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In this highly-regarded work, Whittaker forcefully advocates the need for residential treatment as part of a larger continuum of treatment, and explores the context of the setting itself as a dynamic therapeutic factor. Now available in paperback, this book remains among the most notable attempts in the field to utilize an ecological perspective.
First Published in 2017. In this book the authors move easily and often between the worlds of policy, practice, and research in child and family welfare. Their own research delineates— better than any other to date— the particular factors associated with success>ful and unsuccessful older, special-needs adoptions.
All settings where disturbed children spend time, such as camps or residential schools, are periodically faced with crisis situations. Methods for dealing with these crises and for counseling the children involved are continually needed. Crisis Intervention in Residential Treatment is both a demonstration of how essential Fritz Redl’s treatment concepts remain today and a tribute to his genius. The authors bring order and reason to the quest for better ways to understand and respond to confrontation and aggression in residential treatment settings. They provide practical and successful strategies to cope with these situations and prevent them from occurring. By exploring and expanding some...
This book is very rich resources for Churches, Student, HIV/AIDS activists, social worker, public health expert, policy makers, researchers and programmers.Even the most casual reader will be struck by the global impacts of AIDS and the Truth about GOD.A monumental book...it wrestles with complex moral, spiritual dilemmas such as how we define our responsibilities to others, as well as providing a wealth of informative tables that nail down trends behind HIV/AIDS and Sexual Transmitted diseases.Stylistically easy to read, it provides clear, sharp and incisive commentary on the unfolding epidemic.A reference book for both novices in the HIV/AIDS field and those who need quick access to a range of studies and epidemiology.This is recommended and will be very useful for general public, every church leader and many Christian around the globe.The book presents very important ideas and present eloquently and thoroughly the arguments of emerging thinking around the impact of the disease on society
Individual Change Through Small Groups brilliantly details The University of Michigan’s empirically based, problem-oriented approach to group work practice. This revised and expanded second edition of a modern classic provides practitioners and students with a systematic description of the various methods used to prevent and change dysfunctional and psychopathological behavior. Martin Sundel, Professor of Social work at The University of Texas at Arlington, joins original editors Paul Glasser, Rosemary Sarri, and Robert Vinter to present the findings of a wide range of social scientists and help professionals to apply cognitive and behavioral techniques to effect significant change.
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Preventive Approaches in Couples Therapy is the first thorough overview of the leading approaches to preventing marital distress and dissolution. Written for professionals, paraprofessionals, and lay people involved in the development and implementation of preventive programs, the editors have created a resource accessible to all those in the field of couples therapy. The volume serves as an important resource for programs that the therapist may already use and as an insightful introduction into new programs that can strengthen and invigorate these existing therapeutic approaches.
Establishes the theoretical and historical foundations of hypnosis, discusses major areas of current research, and predicts trends in the field