Human Services category: 778 books
Therapy Online
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
"An enjoyable book that helps to bring counselling into the 21st century. Kate and DeeAnna have played a significant role in the development of online therapy and their enthusiasm for the subject matter, and experience as trainers and practitioners, comes through in this informative text."
Terry...
Lying Down in the Ever-Falling Snow
Canadian Health Professionals’ Experience of Compassion Fatigue
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
First used to describe the weariness the public felt toward media portrayals of societal crises, the term compassion fatigue has been taken up by health professionals to name—along with burnout, vicarious traumatization, compassion stress, and secondary traumatic stress—the condition of caregivers...
The War On Illegal Drugs That Does Not Exist
Political Fictions Revealed, #4
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
In 1971 President Richard Nixon declared a War On Drugs. Following Nixon’s disgrace the idea languished until 1980 under President Ronald Reagan. Under President Reagan a renewed War On Drugs was established with the “Just Say No” campaign of Nancy Reagan. Armed with all the tools of a professional...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2005
Featuring contributions from practitioners, researchers, and academics, this volume synthesizes and analyzes current trends in rural social work practice and considers the most effective ways to serve rural communities. Contributors consider the history and development of rural social work from its...
by Robert J. Wright
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
This comprehensive graduate-level text prepares readers to handle the problems and responsibilities they'll face as professional school counselors, preschool through high school. It covers a wide range of topics in-depth, including: effective interventions for racism and bullying, the continuing score...
The Prison Library Primer
A Program for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2009
In this century the central and quintessential correctional facility program ought to be the library. While the U.S. prison industry has embraced a massive reentry movement emphasizing literacy and job readiness for former felons, prison libraries have been ignored as potential sources for reintegration....
Counseling Across the Lifespan
Prevention and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Counseling Across the Lifespan byCindy L. Juntunen and Jonathan P. Schwartz is a practical book that helps readers provide effective mental, emotional, and behavioral health services to clients across the continuum of care, from health promotion through long-term treatment and remediation. Anchoring...
American Hunger
The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Washington Post Series
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting
In this Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, Washington Post reporter Eli Saslow traveled across the country over the course of a year—from Florida and Texas to Rhode Island and Tennessee—to examine the personal and political implications...
by Donna Dustin
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Based upon George Ritzer's McDonaldization of Society thesis and incorporating aspects of social theory, this book examines the introduction of care management to social work practice. Donna Dustin analyzes care management as an example of the managerial application of efficiency, calculability, predictability...
An Inconvenient Whistleblower
A Survival Guide for Toxic Workplaces
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2013
There are many ways of crushing the human spirit: few in the workplace know this better than aggressively targeted employees. The National Standard of Canada is an important risk-mitigation tool for ensuring all workplaces are psychologically healthy and safe. About five percent of Canadian employees...
The Challenge of Change
Putting Patients Before Providers
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
The Challenge of Change is a fascinating behind-the-scenes account of a major transition period in Ireland's health system. Brendan Drumm records his experiences as chief executive of the Health Service Executive (2005–2010) and recounts his vision for Ireland's health service.
While acknowledging...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2008
`This is a book that the person-centered psychotherapy community has been waiting for ... this book opens a creative space in which the ongoing conversation about therapeutic efficacy in times of shrinking resources can be successfully engaged' - Professor Maureen O'Hara, Chair, Department of Psychology,...
by Marian Harris, , Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
The number of children of color entering the child welfare system in the United States is disproportionately high. Not only are children of color removed from parental custody and placed in care more often than their white counterparts, but they also remain in care longer, receive fewer services,...
Issues for Debate in Social Policy
Selections From CQ Researcher
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
This collection of non-partisan reports focuses on 18 hot-button social policy issues written by award-winning CQ Researcher journalists. As an annual that comes together just months before publication, the volume is as current as possible. And because it’s CQ Researcher, the social policy reports...