Homelessness has increased rapidly in recent years, and with increasing economic pressures on the horizon, looks set to continue to increase. This interdisciplinary book outlines good practice on how to support people experiencing homelessness, who increasingly experience abuse, exploitation and neglect, escalating health and care needs, and ......
Newly revised and updated, this classic text examines the impact of social forces on the aging process. It considers aging from personal, family, community, societal, and global perspectives. This sixth edition reflects significant changes in the field of social gerontology.
A Story to Help Children Who Have Experienced Something Scary
This is the story of Alex who has experienced 'scary things', and the different things he does to cope with all the ways these scary things make him feel. This gentle storybook will help children who have experienced trauma deal with their emotions and learn coping strategies.
For professional and voluntary advocates supporting adults, young people
The concise and informative handbook provides accessible advice with a minimum of legal jargon and can be used as a reference book for all those who undertake advocacy work with adults, young people and children, either in a professional or voluntary capacity.
Presenting an empowerment-oriented approach, this how-to guide covers the innovations and theories needed to manage and create a successful social service organization. It tackles important issues related to this complex management field including: values and ethics; organizational structure; diverse clientele and access to services; and more.
A Guide to Supporting Children and Adults with Intellectual and Developm
An Introduction to Active Support: A guide to supporting children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities is a portable booklet that can either be used as a stand-alone resource, or as part of an induction pack.
Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT) is a goal-directed therapy that utilizes questions and scales to help clients determine their goals, and then reveal the behaviors needed for them to achieve or maintain further progress. This book presents an introduction to SFT, with explanations of the origins, tenets, and common techniques associated with SFT.
Practitioners in the social, behavioral, and health fields often work with perpetrators and survivors of interpersonal violence. Many are asked to make predictions about the likelihood of future violence. Assessing Dangerousness reviews the intricacies of predicting intimate partner violence and homicide as well as child abuse and homicide to ......
This highly accessible work, now thoroughly revised, has shown thousands of students and clinicians how to assess and treat children's emotional and behavioral difficulties from a developmental perspective. The authors provide a sound understanding of typical development (ages 2-12) and the risk and protective factors for psychopathology. Chapters ......
