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  • Promoting Resilience in Child Welfare

    Edited by Robert J. Flynn, Peter M. Dudding, James G. Barber ...
    Series series Actexpress
    Almost twenty years ago, conceptual work began in the United Kingdom on what was to become the international Looking After Children initiative. Looking After Children has had a profound influence on child welfare in Canada and some fifteen other countries, including the UK, Australia, Sweden, and Hungary. It has sharpened the developmental focus and improved the quality of services for children ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

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  • The Nature of Learning

    Using Research to Inspire Practice

    by Collective ...
    What do we know about how people learn? How do young people’s motivations and emotions influence their learning? What does research show to be the benefits of group work, formative assessments, technology applications, or project-based learning and when are they most effective? How is learning affected by family background? These are among the questions addressed for the OECD by leading ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Practising Social Work Research

    Case Studies for Learning

    by Rick Csiernik, Rachel Birnbaum, Barbara Decker Pierce ...
    Research is as critical to social work practice as individual and group counseling skills, policy analysis, or community development. Using an approach similar to those adopted in direct practice courses, this book integrates research with social work practice and in so doing, promotes an understanding and appreciation of the research process to social work students.Sixteen case studies adapted ... Read more

    $21.59 CAD

  • Working with Vulnerable Families

    A Partnership Approach

    Edited by Fiona Arney, Dorothy Scott ...
    Poverty, domestic violence, marginalisation, drug and alcohol dependence are just some of the issues faced by many Australian families. Now in its second edition, Working with Vulnerable Families provides a comprehensive and evidence-based introduction to family-centred practice in Australia. It explores the ways in which health, education and social welfare professionals can support and protect ... Read more

    $68.39 CAD

  • Designing Assessment for Quality Learning

    Edited by Claire Wyatt-Smith, Valentina Klenowski, Peta Colbert ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book brings together internationally recognised scholars with an interest in how to use the power of assessment to improve student learning and to engage with accountability priorities at both national and global levels. It includes distinguished writers who have worked together for some two decades to shift the assessment paradigm from a dominant focus on assessment as measurement towards ... Read more

    $162.62 CAD

  • Researching Resilience

    Edited by Linda Liebenberg, Michael Ungar ...
    While categorization has always been one of the primary focuses of the social sciences, recent trends within these disciplines have tended to categorize various behaviours as disorders. Researching Resilience challenges this tendency to pathologize, and marks a profound shift in research methods from the study of disorder to the study of well-being.This collection assembles qualitative and ... Read more

    $33.11 CAD

  • Working With Offenders

    A Guide to Concepts and Practices

    by Rob White, Hannah Graham ...
    This book provides a theoretically informed guide to the practice of working with offenders in different settings and for different purposes. It deals with topics such as offender rehabilitation, case management, worker-offender relationships, working with difficult clients and situations, collaboration, addressing complex needs, and processes of integration. The book offers a unique perspective ... Read more

    $94.85 CAD

  • The Blackwell Companion to Social Work

    Edited by Martin Davies ...
    Fully revised and restructured, this fresh edition offers students and trainee social workers an incisive and authoritative introduction to the subject. As well as entirely new sections on theory and practice, the expert contributions which have shaped the companion’s leading reputation have been updated and now include innovative standalone essays on social work theory.Comprehensively reworked ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Understanding Child and Family Welfare

    Statutory Responses to Children at Risk

    by Marie Connolly, Kate Morris ...
    How do workers around the world balance risk and support to ensure that their practice meets the ever-changing needs of children and their families?Renowned authors Marie Connolly and Kate Morris join forces to explore the frameworks and ideas which have shaped contemporary child and family welfare practice. From definitions of abuse to assessment models, they examine the knowledge base which lies ... Read more

    $39.81 CAD

  • Corporate Psychopaths

    Organizational Destroyers

    by C. Boddy ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    Psychopaths are little understood outside of the criminal image. However, as the recent global financial crisis highlighted, the behavior of a small group of managers can potentially bring down the entire western system of business. This book investigates who they are, why they do what they do and what the consequences of their presence are. ... Read more

    $164.69 CAD

  • Including the Gifted and Talented

    Making Inclusion Work for More Gifted and Able Learners

    Edited by Chris Smith ...
    This single volume presents the views of experts from the field which challenge the assumption that educational inclusion relates only to those pupils with learning difficulties. In this book, the authors examine the extent to which a truly inclusive context can provide a challenging environment for gifted and talented pupils.Key issues explored include:the social and emotional aspects of being a ... Read more

    $77.61 CAD

  • Special Needs and Early Years

    A Practitioner Guide

    by Kate Wall ...
    In the third edition of this respected and influential textbook, Kate Wall blends theory and practice with an informative and highly accessible writing style to provide a detailed analysis of provision for young children with additional needs.New to this edition are:- up-to-date information on all the relevant policies and legislation, including the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), Every Child ... Read more

    $65.51 CAD