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During the 1990s there was vigorous research about the specific influences of parenting on children's development. The effects of parenting on three domains of development are especially important: children's academic achievement and intelligence; social-emotional development; and risk-taking behaviours during the adolescent years. The research agendas have been diverse in terms of populations studied, methodologies used, designs employed (naturalistic versus interventions to change outcomes), and conceptual or theoretical models used to guide data collection analysis. In this text, the...

This stimulating book explores the many ways in which social group workers approach diversity. Capturing the Power of Diversity represents a range of interests and approaches to the challenges faced by group workers throughout the world. It illustrates the complexity, creativity, and excitement of the diversity concept and it explores how practitioners manage and adjust to diversity and use its power constructively. The contributing authors discuss macro approaches to inequality in social, political, and economic spheres and address concerns about the fit of group work into the social work...