable of Contents Introduction Safeguarding Nature of Safeguarding How Safeguarding works Making Safeguarding Personal Safeguarding Mental Capacity Advocacy Safeguarding and Risk Safeguarding partners Safeguarding Adult Reviews.

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Book SynopsisThis contemporary and creative textbook takes the fear out of learning law, and enables students to apply it to their social work practice with confidence. Social Work Law is an exciting new textbook that supports students who are often intimidated by law as a subject. It helps them remember all the relevant Acts and legislation, and illustrates how the law can be applied in practice. Learning features such as mindmaps, end of chapter tests, and personal reflection boxes provide powerful tools for understanding and recall. It also explores key study skills to help students with essay preparation and taking a social work law exam. Mapped to modules and based on teaching needs, it supports lectures too with up to date content and worked examples to follow throughout. Accessible and engaging, this introduction guides readers through the modern professional and legal context of Social Work, equipping them with the tools they need to be able to think critically and adapt to whatever situation they may encounter in their practice. Whether a qualifying student on an undergraduate degree course, an Social Work degree apprentice, or a newly qualified social worker, this is the go-to textbook for being able to understand , think critically, and apply law to your social work practice.Trade Review"Learning about the law in Social Work can be daunting for students. Having resources to support learners to manage their anxieties and to facilitate their learning is essential. Dr Evans and Ms Harvey have developed a unique resource that seeks to make learning about the law in social work more accessible." -- Dr Andrew Richardson FRSA, SHHEA * Head of Division Social Work, Community & Public Health, London South Bank University. *"This highly readable book is a great guide for students seeking to understand the range of relevant legislation. The use of case studies really brings the law to life, making it easier to understand and remember. The materials are attractive and colour coded, which enables students to link the law more clearly. The study skills chapter, designed to help students with law essays and law exams, is particularly innovative and helpful. An authoritative but accessible guide that should be required reading." -- Dr Andrew Whittaker * Professor of Social Work Research, London South Bank University *“This book contains all that Social Work students will need to gain a clear understanding of relevant law current to practice. Students are often riddled with anxiety when their law exam is looming. This textbook offers a differential learning approach suitable for learners of all styles and needs. I have been educating and training students and qualified staff for 26 years and consider this publication’s content with its various activities and information highly relevant to students to embed law confidently and appropriately in their placements and future practice… This is a great resource and well worth the investment.” -- Darlene Lamont * MA Course Director, School of Allied Health, Social Work and Advanced Practice *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction to using this book Chapter 2: Introduction to the English legal system and social work Part One; Law relating to children Chapter 3: Child legislation part one – Child in need or risk of significant harm? Chapter 4: Child legislation part two - When children become looked after Chapter 5 Child legislation part three – Children in the criminal justice system Part Two: Law affecting children and adults Chapter 6: Chapter 7: Children and adults - Mental Capacity Act 2005 Chapter 7: Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) and Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) - Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 Chapter 8: Children and adults - Mental Health Act 1983/2007 Chapter 9: Children and adults – Legislation pertaining to disability/impairment seen and unseen Part Three: Law specific to adults Chapter 10: Adult care: Care Act 2014 Part Four: Practice related study skills Chapter 11: Study skills: Applying the law to your social work practice Conclusion Chapter 12: Conclusion References Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisA theoretically informed practical guide to understanding and tackling stress, presented by a well-respected author who explains complex ideas clearly and accessibly without oversimplifying them.

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Book SynopsisA bumper book of powerful problem-solving tools and techniques presented clearly and concisely bya highly respected author.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on 20 years of practical experience, research and teaching in the field, this book is a comprehensive guide on the use of Motivational Interviewing (MI) in child protection and family social work. MI increases the likelihood of behavioural change, working with client resistance to encourage a constructive environment when initiating difficult conversations. This makes it particularly effective for child and family social care. Drawing on over 500 studies spanning 11 local authorities, this book uses recordings of real meetings between social workers and families to explain what MI is, how it can be used in child and family social work and how to improve MI skills.An invaluable resource for frontline child protection and family social workers, this book will enable to help you to better understand the needs of the people you support and be more effective in providing the right kind of support.Trade ReviewThere are few books out there that take a difficult subject like child and family social work and give due attention to exactly what skilful professional practice looks like. This book does just that. To work for 20 years on helpfulness is a considerable achievement and to do this by observing, and listening to practitioners means that social workers now have access to a classic text. If you want to develop your skills then this is a book to consult and to treasure. -- Steve Rollnick, joint creator of Motivational Interviewing, and Honorary Distinguished Professor in the School of Medicine, Cardiff University, WalesThe most positive book for Children and Families social work I have read in a long time. Motivational Interviewing provides a practice model that fits really well with our professional ethics and our UK legal context. Explaining complex psychological processes in a deceptively simple way, this is a great guide to creating change in families to better safeguard children. It's a book practitioners at all levels of skill can come back to for guidance and is essential reading also for those working in social work education, sector leaders and policy makers. MI is increasingly creating more confidence in UK social workers that they can help families to achieve change for their children. This book gives me grounds for optimism it can help steer our practice away from a focus on risk and blame and towards humanistic, strengths based practice that keeps more children and families together, safely. I just loved it. -- Sue Williams, Programme Director, Strengthening Families/Family Safeguarding, Hertfordshire County CouncilThis important book draws on 20 years of research into motivational interviewing and actual conversations between child protection practitioners and service users to show the ways helpful communication is achieved and why it works. This includes valuable insights into how to talk effectively with and enable change for people who are ambivalent or want nothing to do with social work involvement. This genuinely helpful book is essential reading for all professionals involved in child protection and child and family work more generally. -- Harry Ferguson, Professor of Social Work, University of Birmingham

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Book SynopsisThis book will equip Social Work students with the knowledge, skills and confidence to produce first-rate written assignments. Part One focuses on the foundational skills needed to produce excellent written work. Students are taken through the core stages of working on an assignment, from planning the task and reading and note-making through to finding and evaluating sources, drafting a text, and editing and proofreading. Part Two hones in on the key types of assignment students will encounter on their degree. It contains dedicated chapters on writing an essay, a reflective text, a case study analysis, a literature review, a placement report, and case notes on placement. Each chapter contains examples and activities which will help students to test their knowledge and understanding. This is an essential companion for all Social Work students.Table of ContentsPart 1: Key skills 1. Understanding and planning the task (Bella Ross) 2.Reading and note-making (Bella Ross) 3. Critically evaluating sources (Catherine Flynn and Bella Ross) 4. Drafting a written assessment (Bella Ross) 5. Referencing and avoiding plagiarism (Simon Davidson and Bella Ross) 6. Revising, editing and proofreading (Bella Ross) Part 2: Key types of assignment 7. Writing an essay (Steve Kirkwood, John Devaney and Bella Ross) 8. Writing a reflective text (Kathryn Hay and Bella Ross) 9. Writing a case study analysis (Uschi Bay and Bella Ross) 10. Writing a literature review (Catherine Flynn and Bella Ross) 11. Writing case notes on placement (Anna Lanyon, Melissa Petrakis and Bella Ross) 12. Writing a placement report (Helen Cleak and Bella Ross) Further reading References.

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Book SynopsisGabriela Misca (PhD, CPsychol, CSci, AFBPsS, FHEA) is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Worcester, UK, and 2015-16 Fulbright Scholar in the USA. The focus of her research is advancing understanding of child development in the context of complex and/or adverse family dynamics and transitions across the lifespan.Peter Unwin, PhD, is a Principal Lecturer at the University of Worcester where he teaches on the MA and BA in Social Work. He is a Registered Social Worker who has worked across all sectors of child care, having a particular interest in foster care.Trade ReviewThe authors make a compelling case for the important role that developmental psychology should play in social work if its practitioners are to work well with individual children, adolescents and their parents. The range of theories offered, the examples provided and the guides to further reading studded throughout the text provide excellent support for the argument that relationship-based practices remain the bedrock of sound social work. * Professor David Howe, University of East Anglia, Norwich *This book is designed to help social workers and social work students use knowledge of psychological principles to inform practice with children and families … book is written from the perspective of social work in the UK, although it is largely applicable anywhere. Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduates. * K. E. Murphy, Choice, Vol. 56 (9) *Table of ContentsThe relevance of child and adolescent psychology to social work Emotional development and attachment Cognitive development Social development: from childhood to adolescence Parenting Safeguarding children and young people Understanding child and adolescent mental health

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Book SynopsisThere will always be a need for professionals to work collaboratively if they are to provide the highest standard of care. Interprofessional working encourages practitioners to understand the roles of other professionals and to learn from each other, as well as from service users and carers, to ensure the full benefit of this collaboration is realised. It is an essential element of both education and practice for today''s professionals.Interprofessional Working in Health and Social Care discusses the rationale, skills and conditions required for interprofessional working. In addition, it provides an overview of the roles and perspectives of different health professionals across a broad rangeof expertise: education, housing, medicine, midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, police, probation, radiography, social work and youth work.The second edition:- Offers a broad variety of case studies from a range of fi elds and settings- Includes a new chapter dedicated to

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Book SynopsisTherapy Culture explores the powerful influence of therapeutic imperative in Anglo-American societies. In recent decades virtually every sphere of life has become subject to a new emotional culture. Professor Furedi suggests that the recent cultural turn toward the realm of the emotions coincides with a radical redefinition of personhood. Increasingly vulnerability is presented as the defining feature of people's psychology. Terms like people 'at risk', 'scarred for life' or 'emotional damage' evoke a unique sense of powerlessness. Furedi questions the widely accepted thesis that the therapeutic turn represents an enlightened shift towards emotions. He claims that therapeutic culture is primarily about imposing a new conformity through the management of people's emotions. Through framing the problem of everyday life through the prism of emotions, therapeutic culture incites people to feel powerless and ill. Drawing on developments in popular culture, political and social life, Furedi provides a path-breaking analysis of the therapeutic turn.Trade Review'Professor Furedi has written an important book ... which is essential to the understanding of our times.'- Theodore Dalrymple, Sunday Telegraph'"If you give it your little finger it will soon have your whole hand," Sigmund Freud said of psychoanalysis in 1900. He had obviously seen the future. As sociology professor Frank Furedi says in his new book Therapy Culture, we live in a culture that takes emotions very seriously.' - Ursula Kenny, The Observer'Furedi forensically examines this brave new emotional world: the rush of counsellors to the site of every trauma, the ways in which economic problems are recast as psychological phenomena, the cult of the Victim, the decline of political activism.' - Melissa Benn, The Independent'Therapy is indeed the new opium of the people, as Frank Furedi makes clear in this fascinating, readable - and disturbing - book.' - Virginia Ironside, The IndependentForensically examines this brave new emotional world - The IndependentThis is what our life is all about. Instead of seeking a treatment for it, we should try living it. - The Times'Can it really be such a bad thing that we are now more aware of the place of mental health in our make-up? Furedi leaves us in no doubt that the therapy culture has invaded our media, our workplace, our intimate relationships and our politics. It is an interesting polemic. We should be grateful for the balance this book inspires'- Community Care 25/4/04'Furedi gives us much food for thought that we would do well to consider ... This book highlights the dichotomy between schools as centres of learning or of socialisation.' - Alan McLean, Times Education Supplement (Scotland) 'I enjoyed this book, and found it compulsive reading.' - www.AutoBiographyJournal.com'Therapy is indeed the new opium of the people, as Frank Furedi makes clear in this fascinating, readable - and disturbing - book.' - Virginia Ironside, The Independent'Can it really be such a bad thing that we are now more aware of the place of mental health in our make-up? Furedi leaves us in no doubt that the therapy culture has invaded our media, our workplace, our intimate relationships and our politics. It is an interesting polemic. We should be grateful for the balance this book inspires'- Community Care 25/4/04Table of ContentsIntroduction; Chapter 1 The culture of emotionalism; Chapter 2 The politics of emotion; Chapter 3 Targeting privacy and informal relations; Chapter 4 How did we get here?; Chapter 5 The diminished self; Chapter 6 The self at risk; Chapter 7 Fragile identity; Chapter 8 Conferring recognition; Chapter 9 Therapeutic claims-making and the demand for a diagnosis; Final thoughts;

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Book SynopsisToday, political claims are increasingly made on the basis of experienced trauma and inherent vulnerability, as evidenced in the growing number of people who identify as a survivor of one thing or another, and also in the way in which much political discourse and social policy assumes the vulnerability of the population. This book discusses these developments in relation to the changing focus of social movements, from concerns with economic redistribution, towards campaigns for cultural recognition. As a result of this, the experience of trauma and psychological vulnerability has become a dominant paradigm within which both personal and political grievances are expressed.Combining the psychological, social, and political aspects of the expression of individual distress and political dissent, this book provides a unique analysis of how concepts such as vulnerability and trauma have become institutionalised within politics and society. It also offers a critical appraisal of theTrade Review"Surviving Identity provides a compelling and troubling account of the social demand for affirmation and recognition. Paradoxically the turn towards validating identity has intensified our sense of vulnerability." - Frank Furedi, Professor of Sociology, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent, UK"Surviving Identity provides an incisive analysis of victim culture and the growing tendency to seek therapeutic solutions to the problems of everyday life." - David Wainwright, Senior Lecturer, School of Health, University of Bath, UK"This book must be read by teachers, social workers, mental health professionals, charity workers, trade unionists and all who do not want to see their professional work reinforcing and celebrating a ‘survivor’ mentality." - Dennis Hayes, Head of the Centre for Educational Research, University of Derby, UK Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Social Movements Old and New 2. Recognising Identity 3. Surviving Trauma 4. Surviving Psychiatry 5. The Rise of Therapeutic Identity 6. The Imposition of a Vulnerable Identity 7. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis is the first textbook to offer a clear, concise articulation of the dimensions of constructivism relevant to social work practice and research. Professor Rodwell recognizes the need to systematize a process of knowledge building and presents specific techniques to accomplish that while maintaining an interpretative stance with the focus on meaning. Social work students will see that their basic way of engaging clients in an assessment and problem-solving process is very much in keeping with constructivist research practice. In addition to delineating the philosophical assumptions of constructivism, this very practical text is geared to classroom use, with chapters on research design, rigor, data collection, data analysis, research oversight, and presentation of results. Social Work Constructivist Research is divided into four sections that, together, should give the reader the intellectual and practical background necessary to understand and undertake rigorous constructivist inTable of ContentsPreface, Acknowledgments, SECTION I Thinking about Constructivism, SECTION II Doing Constructivist Research, SECTION III The Results of Constructivist Inquiry, SECTION IV A Research Example, Glossary, Further Readings, References, Index

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding how theory informs social work practice is an area that students can find challenging and complex. This book helps students to understand how theory impacts and informs social work practice. Updated with a new introduction by the author, subjects covered include values and ethics, organisational contexts and putting theory into practice. There is a chapter on the relationship between theory and practice in social work which examines notions of empowerment and concepts of social exclusion and the distinctive role of the social work practitioner. Critical thinking exercises are built into the text to aid learning and reflective thinking.Table of ContentsIntroduction Introduction to Understanding Social Work Theory The Relationship Between Theory and Practice in Social Work Values and Ethics in Social Work Social Work and its Organisational Context Putting Theory into Practice Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis eye-opening book explores the need for, and how to successfully organize, community mental health teams that provide in-home care and treatment for people experiencing mental health difficulties, particularly those suffering with psychosis. With an emphasis on community-based care and democratic psychiatry, the book presents two paradigm shifts necessary to bring mental healthcare directly into the community. The first is shifting perceptions from thinking of patients to recognizing those in need of care as members of the public moving away from a biomedical diagnostic approach. The second shift is the provision of support for the community environment, its families, friends, and neighbours to pave the way for hospitableness towards people with mental health issues in a way that encourages compassion, empathy, and a respect for differences. Through clinical case material, anthropological and phenomenological methods, and personal experience in community-based care, Peter Dierinck presents new models for sheltered housing and innovative ways for struggling individuals to secure paid work within a community system. Community-based Mental Healthcare for Psychosis is important reading for psychiatric professionals, clinicians, social workers, caregivers, and all mental health professionals looking after psychiatric patients with complex care needs.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. On Model Railways 2. Homeless and in Mental Ill Health 3. Care in the Community: Recovery 4. Care in the Community: Quartermaking 5. Conclusion: Psychiatry in Recovery

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Book SynopsisWinner of the Internationl Association for Jungian Studies (IAJS) Book Award for Best Clinical Book 2024FDerived from Ruth Williamsâ more than 40-year immersion in spiritual practice, as well as her clinical experience as a Jungian analyst, this thought-provoking volume explores the nature of spiritual paths and trajectories in practical ways, incorporating personal anecdote and ground-breaking academic research and providing a window into how Jungian practitioners work with soul and spirit.Williams explores the nature of being a human using the Yiddish idea of a person being a âmenschâ, which means being a decent human being, having humanity and living ethically with integrity. The idea of âgraceâ is the thread that runs through the bookâthe mystery that binds things together and makes life meaningful, purposeful, potentially joyful and spiritually fulfilling. Williams sees âgraceâ as being that which underpins and lies behind synchronicity and divinaTrade Review"I am overjoyed to find in Exploring Spirituality from a Post-Jungian Perspective: Clinical and Personal Reflections a uniquely welcoming voice and distilled wisdom. Whatever our religious or secular background, this book invites us to celebrate being human by becoming spiritual. Williams writes with the accessibility and experiential depth to include everyone with a questing spirit, whether familiar with Jungian psychology or not. Superbly grounded in the personal, this book is a deep dive into dimensions of being often labelled religious, mystical, esoteric, paranormal, or transpersonal. It shows us how to live more fulfilled lives in this troubled twenty first century. Buy it!"Susan Rowland (PhD), Core Faculty, Pacifica Graduate Institute"This important work captures the essence of a spiritual approach to the unconscious: continually grounding experience by reality testing, watching what your Shadow is doing, and having a sense of humour. Ruth explains this with clarity, vision and, above all, warmth of heart."Dr Dale Mathers, IAAP member"Ruth Williams has a feel for what matters, and in this set of engaging reflections on what spirituality means, or might mean, in the contemporary world, she homes in on a range of challenging but vital topics: ecological responsibility, the purpose of life, destiny, the ineffable, and many more. As a psychotherapist, Williams is far from unfamiliar with the darker side of life; but she also attends to the struggles involved in facing the light. Through a deft choice of anecdotes and vignettes drawn from spiritual traditions, popular culture, and above all her own personal and professional experience, she champions the pursuit of one’s individual path. And her vivid, personable style helps to make all the addressed issues emotionally as well as intellectually accessible. Exuding courage and generosity, this book should be helpful to a wide readership."Professor Roderick Main, Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex"Williams brings her succinct, integrative style into her explorations of this boundless and vast topic which makes it an accessible and thought-provoking read… Williams does a masterful job of saying more with less which is particularly challenging for a topic as complex and ineffable as diverse perspectives on spirituality.”Journal of Analytical Psychology"This book skilfully weaves the personal and the clinical … facing both the light and the darkness of the shadow… The author is a sound guide through the dilemmas of life, knowing, conscience and integrity in the face of human finitude … Significantly, the final chapter is on grace, which Ruth sees as how the wise consciousness communicates with us if we have eyes to see and ears to hear – we need to be open, receptive and humble but also focused in intent and purpose. This searching book will be of particular interest to clinicians, but there is also much to glean for general readers."The Journal of the Scientific and Medical NetworkTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part One: Spiritual Perspective; 1: Overview; 2: Spiritual Attitude; 3: Gaia, Ecology and Animals; Part Two: Dilemmas; 4: How the Heart Knows; 5: Suicide; 6: Ethics and Integrity; 7: Peace, Clarity, Joy, Kindness, and a Clear Conscience; 8: What is the Goal of Life?; Part Three: Puzzles; 9: Pre-destination: Why Do Things Go Wrong? Destiny or Fate?; 10: Mantic Practices and Synchronicity: Tarot, I Ching, Astrology; Part Four: The Ineffable; 11: Soul and Spirit in Analysis; 12: Spiritualism, Ghosts, and the Paranormal; 13: Grace; Appendix 1: Transcript of Meeting with Dr Terence Palmer

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Book SynopsisThis book outlines how therapists and families who have a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can use an ecological systems approach, which offers a holistic and nuanced model that treats the entire family system rather than just the individual.Filled with case studies and empirically supported suggestions from clinical practice, this comprehensive book provides an applied therapeutic model that supports the whole family, highlighting how various levels of autism can present differing challenges from a family systems lens. Written using a lifespan developmental framework, chapters begin with early diagnosis and cover essential milestones from childhood to adulthood, addressing issues such as clinical concerns for families, children in school, the role of siblings, the extended family, the assessment process, and the anticipated loss of caregivers. This essential resource aims to not reduce behavioural concerns of autism but rather strengthen the entire family system. Go

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Book SynopsisThe Ethical Foundations of Social Work offers an engaging, theoretically rigorous and practice-orientated grounding in social work ethics. Fully revised and expanded, with the addition of four new chapters on Decolonial Ethics, Social Work and Radicalization, the Ethics of Recognition, and Epistemic Injustice, this book examines when, how and why principles and debates have historically emerged, and explicitly map them onto everyday ethical challenges and situations in social work practice. By presenting and explaining key theories and applying them to real-world practice examples from different regions, Ethical Foundations of Social Work guides social work students and practitioners in developing ethical reasoning to support ethical decision-making in diverse contexts.Promoting an ethically 'conscious' approach in which principles are integrated flexibly and confidently as tools for critical problem solving, this book serves as a core or supplemental textbook for Social Work Ethics courses at undergraduate or postgraduate levels.

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Book SynopsisHuman Behavior in the Social Environment: Perspectives on Development and the Life Course returns for a seventh edition to provide students with an expansive overview of the major theories and issues related to human behavior and the social environment that are important to understand for professional practice across a variety of cases and contexts.Maintaining its clarity and cohesion, this edition has been updated to offer students current and relevant information on important topics in social work practice and expanded to help students understand the complexity of the issues they will face in the field, including how poverty, diversity, and strengths affect human development and behavior. Several new theoretical perspectives appear in this update, including indigenous theory, new feminism, and restorative justice, and these additions complement the major psychological, sociological, life course, and anti-oppressive theories that have come to define this bookâs ground

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Book SynopsisWelfare offices usually attract negative descriptions of bureaucracy with their queues, routines, and impersonal nature. Are they anonymous machines or the locus of neutral service relationships? Showing how people experience state public administration, The Bureaucrat and the Poor provides a realistic view of French welfare policies, institutions and reforms and, in doing so, dispels both of these myths. Combining Lipsky''s street-level bureaucracy theory with the sociology of Bourdieu and Goffman, this research analyses face-to-face encounters and demonstrates the complex relationship between welfare agents, torn between their institutional role and their personal feelings, and welfare applicants, required to translate their personal experience into bureaucratic categories. Placing these interactions within the broader context of social structures and class, race and gender, the author unveils both the social determinations of these interpersonal relationships and their social functTrade Review'By emphasising the encounters of the least powerful state actors and our least powerful citizens, Dubois presents a different, at once more troubling and hopeful view of the administrative state. Throughout The Bureaucrat and the Poor the emphasis remains on the fragility of social roles: nothing is so fixed as to prove immutable; all is contested and in play. For students and scholars of administration and policy, these are essential insights and well worth the read to appreciate in full.' Steven Maynard-Moody, The University of Kansas, USA 'This first-rate ethnography provides a unique vista point from which to understand how public policy translates into mundane dealings with marginal populations. By mating the theories of Bourdieu, Goffman and Lipsky, The Bureaucrat and the Poor delivers the best analysis yet of the specificity of bureaucratic domination and makes a signal contribution to the comparative sociology of welfare reform in the neoliberal era.’ Loïc Wacquant, University of California, Berkeley, USA ’A lucid, well-written and well-organised account of everyday bureaucracy at the welfare agency’s window, solidly based on observation: first-class empirical sociology, savvy, streetwise, and with a wicked sense of clients’ covert tactics. French bureaucrats and their clients are clearly not unique: as Dubois portrays them they look uncannily familiar.’ Abram de Swaan, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands 'Vincent Dubois’ newly translated The Bureaucrat and the Poor: Encounters in French Welfare Offices provides an ethnographic "insider’s" look at the double role enacted by welfare workers as they encounter their clients. In his ethnographer’s role, Dubois follows these street-level bureaucrats up close and personal, and explores the workers’ "double bodied-ness" as they juggle at one and the same time their administrative roles and responsibilities with their human compassion for the misery of the poor with whom they interact anTable of ContentsContents: Foreword, Steven Maynard-Moody; Preface to the English edition; Introduction; Part I The Social Conditions of the Administrative Relationship: The public; Organising face-to-face encounters; An unequal relationship; Administrative exchanges, normative exchanges. Part II The Agent's Two Bodies: The post and the role of the agent; On becoming an agent; The agents as individuals; Facing misery; Managing social inequality; The agent's separate identities. Part III Questioning the Institutional Order: Flaws in the system; Putting up with the institution; The return of the repressed individual; Adapting the institution; Appendices; Indexes.

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Book SynopsisFully updated in its 2nd edition, this comprehensive and accessible book is a one-stop introductory text for those entering the field of early childhood studies and early years. Scholarly, and engagingly written, it covers all the key contemporary debates from child development, language acquisition and play to professional practice, health and wellbeing and diversity and inclusion. The new edition includes two new chapters on fostering creativity and sustainability. It covers the urgent post-pandemic need for early childhood practitioners to lead the remedial work for the 2020 generation of babies who lost valuable socialisation opportunities and includes discussion of the current schoolification' of early childhood and the pursuit of data as a driver of education and care provision. It also examines the impact of health and income inequalities, Covid-19, global neoliberal policies and Brexit on the early childhood landscape. An excellent all rounder, it coveTrade ReviewCombines academic rigor with notable practical application. The wide range of didactic resources makes it particularly valuable for teaching psychology and promoting critical thinking * Jose A. Sanchez-Medina,, Professor of Basic Psychology, Pablo de Olavide University, Spain *I wish I had written this book! It is a comprehensive guide to everything a student of early childhood needs to know. It covers a huge range of topics and includes both traditional and contemporary theories and ideas. The case studies and activities are great for prompting discussion and debate. It is going straight onto my reading lists for this year. * Angela Hodgkins, Senior Lecturer in the Department for Children and Families, University of Worcester, UK *This book brings new insights into complex issues such as the impact of migration, digital technology, childhood poverty, Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic on early childhood in a global context to support students, scholars and practitioners to develop critical awareness and reflections. Important reading! -- Fengling Tang, Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies, University of Roehampton, UKTable of ContentsList of Illustrations About the Author Introduction Part I: Understanding Early Childhood Studies Chapter 1: What is Early Childhood Studies? Chapter 2: Early Childhood in a Global Context Chapter 3: Some Theories of Child Development Part II: Understanding Child Development: Supporting the Unique Child Chapter 4: Physical Development: The Interplay of Body and Brain Chapter 5: Cognitive Development Chapter 6: Socialisation, Language and Play Chapter 7: Emotional and Moral Development Part III: In the Best Interests of the Child: Shaping Children’s Live Chapter 8: Children and Families in Context Chapter 9: Representations of Childhood Chapter 10: Early Education Part IV: Children in Society: Every Child Matters Chapter 11: Early Childhood Social Policy Chapter 12: Diversity and Inclusion Chapter 13: Health and Wellbeing Part V: The Children’s Workforce: Professional Practice Chapter 14: Professional Practice for Early Childhood Chapter 15: Taking the Lead in Early Years Professional Practice Part VI: Research in Early Childhood: Seeing Children Differently Chapter 16: Understanding Young Children Through Observation and Assessment Chapter 17: Doing Early Childhood Research PART VII: Current Trends: Sustaining Early Childhood Provision Chapter 18: Fostering Creativity Chapter 19: A Sustainable Future References Index

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