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Book SynopsisWhat social change has been achieved over the past 30 years?
What have been the main barriers to progress?
What great achievements can we identify and celebrate today?
Marking Jessica Kingsley Publishers' 30th year of publishing books on social and behavioural issues, this book gathers together over 30 leading thinkers from diverse disciplines - from autism specialists and social workers through to trans rights activists and complementary therapists.
Contributors provide a thoughtful account of how their field of expertise has changed over the past 30 years, and how they see it evolving in the future.
Offering a unique insight into many professions, 30 Years of Social Change highlights much of the positive social change achieved in the past 30 years across these fields and the challenges we face in the future.
Table of Contents1. How our understanding of and approach to autism has developed over 30 years. Tony Attwood. 2. The Stigma of Autism. Dr Luke Beardon. 3. What I have learnt over three decades as a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Nisha Dogra. 4. Therapeutic Communities: adapt or die!. Rex Haigh and Jan Lees. 5. Mental Health Stigma: Talking and Taboo. Sarah Carr. 6. Developments in Art Therapy over the Last 30 Years. Marian Liebmann. 7. Music Therapy. Grace Watts 8. What seest thou else? The past and future of forensic psychotherapy. Gwen Adshead. 9. Fake-News, Post Truth and the Glimmer of Hope: Some Changes in the Educational Landscape, 1987-2017. Paul Cooper. 10. A brief story of counselling in schools since 1987. Nick Luxmoore. 11. Children's rights and power. Priscilla Alderson. 12. Educational Psychology: The Last Thirty Years. Barbara Kelly. 13. Reflections on the past 30 years of restorative practice in the UK. Belinda Hopkins. 14. Social Work. Joyce Lishman. 15. Adult safeguarding. Michael Mandelstam. 16. 30 years of Service User Involvement and Advocacy. Peter Beresford. 17. Dementia: Reflections. Dawn Brooker. 18. Changing views of safeguarding children since 1987. Harriet Ward. 19. 30 Years of Social Work and the Media. Martin Barrow. 20. Breaking the Silence and Secrecy of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Christiane Sanderson. 21. 30 Years in the field of adoption and foster care. Kim Golding. 22. Other People's Children: Adoption. Sally Donovan. 23. Youth Work: Personal, Social and Political Education. Vanessa Rogers. 24. Occupational therapy. Winnie Dunn. 25. Using a 'Functional Nutrition' Approach. Lorraine Nicolle. 26. Chinese Medicine in the West. Nigel Ching. 27. Yoga Therapy: A Pleasant Surprise. Matthew Taylor. 28. Chinese medicine - journey from the fringes. 29. Aromatherapy Literature 2987-2017. Jennifer Peace Rhind. 30. Developments in Shiatsu over the last 30 years. Carola Beresford-Cooke. 31. Gender Diversity. CJ Atkinson.
