Social Services category: 2206 books
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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
In this book we are interested in patterns of education, rehabilitation service, socialization, and ideas about blindness that in large part produce the abovementioned distinct patterns. We will examine the economic interests of professional groups and the patterns of domination and subordination, which...
Child Abuse and Neglect
Attachment, Development and Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2017
This clear and compelling textbook provides a complete survey of the field of child abuse and neglect from the perspective of modern developmental attachment theory. It starts by describing the ways in which attachment difficulties manifest themselves in children's behaviour, and goes on looking at...
by
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
This is a unique and timely survey of the evolving priorities of the British welfare state since its inception in the late 1940s, with an emphasis on how current and future aims and features of welfare provision compare with the ambitions of its original architects. In this book, 15 commentators,...
The Traffic in Babies
Cross-Border Adoption and Baby-Selling between the United States and Canada, 1930-1972
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Between 1930 and the mid-1970s, several thousand Canadian-born children were adopted by families in the United States. At times, adopting across the border was a strategy used to deliberately avoid professional oversight and take advantage of varying levels of regulation across states and provinces....
Families and Health Care
Psychosocial Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
First Published in 2018. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.
by David Chan
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2019
Academic abilities play a critical role not only in school settings but also in practical work situations and other problem-solving contexts that involve important intellectual task demands. However, we will not achieve the intended positive outcomes if we give too much emphasis to academic abilities...
by Kirby Gate
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2014
A satirical piece about the process and rules of creative writing in today's climate. It not only breaks the rules on novel-writing but breaks the rules of the benefits system as was, as well as the taboo of ergophobia and agoraphobia – fear of the market place. The narrative sets out to...
Inclusive Green Growth Index
A New Benchmark for Quality of Growth
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
This publication launches the Inclusive Green Growth Index, a new comprehensive metric that captures the key dimensions of economic growth, social equity, and environmental sustainability. The index's 28 performance indicators cover various aspects of growth and policy outcomes in areas where higher...
Ameliorating Mental Disability
Questioning Retardation
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
This book grows out of the optimistic view that mental retardation can be treated. It views mental retardation primarily as a behavioral problem. A child is diagnosed as retarded primarily because he behaves in certain maladaptive ways, not simply because he may have a chromosomal anomaly. The contributors...
Early Child Care
The New Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Early Child Care is about the very young child--infant, toddler, and early preschool--in today's world. It grew out of a series of conferences sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health, the Children's Hospital of Washington, D.C., and the Committee on Day Care of the Maternal and Child...
India Aspires
Redefining Politics of Development
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
A politician need not necessarily be an economist. Neither is it required that he be an expert on renewable energy. He may not be proficient on infrastructure planning or be adroit towards managing natural resources. Instead, a politician ought to be a person savvy enough to manage diverse fields with...
The cruelty man
Child welfare, the NSPCC and the State in Ireland, 1889–1956
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
The first comprehensive account of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) in Ireland
Il manuale degli aforismi
Manuale per formatori, counselor e coach
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 24, 2017
«Il nome del libro nasce da un'idea, un’ispirazione; un pensiero che racchiude le varie porte che apriamo nella nostra mente durante il nostro cammino, il nostro sentiero di vita. Molti grandi uomini hanno deciso di lasciare aperte queste porte con memorabili aforismi!
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Child Neglect
Planning and Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Neglect is the most common form of child maltreatment in developed countries and it comes in many forms. From evaluating the effects of neglect on the child to looking at root causes, this wide-ranging book offers evidence-based, practical guidance to support all practitioners in their work with...