Human Services category: 778 books
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A History of the Regina Public Library
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2017
From the efforts of its first librarian who ensured immigrants could access books in their own languages, to the present day as an active community hub, the library has been responsible for many groundbreaking Canadian firsts. The Regina Public Library implemented the country's first fully automated...
Inside Counselling
Becoming and Being a Professional Counsellor
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 1997
`Anthony Crouch examines the internal and subjective reality of being a counsellor. Using a series of vignettes, rather than case studies, Crouch builds in all participant perspectives, counsellor, client and supervisor... [the book] proves to be eminently readable, like a good novel. And like a good...
Racial and Cultural Dynamics in Group and Organizational Life
Crossing Boundaries
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2009
"The field has been waiting for a masterpiece like Racial and Cultural Dynamics in Group and Organizational Life for a long time. It provides a thoughtful account of the subtle, barely visible, and sometimes unspeakable influences of racial and cultural dynamics that occur in groups."
—Leo...
by Anne M. Geroski
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2016
Written specifically for non-clinical undergraduate students, but also relevant to graduate studies in helping professions, Skills for Helping Professionals, by Anne M. Geroski focuses on helping students develop the skills they need to effectively initiate and maintain helping relationships. After...
Social Justice and Social Work
Rediscovering a Core Value of the Profession
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Social Justice and Social Work: Rediscovering a Core Value of the Profession introduces and connects social justice to the core values of social work across the curriculum. This unique and timely book, edited by Michael J. Austin, presents the history and philosophy that supports social justice and...
by Stacy L. Henning, Dr. Donna S. Sheperis, Michael M. Kocet
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Ethical practice is an essential aspect of counselor training. In order for counselors to competently work with clients, they must be well versed in ethical codes, ethical decision making, and legal issues impacting the profession. Ethical Decision Making for the 21st Century Counselor provides the...
Educare al patrimonio in una società multiculturale
Problematicità ed esperienze nella scuola e nel museo
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 9, 2017
Il volume si propone di analizzare le elaborazioni che gli organismi internazionali hanno realizzato sul tema dell’educazione al patrimonio in una società multiculturale e illustra i progetti che sono stati predisposti dalle istituzioni scolastiche e museali al fine di promuovere attenzione e riflessioni...
The Economics of Mental Health Care
Industry, Government and Community Issues
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
This title was first published in 2001. This original study of mental health care presents a conceptual approach to the nature of the industry’s multiple outputs. It pays special attention to the economic role of government, and also uses conventional economic theory to analyze the fact that the...
Parenting in Public
Family Shelter and Public Assistance
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2000
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...
Documenting Psychotherapy
Essentials for Mental Health Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 1997
This concise volume examines exactly what is involved in keeping adequate clinical records of individual, family, couple and group psychotherapy. The authors discuss: limits of confidentiality; retention and disposing of records; documentation of safety issues; client access to records; treatment...
by Michelle Oldale, Michelle J. Cooke
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
Struggling to secure the right counselling or psychotherapy placement for you?
Unsure of how to deal with complex challenges or how to make sure you get the most out of your placement?
Then you have come to the right place! Packed full of hints and tips, advice, checklists...
by James G. Dwyer
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
How can we end the inter-generational cycle of poverty and dysfunction in the US's urban ghettos?
This ground-breaking and controversial book is the first to provide a child-centered perspective on the subject by combining a wealth of social science information with sophisticated normative...
Handbook of Counselor Preparation
Constructivist, Developmental, and Experiential Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
This definitive single-volume guide is the first of its kind on teaching and developing counselor educator programs that embrace constructivist and developmental theory. Leading scholars and experts offer practical advice on teaching courses in every area of counseling practice. As a result, the book...
Educating Professionals
Practice Learning in Health and Social Care
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
How do health and social care professionals learn their practice? What can the professions learn from each other? This book offers a comprehensively written account of the recent organizational and conceptual changes in UK practice education. Using case examples, the authors focus on the experiences...