Human Services category: 778 books
by Mark Erdelyan, Colleen Young
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2009
Methadone Maintenance Treatment: A Community Planning Guide is a manual offering guidance to communities on how to raise awareness of the benefits of methadone maintenance treatment and how to develop and integrate effective treatment services in their community. The manual reviews the stages of establishing...
by Teresa Meehan
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
The purpose of this case study series, Lessons from the Trenches, is to bring to life some of the vulnerabilities of the human experience and start a discussion about how we can best contribute to a movement of compassionate intervention. The hope is that individuals who are interested, in training,...
Clifford Beers
Mental Health America, 1908-1935
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2013
Clifford Beers would not be a man of business and commerce that, as a turn of the century Yale graduate, he once imagined himself. Instead he would become a crusader for the muted patients shut away in public and private institutions with names like Hospital for the Insane, Asylum for Feeble-Minded,...
A Culture of Fear
An Inside Look at Los Angeles County’s Department of Children & Family Services
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
A Culture of Fear takes readers inside the largest child protective services agency in the country, Los Angeles County’s Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS). Julian J. Dominguez and Melinda Murphy, current and former DCFS employees, respectively, expose some of the most serious deficiencies...
The Aging Networks, 8th Edition
A Guide to Programs and Services
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
"The eighth edition of Aging Networks is particularly well-suited for use in the classroom, and can be used or adapted for a wide variety of disciplines including gerontology, social work, public health, public administration, nursing and other health professions... This small volume is not only...
Who Pays the Ferryman?
The Great Scottish Ferries Swindle
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Who Pays the Ferryman is an informative and critical analysis of Scotland's ferry services. It describes the 'glory days' of how, from modest beginnings, Scotland once led the world in maritime development. It contrasts the achievements of the past with the failures, waste and inadequacy of much of...
Transforming School Mental Health Services
Population-Based Approaches to Promoting the Competency and Wellness of Children
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2007
Provides a comprehensive ten-step sequence for implementing population-based services that improve wellness and academic success for individual students and entire schools, and offers suggestions for engaging parents.
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Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Need is a popular but controversial concept in social policy. 'Needs-led' has become a mantra in children's services in recent years, yet theorists still argue about the meaning and value of the concept of 'need'. There are lots of needs assessment at the individual child and population levels, but...
Administrative Burden
Policymaking by Other Means
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2019
Bureaucracy, confusing paperwork, and complex regulations—or what public policy scholars Pamela Herd and Donald Moynihan call administrative burdens—often introduce delay and frustration into our experiences with government agencies. Administrative burdens diminish the effectiveness of public...
by Frederic G. Reamer
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
For more than a decade, teachers and practitioners have turned to Frederic G. Reamer's Social Work Values and Ethics for its comprehensive introduction to ethical decision making and practical guidance regarding professional misconduct. This new edition incorporates the legal and technological realities...
Program Development in the 21st Century
An Evidence-Based Approach to Design, Implementation, and Evaluation
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Offering practical strategies and tools readers can use on the job, this comprehensive book covers the practices, conditions, and legislative issues that affect program development. Using a unique 14-step model, the author guides readers through every stage of the process, from identifying a need,...
by Douglas Rushkoff
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
“A provocative, exciting, and important rallying cry to reassert our human spirit of community and teamwork.”—Walter Isaacson
Team Human is a manifesto—a fiery distillation of preeminent digital theorist Douglas Rushkoff’s most urgent thoughts on civilization and human nature. In...
by Jennifer Martin
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2017
Mental Health Social Work provides students and practitioners in social work, human services and welfare studies with a thorough understanding of contemporary mental health theory and practice required for beginning practice as a mental health social worker. Testimonials from readers of previous editions...
International Issues in Social Work and Social Welfare
Selections From CQ Researcher
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
What is human trafficking, and where does it occur?
How have other nations exploited children as child soldiers, and what can be done about it?
Have violence and discrimination against women increased or decreased globally over the past decade?
The collection of articles in International Issues...