Tom Young: 19 books

Book cover of The Changing Landscape of Work and Family in the American Middle Class
by Tom Fricke, Alesia F. Montgomery, Lawrence S. Root
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2008

This collection explores the dynamics of the modern, middle-class American family and its near-constant state of transition. The editors introduce the book by situating it within the context of work, family, and ethnographic research on middle-class families in the United States. Emerging and established...
Book cover of Inside Kinship Care

Inside Kinship Care

Understanding Family Dynamics and Providing Effective Support

by Lucie Cluver, Sadie Young, Don Operario
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013

Kinship care – the care of children by grandparents, other relatives or friends – is a major part of foster care, yet there are distinct issues that arise in care involving family rather than 'stranger' foster carers. This book takes an in-depth look at what goes on 'inside' kinship care....
Book cover of A Flash of Words

A Flash of Words

49 Flash-Fiction Stories

by Brian Paone, JM Ames, Alanh Andrews
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2018

From Scout Media comes A Flash of Words—the fifth volume in an ongoing short story anthology series featuring authors from all over the world, but the first in which the stories are exclusively flash-fiction pieces. In this installation, no limits were set on genre, allowing the authors to...
Book cover of Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families

Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families

Implications for Research, Education, Policy, and Service

by Sayali S. Amarapurkar, Laura Bates, Libby Balter Blume
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009

Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions_from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers_the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals...
Book cover of Teaching with Joy

Teaching with Joy

Educational Practices for the Twenty-First Century

by Detine Bowers, Susan Caulfield, Kevin Cole
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2006

This edited collection addresses the growing need for ideas and methods conducive to holistic educational practices and aims to encourage more personal growth in students too often distracted by the background noise of war, violence, racism, and environmental deterioration. The contributors are working...
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