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Radical Hope in Social Work
ISBN: 9781003863106 / Angielski / 05-05-2026 Książka dostępna od: 05-05-2026 |
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Termin ukazania się książki: 05-05-2026
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863,59 |
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The Changemaker's Toolkit: How to Power Social Change in a World That Needs Hope
ISBN: 9781774586884 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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16,85 |
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An "Epidemic" of Adolescent Pregnancy?: Some Historical and Policy Considerations
ISBN: 9780195049978 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In classrooms and in living rooms, in research institutions and on Capitol Hill, teenage pregnancy is one of the most controversial public issues of our day. Yet after all the investigation and government effort, what is really known about the problem of adolescent pregnancy and how to deal with it? And what is the role of the social scientist and historian in a public issue of this kind? In this study, Maris Vinovskis--a prominent demographic historian and a participant in both Carter's and Reagan's Presidential initiatives on teenage pregnancy--sets these questions within a historical...
In classrooms and in living rooms, in research institutions and on Capitol Hill, teenage pregnancy is one of the most controversial public issues of o...
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372,86 |
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Managing Human Resources in the Human Services: Supervisory Challenges
ISBN: 9780195137071 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Managerial supervisors are those persons who supervise direct service staff, who oversee human service programs, and who perform macro practice tasks in their agencies on a daily basis. They are not clinical supervisors who oversee the treatment aspects of direct practice, nor are they administrators at the executive level. Managing Human Resources in the Human Services is the first book to address the challenges facing the often under-appreciated managerial supervisors who oversee and provide a crucial organizational structure for work that occurs in human service across the...
Managerial supervisors are those persons who supervise direct service staff, who oversee human service programs, and who perform macro practice tasks ...
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298,62 |
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Living on the Edge: The Realities of Welfare in America
ISBN: 9780231084246 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This acclaimed book powerfully depicts a side of the welfare experience rarely seen, dispelling the myth that only an urban underclass--the center of most policy debate--struggles on welfare. Rank's juxtaposition of numbers and faces demonstrates that welfare recipients share much in common with the rest of the population.
This acclaimed book powerfully depicts a side of the welfare experience rarely seen, dispelling the myth that only an urban underclass--the center of ...
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626,71 |
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Educational Supervision in Social Work: A Task-Centered Model for Field Instruction and Staff Development
ISBN: 9780231108522 / Angielski / Twarda / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a comprehensive examination of instructional supervision and introduces the Task-Centered Model for Educational Supervision (TCS). It begins by reviewing the history of educational supervision in social work and principles of effective teaching practices in the field. While theories about the principles and purposes of educational supervision abound, it has proven difficult to translate these ideas into a coherent model of supervisory practice. Educational Supervision in Social Work answers that need, presenting in detail TCS, an ordered series of discrete activities...
This book provides a comprehensive examination of instructional supervision and introduces the Task-Centered Model for Educational Supervision (TCS). ...
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707,64 |
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Educational Supervision in Social Work: A Task-Centered Model for Field Instruction and Staff Development
ISBN: 9780231108539 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a comprehensive examination of instructional supervision and introduces the Task-Centered Model for Educational Supervision (TCS). It begins by reviewing the history of educational supervision in social work and principles of effective teaching practices in the field. While theories about the principles and purposes of educational supervision abound, it has proven difficult to translate these ideas into a coherent model of supervisory practice. Educational Supervision in Social Work answers that need, presenting in detail TCS, an ordered series of discrete activities...
This book provides a comprehensive examination of instructional supervision and introduces the Task-Centered Model for Educational Supervision (TCS). ...
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232,89 |
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Parenting in Public: Family Shelter and Public Assistance
ISBN: 9780231111058 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When parents must rely on public assistance and family shelters to provide for their children's most basic needs, they lose autonomy. Within a system of public assistance that already stigmatizes and isolates its beneficiaries, their family lives become subject to public scrutiny and criticism. They are parenting in public. This book is an in-depth examination of the realities of life for parents and their children in family shelters. The author uses the Massachusetts family shelter system to explore the impact of asset and deficit-oriented help-giving approaches as they are...
When parents must rely on public assistance and family shelters to provide for their children's most basic needs, they lose autonomy. Within a system ...
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222,10 |
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Nurturing the One, Supporting the Many: The Center for Family Life in Sunset Park, Brooklyn
ISBN: 9780231115957 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since its establishment in 1978 the Center for Family Life has been an integral source of assistance to immigrant families in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, a community struggling with poverty, unemployment, health issues, drug-related problems, youth gang activity, a housing shortage, and oversubscribed schools. This book is a narrative of the development of the Center and its relations with the surrounding community. With its unique combination of community-rootedness and clinical sophistication, the Center serves as a programmatic model for other family service contexts. Underlying the...
Since its establishment in 1978 the Center for Family Life has been an integral source of assistance to immigrant families in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, a...
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171,42 |
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Economics for Social Workers: The Application of Economic Theory to Social Policy and the Human Services
ISBN: 9780231116862 / Angielski / Twarda / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This primer for social work students introduces the general definitions and concepts of economics and uses case studies in social work to develop applied knowledge. The case studies include stories of job training, substance abuse centers, counseling, therapy, child protective services, and services for the poor. The concluding chapters are devoted to topics directly related to social work: economics of poverty, health economics, household economics, the economics of labor, and government failure.
This primer for social work students introduces the general definitions and concepts of economics and uses case studies in social work to develop appl...
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572,76 |
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Economics for Social Workers: The Application of Economic Theory to Social Policy and the Human Services
ISBN: 9780231116879 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This primer for social work students introduces the general definitions and concepts of economics and uses case studies in social work to develop applied knowledge. The case studies include stories of job training, substance abuse centers, counseling, therapy, child protective services, and services for the poor. The concluding chapters are devoted to topics directly related to social work: economics of poverty, health economics, household economics, the economics of labor, and government failure.
This primer for social work students introduces the general definitions and concepts of economics and uses case studies in social work to develop appl...
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144,35 |
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Resiliency Enhancement: Putting the Strength Perspective Into Social Work Practice
ISBN: 9780231118002 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book bridges the gap between theory and implementation to illustrate how resiliency enhancement enables social workers to put the strengths perspective successfully into practice for their clients. Contributors to this volume show how social workers can use interventions to enhance those resiliency factors.
This book bridges the gap between theory and implementation to illustrate how resiliency enhancement enables social workers to put the strengths persp...
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653,69 |
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Resiliency Enhancement: Putting the Strength Perspective Into Social Work Practice
ISBN: 9780231118019 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book bridges the gap between theory and implementation to illustrate how resiliency enhancement enables social workers to put the strengths perspective successfully into practice for their clients. Contributors to this volume show how social workers can use interventions to enhance those resiliency factors.
This book bridges the gap between theory and implementation to illustrate how resiliency enhancement enables social workers to put the strengths persp...
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211,30 |
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Empowerment Practice with Families in Distress
ISBN: 9780231124621 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For more than 150 years, empowering practices have been used by social workers in their work with families, but the techniques of today differ significantly from those of the pioneers or even from those of a few years ago. Today's practitioners recognize that empowering others is impossible; social workers can, however, assist others as they empower themselves. This book integrates time-honored approaches with today's more modest goals, mindful of what empowerment can and cannot do. Synthesizing several theoretical supports--the strengths perspective, system theory, theories of family...
For more than 150 years, empowering practices have been used by social workers in their work with families, but the techniques of today differ signifi...
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623,82 |
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Empowerment Practice with Families in Distress
ISBN: 9780231124638 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For more than 150 years, empowering practices have been used by social workers in their work with families, but the techniques of today differ significantly from those of the pioneers or even from those of a few years ago. Today's practitioners recognize that empowering others is impossible; social workers can, however, assist others as they empower themselves. This book integrates time-honored approaches with today's more modest goals, mindful of what empowerment can and cannot do. Synthesizing several theoretical supports--the strengths perspective, system theory, theories of family...
For more than 150 years, empowering practices have been used by social workers in their work with families, but the techniques of today differ signifi...
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195,91 |
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Attachment and Dynamic Practice: An Integrative Guide for Social Workers and Other Clinicians
ISBN: 9780231133906 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Contemporary attachment theory both enriches our understanding of human development and informs clinical practice. Examining the relational bonds between young children and their caregivers, it traces its origins to several scientific and social fields, most notably psychoanalysis, social work, behaviorism, ethology, evolutionary theory, and biology. The first portion of this book examines attachment theory and its relationship to other psychodynamic theories of development and then discusses the landmark contributions of John Bowlby, the "father" of modern attachment theory. The section...
Contemporary attachment theory both enriches our understanding of human development and informs clinical practice. Examining the relational bonds betw...
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653,69 |
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Attachment and Dynamic Practice: An Integrative Guide for Social Workers and Other Clinicians
ISBN: 9780231133913 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Contemporary attachment theory both enriches our understanding of human development and informs clinical practice. Examining the relational bonds between young children and their caregivers, it traces its origins to several scientific and social fields, most notably psychoanalysis, social work, behaviorism, ethology, evolutionary theory, and biology. The first portion of this book examines attachment theory and its relationship to other psychodynamic theories of development and then discusses the landmark contributions of John Bowlby, the "father" of modern attachment theory. The section...
Contemporary attachment theory both enriches our understanding of human development and informs clinical practice. Examining the relational bonds betw...
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154,67 |
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Child in Latin America: Health, Development, and Rights
ISBN: 9780268022587 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although most Latin American countries are considered middle-income nations, their child health and well-being statistics overall compare poorly with those of the United States. This volume, representing the fifth part of Project Latin America 2000 from the Helen Kellogg Institute, brings together contributors from the U.S., Latin America, and organizations such as UNICEF to consider the physical, educational, social, legal, and economic status and progress of children throughout Latin America, focusing especially on health and rights issues. In chapters concerning health, experts in biology...
Although most Latin American countries are considered middle-income nations, their child health and well-being statistics overall compare poorly with ...
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176,32 |
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The Future of European Welfare: A New Social Contract?
ISBN: 9780312211950 / Angielski / Twarda / 287 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. European welfare states are currently under stress and the 'social contracts' that underpin them are being challenged. First, welfare spending has arguably 'grown to limits' in a number of countries while expanding everywhere in the 1990s in line with higher unemployment. Second, demographic change and the emergence of new patterns of family and working life are transforming the nature of 'needs'. Third, the economic context and the policy autonomy of nation states has been transformed by 'globalization'. This book considers the implications of these challenges for European welfare states at...
European welfare states are currently under stress and the 'social contracts' that underpin them are being challenged. First, welfare spending has arg...
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402,53 |