Social work Books

Book SynopsisProviding vital tools to enhance preparedness in any school setting (K-12), this book is grounded in state-of-the-art research and real-world experience. Foremost authority Scott Poland and frontline clinician Sara Ferguson address all aspects of team-based crisis intervention and postvention. With a key focus on prevention, the book describes ways to identify risk factors and enhance students' mental health, connectedness, and resilience. Best practices are outlined for responding effectively to specific crises, including unexpected deaths in the school community, youth suicide, school violence, and natural disasters. In a convenient large-size format, the book includes firsthand perspectives from other experts in the field, hands-on strategies to support daily practice, and 23 reproducible forms that can be downloaded and printed. This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by Sandra M. Chafouleas.

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Book SynopsisThe modern welfare state is indeed one of the greatest achievements of the post-war 20th century. With its key aims of eradicating the five giant social ills of Want, Ignorance, Disease, Squalor and Idleness, it aimed to providing a minimum standard of living, with all people of working age paying a weekly contribution; in return, benefits would be paid to anyone who was sick, unemployed, retired or widowed. The modern welfare state, therefore, is about maintaining a delicate equilibrium between dependent social groups on the one hand and the active working classes on the other. In the case of old-age security, this balance is being achieved (or not) by the so-called Generation Contract. This social pact is more of an implicit, unwritten and unspecified social contract. This ground-breaking book demonstrates how countries are addressing population-ageing challenges in depth, using the case study of Austria to gain the required complexity and differentiation in a comparative European Trade Review'... this substantial volume is full of detailed and diagrammatic description of the demographic and financial situation faced by state pensions ... the book is of considerable interest, and it tackles some vital questions.' The Citizen's Income Newsletter 'A special mention in the book must be reserved for the beautiful and extremely useful graphics. Marin’s graphs can be read almost independently of the text and they convey very powerful messages ... I have ever seen such a list of illustrious welfare state theorists praising the book on the inside and back covers: Anthony Giddens, Claus Offe, Abram de Swaan, David Coleman, Martin Kohli, Stein Ringen. This implies that the book is a real event in the field. ... I agree with the evaluations of my illustrious colleagues: this is an important book in the scientific debate about pensions in developed societies. Time will show what its effects are.' Social Policy and AdministrationTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements, Introduction, Part I: Global Ageing Challenges and 21st Century Austrian Pension Future, Part II: Doomed to Fail - or Robust, Fair, and Sustainable? Reinventing Social Security, Welfare and Self-Governance, Part III: Invalidity Pensions - or Disability Insurance?, Part IV: Women’s Work and Pensions: Gender-Sensitive Arrangements, Bibliography

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Book SynopsisKenneth Norrie traces the assumptions that underlay child protection law at particular periods of time and identifies the pressures for change giving a clearer understanding of how and why the contemporary law is designed and operates as it does.

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Book SynopsisThe Rt Hon Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division.Her Honour Judge Madeleine Reardon.Alexander Laing, barrister Coram Chambers, UK.

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Book SynopsisMost social research texts are written from an empiricist/positivist perspective, emphasizing the scientific method and the value of objectivity in research. While acknowledging that certain aspects of the scientific method should be preserved, Adje van de Sande and Karen Schwartz argue that social research should not and cannot be value-free. Researchers committed to social justice and social change need to support that commitment. This new edition of Research for Social Justice examines how the structural inequality perspective and anti-oppressive principles — which view the problems experienced by people as rooted in the social, political and economic structures of society — provide this support. Also included in this edition are updated and revised examples of research, a substantially revised chapter on Indigenous approaches to research, a chapter-by- chapter description of developing student projects in a research course and examples of student-led, community-based research projects.Table of ContentsCONTENTS: Research as Politics; Research Paradigms; Research Ethics; Developing Research Proposals; Research Partners; Participatory Action Research; Research with Indigenous People (with Patricia McGuire, Kishebakabaykwe); Program Evaluations; Needs Assessments; Qualitative Methods; Quantitative Methods; Report Writing; References; Appendix; Index

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Book SynopsisExamine the impact of disclosure on sons whose fathers are gay! In this book, Andrew Gottlieb, author of Out of the Twilight: Fathers of Gay Men Speak, explores yet another side of the impact of homosexuality on families. He now looks at how sons react to learning that their fathers are gay, allowing us to see, over time, how this has changed their family relationships and their own lives. Simply and elegantly written, this psychoanalytically oriented qualitative research study is accessible to both the beginner and the more advanced researcher and practitioner. It draws from a wide range of literary, popular, and psychological sources and includes an interview guide, a reference section, and an index. When someone discloses as gay, lesbian, or bisexual, it is not just an individual event. It is a family event. Based on estimates of married gay, lesbian, and bisexual persons, a spouse's coming out affects up to 2,000,000 couples. Yet, its impact has been largely ignored. Children’s voices are the least often heard. . . . Little has been written about sons of fathers who came out during or after marriage. Data for studies that do exist most often draw from the fathers' point of view. . . . The significance of this study lies in its comprehensive, detailed picture of sons and gay fathers as they develop their separate self-images as well as the images of their son-father relationships over time. Painful, sensitive, often triumphant, the stories and [the author’s] analysis of their thoughts, perceptions, and feelings afford a multidimensional, longitudinal viewing. Step by step, we follow the complicated dance of these sons and fathers as they develop and define their connection. from the Foreword by Amity Pierce Buxton, Author of The Other Side of the Closet: The Coming-Out Crisis for Straight Spouses and Families Sons Talk About Their Gay Fathers: Life Curves is a storybookan extended narrative moved along, but not overshadowed, by psychoanalytic theory. The Introduction briefly reviews more recent writings of the fathering experience as told by gay men themselves, setting the stage for: Father to Childa look at the father as seen through the ever-shifting eyes of his son at different phases of the life cycle The Quest for the Real Fatheran examination of sons' responses to their fathers' homosexuality as captured in film, fiction, nonfiction, television, and the psychological literature Methodologythe story of the research process, including sampling, the search for subjects, trustworthiness, the interview, bias, and data collection The Storiesan anthology of narratives the author constructed from the interview material, painting an intimate portrait of each individual son Findingsa categorical analysis Discussiona summary of all the preceding material cast in a developmental framework, highlighting implications for future research and clinical practice Table of Contents Foreword Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction: Gay Fatherhood: A Contradiction in Terms? Chapter 1. Father to Child The Tragedy of Sonship The Father: A Janus-Faced Figure The Crisis of Sonship: The Father Through the Life Cycle Chapter 2. The Quest for the Real Father Children’s Responses Adolescents’ Responses Adults’ Responses Chapter 3. Methodology The Sample The Search for Subjects The Subjects Trustworthiness The Interview Interviewing: Location and Modes Bias and Impressions Data Collection and Analysis Chapter 4. The Stories Mark Andy Noah Joseph Richard Shawn Rob Eric Paul III Elliot Thomas Matthew Chapter 5. Findings Beginnings Suspicions Disclosure Impact Chapter 6. Discussion Levels of Acceptance The Adaptive Son Limitations and Implications for Future Research Implications for Clinical Practice Epilogue Appendix A. Consent Form Appendix B. Semistructured Interview Guide Appendix C. The Sons at a Glance References Index

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Book SynopsisCommunity Organization and Social Administration presents a unique constellation of perspectives from scholars, researchers, and practitioners grounded in macro theories, practice, and education. Drawing upon the knowledge and experiences of social workers and other community-based professionals, this book provides a rich cross-section of models and strategies for those engaged in social change in the community, agency, and school or university. The chapters include data-based practice principles and guidelines for action.This book is a must for those who are teaching and practicing in community service, community change, and planning settings. Others who would benefit from the book include administrators of social service and community agencies; classroom teachers, field instructors, and students in organizing, planning, policy, and administration; policy analysts, program developers, and grant officers; and leaders and organizers of social change organizations, networks, and coalitions.Community Organization and Social Administration incorporates papers presented at the Symposia on Community Organization and Social Administration held at the Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education. The papers are edited by members of the Association on Community Organizing and Social Administration (ACOSA).Table of ContentsContents Introduction Part 1: Building and Sustaining Community Initiatives Managing Dynamic Tensions in Social Change Coalitions Nurturing Grassroots Initiatives for Community Development: The Role of Enabling Systems Building High Access Community Organizations: Structures as Strategies Part 2: Understanding Community Planning and Human Service Organizations Patterns of Organizing for Community Human Service Planning: A Statewide Survey Strategic Choices Made by Nonprofit Agencies Serving Low-Paying Clients Part 3: Successful Social Change Initiatives: Case Studies From the Field Creating Change for Children With Serious Emotional Disorders: A National Strategy Rebuilding the Human Services: The Profession Mobilizes for Social Work in Public Education Mental Health Reform: A Case Study of Influencing Social Policy Through Legislation and Litigation Part 4: Enhancing Education in Community Organization and Social Administration Strategies for Enhancing Administration Concentrations in Schools of Social Work Political Activism in Social Work: A Study of Social Work Educators Infusing a Feminist Analysis Into Education for Policy, Planning, and Administration Index

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Book SynopsisDo stepfamilies experience greater levels of stressors than first families? Do they also experience more negative manifestations of stress? Find the latest research on these questions and more in this groundbreaking exploration of the complex factors and dynamics that make up stepfamilies. The Stepfamily Puzzle fills a gap in research that has not kept pace with the rapid growth of interest in this subject. It sets some of the pieces of the stepfamily puzzle into an intergenerational framework that includes the roles of grandparents, parent-child interactions, the struggles to define boundaries and achieve marital intimacy, and the underlying effects of financial support on stepfamily well-being. The Stepfamily Puzzle compares the effects of stress in stepfamilies and conditions in other families and reveals that the differences between the two types of families may not be as dramatic as long assumed. It also examines in-depth the emotional and financial stressors that impact stepfamilies and how this stress is exhibited in family relationships. Other groundbreaking research presented in this book includes: the closeness of relationships between children and grandparents in stepfamilies as compared to children and grandparents in first families effects of ongoing attachment to the former spouse on post-divorce relationships stepsibling subsystems a comparison of self-esteem and behavior problems of stepchildren and children in other family structures social support received by children in stepmother, stepfather, and intact families quality of stepfather-adolescent relationships effect of child support on stepfamily satisfactionTherapists, attorneys, and those interested in the numerous therapeutic and psychoeducational programs, self-help groups, and trade literature available on stepfamily relationships will find The Stepfamily Puzzle a valuable introduction to current research in this area. By presenting the complex variables that interact within stepfamilies, this book helps professionals understand the dynamics behind stepfamily relationships so they can provide effective support and care. Table of ContentsContents Introduction Stressors, Manifestations of Stress, and First-Family/Stepfamily Group Membership The Transition to Stepgrandparenthood Grandparents: A Special Resource for Children in Stepfamilies Relationships With Former In-Laws: Normative Guidelines and Actual Behavior Differentiation from Ex-Spouses and Stepfamily Marital Intimacy The Presence of Children and Blended Family Marital Intimacy The Effects of Postdivorce Attachment on Coparenting Relationships An Exploratory Study of Stepsibling Subsystems A Meta-Analytic Comparison of the Self-Esteem and Behavior Problems of Stepchildren to Children in Other Family Structures Social Support Received by Children in Stepmother, Stepfather, and Intact Families Influences on the Quality of Stepfather-Adolescent Relationships: Views of Both Family Members The Effects of Child Support Receipt and Payment on Stepfamily Satisfaction: An Exploratory Study What’s Fair? Concepts of Financial Management in Stepfamily Households Reference Notes Included

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Book SynopsisThis classic text helps professionals and students understand and address cultural and racial issues in therapy with African American clients. Leading family therapist Nancy Boyd-Franklin explores the problems and challenges facing African American communities at different socioeconomic levels, expands major therapeutic concepts and models to be more relevant to the experiences of African American families and individuals, and outlines an empowerment-based, multisystemic approach to helping clients mobilize cultural and personal resources for change.Trade Review"Nancy Boyd-Franklin has long been a leading voice on the experience of African American families. In this new edition of her groundbreaking clinical text, she expands and deepens our understanding of the diverse backgrounds and complex challenges of Black families in our society, illuminating the strengths that therapists can tap into. This is invaluable reading for students and practitioners in mental health and social service fields."--Froma Walsh, PhD, School of Social Service Administration, Department of Psychiatry, and Center for Family Health, University of Chicago"Black Families in Therapy, Second Edition, will doubtless become a classic. It is well organized; written in clear, understandable language; draws on a wealth of information from diverse disciplines; and covers a number of important new topics. Among the book's outstanding features is its incisive narrative style, in which major concepts, principles and therapeutic approaches are highlighted with vivid case examples and vignettes. This is an excellent text for upper-division undergraduate and graduate courses addressing Black family life, African American psychology, multiethnic family therapy, cross-cultural psychology, pastoral counseling, and related topics."--Joseph L. White, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of California, Irvine"With the initial publication of this text, Nancy Boyd-Franklin broke new ground and set a high standard for research, teaching, and therapeutic practice with African American families. The new second edition is yet another pace-setting gift to the field. Some books are designed to fill a crucial gap on the reference shelf. Others are useful as textbooks for students in family studies, counseling, psychology, psychiatry, and even sociology. Still others function best as working manuals for practitioners. Black Families in Therapy, Second Edition, will surely serve all these functions while moving to the head of the line of readable, provocative, and insightful works in this area."--Andrew Billingsley, PhD, African American Studies Program and The Institute for Families and Society, University of South Carolina"This impressive second edition draws on more than a decade of new research and clinical experience to enrich and expand a classic text. No one in the mental health field can afford to be without this basic primer for understanding and working with African Americans. Dr. Boyd-Franklin has always had a remarkable ability to combine theory and practical application. Written with clarity, insight, and creativity, the book is full of concrete information and case examples, while at the same time providing a strong understanding of the historical context and the evolving political realities of African American families. It also does an amazing job of dispelling persistent, pejorative myths in this essential clinical area. This book should be required reading for every psychotherapist, counselor, educator, social worker, and human service professional."--Monica McGoldrick, LCSW, PhD, Multicultural Family Institute, Highland Park, New Jersey"Many scholars write about characteristics of African American families, but no one else does so with the empathy and sensitivity that characterize Nancy Boyd-Franklin's second edition of Black Families in Therapy. Dr. Boyd-Franklin describes the complexities of African American families with respect to ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and skin color, to highlight but a few of the new and/or expanded themes that give substance to this edition. The case examples throughout the book are extremely useful for helping the reader to 'see' the dynamic interplay among such factors within the family system, as well as the societal contexts in which family members function. Dr. Boyd-Franklin's discussion of therapist ethnicity as an aspect of therapy addresses the often-asked question of whether only Black therapists can work effectively with Black families. Any therapist or therapist in training who intends to deliver race- and culture-sensitive services to African American families should consider this book required reading."--Janet E. Helms, PhD, Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology, and Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture, Boston College - The author provides a wellspring of practical explanation for therapists on how to broach Issues that often confront Black families. This book offers concrete dialogues and narratives to expand the concepts presented. Boyd-Franklin has a remarkable ability to simplify very complex family therapy concepts so the average reader may understand. This author blends a daunting array of social and psychological issues affecting the Black family into highly readable and practical discussions....The author did an outstanding job at presenting significant issues....The richness of the framework it presents and its thorough exploration of the primary concerns of Black families' renders it a must read for all clinicians....Clinicians in any setting will find the information practical and useful. In addition, this text is a good resource for students in the Behavioral Sciences and Human Services' professions. --American Journal of Family Therapy, 4/22/2006Table of ContentsI. African American Families: The Cultural and Racial Context 1. Overview 2. Racism, Racial Identity, and Skin Color Issues 3. Extended Family Patterns, Kinship Care, and Informal Adoption 4. Role Flexibility and Boundary Confusion 5. African American Men and Women: Socialization and Relationships6. Separation, Divorce, Remarriage, and Stepparenting 7. Religion and Spirituality in African American Families8. Additional Important Topics in African American CommunitiesII. Major Treatment Theories, Issues, and Interventions 9. The Therapist's Use of Self and Value Conflicts 10. Major Family Therapy Approaches and Their Relevance to Treating African Americans11. The Multisystems Model 12. Public Policy Issues: A Guide for Clinicians III. Socioeconomic Class Issues and Diversity of Family Structures 13. Poor Families and the Multisystems Model 14. Single-Parent African American Families15. Middle-Class African American FamiliesIV. Implications for Supervision, Training, and Future Research 16. Implications for Training and Supervision 17. Conclusion and Implications for Future Clinical Work and Research

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a culturally informed framework for understanding and treating substance abuse problems. From expert contributors, chapters cover specific ethnocultural groups in the United States, including Americans of African, Native American, Latino, European, Middle Eastern, and Asian descent. Authors examine how ethnocultural factors may affect a person's attitudes toward alcohol and other drugs, patterns of substance use, reasons for seeking treatment, and responsiveness to various interventions. Themes addressed include the impact of migration and acculturation issues, spiritual values and traditions, family structures, gender roles, and experiences of prejudice and discrimination. Featuring a wealth of illustrative clinical material, the book makes concrete recommendations for more competent, effective assessment and intervention. It also guides clinicians toward greater awareness of the ways their own ethnocultural backgrounds may affect their interactions with clients. Trade ReviewThis is a superb, comprehensive primer for all clinicians. In uniformly thorough and clear chapters, the editor and contributing authors teach the reader how to think about the theoretical and practical significance of context and the multiple factors of race, ethnicity, and culture--always present and always wielding a critical influence. Reading this text is like learning a new language whose ideas and vocabulary open a wide new territory. In a world where diversity is normal, the concepts of cultural identity and ethnocultural conflict are key. This volume provides a map of cultural sensitivity that adds a vital, expanding dimension to traditional ways of thinking about addiction. It should be a basic text and clinical resource for years to come.--Stephanie Brown, PhD, Director, The Addictions Institute This volume lays out the critical clinical issues involved in culturally competent practice. The authors provide a rich context for understanding current substance abuse patterns in an impressive range of ethnic groups--more than I have ever seen discussed under one cover. The information presented is well researched and referenced, and the authors do a nice job of avoiding rigidity in their recommendations. Several chapters address such groups within the culture as women, adolescents, and refugees, who have unique needs and for whom the clinician may need to vary his or her approach. The case examples give depth to the discussion and illustrate important intervention techniques. Social work students at all levels will find this text helpful. --Maryann Amodeo, MSW, PhD, Director, Alcohol and Drug Institute for Policy, Training and Research, and Associate Professor, Boston University School of Social Work - An extraordinarily sensitive work on substance abuse treatment, offering clinically illustrated, expert discussion of addictive behavior and treatment within 19 distinct ethnocultural groups. --Choice, 12/15/2002Table of ContentsI. Introduction 1. Ethnocultural Issues in Substance Abuse Treatment: An Overview, Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner II. Working with Clients of African Background 2. Substance Abuse in African American Communities, Ednita M. Wright 3. Substance Abuse Issues among English-Speaking Caribbean People of African Ancestry, Eda F. Harris-Hastick III. Working with Clients of Native American and Latino Backgrounds 4. Native Americans and Substance Abuse, Hilary N. Weaver 5. Substance Abuse among Cuban Americans, Eugenio M. Rothe 6. Substance Abuse in the Mexican American Population, Louis R. Alvarez 7. Toward an Understanding of Puerto Rican Ethnicity and Substance Abuse, Catherine Medina IV. Working with Clients of European Background 8. Substance Abuse among Americans of British Descent, Katherine Stuart van Wormer 9. Substance Abuse Treatment with Clients of French Background, Ann A. Abbott 10. The Irish and Substance Abuse, Philip O'Dwyer 11. Italian Culture and Its Impact on Addiction, Pia Marinangeli 12. Polish Identity and Substance Abuse, Jim Gilbert and Jan Langrod 13. Russian-Speaking Substance Abusers in Transition: New Country, Old Problems, Helen Kagan and Kathryn C. Shafer V. Working with Clients of Middle Eastern Background 14. Substance Use among Arabs and Arab Americans, Nuha Abudabbeh and Andrew Hamid 15. Jewish Substance Abusers: Existing but Invisible, Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner VI. Working with Clients of Asian Background 16. Substance Abuse Treatment Issues with Cambodian Americans, Mary Ann Bromley and Chhem Sip 17. Ethnocultural Background and Substance Abuse Treatment of Chinese Americans, Ting-Fun May Lai 18. Ethnocultural Background and Substance Abuse Treatment of Asian Indian Americans, Daya Singh Sandhu and Ruby Malik 19. Substance Abuse Interventions for Japanese and Japanese American Clients, Jun Matsuyoshi 20. Substance Abuse among Korean Americans: A Sociocultural Perspective and Framework for Intervention, Young Hee Kwon-Ahn

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Book SynopsisDespite the efforts of therapists and patients, many patients in cognitive-behavioral therapy--or any therapy--do not improve. This unique book is designed to help the clinician better understand and work with patients who seem unable or unwilling to make needed changes. Integrating ideas from a range of psychotherapeutic approaches, the book presents a multidimensional model of resistance. It enumerates the specific impediments to change that may arise in the cognitive therapy context and brings each one to life with realistic clinical illustrations. Clinicians learn practical strategies and interventions to deal with a number of types of resistance, from reluctance to comply with basic cognitive procedures to risk-aversion and self-handicapping. Also addressed are countertransference issues, including workable ways that clinicians can modify their own responses to patients to overcome impasses in treatment.Trade ReviewThis book fills a major gap in the cognitive therapy literature, one that may often account for failure to attain therapeutic goals. The author, while committed to a cognitive model, shows a willingness to mine other therapeutic traditions for ideas that cognitive therapists can use. He has developed a well-thought-through typology of types of resistance, and provides a richness of clinical example and precise formulations of actions the therapist can take to help the patient overcome each type. This book will be an excellent text in courses in all the therapeutic disciplines. It will be especially useful for students in such professions as social work, who will encounter many clients who are induced by environmental and socialization influences to erect barriers to change.--Charles Garvin, PhD, School of Social Work, University of MichiganFor any cognitive-behavioral clinician who has ever asked, 'Why am I having such a difficult time helping my client change?', Leahy has provided an engaging, thought-provoking, integrative text that addresses this question most effectively. The text will appeal to therapists at all levels of experience, offering interesting variations on conceptual themes about why clients think and act in ways that maintain their problematic status quo in life, and in therapy. The book also succeeds in guiding therapists to assess and manage their own unwitting contributions to their clients' resistance, and thus become more adept in helping clients to progress.--Cory F. Newman, PhD, ABPP, Director, Center for Cognitive Therapy, University of Pennsylvania School of MedicineEvery so often, a clinical text is written that offers an innovative, rich perspective on a previously neglected problem of immense clinical importance. This volume achieves such heights. A 'must read' for any clinician who has been challenged by resistance in the therapy session, the volume is full of practical insight and treatment suggestions presented in a scholarly, thoughtful, and yet pragmatic fashion. Leahy addresses a significant gap in the cognitive-behavioral literature, integrating his clinical experience with psychoanalytic, behavioral, developmental, social, and cognitive theory and research on the topic. Whether a novice or expert in cognitive therapy, the reader will find this a stimulating and thought-provoking text with immediate application to the therapy session. It will be a valuable resource for graduate courses or professional workshops on cognitive therapy.--David A. Clark, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, CanadaThis volume fills an important gap. In his inimitable style, Robert Leahy addresses a topic that has been neglected by cognitive-behavioral therapists: how to work effectively with the client who is reluctant to embrace the many technical interventions the therapy offers. The book is easy to read and immediately useful to all cognitive-behavioral therapists, from students to experienced clinicians. This book will serve as an excellent supplementary text for graduate courses in cognitive-behavioral therapy. It is thought-provoking and rich, with dozens of clinical examples of effective work by an experienced and masterful therapist.--Jacqueline B. Persons, PhD, San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy, and University of California, Berkeley - I was very impressed....I found it easy to assimilate Leahy's conceptualization of resistance into the cognitive paradigm....Reading this text offers providers a rich opportunity to learn about their own schemas and how they affect relationships with patients. The text has something to offer any provider who conducts cognitive therapy—not just for depression, but for any problem. In addition, Part 3 is an excellent resource for clinical supervision of students, interns, and residents. I plan to use Leahy's Therapist's Schema Questionnaire to help cognitive therapy students recognize their own schemas and manage them to optimize therapeutic change....I enthusiastically praise Overcoming Resistance in Cognitive Therapy as a pioneering attempt to improve upon cognitive therapy. The author of this text is an undisputed superstar in the cognitive-behavioral, scientific community. The concepts discussed in this book are truly visionary. --Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 07/18/2003ƒƒ This is an excellent book that will be profitably read and studied by both beginning and experienced therapists with some sophistication in cognitive-behavioral therapy and by practitioners of other approaches that like to keep informed on innovations in the field of psychotherapy. --American Journal of Psychotherapy, 07/18/2003ƒƒ The book is especially relevant to cognitive therapists who can assess and revise their own attempts to reduce resistance and recognize the limits of the cognitive model, but it remains applicable to any therapists who have worked with clients who do not respond to therapy. ....Information is [presented] in an organized, concise, and reader-friendly manner, which makes this book a particularly useful resource for graduate courses in addition to a clinical tool to be used in practice. --Contemporary Psychology, 07/18/2003ƒƒ A superb book that outlines clinical strategies for the detection and amelioration of the barriers, or resistances, to engagement in cognitive therapy in order to reach those patients who are otherwise unlikely to fully benefit from standardized interventions....The text contains a wealth of ideas and illustrative case material to help the (cognitive) therapist navigate patient and therapist-patient resistances. It is destined to be a standard reference within the case conceptualization approach and is relevant for everyone practicing cognitive therapy. --Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 07/18/2003ƒƒ Leahy's work will be a much valued and practical addition to the bookshelf of CBT practitioners, and should be applauded for helping to establish resistance as an important area of inquiry on the CBT landscape. --The Clinical Psychologist, 07/18/2003Table of ContentsContents 1. Introduction I. Theoretical and Conceptual Foundations 2. Models of Resistance 3. Resistance to Procedure II. Dimensions of Resistance 4. Validation Resistance 5. Self-Consistency 6. Schematic Resistance 7. Moral Resistance: Compulsive Responsibility 8. Victim Resistance 9. Risk Aversion and Depressive Resistance10. Self-HandicappingIII. Cognitive Therapy and Countertransference11. Evaluating the Countertransference12. Using the Countertransference13. ConclusionsReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe Road Not Taken takes a new perspective on the course of social welfare policy in the twentieth century. This examination looks at the evolution of social work in the United States as a dynamic process not just driven by mainstream organizations and politics, but strongly influenced by the ideas and experiences of radical individuals and marginalized groups as well.Trade Review"In this detailed and thoroughly researched book, Reisch and Andrews trace the history of social work from the perspective of social workers who were (and still are) committed to a radical approach...this book should be essential reading for social workers everywhere. By tracing the history of activist and 'left' social work, the authors make an original and important contribution to the literature. Social work educators who teach the history of social work ought to prescribe this book and ensure that students understand that the Charity Organization Society and the Settlements were not the only pioneers of the social work profession. The book's attempts to recognize the contribution of social work colleagues who, over the years, have thought of themselves as radical, is important and timely." -- Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, Vol. 29 no. 4, December 2002Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Social Work: A Radical Profession? 2. Radical Social Work in the Progressive Era 3. The Spider Web Conspiracy and the Death of Progressivism 4. The Rank and File Movement and the Precursors to McCarthyism 5. Anti-Communism and the Attack on the New Deal 6. Social Work Response to McCarthyism 7. The Revival of Radicalism in Social Work 8. The Redefinition of Social Work Radicalism, 1970-1999--Part I 9. The Redefinition of Social Work Radicalism, 1970-1999--Part II 10. Social Work Radicalism at the End of the Twentieth Century 11. Conclusion--The Future of Radical Social Work in the United States Sources Index

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Book SynopsisThis widely used clinical reference and text provides a wealth of knowledge on culturally sensitive practice with families and individuals from over 40 different ethnic groups. Each chapter demonstrates how ethnocultural factors may influence the assumptions of both clients and therapists, the issues people bring to the clinical context, and their resources for coping and problem solving. Trade ReviewThe representation of additional ethnic groups is an important contribution of this compelling new edition. A clear reminder that cultural diversity is a fact of life, this book gives family therapists and other helping professionals a greater understanding of the histories, values, and expectations of the diverse families and individuals we encounter. Important themes resonate throughout, including the ways that religious and spiritual beliefs, historical circumstances, immigration histories, and experiences of racism and prejudice influence contemporary families' strengths and struggles. Every chapter is moving, unique, and highly useful.--Patricia Arredondo, EdD, Counseling/Counseling Psychology Program, Arizona State University; President (2005-2006), American Counseling AssociationNow in its third edition, Ethnicity and Family Therapy remains one of the essential textbooks for developing cultural competence in clinical practice. Unlike any other single book in the field, its 54 chapters provide the most comprehensive description of culture-related family issues relevant to mental health and health care. At the same time, this book wisely teaches us that our understanding of these cultural patterns must incorporate not only ethnicity, but also gender, socioeconomic status, geography, religion, race, and politics, among other factors. A 'must-have' tour de force for seasoned professionals and trainees alike.--Francis G. Lu, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco General HospitalEthnicity is part of the lived experience of each of us every day, whether in the foods we like, our ways of expressing affection, religious and political views, gender roles, taboos and expectations, and so much more. This book expands our understanding of the complexity of the cultural fabric of our families: what distinguishes us and what unites us. As we travel through a multiplicity of national, cultural, racial, and religious backgrounds, what is most remarkable is that across all of these diverse experiences and conditions, families are important to us all. This book allows us to celebrate our differences while encouraging us to conduct our clinical work with respect toward and knowledge of each family's ethnic and cultural uniqueness.--José Szapocznik, PhD, Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of MiamiI have used Ethnicity and Family Therapy as a text for 12+ years in my master’s-level Cross-Cultural Counseling course. I have been impressed with the various editions of the text as a compendium of information regarding a broad cross-section of the human family. I have particularly enjoyed the increasing expansion of coverage, both within broad ethnic groups and across groups. This breadth deepens my students’ comprehension of the richness of human diversity and mitigates their tendencies to view members of different groups through monolithic lenses. This text has been invaluable in my approach to teaching about the nexus of person, problems, and treatment approaches.--Daryl M. Rowe, PhD, Graduate School of Education and Psychology, Pepperdine University - The editors and contributors have made substantial changes in the content of the third edition, as evidenced by the expanded 'Overview' chapter that sets the tone of why ethnicity is so important for our work as family therapists....The editors have added 13 new chapters, with the bulk of these chapters focusing on Latino and Asian ethnicities. This is a welcome change, considering that the changing racial and ethnic demographics of the USA are primarily related to increased immigration from Latino, Asian, and Pacific Islander populations....Another welcome addition is the appendix on cultural assessment....Has the potential to influence all the different spheres of what it means to be a family therapist. It should be part of every family therapist's library. --Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 8/20/2005ƒƒ Scholars, students, and everyone interested in diverse family patterns will welcome this engrossing, highly informative third edition of Ethnicity and Family Therapy. Major strengths of this book are the range of groups considered, a highly readable writing style, consistency of format throughout the chapters, extensive documentation, and the relevance of context covered to typical clinical situations....A treasured resource that can serve to help explain behavior patterns that are seemingly idiosyncratic yet that may be rooted in history and culture....As a textbook, Ethnicity and Family Therapy is especially relevant to courses in cultural and ethnic diversity and could serve as a supplement to family therapy courses. --Research on Social Work Practice, 8/20/2005ƒƒ An important resource....It is an authoritative and comprehensive reference that should be read by anyone who seeks cultural competence in providing therapy to families in the culturally diverse society of the contemporary United States. --The Family Psychologist, 8/20/2005ƒƒThis well-edited and comprehensive volume should prove to be of great value to psychotherapists of all orientations....Most specific chapters begin with historical accounts and cultural overviews. These informative materials will help any psychotherapist appreciate the factors affecting individual patients and families as they strive to accept and adjust to American societal expectations....Clinicians would be wise to keep a copy of this volume available for consultation to enhance their ability to provide culturally competent assessment and treatment.(on previous edition)--American Journal of Psychiatry, 8/20/2005Table of Contents1. Overview: Ethnicity and Family Therapy, Monica McGoldrick, Joe Giordano, and Nydia Garcia Preto I. American Indian and Pacific Islander Families 2. American Indian Families: An Overview, CharlesEtta T. Sutton and Mary Anne Broken Nose 3. Back to the Future: An Examination of the Native American Holocaust Experience, Nadine Tafoya and Ann Del Vecchio 4. N? 'Ohana: Hawaiian Families, Valli Kalei Kanuha II. Families of African Origin 5. Familes of African Origin: An Overview, Lascelles Black and Vanessa Jackson 6. African American Families, Paulette Moore Hines and Nancy Boyd-Franklin 7. African Immigrant Families, Hugo Kamya 8. British West Indian Families, Janet R. Brice-Baker 9. Haitian Families, Josiane Menos 10. Muslim African American Families, Vanessa McAdams-Mahmoud III. Latino Families 11. Latino Families: An Overview, Nydia Garcia Preto 12. Brazilian Families, Eliana Catão de Korin and Sueli S. de Carvalho Petry 13. Central American Families, Miguel Hernandez 14. Colombian Families, Ramón Rojano and Jenny Duncan-Rojano 15. Cuban Families, Guillermo Bernal and Ester Shapiro 16. Dominican Families, Carmen Inoa Vazquez 17. Mexican Families, Celia Jaes Falicov 18. Puerto Rican Families, Nydia Garcia Preto 19. Salvadoran Families, Daniel Kusnir IV. Asian Families 20. Asian Families: An Overview, Evelyn Lee and Matthew R. Mock 21. Cambodian Families, Lorna McKenzie-Pollock 22. Chinese Families, Evelyn Lee and Matthew R. Mock 23. Filipino Families, Maria P. P. Root 24. Indonesian Families, Fred P. Piercy, Adriana Soekandar, Catherine D. M. Limansubroto, and Sean D. Davis 25. Japanese Families, Tazuko Shibusawa 26. Korean Families, Bok-Lim C. Kim and Eunjung Ryu 27. Vietnamese Families, Paul K. Leung and James Boehnlein V. Asian Indian and Pakistani Families 28. Asian Indian Families: An Overview, Rhea Almeida 29. Indian Hindu Families, Vimala Pillari 30. Pakistani Families, Shivani Nath VI. Middle Eastern Families 31. Arab Families: An Overview, Nuha Abudabbeh 32. Armenian Families, Steve Dagirmanjian 33. Iranian Families, Behnaz Jalali 34. Lebanese and Syrian Families, Karen L. Haboush 35. Palestinian Families, Nuha Abudabbeh VII. Families of European Origin 36. Families of European Origin: An Overview, Joe Giordano and Monica McGoldrick 37. American Families with English Ancestors from the Colonial Era: Anglo Americans, David W. McGill and John K. Pearce 38. Dutch Families, Conrad DeMaster and MaryAnn Dros Giordano 39. French Canadian Families, Régis Langelier and Pamela Langelier 40. German Families, Hinda Winawer and Norbert A. Wetzel 41. Greek Families, Kyle D. Killian and Anna M. Agathangelou 42. Hungarian Families, Tracey A. Laszloffy 43. Irish Families, Monica McGoldrick 44. Italian Families, Joe Giordano, Monica McGoldrick, and Joanne Guarino Klages 45. Portuguese Families, Zarita Araujo-Lane 46. Scandinavian Families: Plain and Simple, Beth M. Erickson 47. Scots-Irish Families, Morris Taggart VIII. Jewish Families 48. Jewish Families: An Overview, Susan F. Weltman and Elliott J. Rosen 49. Israeli Families, Anat Ziv 50. Orthodox Jewish Families, Marsha Pravder Mirkin and Barbara F. Okun 51. Russian Jewish Families, Leonid Newhouse IX. Slavic Families 52. Slavic Families: An Overview, Leonid Newhouse 53. Czech and Slovak Families, Jo-Ann Krestan and Rita Mae Gazarik 54. Polish Families, John Folwarski and Joseph Smolenski, Jr. Appendix: Cultural Assessment

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Book SynopsisThis highly practical book presents a complete anger and aggression management training program for middle and high school students. The volume incorporates a revised version of the author's proven "Think First" manual, which includes step-by-step skills training guidelines and 20 reproducible handouts and forms. Also provided are a clear rationale for the program and thorough instructions for screening and assessing those students who could benefit most from participation. Showing how to integrate small-group cognitive-behavioral skills training into an effective schoolwide disciplinary framework, the book offers vital tools for promoting prosocial behavior and decreasing violence risks among all students. It is an essential resource for professionals who seek both a better understanding of adolescent aggression and nuts-and-bolts strategies for dealing with it.Trade ReviewLarson's book is based on solid conceptual principles with a well-researched background. The Think First training modules are logically laid out and easy to follow, with a wealth of helpful hints for novice and experienced practitioners alike. One exceptional point is made that is worth the price of the book: intervention and teaching skills are inadequate without generalization in the real world. One must also practice, practice, practice. School psychologists, administrators, teachers, and those responsible for training these professionals should take note of this text and add it to their toolbox of interventions, as well as incorporating it into training programs. Overall, this is an excellent resource.--Twylla Abrahamson, PhD, Family Residential Division, River Oak Center for Children, Sacramento, CAThis is a practical and informative guide for mental health professionals and others concerned not only with reducing the occurrence of aggressive behaviors in schools, but also with encouraging the development of prosocial alternatives. Presented is a research-based, cognitive-behavioral intervention, including step-by-step guidelines for practitioners. I recommend this book as a useful text for graduate-level clinical training in school psychology, school social work, and education.--Douglas C. Smith, PhD, Department of Counselor Education, University of HawaiiOutstanding....This book makes unique contributions both to understanding aggressive behavior in school settings and to screening, identification, and assessment practices for school personnel. Mental health and student support services personnel will find the five-module treatment manual an excellent resource from which a school-based intervention system can be crafted. Think First would make an excellent text for intervention courses and seminars that focus on aggression and other types of externalizing behaviors.--George M. Batsche, EdD, Graduate Programs in School Psychology and Institute for School Reform, University of South FloridaThis book is full of useful material for professionals in middle and secondary learning environments. Included are research-supported sequential activities and ready-made forms that can be easily copied and used to support a well-documented, child-specific intervention. School psychologists, social workers, counselors, administrators, and teachers of at-risk students will find this a helpful tool in identifying and interrupting patterns that are leading toward increasing levels of aggression in today's youth.--Patricia Kies, EdS, School Psychologist, Parker High School, Janesville, Wisconsin -Table of Contents1. The Problem and Directions for Change2. The Context of Aggressive Student Behavior: Creating Effective, Whole-School Environmental Strategies3. Rationale and Best Practices for Anger and Aggression Management Skills Training4. Screening, Identification, and Assessment for Anger and Aggression Management Training5. Getting Started with Anger and Aggression Management Skills Training6. Introduction to the Treatment ManualModule I. Introduction, Choices, and ConsequencesModule II. Hassle Log and Anger ReducersModule III. Anger Triggers and Attribution RetrainingModule IV. Self-Instruction and Consequential ThinkingModule V. Social Problem-SolvingAppendices:A. Current Behavior Screening FormB. Intervention Record ReviewC. Adolescent InterviewD. Brief Problem Assessment InterviewE. Classroom Progress Monitoring ReportF. Multidimensional School Anger InventoryG. Sample Parental Consent Letter/Carta de Consentimiento de PadresH. Guidelines for Generalization Support PersonsI. Academic Self-Monitoring FormJ. Think First Training OutcomesHandouts:Think First Handout I.1. Behavior A-B-C'sThink First Handout II.1. Hassle LogThink First Handout II.2. Behavior A-B-C's for an Anger CueThink First Handout III.1. Common Thought TriggersThink First Handout IV.1. RemindersThink First Handout V.1. Stop And ThinkThink First Handout V.2. Finding Alternative SolutionsThink First Handout V.3. Problem-Solving Work Sheet

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Book SynopsisThis classic text helps professionals and students understand and address cultural and racial issues in therapy with African American clients. Leading family therapist Nancy Boyd-Franklin explores the problems and challenges facing African American communities at different socioeconomic levels, expands major therapeutic concepts and models to be more relevant to the experiences of African American families and individuals, and outlines an empowerment-based, multisystemic approach to helping clients mobilize cultural and personal resources for change.Trade Review"Nancy Boyd-Franklin has long been a leading voice on the experience of African American families. In this new edition of her groundbreaking clinical text, she expands and deepens our understanding of the diverse backgrounds and complex challenges of Black families in our society, illuminating the strengths that therapists can tap into. This is invaluable reading for students and practitioners in mental health and social service fields."--Froma Walsh, PhD, School of Social Service Administration, Department of Psychiatry, and Center for Family Health, University of Chicago"Black Families in Therapy, Second Edition, will doubtless become a classic. It is well organized; written in clear, understandable language; draws on a wealth of information from diverse disciplines; and covers a number of important new topics. Among the book's outstanding features is its incisive narrative style, in which major concepts, principles and therapeutic approaches are highlighted with vivid case examples and vignettes. This is an excellent text for upper-division undergraduate and graduate courses addressing Black family life, African American psychology, multiethnic family therapy, cross-cultural psychology, pastoral counseling, and related topics."--Joseph L. White, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of California, Irvine"With the initial publication of this text, Nancy Boyd-Franklin broke new ground and set a high standard for research, teaching, and therapeutic practice with African American families. The new second edition is yet another pace-setting gift to the field. Some books are designed to fill a crucial gap on the reference shelf. Others are useful as textbooks for students in family studies, counseling, psychology, psychiatry, and even sociology. Still others function best as working manuals for practitioners. Black Families in Therapy, Second Edition, will surely serve all these functions while moving to the head of the line of readable, provocative, and insightful works in this area."--Andrew Billingsley, PhD, African American Studies Program and The Institute for Families and Society, University of South Carolina"This impressive second edition draws on more than a decade of new research and clinical experience to enrich and expand a classic text. No one in the mental health field can afford to be without this basic primer for understanding and working with African Americans. Dr. Boyd-Franklin has always had a remarkable ability to combine theory and practical application. Written with clarity, insight, and creativity, the book is full of concrete information and case examples, while at the same time providing a strong understanding of the historical context and the evolving political realities of African American families. It also does an amazing job of dispelling persistent, pejorative myths in this essential clinical area. This book should be required reading for every psychotherapist, counselor, educator, social worker, and human service professional."--Monica McGoldrick, LCSW, PhD, Multicultural Family Institute, Highland Park, New Jersey"Many scholars write about characteristics of African American families, but no one else does so with the empathy and sensitivity that characterize Nancy Boyd-Franklin's second edition of Black Families in Therapy. Dr. Boyd-Franklin describes the complexities of African American families with respect to ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and skin color, to highlight but a few of the new and/or expanded themes that give substance to this edition. The case examples throughout the book are extremely useful for helping the reader to 'see' the dynamic interplay among such factors within the family system, as well as the societal contexts in which family members function. Dr. Boyd-Franklin's discussion of therapist ethnicity as an aspect of therapy addresses the often-asked question of whether only Black therapists can work effectively with Black families. Any therapist or therapist in training who intends to deliver race- and culture-sensitive services to African American families should consider this book required reading."--Janet E. Helms, PhD, Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology, and Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture, Boston College - The author provides a wellspring of practical explanation for therapists on how to broach Issues that often confront Black families. This book offers concrete dialogues and narratives to expand the concepts presented. Boyd-Franklin has a remarkable ability to simplify very complex family therapy concepts so the average reader may understand. This author blends a daunting array of social and psychological issues affecting the Black family into highly readable and practical discussions....The author did an outstanding job at presenting significant issues....The richness of the framework it presents and its thorough exploration of the primary concerns of Black families' renders it a must read for all clinicians....Clinicians in any setting will find the information practical and useful. In addition, this text is a good resource for students in the Behavioral Sciences and Human Services' professions. --American Journal of Family Therapy, 4/22/2006Table of ContentsI. African American Families: The Cultural and Racial Context 1. Overview 2. Racism, Racial Identity, and Skin Color Issues 3. Extended Family Patterns, Kinship Care, and Informal Adoption 4. Role Flexibility and Boundary Confusion 5. African American Men and Women: Socialization and Relationships6. Separation, Divorce, Remarriage, and Stepparenting 7. Religion and Spirituality in African American Families8. Additional Important Topics in African American CommunitiesII. Major Treatment Theories, Issues, and Interventions 9. The Therapist's Use of Self and Value Conflicts 10. Major Family Therapy Approaches and Their Relevance to Treating African Americans11. The Multisystems Model 12. Public Policy Issues: A Guide for Clinicians III. Socioeconomic Class Issues and Diversity of Family Structures 13. Poor Families and the Multisystems Model 14. Single-Parent African American Families15. Middle-Class African American FamiliesIV. Implications for Supervision, Training, and Future Research 16. Implications for Training and Supervision 17. Conclusion and Implications for Future Clinical Work and Research

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Book SynopsisOffering a fresh perspective on treatment, this book presents an overarching framework and many specific strategies for working with violent youth and their families. The authors shed light on the complex interplay of individual, family, community, and societal forces that lead some adolescents to hurt others or themselves. Effective ways to address each of these factors in clinical and school settings are discussed and illustrated with evocative case material. The book provides essential guidance on connecting with aggressive teens and their parents and managing difficult situations that are likely to arise. The strengths-based interventions presented are applicable to a broad range of high-risk behaviors, from bullying and assault to substance abuse, self-mutilation, and suicidality.Trade Review'This book is a masterpiece! Hardy and Laszloffy present a timely, innovative treatment approach for violent youth and their families. Drawing from their wealth of clinical experience, the authors comprehensively review the individual and environmental factors that fuel violent behavior and offer practical treatment guidelines and interventions. Their high level of respect and compassion for at-risk youth is evident throughout the book. The pearls of wisdom offered here are far-reaching, and can serve as a blueprint for private practitioners, school counselors, and others working with adolescents in schools and the community.' - Matthew D. Selekman, MSW, Partners for Collaborative Solutions, Evanston, IllinoisTable of ContentsI. The Model1. Adolescent Violence in a Sociocultural Context2. Devaluation3. Disruption of Community4. The Dehumanization of Loss5. RageII. Strategies6. Adolescent Axioms: General Principles for Working with Adolescents7. Counteracting Devaluation8. The Restoration of Community9. Rehumanizing Loss10. Rechanneling RageFinal Reflections

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Book SynopsisThis influential book provides an innovative framework for understanding and treating intimate partner violence. Integrating a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives, Donald G. Dutton demonstrates that male abusiveness is more than just a learned pattern of behavior--it is the outgrowth of a particular personality configuration. He illuminates the development of the abusive personality from early childhood to adulthood and presents an evidence-based treatment approach designed to meet this population's unique needs. The second edition features two new chapters on the neurobiological roots of abusive behavior and the development of abusiveness in females.Trade Review"Outstanding. Based on over 20 years of empirical literature and clinical experience, this second edition is a 'must read' for mental health professionals and researchers. Dutton goes beyond social stereotypes and superficial explanations to compassionately and eloquently describe the complex relationship among biological, developmental, psychological, and social factors contributing to the development of the abusive personality. With a solid foundation in the etiology of violent behavior, readers also learn about Dutton's highly effective perpetrator intervention program. The book will be accessible both to seasoned clinicians and to students, interns, and newly licensed professionals. What is most exciting and unique about this second edition is its incorporation of the most recent findings on neurobiology and attachment theory into a comprehensive theory of the development and treatment of the abusive personality."--Daniel J. Sonkin, PhD, private practice, Sausalito, California"What sets this book apart from others is that Dutton goes to the core of partner violence by addressing individual psychopathology. He convincingly argues that abusive men have significant personality problems with origins in their early development, and he uses object relations and attachment theory to provide excellent clinical descriptions of how an individual becomes an abuser. This is important reading for any clinician or researcher interested in the psychology of battering."--K. Daniel O'Leary, PhD, Stony Brook University "Dutton's formulations are the product of a first-rate scientific mind informed by decades of empirical research. He brings scientific rigor and intellectual clarity to his writing, which is both scholarly and compelling. With this second edition, Dutton solidifies his position as one of the world's most eminent domestic violence researchers."--Reid Meloy, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego "Dr. Dutton's outstanding work traces 20 years of empirical history examining partner violence from childhood to adulthood and then presents practical programs to meet the needs of patients suffering from abusive personality disorders. This book will not only appeal to the scholarly scientific mind of a well-seasoned therapist but will inform students just beginning in the field. The second edition has incorporated recent findings in neurobiology and developmental theory, which has been updated to include chapters on trauma research and abuse in females. I highly recommend it for any practitioner working with abusive personality disorders."--Muriel Prince Warren, DSW, ACSW, private practice, Orangeburg, New York -Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Early Explanations3. Learning of Abusiveness4. The Psychology of the Cycle of Violence5. The Structure of the Abusive Personality: The Data6. The Primitive Origins of Rage7. An Anger Born of Fear: Attachment Rage8. The Sociopsychoneurobiology of Attachment9. The Early Antecedents Studies10. Longitudinal Development and Female Abusive Personalities11. The Treatment of Assaultiveness

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses transformative approaches to psychology, social work, and education. Addressing these disciplines' entanglements with oppressive structures, the contributors aim to reconcile individual support with social justice. In a rare intellectual exchange, they discuss individual minds in society and the human capacity to act.

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Book SynopsisSharon Shoesmith was Director of Children's Services for Haringey in 2007 at the time of the death of Peter Connelly, also known as 'Baby P'.In Learning from Baby P, she carries out a dispassionate analysis of the events which followed Peter Connelly's death, documenting the responses of the media, politicians and the public. She explores the psychological and emotional responses we share when faced with such horrifying cases of familial child homicide, and how a climate of fear and blame which follows such tragedies can lead to negative consequences for other children at risk of harm, and for the social workers striving to protect them.Learning from Baby P is a thought-provoking book which aims to deepen understanding and shed light on the difficult relationship between politics, the media and child protection.Trade ReviewThis is a book which is informed by the head and the heart. It explores what underlay and drove the media and political frenzy of the 'Baby P story', which unjustly and wrongly blamed and vilified Shoesmith and her colleagues and undermined and distorted child protection and social work. Of great relevance to all who work with children and families, hopefully it will be read widely and lessons will be learned by the press and politicians who wielded power without wisdom or integrity. -- Ray Jones, Professor of Social Work, Kingston University and St George's, University of LondonA detailed and thoroughly engrossing read which succeeds in extending our understanding of the case of Peter Connelly and, more particularly, the socio-emotional, political and media responses to his tragic death and the 'scandal' which was to unfold. Should be read by everyone with an interest in child abuse and how we can begin to seriously address the challenges involved in improving child protection policy and practice. -- Nigel Parton, Professor in Applied Childhood Studies, University of Huddersfield, EnglandA cogent, compelling analysis of the blame culture in social work. Essential reading for anyone wishing to understand, reflect and learn from the responses to the high profile familial homicide of Peter Connelly. -- Ruth Smith, Publisher, Community CareThis is a very serious and important work of professional and academic scholarship. Sharon Shoesmith is in no way pursuing a personal agenda. Rather, through rigorous and evidence based analysis she discloses the cultural and social conditions that allowed, and still allow, social workers to shoulder the blame for events that actually require sophisticated and thoughtful understanding if we are to learn from the tragedy of Peter Connelly's death. An essential resource for our profession in the struggle to promote and defend the role of social work in modern child welfare and protection. -- Andrew Cooper, Professor of Social Work, The Tavistock Centre and University of East LondonAt the heart of this formidable, authoritative book is a forensic account of a modern day political witch hunt. -- Patrick Butler, Social Policy Editor, The GuardianThe emotional, financial and reputational impact on Sharon Shoesmith and on the other workers who lost their jobs as a result of Baby Peter's death is graphically described, but so too is the careful examination of society's wish in effect to sanitise familial child homicide. It is easier to publicly blame and humiliate workers (who were working to protect children) than it is to accept that a mother has either caused or allowed her child to die. -- Andrea Morris, Locality Director, Children’s Services, Devon County Council * Research, Policy and Planning *The book is a brave and significantcontribution to knowledge surrounding contemporary child and family social work and thereasons for adopting this approach are understandable given the level of scrutiny and abuseShoesmith has already experienced via some aspects of the media and general public.I would recommend this book to social work students, academics (politics, social work, socialpolicy - and other public services, including teachers, health workers.). It offers an invaluableinsight into social work with children and families and a unique insight into the challengesinvolved in the sector. Taking a challenging experience and using this to produce a valuablecontribution to knowledge is something to be commended. -- Journal of Social Work PracticeTable of ContentsPreface. Introduction. 1: The Background to the Familial Homicide of Peter Connelly. 2: The Denial of Crimes Against Children. 3: Exploring Processes of Blame, Fear and Denial from a Psychosocial Perspective. 4: The Socio-Political and Cultural Context of the Death of Peter Connelly. 5: The Narrative About Baby P Emerges. 6: The Identification of a Cultural Trope That Blames Social Workers for Harm to Children. 7: Conclusions and Main Findings. Appendices. Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisA burgeoning evidence base supports that arts, play and other creative therapies have potential to help children in foster care, kinship care or adoptive families to recover from complex trauma. Written by contributors working at the cutting edge of delivering effective therapeutic interventions, this innovative book describes models for working with children in foster care, kinship care or adoption. Covering how to assess needs and contextual considerations for working with children and families, this book presents a range of creative therapeutic approaches spanning art psychotherapy, music therapy and dance therapy. It emphasizes the necessity of working with caregivers and other significant adults, as well as the child, to facilitate recovery. The theoretical foundations of attachment, developmental psychology and neurobiology are embedded in each chapter showing how they underpin each of the recommended creative therapies. This book will be suitable for professionals directly employing creative approaches in their practice, such as arts therapists and play therapists, as well as those working with children who are interested in creative alternate approaches, such as psychologists, counsellors, therapists and social workers.Trade ReviewIn their excellent book, Anthea Hendry and Joy Hasler bring together a range of talented practitioners who explain and explore the dysregulating effects that developmental trauma can have on mind, body and brain, and what might be done to support developmentally traumatised children and their carers. Supported by vivid case examples, we see how the creative arts are themselves creatively used to great therapeutic effect to regulate bodies in distress, feelings in turmoil, and minds that are frightened and sad. -- David Howe, Emeritus Professor of Social Work, UEA, NorwichThis book is a welcome addition to all helping professionals and educators who work with children and families challenged by complex trauma. These experienced practitioners provide practical wisdom on not only creative approaches, but also the key elements involved in effective healing relationships and positive attachment. This contribution to trauma literature clearly emphasizes how and why collaborative, creative interventions that include family, school staff and therapists are essential to support reparation and recovery. -- Cathy A. Malchiodi, PhD, LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC, REAT—Executive Director, Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute, Louisville, KY, USAAttachment theories are now well established as an evidence-based framework that supports client-centred approaches, and that have alerted us to the devastating impact of trauma on child development. It is therefore a real pleasure to recommend this informative and clearly laid-out book to any practitioner interested in helping children and families through the use of creative therapies. Although the focus is on complex trauma and helping children and families in foster care, kinship care and adoption, much of the book content will be relevant to gaining an understanding of how to approach other complex situations. The theoretical chapters in part 1 clearly explained some of the main concepts and enfolded really well as a series. In part 2, contributors' honesty and dedication to their clients shone through all the different chapters, which were very informative about real-life practice. The focus on education in part 3 was also welcome, as the incidence of serious trauma in any average classroom has risen dramatically. This is a well edited book that will be relevant to creative therapists, whether in training, newly qualified or experienced and is above all a good read. -- Dr Val Huet, Chief Executive Officer British Association of Art TherapistsThis is an important book. For people who already know as a matter of lived experience that childhood trauma can destroy lives this book will inspire hope and confidence in the capacity of the human spirit to recover. And for those who do not understand the impact of childhood adversity this book will enlighten and instruct through the depth of knowledge shared and the accessibility of the many stories illuminating the impact of trauma and recovery in everyday life. I hope that it will be read by many, and I am sure that those who do read it will treasure it. -- Kate Cairns, Director of KCAThis clear, concise cutting-edge collection of chapters by a wide range of skilled contributors demonstrates how insights from contemporary evidence-based research may be used to enable healing for traumatised children who are not able to live with their birth parents. Its relevance is far-reaching and makes it a 'must have' book for all who work with patients who struggle to overcome the effects of early relational trauma. -- Margaret Wilkinson, Training Analyst in the Society of Analytical Psychology; author, Coming into Mind. The mind-brain relationship: a Jungian clinical perspective, and Changing Minds in Therapy: emotion, attachment, trauma and neurobiologyThis is a brilliant book bringing together innovative creative therapies for adopted and fostered children and their families by specialists who have many years of experience of working with distressed or troubled children. If you are an adopter or foster carer you must use therapists who have both read this book and apply the principles. -- Helen Oakwater: Author of’ Bubble Wrapped Children: How Social Networking is transforming the Face of 21st Century AdoptionCreative Therapies for Complex Trauma is a very useful addition to the literature. It draws on the practice experience of an impressive range of therapists, and makes very effective use of case studies to exemplify and explore theoretical issues. Of use to both readers who are new to this are of work and to more experienced practitioners, it is certainly going to be on the reading list for my courses. -- Dr Kathy Evans, University of South WalesThis is one of the most useful and hopeful books I have read on the subject. It would be an informative read for anyone connected with an adopted family who is looking for an understanding of the types of therapy available, as well as for new and experienced therapists working with adopted children and their families. In fact, it is a useful book for any professional working with children. -- Susan Barr, Counsellor and Chair of the Bucks Family Network * BACP - Children, Young people & families *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. About the Editors. Contributors List. Introduction. Anthea Hendry, Art Psychotherapist and Joy Hasler, Catchpoint CIC. PART 1. MAPPING OUT THE TERRITORY. 1. Complex Trauma in Children: An Overview of Theoretical Developments. Franca Brenninkmeyer, Head of Child and Family Service, PAC-UK. 2. Creative Therapies for Complex Trauma: Theory into Practice. Anthea Hendry, Art Psychotherapist. 3. Putting Theory into Practice: Implications for Caregivers. Janet Smith, Adoption Support Practice Manager at Families for Children. PART 2: CLINICAL APPLICATION OF CREATIVE THERAPIES FOR COMPLEX TRAUMA. 4. How does Trauma Affect the whole family?: Assessment of the Effect of Trauma on Attachment relationships. Joy Hasler, Catchpoint CIC. 5. Beyond Words: Family Futures Neurophysiological Approach to Assessment and treatment of Traumatised Children. Jay Vaughan, Therapy Services Manager, Family Futures CIC and Alan Burnell, Manager, Family Futures CIC. 6. Dyadic Parent-Child Art Psychotherapy and Complex Trauma. Anthea Hendry, Art Psychotherapist and Elizabeth Taylor Buck, Research Fellow, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield. 7. Healing Rhythms: Music Therapy for Attachment and Trauma. Joy Hasler, Catchpoint CIC. 8. Making a Drama: Interview with a Dramatherapist who works with adoptive families. Molly Holland, Catchpoint CIC and Joy Hasler, Catchpoint CIC. 9. When Play Therapy is not Enough: Using EMDR in combination with Play Therapy for children with Complex Trauma. Renee Potegieter Marks, Consultant Therapist, Integrate Families. 10. 'Repetitive, rhythmic, relevant, relational, respectful and rewarding': Dance Movement Therapy in Attachment Work. Hannah Guy, Dance and Movement Therapist, Catchpoint CIC and Sue Topalian, Dance and Movement Therapist, Catchpoint CIC. PART 3: COMPLEX TRAUMA AND CREATIVE PRACTICE IN EDUCATION. 11. Adapting to Working in Schools with the Family Futures' Neurophysiological Approach. Marion Allen, Education Consultant, Family Futures CIC. 12. Rules, Relationships and Ripples: Therapy in a Specialist Residential School. Sarah Ayache, Head of Therapies and Art Psychotherapist, The William Henry Smiths School and Martin Gibson, Vice Principal, The William Henry Smiths School.

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Book SynopsisBringing together the latest research and theory about a child's inner world and the impact of the world around them, this is a guide to understanding and responding to the emotional needs of traumatised children. Founded on the principle that traumatised children do not have a secure sense of self and therefore cannot relate to the outside world without becoming overwhelmed, this book brings psychoanalytic and psychodynamic understandings of child psychology together with current neuroscience and trauma theory. At the heart of the book is an attachment-informed assessment model and guidance for treatment.Professionals working therapeutically with traumatised children, including therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, mental health workers, social workers and residential care workers, will benefit from the wealth of knowledge and valuable practice guidance presented in this book.Trade ReviewThere is much to like about this book. Bradley brings passion and compassion to the subject, with herself strongly present. She helps to illuminate some of the most perplexing parts of the work, including why some children cannot benefit from positive experiences (until some level of integration has been achieved), and why they can feel so unreachable in our efforts to provide positive attachment experiences... This is an important book in keeping alive pioneering (and still highly relevant) work addressed to emotional deprivation and development. -- Journal of Social Work PracticeThis very special book sums up the learning and deep insights from a lifetime's experience in helping some of the most deeply troubled children and young people in the country, and supporting and teaching those looking after these children. It is packed with fascinating vignettes and case studies, and will be immensely useful for staff and students working with traumatised children and their families in a wide range of settings. -- Adrian Ward, formerly of the Tavistock Clinic and author of 'Leadership in Residential Child Care: A Relationship-based Approach'Christine Bradley draws on her lifetime of experience of working with troubled children to demonstrate the continuing value of psychoanalytic insight today. Her messages, particularly of the importance of good quality supervision and consultation, need to be read by all those who are responsible for children in public care. -- John Drew, former Chief Executive of the Youth Justice BoardFor all of us, an integrated and coherent sense of self embedded in both history and experience is fundamental to who we are. For some young people, there is a serious challenge in being able to answer this question when abuse, neglect and trauma have invaded their lives. Throughout a lifetime of experience, in this book Christine Bradley sets out how these issues might be addressed to re-build a sense of self that is sustaining and meaningful and above all humane. Nothing could be more important in addressing the current issues for professionals in seeking inspiration and hope in the work that they do. -- John Simmonds, OBE, Director of Policy, Research and Development, CoramBAAFTable of ContentsForeword by Judith Trowell, Patron Thomas Coram and Voice Psychoanalyst and Psychiatrist, Tavistock Clinic London. Preface. The Cotswold Community - The Story of a Pioneering Therapeutic Community. John Whitwell, Director Cotswolf Community and ISP Kent (1972 - 2016). Introduction. Christine Bradley, Child Care Consultant. Part 1. Exploring Integration - A Jigsaw Puzzle in the Making. 1. The Development of the Self Through a Secure Attachment. Alistair Cooper, Clinical Psychologist, Anna Freud Centre. 2. Unintegration and Attachment - The Legacy of Bowlby and Winnicott. Christine Bradley. 3. Syndromes of Deprivation - Finding the Real Self. Christine Bradley. 4. Assessing the Need of Traumatised Children. Christine Bradley. 5. Therapeutic Treatment Programmes. Christine Bradley. 6. Creating a Therapeutic Culture. Christine Bradley. Part II. Applying the Concepts in Different Settings. 7. How It Works. Christine Bradley. 8. Residential Care. Christine Bradley. 9. Leading a Therapeutic Community. John Diamond. 10. Fostering and Post-Adoption. Christine Bradley. 11. The Unintegrated Adolescent. Christine Bradley. 12. Conclusions. Christine Bradley. Afterword. Jonathan Stanley. Glossary. References.

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Book SynopsisAssessment and Intervention with Mothers and Partners Following Child Sexual Abuse provides child protection professionals with the guidance they need to make the right decisions in cases of suspected or proven sexual abuse and ensure the best outcome for the child.Assessments and interventions used for other forms of abuse, such as physical abuse or neglect, elicit a great deal of information, but do not fully address the issues and needs in relation to child sexual abuse. This book lays out a new model for understanding, assessing and working with mothers of sexually abused children or partners of known or suspected sexual offenders - a model which combines offender knowledge with understanding of mothers and partners. It is structured around the following central critical questions:· Did she know it was happening?· Is she able to protect the child?· What do I need to do to ensure that the child is safe?Combining research and empirical evidence with case studies, exercises and practical guidance, this book is essential reading for child protection professionals working with children and families.Trade ReviewWritten by an experienced practitioner, this practical guide combines theory and useful models to assist those faced with the difficult task of assessing mothers of sexual abused children and partners of offenders. This difficult area of practice has long suffered from an absence of practical literature and Assessment and Intervention with Mothers and Partners Following Child Sexual Abuse: Empowering to Protect is therefore to be welcomed. -- Marcus Erooga, Independent Child Safeguarding ConsultantJenny Still responds to some of the key questions posed by practitioners working with partners of sex offenders - Did they know? Why did their child not tell them? Why do some not believe their child's allegations? Are they safe? What will help? She provides a format for assessment and intervention with practical advice on how to enhance partners' understanding of risk in order to help them protect their children and meet the child's recovery needs. Importantly it also helps practitioners identify where protection cannot be provided and where alternative care and intervention is required. This book is an essential resource for all those involved in assessment, intervention, case management and supervision. -- Robert Tucker, Independent Social Work Consultant, RGT Training and ConsultancyThis thoughtful and practical text will be critically important for all social workers, probation officers, psychologists, police and other professionals involved with decision making concerning parental capacity to protect. It also makes a significant contribution to the literature on protecting children from sexual abuse. -- Stuart Allardyce, Children's Service Manager, Barnardo’s and Chair, NOTA ScotlandJenny states "My aim throughout the book is to provide a basic grounding in understanding sex offenders and to weave that knowledge much more into our understanding of mothers and partners". For me the book does exactly that. It deals with what can be some potentially emotive issues with great care, whilst ensuring that the practitioner has a clear understanding of why things should be done in the way Jenny suggests. The work is based on theory but it is also firmly based on Jenny's excellent knowledge and understanding of the subject area. All in all it weaves theory with the knowledge and skills required to achieve the aims and objectives of the intervention, while illustrating practice application. The book is a 'must read' for all those who are involved in this area of work as well as those who assess children and families in other situations. -- Trevor Evans, Registered Social Worker, Consultant Trainer and Associate Lecturer, The Open UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. The complexity of assessing non-offending mothers and partners. 2. Did she know? Can she protect? Belief, disbelief and denial. 3. The addition of the offender perspective to our understanding of mothers and partners. 4. Understanding sex offenders: how much do we need to know and why? 5. Two simple models for understanding sex offenders for use when working with mothers and partners. 6. Applying knowledge of sex offenders when working with mothers and partners. 7. The impact of the offender on the mother/child relationship. 8. The effect of the offender on family dynamics. 9. What can hinder a good assessment? The need to see it from the mother's or partner's perspective. 10. Are we all speaking the same language? The need for improved inter-agency understanding. 11. Assessment of the mother/partner: pre-assessment planning. 12. The importance of engagement and motivation. 13. The assessment interview: what questions to ask, why, how and when. 14. Intervention: empowering mothers and partners to assist and to protect their child and family.

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Book SynopsisThe scale of the Rotherham child protection scandal has led professionals responsible for safeguarding children in other regions to recognise the extent of child abuse in their area and consider how to respond efficiently. Drawing on lessons learned from key case reviews and independent practice, this book tells the story of Rotherham and shows the consequences of failing to respond to concerns of child sexual exploitation. Using case examples demonstrating both poor and good practice, from Rotherham and elsewhere, the authors are able to present recommendations for improvements at strategic management and frontline practitioner levels.Trade ReviewAdele Gladman and Angie Heal were two of the remarkable individuals who understood what was happening in Rotherham long before the world did, and worked tirelessly to support young people and make others take action ... This book is therefore of great significance as the authors, once again, bring the experiences of children and young people themselves to the fore. -- Anne Longfield OBE, Children's Commissioner for EnglandThis is a comprehensive work by two practitioners who were at the heart of the Rotherham CSE case. It is without doubt the defining work on sexual exploitation of children in the UK and is a text that all social workers and practitioners in the field should read. It has been important to chart the history of Rotherham. It has enabled the authors to provide much needed guidance for us all on how best to recognise and deal with this scourge of our towns and cities. -- David Greenwood, Head of the Child Abuse Department, Switalskis SolicitorsAdele Gladman and Angie Heal have taken on a daunting task in writing a book about organised sexual abuse and intimate terrorism, with input from survivors, victims and professionals. The result is an extraordinary achievement, full of direct testimony and of real practical use to families, practitioners and managers in sustaining a proactive, community-wide approach to these social evils. The worst of human behaviour is here, and yet to counter this we also see amazing courage, resistance and love, and excellent practice to counter the failures. Anyone can benefit from reading this book, because we all need to understand what makes communities vulnerable to networks of abuse and the continuous steps that are needed to help keep them safe. -- Ruth Gardner PhD, FRSA is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Research on Children and Families at the University of East AngliaTable of ContentsForeword. Introduction. 1. Consequences of Failure. 2. Recognition. 3. Understanding the impact of grooming and CSE. 4. Taking Action. 5. Tackling Perpetrators. 6. The Criminal Justice Process. 7. Strategic Responses. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis handbook provides a succinct introduction to child mental health, covering the nature, prevalence, treatment and management of mental health problems in children and young people.The authors explore a range of issues surrounding the emotional needs of young people, showing how specific problems such as ADHD and learning difficulties can be targeted, while also recognising diversity issues and paying particular attention to at-risk groups. This edition is updated to reflect current direction in services, cutting edge approaches to interventions in primary health care, teaching and social service settings, as well as incorporating children's views on what mental health means to them and the impact of social media.Setting out ways in which young people can be supported by all practitioners in primary care, and covering early years through to late adolescence, the authors have created an invaluable resource for any front-line practitioner working in this area.Trade ReviewHelpful to both new and more experienced workers in the field or for those just wanting to understand more about individual topics. It gives consideration to the wider concept of mental health and how problems develop as well as using case studies to illustrate the conditions seen. A helpful and informative text. -- Cathy Laver-Bradbury Consultant Nurse Solent NHS author of Step by Step Help for children with ADHD-A self help manual for parentsThe handbook is a valuable third edition at a time of changing landscapes in CAMHS provision. With the demands and knowledge required by universal services to support, help and understand children, young people and family mental health undiminished, this up to date text is a welcome guide for both practitioners and students. -- Maddie Burton, Senior Lecturer Child and Adolescent Mental Health, University of WorcesterTable of ContentsPART I. Defining and meeting the mental health needs of children and young people. 1. Defining mental health. 2. Meeting the mental health needs of young people. 3. Assessing the mental health of young people. Part II. Child and family development. 4. Child and adolescent development. 5. Family development. Part III. Factors that influence mental health and relevant legislations. 6. What causes mental health problems in young people? 7. Protective and adverse factors. 8. Legislation relevant to young people and mental health. Part VI. Specific mental health problems of childhood and adolescence. 9. Emotional problems. 10. Behavioural problems. 11. Neurodevelopmental disorders (ADHD and ASD). 12. Learning disability and developmental problems. 13. Major mental disorders. Part V. Management strategies. 14. Basic interventions with applicability in primary care settings. 15. Specialist treatment approaches. Part VI. Promoting and training in child mental health. 16. Promotion and prevention of child mental health. 17. Training in child mental health. Part VII. Exercise and case study solutions. 18. Exercise and case studies solutions. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe need to support refugees has never been more urgent, but how can everyone working with them provide consistently effective care? Written for a range of professionals including therapists, teachers, social workers, housing support workers and healthcare professionals, this essential guide offers a holistic, person-centred framework to ensure that all those working with refugees to provide them with excellent support.Informed by the authors' direct work with refugees, the book starts with a comprehensive introduction to understanding the underlying issues that lead to the complex needs of an asylum seeking client group. Using an easy-to-follow 'what?', 'why?' and 'how?' structure, within the four key phases of refugee experience. It also shows professionals how to sensitively address trauma, loss and separation with clients who are adjusting to a foreign culture and language using three core principles (therapeutic relationship, bearing witness and psycho-education).Informed and accessible, this guide will help you create a safe, welcoming environment for asylum seekers in all stages of their journey to improve their psychosocial wellbeing and mental health.Trade ReviewThis is a sensitive and compassionately written handbook that places the refugee and asylum seekers' experience in a very real and human context. It offers insight to help those working with them to avoid falling into the dynamic of victim and expert helper, whilst never ignoring the multiple challenges the client is likely to experience. -- Natasha Moskovici, therapeutic caseworker, Refugee CouncilThis handbook will be of particular interest to medical professionals in general practice, as their experience can hinder or facilitate a refugee's interaction with healthcare. The important insight this book provides not only improves the patient's outcome and experience, but also the efficiency of the healthcare system. -- Dr Florence Mukuna MBCHB, GP trainee East LondonThis guide provides a comprehensive framework for healthcare professionals who work with asylum seekers and refugees... I found this book to be informative and sensitive. It is not only aimed at therapists, but at all professionals who may benefit from including a therapeutic dimension in their work with refugees and asylum seekers, including social workers and lawyers. -- Counselling and Psychotherapy JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgement. Foreword. Preface: How to work with this book effectively. Introduction. Refugee Background. PART ONE: Understanding the Refugee Experience. 1. The Refugee Experience. 2. Loss and Separation. 3. Host Country Aculturalisation. 4. The complex and multiple level of needs. 5. Self-Identity and Human Resilience. 6. Refugee Trauma and Mental Health. PART TWO: Three Core Principals. 7. The Therapeutic Relationship. 8. Bearing Witness. 9. Psycho-education. PART THREE. 10. Building on Strengths and Resilience through community engagement. 11. Reflective Practice and Self care. PART FOUR: Self Reflective practice and Self care. 12. Working with interpreters. 13. Working with separated asylum seeking children. 14. Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThe high profile reporting of child sexual abuse carried out by Jimmy Savile over decades has had far reaching-consequences, raising public awareness and concern, yet we continue to uncover new cases of institutional abuse which have been taking place under the radar for years.This book distils the learning from 80+ public inquiries relating to Savile as well as related cases of institutional abuse and analyses the key findings. It examines what we now know about offending within organisations and institutions, and how organisational failures can enable abusers. Each chapter also outlines solutions, offering perspectives for individuals and organisations on what practical action they can take to minimise risk in the settings in which they work.The book includes chapters specifically dedicated to the NHS, sports organisations and schools, and is necessary reading for professionals with responsibility for safeguarding in any setting.Trade ReviewThis book is a "must-read" for all who work to prevent the atrocities perpetrated by Jimmy Savile and others like him from being repeated. Marcus Erooga and colleagues have compiled an extraordinary and timely work that captures the multiple factors that allowed predators to sexually abuse the vulnerable with impunity. Their careful research enlightens us as to the complex reasons why victims find it so difficult to report their abuse and why bystanders miss, or even worse ignore, the signs that abuse is occurring. -- Kathleen McChesney, former Executive Director, Office of Child Protection, US Conference of Catholic Bishops former Executive Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of InvestigationGiven how rampant Savile's abuse of power was, lessons must be learnt. Marcus Erooga gives a compelling message for all institutions to ensure clarity and consistency of safeguarding policies are established and followed.Savile's victims were made to feel powerless. No one should ever have to experience what these victims did in the future. -- Linda Davison, Headteacher, Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolTable of ContentsPreface. Marcus Erooga, Independent Safeguarding Consultant. 1. Savile's sexual offending - what do we know? Marcus Erooga, Independent Safeguarding Consultant. 2. Savile - the learning from the inquires. Marcus Erooga, Independent Safeguarding Consultant. 3. Organisational Sex Offenders And 'Institutional Grooming': Lessons From The Savile And Other Inquiries. Professor Anne-Marie McAlinden, School of Law, Queens University, Belfast. 4. Thinking Beyond a Single Type of Organisational Offender. Marcus Erooga, Independent Safeguarding Consultant. 5. New technologies and organisational offenders. Dr. Ethel Quayle, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of Edinburgh. 6. Applying A Situational Prevention Lens To The Savile Case: Enhancing Understanding and Providing A Template For Strengthening Organisational Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse. Professor Keith Kaufman, Miranda Sitney, Alyssa Glace, Kelly Stewart, Judith Zatkin and Erin McConnell. Graduate Students, Department of Psychology, Portland State University. USA. 7. Engaging the Public through Messaging and Bystander Actions. Joan Tabachnick, DSM Consulting & Karen Baker, Chief Operating Officer, National Sexual Violence Resource Center, USA. 8. What survivors tell us about facilitating earlier disclosure. Jon Brown, Head of Development and Impact, NSPCC. 9. Operation Yewtree: A Watershed Moment. Peter Spindler, Honorary Fellow, Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, Portsmouth University. 10. Savile and the National Health Service. Joanne Durkin, Independent Consultant in Safeguarding and Organisational Development interventions and Marcus Erooga, Independent Safeguarding Consultant. 11. After Savile: Implications for Education settings. Jane Wonnacott, Director , In-Trac Training and Consultancy & Jane Wonnacott Safeguarding Consultancy Limited; Jane Foster, Farrer & Co. and Hilary Shaw, Safeguarding and Child Protection Schools and Education Officer, London Tri Borough area. 12. Safeguarding in Sports. Jane Foster, Consultant, Alice Cave, Associate, Adele Eastman, Senior Associate, David Smellie, Partner and Maria Strauss, Senior Associate, Child Protection Unit, Farrer & Co., London. Appendix.

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Book SynopsisSocial work theory and practice is evolving, and, this edited collection explains both what the latest developments are and how to use them in practice.Exploring the challenges currently being faced within social work, it shows new ways social workers can conceptualise and respond to these issues. It covers emerging theory relating to work with families, children and young people, refugees, older people, indigenous practice and more, while explaining different models that can be used. It explores interventions in different contexts including community development, mental health settings, partnerships with disabled people, work with Pacific communities, cross-cultural practice and the elements of evidence-informed and ethical practice.Trade ReviewThis book makes an important contribution to reconceptualising the theoretical basis for social work. It does so in a respectful, relational manner that builds on the best approaches from the past combined with those from the present, encompassing marginal as well as mainstream voices and in so doing furthers the cause of social justice at the heart of social work. -- Gillian Ruch, Professor of Social Work, University of Sussex, UKSocial workers will need to be open to the unexpected, to making the most of unanticipated opportunities, and to dare to dream. In that context, this book, bringing together newly emerging forms of understanding and practice, represents an excellent place to start. -- From the foreword by Jim Ife, Professor of Social Work, Western Sydney UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction: Emerging Theories for Social Work Practice, Robyn Munford and Kieran O'Donoghue. 2. PARTH Practices and Better Outcomes, Jackie Sanders and Robyn Munford. 3. Family Support and Social Work Practice, John Pinkerton, John Canavan and Pat Dolan. 4. Social Work with Resettled Refugees, Jay Marlowe. 5. Negotiating New Disability Practice Contexts, Garth Bennie and Sara Georgeson. 6. Social Work and Mental Health, Malcolm Golightley and Gloria Kirwan. 7. Social Work with Older People, Polly Yeung. 8. Transformative Social Work Practice in Community-based Organizations, Robyn Munford and Jackie Sanders. 9. Green Social Work in Urban Spaces, Lena Dominelli. 10. Social Work and Disasters, Kathryn Hay. 11. Te Whakapakari Ake i te Mahi - Mana Enhancing Practice, Paulé Ruwhiu. 12. Social Work with Pacific Communities, Tracie Mafile'o. 13. Cross-Cultural Social Work Practice, Rosaleen Ow. 14. Integrative Body-Mind-Spirit Social Work Practice, Sylvia Hong Yao, Cecilia Lai Wan Chan, Celia Hoi Yan Chan. 15. Supervision and Evidence-Informed Practice, Kieran O'Donoghue. 16. Repositioning Ethical Theory in Social Work Education, Donna McAuliffe and Lesley Chenoweth. 17. Conclusion, Robyn Munford and Kieran O'Donoghue

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Book SynopsisAssessing prospective adoptive parents, foster carers, kinship carers and special guardians is an extremely complex task, and one that happens within a pressurized time frame.Currently, assessments draw substantially on interviews, which can generate a lot of information but little analysis to enable professionals to establish a meaningful understanding of parenting capacity. Children with histories of trauma, loss and hurt need to join families in which parents exhibit the ability to be good at relationships, are able to manage their own stress and bond with the child in their care. Now fully updated and expanded to cover the assessment of kinship carers and special guardians, this book combines the latest findings from neuroscience with research on what makes good assessments and provides guidance and tools for making thorough, analytical and effective assessments. With contributions from leading experts including Dan Hughes, Jonathan Baylin, Kim Golding and Julie Selwyn, it will provide you with the information you need to ensure the best possible chance of placement success.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction, Joanne Alper, Adoptionplus. Chapter 2: Why are you frightened of being parented? Understanding developmental trauma, Kim S. Golding, Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust. Chapter 3: The home study and assessment of applicants: research evidence, Julie Selwyn, University of Bristol. Chapter 4: Adoptionplus: a new agency, a new approach, Joanne Alper, Adoptionplus. Chapter 5: Parenting well and staying well: understanding the qualities needed for parenting children with developmental trauma, Kim S. Golding and Ben Gurney-Smith, Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust and Adoptionplus. Chapter 6: Understanding developmental trauma, parental attachments, caregiving and PACE, Dan Hughes, Quittie GlenCenter for Mental Health. Chapter 7: The parenting brain, John Baylin, Norman Broudy MD & Associates. Chapter 8: Assessing potential kinship placements, Joanne Alper and Ailsa Edwards, Adoptionplus and Children in Need Chapter 9: Reflective functioning and parenting, John Baylin, Norman Broudy MD & Associates. Chapter 10: Conclusion, David Howe, University of East Anglia.

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Book SynopsisThis new book from life work expert Joy Rees explains the value of effective and meaningful life work with children who are fostered and adopted, and how best to carry this out.This book will help social work professionals, foster carers and adopters to understand the many aspects of life work and to consider the important contributions they can all make to this task. Life work is about helping children to know and to understand their personal stories and the life experiences that have shaped them. Enabling children to reach their potential and achieve the best possible outcome is the common goal, and this is best achieved by using the collaborative approach to life work advocated in this bookTrade ReviewJoy Rees brings her practice wisdom, theoretical knowledge and field work experience to give a confidence to those helping children to make sense of their lives. -- Mac Heath, Head of Children and Family Services, West Berkshire CouncilYet again Joy Rees has demonstrated her gift of enabling practitioners to help children make sense of their often confusing and painful stories, explaining complex subjects and processes in clear, accessible language. -- Gillian Thrower, Developmental Trauma and Attachment TherapistLife Work with Children Who are Fostered or Adopted really challenges us to think about who is holding the history for the child, and how we can pull these pieces together into a coherent story to be visited at intervals throughout the child's life. With clear understanding about why life work needs to be an ongoing process, this book has lots of practical information about a range of ways we can find, hold and share the story with the child. -- Kim S. Golding, Clinical Psychologist, WorcestershireTable of Contents1. Introduction. 2. Life Work Terminology. 3. Purpose of Life Work. 4. Theoretical Framework. 5. Team Around the Child. 6. Aspects of Life Work. 7. Summing Up. References. Appendices.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides mental capacity practitioners with accessible ethical guidance and applicable tools for applying the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005. It shows how clients' relationships can impact their capacity in positive and negative ways, and which communication skills practitioners can use to enable and empower those with impairment. It also covers how to engage in self-reflection and transparent debate about values to improve the quality of assessments. Helping practitioners interpret complex issues of mental capacity in the most beneficial way for clients, this book is essential reading for students and practitioners of law, medicine, mental health services and social care.Trade ReviewThis book grapples with the boundaries of capacity law, and the ways in which narratives themselves can empower and disempower. It is an accessibly written guide to the challenging ethical and legal questions facing social care practitioners today. -- Dr Lucy Series, Wellcome Research Fellow and Lecturer in Law, Cardiff School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University, UKThis is an extremely practical book replete with case examples and checklists of reflective questions. It is both accessible and intensely thought-provoking. The authors are two expert guides who take us on a fascinating journey through the intricacies of mental capacity law. -- Professor Penny Cooper, BSc (Hons), Barrister, PhD, Chair of The Advocate's Gateway, Council of the Inns of CourtA valuable and welcome book that focuses on the relational aspects of the Mental Capacity Act 2005; considering the individuals at the heart of best interests decision making to the practitioner, this book encourages us to all reflect on what makes us as individual human beings, what shapes us and apply that in how we engage with others.Ensuring decision makers see the person first, this book focuses on how practitioners can do just that, intertwining with existing case law, capacity assessments and ultimately best interests decision making. A valuable resource for all that work in this area. -- Jakki Cowley, Advocate & Director of Empowerment Matters, an Advocacy & Mental Capacity Act, Resource, Support & Information AgencyTable of Contents1. The legal landscape and the challenge for practitioners. 2. What is autonomy? 3. Why relationships matter. 4. Enabling and disabling narratives. 5. The ethical role of the capacity and best interests assessor. 6. Capacity and best interests: a not-so-bright line. 7. Conclusion. 8. Bibliography. 9. Appendices: theoretical resources. 10. Appendix: practical resource. 11. Statutes and cases.

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Book SynopsisSelf-neglect and hoarding is present in 1 of 5 social work cases in mental health and older people's services. These cases can be the most alarming and challenging on a social worker's caseload.A skilled, thorough risk assessment of the behaviours of self-neglect is needed in order to ensure effective care and support is available. This guide offers practical and applicable tools and solutions for all professionals involved in working with people who self-neglect. It includes tips for assessment and decision-making in the support process, and updates following the implementation of the Care Act 2014, which deemed self-neglect a safeguarding matter.Trade ReviewThis book is a further step towards building a successful long-term management strategy for self-neglect and hoarding, rather than just a guide focusing on resolving the obvious, outward manifestations. It provides a great example of a 'journey of support' for the affected individual whilst not forgetting the legal obligations and moral duties of professionals. I'm confident, with the toolkit for a patient centred approach outlined in this book, our management of this disorder, with its considerable societal risks, will improve dramatically. -- Dr. Roberta Caiazza, HCPC registered Senior Clinical PsychologistSelf-Neglect and Hoarding contains much of the information practitioners will need in working with self-neglect. Barnett's emphasis throughout is on a person-centred approach to this important issue. -- Dr. David Orr, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of SussexTable of Contents1. Self-Neglect and Hoarding 2. How Self-Neglect Affects People's Lives. 3. Themes Arising from Serious Case Reviews or Safeguarding Adult Reviews. 4. Safeguarding those who Self-Neglect under the Care Act 2016. 5. Therapeutic Engagement. 6. Assessment. 7. Defensible Decision Making. 8. Supporting the Practitioner. 9. Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThis book aims to share information about the experiences of birth parents and those currently working therapeutically with them, with the hope of promoting greater understanding and improved service development.With contributions from birth parents and professionals in the field, this book articulates the huge emotional challenges and pain faced by birth parents. Grounded in their experiences and drawing on the latest research, it outlines good practice for professionals, and puts forward a range of models for intervention, from very straightforward practical support through to therapeutic approaches and interventions.Practical and compassionate, this book provides a deep understanding of birth parents and their support needs which will inform not only individual practice, but also encourages the development of more humane and effective support services.Trade ReviewAdoption can be the step that breaks a generations-long cycle of family dysfunction. Birth parents are all too often living with the consequences of the same early childhood trauma that adoptive parents recognise in their children, and unlike them, may never had access to a safe, stable and loving home. This book is an important contribution to the debate around extending our growing understanding of the importance of therapeutic support to everyone involved in adoption. It belongs on the desk of everyone involved in policy and practice for vulnerable families. -- Dr Sue Armstrong Brown, CEO of Adoption UKThe needs of birth parents whose children have been adopted have not been sufficiently prioritised. This book shows powerfully why and how that matters for birth parents, for their children and for society. It does so in an engaging, rigorous, and balanced way that illustrates what can and is being done. Most importantly, it does so with humanity. -- Teresa Williams, CAFCASS Director and member of the National Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership BoardThis book opens our eyes to the lifetime impact of adoption on birth families. It is also a powerful testament of the huge benefits to children when birth relatives are supported to play an appropriate role in their lives, giving children confidence in who they are and adding to the security provided by their adoptive family. Everyone wanting to build a better future for children should read this book. -- Maggie Jones, CEO, Consortium of Voluntary Adoption AgenciesThis book specifically focuses on the therapeutic needs of birth parents, whose children are adopted. The words of the mothers and fathers quoted in the book are haunting and help shine a light on the experiences of parents, whose children are permanently removed from them, and who for too long have been disregarded, shamed, ignored or vilified. The perspectives and voices of these birth parents is essential in understanding their need for therapeutic support and in shaping the nature of such support. -- Cathy Ashley, Chief Executive, Family Rights GroupThe system has long failed to support birth parents who lose their children to adoption. This book highlights a range of practice and experiences that together powerfully show we can help birth parents to overcome their loss and to be better prepared to parent in the future. -- Mark Owers, Government Adviser on Looked After Children and Permanence and member of the National Stability Board and the Adoption and Special Guardianship BoardUnderstanding the needs of birth parents and what works in providing them with the support and help to change is a moral imperative; but it can also deliver improved outcomes for them, their families and the children who have been removed from their care. So there is a good 'business case' too. This book is a collection of findings which makes a major contribution to this better understanding.A key component of the Adoption & Special Guardianship Leadership Board's 'modernising permanence' programme is to develop practice which helps adopted children and children subject to other 'permanence' orders better understand their origins and their past. The findings described in this book have a significant part to play in the development of that thinking. -- Andrew Christie, Chair, Adoption & Special Guardianship Leadership BoardAdoption has changed, is changing and will continue to change. 'Supporting Birth Parents whose Children have been Adopted' really puts emphasis on adoption being a life long experience. It helpfully opens your mind to how it can be improved and done differently, and how working with birth families in a meaningful way can lead to a positive change. In an ideal world we would have no need for adoption, but we do not live in an ideal world, so we must concentrate on joining up the corners and multiple layers for everyone affected by adoption. This book provides a number of strategies to achieve that and should be referenced to all adults (including those thinking about adopting or working in adoption), so that we understand that one size can not and will not fit all. -- Scott Casson-Rennie, Adoptive parent and co-host of the Adoption & Fostering Podcast

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Book SynopsisThe diverse challenges that clinicians and children's workers tasked with safeguarding babies and young children face are complex, and this unique book looks at effective, practice-based and evidence-informed approaches to working across a wide range of issues.It outlines relevant theory and good practice, gathering case examples from around the world to illustrate what interventions look like in direct practice. Leading contributors address a wide range of challenges, including babies and very young children who have a serious illness, have complex diagnoses, or have been exposed to violence or adversity in early childhood.This is an essential guide for those who work to support and safeguard the welfare of babies and very young children, including professionals in health care, social work, mental health and child protection settings, as well as paediatricians, child psychologists and child psychiatrists.Trade ReviewThis book is an invaluable resource for everyone interested in infant mental health. Its wide-ranging chapters offer Insights into many areas of intervention. Most impressively, it keeps its focus firmly on the infant and young child, emphasising that their needs and experience cannot and should not be overlooked. A welcome addition to the literature. -- Biddy Youell. Child Psychotherapist. Tavistock ClinicI love the book! It is filled with richly detailed case studies and much wisdom!In this accessible and compelling volume, Bunston and Jones have brought together international experts to give voice to infants who have experienced adversity and trauma. The book, which provides sensitive and enlightening clinical vignettes, is an invaluable resource in preparing clinicians and practitioners new to the field, as well as in deepening the understanding and practice of established providers. -- Julie A. Larrieu, Ph.D., Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana USAThis book will prove a source of inspiration, understanding and support to all who work with this neglected group. It provides a reflective, empathic approach to problems of both workers and clients and is packed with practical suggestions and vivid case illustrations. -- Juliet Hopkins, Child Psychotherapist, Tavistock ClinicThis masterful collection awakens readers to very young children's urgent and often unexamined needs for social, emotional and relational support following the aftermath of complex traumatic experiences such as removal from one's family home, placement in foster care, witnessing community violence or familial murder, natural disaster, 'shattering homelessness', or' life behind a barbed-wire fence'. Authors hold babies, young children and families in mind as they offer hope, healing and 'reflective tenderness' in face of devastating trauma and complex challenges. This is essential reading for the global community of health, mental health, early childhood and child welfare professionals. -- Deborah J. Weatherston, PhD, Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health and the World Association for Infant Mental HealthEssential reading for the global community of health, mental health, early childhood and child welfare professionals. With attention to infants and very young children who face a range of challenges including serious illness, complex diagnoses, and exposure to adversity in the early years, the book offers a strong theoretical foundation, a variety of approaches and numerous case examples from around the world. Throughout, the editors and authors place an emphasis on the importance of relationships for health and healing, offering an array of strategies to promote infant and early childhood mental health. * Perspectives in Infant Mental Health *Table of Contents1. Introducing the Infant: And how to support vulnerable babies and young children by Wendy Bunston & Sarah J Jones. 2. Reflective Supervision's Essential Place in Thoughtful Practice by Julie Stone (Infant, Child and Family Psychiatrist), Sarah J Jones and Wendy Bunston. 3. Restoring Ruptured Bonds: The Young Child and Complex Trauma in Families by Fiona True (Social Worker and Family Therapist, Member of the Teaching Faculty and Co-Director of the Center for Children and Relational Trauma, Ackerman Institute for the Family, New York). 4. Developing an Intervention for Infants and Young Children in Foster Care: Watch Me Play! by Jenifer Wakelyn (Child Psychotherapist, London). 5. Keeping the Child in Mind when thinking about Violence in Families by Angelique Jenney (Social Worker, Director of Family Violence Services for Child Development Institute, Toronto). 6. 'Murder in their Family': Making space for the experience of the infant impacted by familial murder by Kathy Eyre (Senior Occupational Therapist/Family Therapist, Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital Mental Health Service), Nicole Milburn (Clinical Psychologist and infant mental health specialist) and Wendy Bunston. 7. Homelessness in Infancy: Finding 'home' for babies in crisis accommodation after family violence by Wendy Bunston. 8. Self-Determining Support for Indigenous Children in Australia: The Bubup Wilam case study by Angie Zerella (Education and Training Manager at Bubup Wilam for Early Aboriginal Child and Family Centre), Lisa Thorpe (proud Gunditjmara/Gunnai woman and current CEO of Bubup Wilam for Early Learning Aboriginal Child and Family Centre), Luella Monson-Wilbraham (Executive Officer for First 1000 Days Australia) and Kerry Arabena (Meriam woman, consultant, business owner and former Chair for Indigenous Health, University of Melbourne). 9. Infants and Young Children in the Aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident by Hisako Watanabe (Tokyo, Japan, Previous Director of Division of Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Assistant Professor at the Department of Pediatrics). 10. Play with us: Bringing hope and healing to Kwazulu-Natal's children by Rachel Rozentals-Thresher (Dlalanathi's Director since 2007), Robyn Hemmens (has worked in the children's sector in South Africa since the 80's) and Julie Stone (Infant, Child & Perinatal Psychiatrist, Gippsland, Victoria and Founding Director of the Uthando Project, working for the children of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa). 11. The 'International Infant': Examining the experiences and clinical needs of separated and reunited transnational infant-parent dyads: An essay by Natasha Whitfield (Clinical Psychologist, Ontario). 12. 'Invisible Children? How attachment theory and evidenced-based procedures can bring to light the hidden experience of children at risk from their parents by Ben Grey (Senior Lecturer in Attachment Studies at the University of Roehampton) and Jeremy Gunson (Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist working in the NHS, Birmingham). 13. Infants and Young Children Living within High Conflict Parental Disputes: "Keep me safe and organise my emotional world" An Interview with Professor Jennifer McIntosh (Clinical Psychologist, Professor of Attachment Studies at Deakin University) by Sarah J Jones. 14. Playing behind the Barbed-Wire Fence: Asylum-seeking infants and their parents by Christine Hill (Maternal Child Health Nurse and Infant Psychotherapist, Melbourne, Australia). 15. Infants with Cancer: The oncology unit as their second home by Maria McCarthy (Academic Researcher, Family Therapist, Melbourne) and Helen Shoemark (Associate Professor of Music Therapy at Temple University, Philadelphia) & Addendum: A mother's perspective. 16. High-Risk Infant Mental Health Outreach: Creating a professional community of caregivers using a collaborative mental health and nursing approach by Paul Robertson (Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist), Amity McSwan (Accredited mental health social worker and trained family therapist, Victoria), Louise Dockery (Registered Nurse, Registered Midfwife and Maternal and Child Health Nurse, Victoria). 17. The Art of Finding Authentic Discourses for Parents about and with their Donor Conceived Children by Sarah J Jones.

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Book SynopsisExamining recent research and practice on reminiscence, life review and life story work, this book offers critical accounts of the rapidly growing and extensive global literature, and highlights the continuing relevance and effectiveness of these therapeutic methods.The book includes examples of international practical projects, involving people of all ages, life circumstances, and levels of physical and cognitive functioning. Contributions from contemporary practitioners and researchers give a nuanced appraisal of the methods of engagement and creativity arising from the purposeful recall of our personal pasts. Chapters include reviews of technology, ethical issues including end of life care, working with people with mental health conditions, and working with people with dementia.Trade ReviewThis book will be invaluable, for its theoreticalunderpinnings as well as personal stories and practice-based guidance.However, the book's overarching focus on the stories that we all tell toourselves and others about past, present and future throughout ourlives means that it may well also appeal to a wider readership than moretraditionally narrow interpretations of 'reminiscence' or 'life story work'might suggest. * Journal of Practice Teaching & Learning *This forensically detailed book gets to the DNA of reminiscence and life review, combining reports of research studies with accounts of the application of different approaches in practice. It will be particularly useful for scholars and practitioners interested in the theory of reminiscence, drawing as it does on studies concerning the rationale and benefits of making sense of our lives, linking past to present and reconciling previous experiences. -- Ruth Eley, Dementia Action LiverpoolRead this book. The multiple perspectives are inviting, relevant, comprehensive, insightful, needed, scholarly and yet personal. -- Professor Bruce A. Stevens, Charles Sturt University, Australia and author of the Storied SelfTable of ContentsForeword by Barbara Haight. 1. Introduction. Faith Gibson, Emeritus Professor of Social Work, University of Ulster, UK and Associate Consultant, HammondCare Sydney, Australia. 2. Recent progress in reminiscence research. Thomas W. Pierce, PhD, Department of Psychology, Radford University, USA, and Ann Elliott, Department of Psychology, Radford University, USA. 3. Cochrane review of reminiscence interventions with people with dementia. Bob Woods, Emeritus Professor, Dementia Centre, University of Wales, UK. 4. Reminiscence and life review in later life: The Southampton longitudinal study. Peter Coleman, Emeritus Professor, Academic Unit of Psychology, University of Southampton, UK, Christine Ivani-Chalian, PhD, UK and Maureen Robinson, Independent Advocate for Older People, UK. 5. Developmental foundations of life-long reminiscing. Robyn Fivush, Professor, Department of Psychology, Emory University, USA and Dr Jordan Booker, Professor, Department of Psychology, Emory University, USA. 6. Reminiscence and life review work in Taiwan. Tsuann Kuo, Assistant Professor, School of Medical Sociology and Social Work, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taiwan. 7. Spiritual reminiscing in later life. Elizabeth MacKinlay, Adjunct Professor, St Marks Theological College, Charles Stuart University, Australia. 8. Loss of a loved one: Remembering the life and the dying days. Emily L. Mroz, Psychology Department, University of Florida, USA, and Susan Bluck, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychology Department, University of Florida, USA. 9. Guided autobiography: Scope, implementation, process, and international applications. Dr Cheryl Svensson, University of Southern California, USA, and Brian de Vries, Professor, Gerontology Program, San Francisco State University, USA. 10. Reminiscence, narrative, and the presence of meaning in life. Dr Jeffrey D. Webster, Psychology Department, Langara College, Canada. 11. The narrative self in the lived experience of dementia. Christine Bryden, PhD, Dementia Consultant, Australia. 12. Self-reminiscences of clinically depressed older adults and the tripartite functional model revisted. Philippe Cappeliez, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Psychology Department University of Ottawa, Canada. 13. Reminiscence, self and meaningful connections: A case example of 'Bill'. Kate de Medeiros, Associate Professor of Gerontology, Miami University, Ohio, USA, and Sara E. Stemen, Doctoral Associate in Gerontology, Department of Sociology and Gerontology, Miami University, Ohio, USA. 14. Sharing memories: Building communities through arts-based reminiscence. Marian Ferguson, Reminiscence Network Northern Ireland, UK and Dr Geraldine Gallagher, Reminiscence Network Northern Ireland, UK. 15. Creative exploration of the past in the present. Pam Schweitzer, Founder, European Reminiscence Network, UK. 16. Structured Life Review. Dr Juliette Shellman, School of Nursing, University of Connecticut, USA and Julia A. McNeil, RN, MSN/Ed, USA. 17. Life review: Lifespan development, meaning processes and interventions. Dr Gerben J. Westerhof, Psychology Department, University of Twente, Netherlands. 18. Memoir writing: The challenge of leaving a legacy. Mary O'Brien Tyrrell, President, Memoirs, LLC, USA. 19. The contribution of information technology to reminiscence, life review and life story work: The perspectives of people living with dementia and their families. Assumpta A. Ryan, Professor of Ageing and Health, Ulster University, UK. 20. Increasing the use of reminiscence and life review: Experiences with the development, implemtation and evaluation of an online certificate course. Dr Juliette Shellman, Loreina Yancura, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA, and Esther Gieschen, Program Manager & Interim Director, Center for Continuing Education, University of Wisconsin-Superior, USA. 21. Afterword by Faith Gibson.

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Book SynopsisThere are thousands of grandparents raising their grandchildren in the United Kingdom, the majority as a consequence of parental drug use or mental health issues. This book recounts the real-life stories of grandparent carers who chose to put their own lives on hold so that their loved ones can be properly cared for.Whilst most grandparent carers remain as unsupported informal carers, some seek to formalise their position by becoming Social Services Kinship Carers or achieve legal routes to independent care as Special Guardians or with a Child Arrangement Order. Whether formal or informal, full-time grandparent carers face life-changing futures. Immediate concerns are work, child care, the behaviour of the child, contact with the birth parents and financial support, and there is often no clear path to learning their rights and available support. There is also the challenge involved in balancing their bonds with their adult children while protecting their grandchildren. In this book, grandparents talk in detail about these issues and of how professionals and services have at times helped and not helped. These candid stories also explore how moving to live with grandparents can be experienced by both child and carer as simultaneously a gain and a loss.The stories offer support, and the book also includes professional advice to encourage grandparents to acknowledge their value, accept their limitations, develop realistic expectations about what they can and cannot achieve, and recognise that all successes should be celebrated.Trade ReviewThere is nothing more important to a child's life chances than being raised in a safe, stimulating and nurturing environment. The contribution and sacrifice of grandparents who step in to provide this is, therefore, of immeasurable value and should be supported as much as possible. This collection of testimonies will, I trust, offer reassurance, a sense of community and much practical wisdom to grandparents who are similarly placed. -- The Rt Hon Frank Field MP DL, Member of Parliament for BirkenheadThis book is a powerful collection of grandparents' experiences of stepping in to care for their grandchildren as kinship carers, their sacrifices and struggles for support. It's also full of love and hope - grandparents putting their grandchildren first and doing whatever it takes to support them; kinship carers supporting each other through peer support groups. And, importantly, it's a rallying cry for more recognition and support for kinship carers who have been taken for granted for too long. -- Dr Lucy Peake, chief executive, Grandparents PlusThis is a vitally important book for anyone caring for or considering caring for grandchildren, anyone who in the informal network around someone caring for grandchildren and for agencies working with these families. The stories are painful to read but show determination and dedication. They are hopeful stories for families struggling with the impact of addiction. This is a book of acquired wisdom and resourceful information. -- Joy Hasler, grandparent and founder of Catchpoint, a registered Adoption Support Agency

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Book SynopsisThis practice-focussed resource shows dementia care professionals how to harness resilience in their daily practice when working with people living with dementia. Nurturing and developing resilience can hugely improve quality of life for people living with dementia, and as such it is an important tool for practitioners to provide targeted, meaningful support that fits into the lives of people with dementia and care partners.This book guides readers through the key concepts of resilience within the context of dementia and explains the unique challenges and opportunities of developing resilience in this situation. It also provides real-world examples of resilience in dementia assessment and care and suggests clear frameworks for applying resilience in daily practice, as well as template assessment sheets. A practical and accessible resource, this book helps professionals ensure that people with dementia are treated as individuals actively engaged in their own lives and in the care which they receive.Trade ReviewStories of resilience in living with dementia are stories for us all. This practical, insightful and well-researched book brings this important concept to life and offers creative solutions to everyday situations. A topical and highly important book. -- Professor John Keady, Dementia and Ageing Research Team, The University of Manchester, UK and Founding Co-editor Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice (2002-2018)At a time of significant upheaval within the field of dementia care, this book provides a clearly stated and carefully reasoned framework to guide practice and deepen our understanding of the challenges of living with dementia. A compelling case is made for supporting and building people's resilience through dementia care practice. The author takes a hands-on approach, anchored in the lived experience of people with dementia, whose perspectives and voices are shared throughout. This excellent and accessible book will be an invaluable resource to dementia practitioners, students of health and social care and anyone with an interest in enhancing their skills and knowledge in supporting people living with dementia. -- Dr Richard Ward, Senior Lecturer in Dementia Studies, University of Stirling

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Book SynopsisThis book provides practical advice for professionals working with transgender (including non-binary) people who have survived any form of sexual violence or abuse. It gives professionals an understanding of the impact and trauma of sexual violence on trans people, as well as the additional difficulties they face accessing services that have traditionally been designed to serve cisgendered clients.The authors reveal specific issues faced by trans people as they recover from traumatic sexual experiences, and what steps professionals and organisations can take to meet the needs of the trans community. They also take a critical look at what can be done to reduce discrimination, particularly as many services for sexual violence tend to enforce strict gender segregation which can be exclusionary for trans clients. This book helps mitigate the traumatic effects of sexual violence on trans individuals, by recommending effective responses for all levels of service delivery, from organisational policies to advice for front-line professionals.Trade ReviewThis excellent book, based in extensive service provision experience and academic expertise, should be a touchstone for sexual violence organisations, scholars and anyone interested in understanding the challenges transgender survivors face. On highly politicised terrain, Rymer and Cartei have managed to create an accessible, evidence-based and practical text which will be appreciated by many. -- Alison Phipps, Professor of Gender Studies, Sussex UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction. Chapter 1: Introduction to Trans Identities. Chapter 2: Violence Experienced by the Trans Community. Chapter 3: Trauma and Its Effects. Chapter 4: Problems with Accessing Mainstream Services. Chapter 5: Best Practice-Organisations. Chapter 6: Best Practice-Individual Practitioners. Chapter 7: Looking Ahead. Appendix.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents an innovative relational and community based therapeutic model to ensure children's essential attachment needs are catered for in intensive mental health care.The text combines an overview of theory relating to attachment and trauma before laying out a model for working with children and adolescents in an attachment-informed way. The approach applies to a diverse range of settings - from in-patient psychiatric settings, through to schools-based programs, and provides the reader with the knowledge and guidance they need to introduce the approach in their own service. It also addresses the complexities of working with specific clinical populations, including children with ADHD, ASD, RAD and psychosis. Accessible for entry level clinical caretakers, yet sophisticated enough for clinical supervisors, this book is essential reading for professionals looking to improve the effectiveness of child and adolescent treatment programs.Trade ReviewIn Attachment-Based Milieus, John Stewart shares his original and practical approach to utilize relationship based approaches to healing. In a clear and well-written way, he provides us with the tools to leverage our Paleolithic tribal instincts in the service of plasticity and positive change -- Louis Cozolino PhD, Professor of Psychology, Pepperdine UniversityJohn Stewart has given us a gift. This book expands our use of attachment theory and provides a road map for institutions to travel on towards more secure base milieu care. -- Guy Diamond, Director, Center for Family Intervention Science, Drexel University, Professor Emeritus, University of PennsylvaniaJohn Stewart's new work is an excellent endeavor to describe the complex qualities that are central in developing and maintaining a milieu that provides young people with the relationships that they need to begin to trust. -- From the foreword by Dan Hughes, psychologist and founder of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy

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Book SynopsisThis book presents an innovative relational and community based therapeutic model to ensure children's essential attachment needs are catered for in intensive mental health care.The text combines an overview of theory relating to attachment and trauma before laying out a model for working with children and adolescents in an attachment-informed way. The approach applies to a diverse range of settings - from in-patient psychiatric settings, through to schools-based programs, and provides the reader with the knowledge and guidance they need to introduce the approach in their own service. It also addresses the complexities of working with specific clinical populations, including children with ADHD, ASD, RAD and psychosis. Accessible for entry level clinical caretakers, yet sophisticated enough for clinical supervisors, this book is essential reading for professionals looking to improve the effectiveness of child and adolescent treatment programs.Trade ReviewJohn Stewart's new work is an excellent endeavor to describe the complex qualities that are central in developing and maintaining a milieu that provides young people with the relationships that they need to begin to trust. -- From the foreword by Dan Hughes, psychologist and founder of Dyadic Developmental PsychotherapyIn Attachment-Based Milieus, John Stewart shares his original and practical approach to utilize relationship based approaches to healing. In a clear and well-written way, he provides us with the tools to leverage our Paleolithic tribal instincts in the service of plasticity and positive change -- Louis Cozolino PhD, Professor of Psychology, Pepperdine UniversityJohn Stewart has given us a gift. This book expands our use of attachment theory and provides a road map for institutions to travel on towards more secure base milieu care. -- Guy Diamond, Director, Center for Family Intervention Science, Drexel University, Professor Emeritus, University of PennsylvaniaTable of ContentsSection I. Introduction to Theory Informed Treatment and Attachment Theory. Chapter 1. Treatment within a Theoretical Model. Chapter 2. What's Wrong with the Kids we Serve in Intensive Treatment Settings and What do they Need to Heal? Chapter 3. Introduction to Attachment Theory. Chapter 4. Attachment needs within a three stage developmental framework. Section II. Supporting Healing Attachments in the Treatment Milieu. Chapter 5. How are attachments formed and how is this applied in the treatment milieu. Chapter 6. Understanding and using co-regulation of emotion as a precursor to self-regulation in the treatment milieu. Chapter 7. Executive functioning weaknesses, attachment and organization of the treatment milieu. Chapter 8. Attachment Informed limit setting within the intensive treatment milieu. Chapter 9. Rewriting (healing) shame-based self-narratives within the treatment milieu. Chapter 10. What gets in the way of the attachment informed stance for clinical caretakers? Chapter 11. Institutional support for attachment informed work. Chapter 12. Attachment informed work within the treatment milieu with special population. Chapter 13. Special Strategies and Considerations. Chapter 14. Kindness. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking book founded on extensive original research, designed to determine how restorative dialogue works, and the role of forgiveness within it. The research involved interviews with 20 victims who went through a Victim Offender Dialogue (used in crimes of severe violence), and documents how the shifts in energy during the course of their dialogue moves the toxicity associated with the crime to a different place. This study explores the role of bilateral forgiveness in restorative work and addresses key questions about the role of forgiveness in restorative justice, such as how it can be measured. It also outlines a model which explains how the energy flow of dyadic forgiveness in restorative justice dialogue is formed. Rich in data and in findings, this book will deepen understanding of how restorative justice works, and will inform future research and practice in the field.Trade ReviewArmour and Umbreit make a giant leap in the restorative justice discussion. Fascinating reading, and this is a truly new way of speaking about and thinking about the Victim Offender Meditation/Dialogue. This is well worth the read! -- Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Author of Forgiveness and Spirituality in Psychotherapy: A Relational Approach (with Steven J. Sandage; APA Books)An important new theoretical model based on the best of qualitative research-a deep dive into 20 restorative justice dialogues to explain how these encounters created profound psychological transformation for victims of terrible violence. -- David R. Karp, PhD, Professor of Sociology, Skidmore CollegeTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Dyadic Forgiveness in Restorative Justice: A Review of the Field and a Proposed Model; 2. Victim Case Narratives and Analysis; 3. Mapping Dyadic Forgiveness: An Analysis of Positive Energy Shifts in Restorative Justice Dialogue; A. Crime and its Impact. B. Motivation and Preparation. C. Dyadic Dialogue. D. Resolution and Post Dialogue Outcomes. E. Dyadic Forgiveness; Tables and Figures; Appendices

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Book SynopsisVictim awareness and the needs of victims of crime are a major societal concern. What Have I Done? is a photocopiable resource and downloadable online content to encourage empathy in young people who commit crimes or hurt others through their actions. It is designed to be used directly with young people who have committed a specific crime or caused harm and distress to others through their actions, and challenges the young person to face the harm they have caused and consider what they can do to help put things right. The course is flexible and interactive, and can be used on an individual basis or with small groups, and is suitable for young people with limited literacy. The exercises are challenging, and aim to be engaging through the use of creative arts, film, role-play and discussion. Clear guidance is provided for the course leader, and evaluation is built into the course, including a psychometric test. A downloadable online content to help stimulate discussion is also included.What Have I Done? will be ideal for victim empathy work in Youth Offending Teams and Young Offender Institutions, and can equally be used in schools, children's homes, youth groups and any context with young people. The programme is measurable, featuring pre- and post-programme empathy scales, and is suitable for young offenders subject to a youth rehabilitation order.Trade ReviewRealising how we affect others is an integral part of growing up, and acknowledging that young people have a huge capacity for change should be part of how we support them and their victims. This book successfully examines how young people react to their offending behaviour and how they can effectively address this while learning to take alternative actions in the future to avoid such negative outcomes. -- Children & Young People NowTable of ContentsSection I: Theoretical and Practical Background. Who is this workbook for? What is victim empathy? Victim empathy and reparation. Victim empathy and the restorative process. Restorative principles and values. Terminology. Notes for facilitators. Assessment for suitability. Groupwork. Course structure. Homework. Example timetables, structures and timings. Section II: Getting Started. Pre and Post Victim Empathy Scales. Expectations: What I need to work well. Section III: The Modules. Module 1: Thinking about what I did. Module 2: Thinking about the person I hurt. Module 3: Thinking about who else I affected. Module 4: My chance to put things right. Template 1: Values Coin. Template 2: Feelings Faces. Template 3: Thought and Feelings Bubbles. Template 4: Human Figure. Template 5: Anger Cards. Evaluation questionnaire. Pre and post victim empathy scalesOnline video: Module 1 - Thinking about what I did. Module 2 - Thinking about the person I hurt. Module 3 - Thinking about who else I affected. Module 4 - My chance to put things right.

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Book SynopsisOfficially supported and endorsed by the Theraplay Institute, this handbook provides concrete assistance from international experts on deepening Theraplay knowledge and skills in much-needed and requested areas of practice.With up-to-date information on Theraplay theory, applications and implementation, the chapters cover Theraplay with infants, toddlers, school aged children and adolescents. Home, school, and out-patient mental health settings are all covered in detail, as well as dyadic and group forms of Theraplay. Client issues include interpersonal violence, LGBTQ families, anxiety, child sexual abuse, transitioning from foster care to adoption, and deaf and hard of hearing. Additionally, extensive information is provided about working with caregivers including discussion of their own attachment history, practice sessions before including the child, and regular caregiver-only sessions to process and strengthen Theraplay treatment.This book is essential for any Theraplay practitioner wanting to ensure their approach is fully informed and carefully tailored to meet their client's needs.Table of Contents1. An Overview of the Theraplay ModelSandra Lindaman, Rana Hong, Danielle Maxonight and Fiona Peacock2. Ghosts in the Theraplay Room - Exploring, Considering and Understanding the Impact of a Caregiver's Own History on Theraplay TreatmentKaren Doyle Buckwalter3. Prenatal and Infant TheraplaySaara Salo and Hanna Lampi4. Theraplay with AdolescentsFiona Peacock5. Sunshine Circles: Universal Best Practice for Young Children in Preschool ClassroomsKay Schieffer6. Home-Based TheraplayAnnie Kiermaier7. Theraplay Adaptations for Anxiety DisordersDanielle H. Maxonight8. Using Theraplay to Treat Clients of Child Sexual AbuseElizabeth Konrath and Eliana Gil9. Using Theraplay to Help Children who are Moving FamiliesViv Norris10. Theraplay with Families Affected by Domestic ViolenceDonna M. Gates11. Adapting Theraplay for Affirmative Intervention with LGBTQ FamiliesLauren C. Smithee12. Theraplay with Children who are Deaf or Hard of HearingAlexis Greeves and Nicki Melby

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Book SynopsisThis is an essential handbook for youth workers, teachers, social workers and youth justice practitioners working with young people to raise awareness about the risks and realities of gangs and gang-related crime.Each activity offers a different learning experience including quizzes, worksheets, games and interactive activities. The book explores peer pressure, loyalty and personal responsibility as well the impact that violent crime can have on individuals, family, community and wider society. It also considers the ethical and moral dilemmas of gang life, serious youth violence and crime and the potential consequences of gang membership and carrying a weapon.Written by a renowned youth worker and trainer, this essential book helps young people to separate myth from fact, build assertiveness and develop the skills to make safe choices.

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Book SynopsisA collection of 5 workbooks for helping children aged 10+ use CBT to manage difficult emotions. Each workbook covers a different feeling: Anger, Anxiety, Stress, Exam Stress, and Depression. Designed for kids to use alone or with a parent or care professional, the books provide explanations and tools for handling tough feelings.

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Book SynopsisA refreshing book that can hold the reader's interest throughout. Quality of Life and Disability should be a compulsory text for all students in the disability field and would make a useful one for experienced practitioners including social workers.'- Australian Social Work'Among the recent proliferation of books on quality of life, this is a standout! Not only is Quality of Life and Disability: An Approach for Community Practitioners placed squarely in the disability field, but it has an applied emphasis that is rare for a topic that so abounds in vague and often conflicting theories and terminologies. Rather than burdening the reader with the conceptual conundrums of a construct as ambitious as whole of life quality, Brown and Brown dive into the real life issues. This quality of life text will appeal to many practitioners in the disability field. A welcome addition to the bookshelves of many practitioners.'- Paul Bramston, University of Southern Queensland, Australia'Excellent guide demonstrating to practitioners, not only what they have to do to increase the quality of life of the people they look after, but also how they should start doing it.' - Wspolne Tematy'A remarkably rich mixture of experience, guidance and insight into the determination of people's quality of life, and into ways in which a wide variety of care staff, managers and policy-makers can understand and respond to disabled people's wants and needs.'- Care and Health magazine'One of the most refreshing approaches in the contemporary literature on quality of life and disability. The authors are to be congratulated for the very user friendly way the book has been designed.' - Trevor R. Parmenter, University of Sydney'This book reflects the authors' extensive experience and admirable insight as they bring quality of life ideas closest to those who are in the best position to apply them - the practitioners. Useful, stimulating and well written.'- Robert L. Schalock, Hastings College, Nebraska'The authors weave their text seamlessly, reminding us at every turn that quality of life varies across individuals, cultures and time... tightly-structured and practical.'- Patricia Noonan Walsh, University College, Dublin'This excellent book is a valuable contribution to training literature in the field of community rehabilitation.' - Mitchell Clark, Mount Royal College, Calgary, CanadaQuality of life - physical, psychological and environmental well-being - is a crucial consideration for professionals working with people with a disability. The authors of this practical book apply ideas about quality of life to the field of disability to assist front-line professionals, managers and policy-makers in effective service provision.They examine the historical context of the concept of quality of life and discuss the application of quality of life in the daily lives of people who have disabilities. Using recent studies to show how the development of quality of life approaches have led to changes in rehabilitation, and how an understanding of the issue can inform practice in assessment, intervention, management and policy, this is an indispensable book for all practitioners and managers working with people with disabilities.Trade Review'Excellent guide demonstrating to practitioners, not only what they have to do to increase the quality of life of the people they look after, but also how they should start doing it.' -wspolne tematy 'A remarkably rich mixture of experience, guidance and insight into the determination of people's quality of life, and into ways in which a wide variety of care staff, managers and policy-makers can understand and respond to disabled people's wants and needs.' - Care and Health magazine, Jan '04, Issue 52 'One of the most refreshing approaches in the contemporary literature on quality of life and disability... The authors are to be congratulated for the very user friendly way the book has been designed.' - Trevor R. Parmenter, University of Sydney 'This book reflects the authors' extensive experience and admirable insight as they bring quality of life ideas closest to those who are in the best position to apply them - the practitioners...useful, stimulating and well written.' - Robert L. Schalock, Hastings College, Nebraska 'The authors weave their text seamlessly, reminding us at every turn that quality of life varies across individuals, cultures and time...tightly-structured and practical.' - Patricia Noonan Walsh, University College, Dublin 'This excellent book...is a valuable contribution to training literature in the field of community rehabilitation.' - Mitchell Clark, Mount Royal College, Calgary, CanadaTable of ContentsForeword. Ann and Rud Turnbull, Beach Center for Family and Disability Studies, University of Kansas. Preface. 1. Introducing quality of life. 2. Four people with disabilities: A glance at their lives. 3. Understanding the Social and Historical Roots of Disability. 4. Life gardening: Improving quality of everyday life. 5. Quality of life: A model for practice. 6. Assessment and measurement of quality of life. 7. Intervention based on quality of life. 8. Quality of life in families. 9. A quality of life case example: Dealing with grief. 10. Professional and ethical issues for quality of life. 11. Policy, management and quality-of-life-based practice. 12. Quality of life, disability and the future. About the authors. Index.

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