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Assault on the Soul: Women in the Former Yugoslavia
ISBN: 9780789007704 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Therapists, counselors, other mental health professionals, attorneys, and Justices of the International Criminal Tribunal shed light on women's recent wartime experience and make sense of their coping strategies in the face of atrocities against them. In addition to providing a historical document, the collection demonstrates the application of fem
Therapists, counselors, other mental health professionals, attorneys, and Justices of the International Criminal Tribunal shed light on women's recent...
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Caregiving-Leisure and Aging
ISBN: 9780789007995 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Create programs that make good use of the leisure time of the elderly, and of those who care for them Caregiving is a vital issue in today's rapidly aging society. Each year, a greater number of elderly people find themselves in need of care, and at the same time, more elderly adults than ever are finding themselves in the caregiving role. Caregiving--Leisure and Aging blends the work of six experts in the field, exploring implications for future practice and research, examining caregivers and care receivers and their need for appropriate leisure and recreation activities, and sharing...
Create programs that make good use of the leisure time of the elderly, and of those who care for them Caregiving is a vital issue in today's rapidly a...
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Elder Abuse and Neglect in Residential Settings: Different National Backgrounds and Similar Responses
ISBN: 9780789008077 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Elder Abuse and Neglect in Residential Settings: Different National Backgrounds and Similar Responses contains insights and examples from other countries where elder abuse and neglect have been recognized as an issue requiring social policy attention. Nursing home employees as well as professionals and policymakers will explore the physical as well as the psychological aspects of neglect in nursing homes. Elder Abuse and Neglect in Residential Settings discusses deliberate physical abuse and more common forms of neglect and abuse, such as bedsores, poor nutrition, improper medication, and...
Elder Abuse and Neglect in Residential Settings: Different National Backgrounds and Similar Responses contains insights and examples from other countr...
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The New Board: Changing Issues, Roles and Relationships
ISBN: 9780789008343 / Angielski / Twarda / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Meet the challenge of coordinating effective board-staff teamwork! Using specific real-life examples and informed recommendations for board management, The New Board: Changing Issues, Roles and Relationships explains why and how to consider redesigning your board form and practice. The innovations suggested here, from minor adjustments to far-reaching reorganization, can help you find and keep board members, make board functioning more efficient, and help you comply with the new, stricter rules of managed care. The New Board informs the boards and staff of nonprofit residential service...
Meet the challenge of coordinating effective board-staff teamwork! Using specific real-life examples and informed recommendations for board management...
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587,73 |
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Raising Our Children Out of Poverty
ISBN: 9780789008350 / Angielski / Twarda / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Raising Our Children Out of Poverty shows what can be done at the national and local community levels to raise children out of poverty by strengthening families, communities, and social services. br>Based on the April 1998 symposium Raising Our Children Out of Poverty at the Saint Louis University School of Social Service, this important book is particularly timely given the prevalence of poverty among children in the United States. Social Work practitioners and other helping advocates will discover chapters discussing the future of foster care, ecumenical housing, collaborative practice in...
Raising Our Children Out of Poverty shows what can be done at the national and local community levels to raise children out of poverty by strengthenin...
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Raising Our Children Out of Poverty
ISBN: 9780789008459 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shows what can be done at the national and local community levels to raise children out of poverty by strengthening families, communities, and social services. This book focuses on poverty among children in the United States. It discusses the future of foster care, ecumenical housing, and collaborative practice in low income communities.
Shows what can be done at the national and local community levels to raise children out of poverty by strengthening families, communities, and social ...
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Rebuilding Communities: Challenges for Group Work
ISBN: 9780789009425 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rebuilding Communities: Challenges for Group Work is a collection of research and information presented at the 18th Annual Symposium of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups. Social workers, students, educators, and practitioners will examine how group work can improve multicultural relations within the community. Through your use of the valuable suggestions in this book, you will discover new ways to help the poor in your community help themselves, while giving them a sense of power and self-esteem to help them battle racism, sexism, and shrinking economic...
Rebuilding Communities: Challenges for Group Work is a collection of research and information presented at the 18th Annual Symposium of the Associatio...
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Innovative Approaches for Teaching Community Organization Skills in the Classroom
ISBN: 9780789010001 / Angielski / Twarda / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bring your students the latest developments in community organization Innovative Approaches for Teaching Community Organization Skills in the Classroom will help social work educators efficiently teach students methods of practice that they need to know in order to offer the best services to clients with a variety of different needs in a variety of settings. Here you'll find assignments and exercises that combine new technology with progressive ideas about integrating theory and practice. This valuable book consistently addresses topics that will stimulate discussion on...
Bring your students the latest developments in community organization Innovative Approaches for Teaching Community Organization Skills in th...
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195,86 |
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Innovative Approaches for Teaching Community Organization Skills in the Classroom
ISBN: 9780789010018 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bring your students the latest developments in community organization Innovative Approaches for Teaching Community Organization Skills in the Classroom will help social work educators efficiently teach students methods of practice that they need to know in order to offer the best services to clients with a variety of different needs in a variety of settings. Here you'll find assignments and exercises that combine new technology with progressive ideas about integrating theory and practice. This valuable book consistently addresses topics that will stimulate discussion on...
Bring your students the latest developments in community organization Innovative Approaches for Teaching Community Organization Skills in th...
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97,90 |
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Advancing Aging Policy as the 21st Century Begins
ISBN: 9780789010339 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By the end of the current decade, many baby boomers will be senior citizens. What policies should we enact to prepare for an aging society In the coming decade, we have a unique opportunity to create new and better aging policies. This collection of twenty essays by prominent educators, researchers, and policy analysts in the field of gerontology brings together innovative ideas from the United States, Europe, and Japan. Instead of focusing on utopian dreams, these exciting proposals are based on policy changes that may well be attainable in the next ten years. The vital concerns addressed in...
By the end of the current decade, many baby boomers will be senior citizens. What policies should we enact to prepare for an aging society In the comi...
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Social Work : Seeking Relevancy in the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 9780789010506 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Social Work: Seeking Relevancy Beyond the Postmodern Era critically examines major issues that social work education and practice must confront if social work is to remain as a mainline profession. As a social work student or professional, you will be exposed to issues in social work that normally are not covered in mainline social work literature such as the use of hypertechnology, the disjuncture of science and social work, problems with social work theories, and the challenge of reconstructing the social work profession. This important book examines these issues and offers an analysis to...
Social Work: Seeking Relevancy Beyond the Postmodern Era critically examines major issues that social work education and practice must confront if soc...
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When the Caregiver Becomes the Patient: A Journey from a Mental Disorder to Recovery and Compassionate Insight
ISBN: 9780789012937 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examine a compelling account of a professional caregiver s inspirational struggle with a mind/body illness and the renewed sense of compassion his recovery provides.This uplifting narrative is the story of a caregiving professional stricken by panic attacks, a wounded healer desperate to be healed. When the Caregiver Becomes the Patient is the candid and compassionate first-hand account of Daniel Langford s struggle with the anxiety disorder that signals a physical, cognitive, and emotional crisis that paralyzes him, despite his extensive background as a health care professional,...
Examine a compelling account of a professional caregiver s inspirational struggle with a mind/body illness and the renewed sense of compassion his rec...
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People with Disabilities: Empowerment and Community Action
ISBN: 9780789013101 / Angielski / Twarda / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Develop more effective community initiatives and build solid collaborations Although the fields of disability studies and community psychology developed separately, with little crossover, they have evolved similar values, principles, and tactics. People with Disabilities: Empowerment and Community Action is the first volume to bring together these two fields. Now disability activists and community psychologists can join forces, share ideas, and gain strength from one another.This landmark volume offers empirical research and practical advice from respected scholars in the...
Develop more effective community initiatives and build solid collaborations Although the fields of disability studies and community psycholo...
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People with Disabilities: Empowerment and Community Action
ISBN: 9780789013118 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Develop more effective community initiatives and build solid collaborations Although the fields of disability studies and community psychology developed separately, with little crossover, they have evolved similar values, principles, and tactics. People with Disabilities: Empowerment and Community Action is the first volume to bring together these two fields. Now disability activists and community psychologists can join forces, share ideas, and gain strength from one another.This landmark volume offers empirical research and practical advice from respected scholars in the...
Develop more effective community initiatives and build solid collaborations Although the fields of disability studies and community psycholo...
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Housing Choices and Well-Being of Older Adults: Proper Fit
ISBN: 9780789013200 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Make housing for the elderly comfortable, efficient, and appropriate to their special needs Today people are living longer lives than ever before, and elderly people need to live in settings that reflect their individual capabilities. They need safe and appropriate homes, appliances, and furnishings that they will not lose the ability to use and enjoy in the years of decline. Housing Choices and Well-Being of Older Adults: Proper Fit addresses the challenge of matching the attributes of residential settings for older adults with the competence of the people who live in them. This...
Make housing for the elderly comfortable, efficient, and appropriate to their special needs Today people are living longer lives than ever b...
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Latino Elders and the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Challenges for Culturally Competent Research and Practice
ISBN: 9780789013279 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Latino Elders and the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Challenges for Culturally Competent Research and Practice will help social workers, researchers, and organizations identify and analyze ways of meeting the demands of the increasing number of elderly Latinos. Working from conceptual frameworks, case studies, and examples, this book provides you with a demographic picture of Latino elders and investigates the needs of ethnic-specific groups. Latino Elders and the Twenty-First Century will help you develop and create culturally competent intervention methods that take the culture, beliefs,...
Latino Elders and the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Challenges for Culturally Competent Research and Practice will help social workers, researchers...
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The Abuse of Men : Trauma Begets Trauma
ISBN: 9780789013798 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When men are abused, everybody suffers. This courageous book exposes a dark secret: Men are often victims of abuse. Although a great deal of attention has recently been paid to the victimization of women, the role of men as victims--not just perpetrators--has been neglected. The Abuse of Men reveals the impact of physical, sexual, and emotional trauma on the lives and relationships of men. This groundbreaking book shows how the negative effects of both basic training and combat may also cause lasting damage to men's self-esteem, ability to trust, personal boundaries, and ability to form...
When men are abused, everybody suffers. This courageous book exposes a dark secret: Men are often victims of abuse. Although a great deal of attention...
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Group Work : Strategies for Strengthening Resiliency
ISBN: 9780789014726 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Twelve papers from the October 1998 conference in Miami explore resilience issues in relation to children, couples, managers, survivors of torture, and HIV-affected youth. Written for social workers, the book focuses on the uses of group work for improving resiliency. Specific chapters consider the
Twelve papers from the October 1998 conference in Miami explore resilience issues in relation to children, couples, managers, survivors of torture, an...
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Group Work : Strategies for Strengthening Resiliency
ISBN: 9780789014733 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Group Work: Strategies for Strengthening Resiliency is a collection of research and information presented at the Twentieth Annual International Symposium on Social Work with Groups. For social workers, students, educators, and practitioners, this volume examines how group work can improve resiliency in your community. Resiliency issues are explored in relation to children, couples, managers, survivors of torture, poor women, HIV/AIDS affected youth, and other population groups. From its description of how the use of group work principles and skills can benefit managers and programs to its...
Group Work: Strategies for Strengthening Resiliency is a collection of research and information presented at the Twentieth Annual International Sympos...
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Family Empowerment Intervention: An Innovative Service for High-Risk Youths and Their Families
ISBN: 9780789015730 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Use this important intervention to improve your practice with substance-using youths and their families This vital book gives you a detailed review of a National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded, long-term clinical trial of the Family Empowerment Intervention (FEI). The subjects are youths who have been arrested and processed at the Hillsborough County Juvenile Assessment Center and their families. With information on the conceptual foundations and clinical practices of the intervention and an examination of its one-year and longer-term impact on these youths' recidivism and...
Use this important intervention to improve your practice with substance-using youths and their families This vital book gives you a detailed...
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